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12-15-2011 , 12:38 PM

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GenKKenobi

journeyman

Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 360

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Originally Posted by LaplaceTransform

ARe you talking about break-even in MTT:s? I think that is the most annoying because you have like wasted a lot of hours and then you win nothing lol I don't know how to break that but get lucky and run goot a couple of times in those donkaments

STT's so it's not that quite bad, even though I've had to completely adjust my game for SNG's, mainly my aggression. I actually had an amazing session yesterday and won $1.60, which btw, is running hotter then the sun considering I only play 6man .11 turbos!

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12-15-2011 , 12:42 PM

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GenKKenobi

journeyman

Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 360

Just for threads sake:

starting bankroll: .50
now: 9.10

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12-15-2011 , 02:43 PM

#28

flammbo69

centurion

Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 147

always tough...hope it works out

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12-15-2011 , 03:54 PM

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chad0x001

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 8,558

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Originally Posted by GenKKenobi

Hello BQ,

How do you deal with long annoying break-even stretches?

What does it generally take to get the profits flowing in again?

I've been building a roll from absolutely nothing; quite literally :| Here lately I just can't seem to make any progression, I win some, I lose some, I end up even at the end of the night. It's really starting to test my patience as I'm only a few dollars from staking up but can't make that final push. Any advice, suggestions, and or stories would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks..

I play less poker and read more poker books. I presume I am breaking even because I dont know as much as my opponents. Of course, although this may be true, more likely I am just running bad. The extra knowledge I have when I stop running bad means I smash it to pieces.

If you cant quite make it at the level you are at, drop down a level, smash it, then move back up.

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12-16-2011 , 02:23 AM

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AlanBostick

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Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 11,906

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Originally Posted by liamof

Being card dead/missing flops is just another part of negative variance. You just have to accept that in the long run it will be balanced by running good and keep on grinding.

There's no such thing as "negative variance." Variance is always positive-definite.

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12-16-2011 , 03:52 AM

#31

meekrab

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Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 2,791

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Originally Posted by Syon

My last session I was at a table for 3 hours 28 minutes and never had top pair or better on any street. How does everyone else adjust when that happens besides getting up and walking away?

Fold to aggression. Poker's an easy game, either you can value bet (which includes the % that your opponent folds) or you can't.

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12-16-2011 , 03:57 AM

#32

meekrab

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Originally Posted by AlanBostick

There's no such thing as "negative variance." Variance is always positive-definite.

What? You can't assign a positive or negative label to 'variance.'

It's just the concrete, small-sample manifestation of the long-term trends associated with games that have an element of chance involved. Sometimes you hit all your draws for 5000 hands and win 75 bb/100 hands, and sometimes you miss them all and lose 60 bb/100. One is 'positive' and the other is 'negative' but your expected winnings were the same.