and yes I keep a spreadsheet on live limit, it's the key to success (I mean BandiChime does it, how can it not work)

in before:
[ ] sample size
comments regarding cheeseburgers
lol minbet
Internet

flame away

way better than I expected. Good Paints imo

how does it feel to not be worth cents?

ok art skills though

I've seen people breakeven over 200k hands, true story.

Could not be worse than grinding 2¢/5¢

time to quit for good

omah comin'!

paint made up for the fail in this thread

THIS. I lol'ed hard at the first two graphs.

edit: also, not very bad downswing for NL25 esp. after the overconfidence slide. I'll see if i can post my epic downswing where I ran up to 1300+ and THEN lost all profits over 3 months.

well I don't know if the downswing's over yet. as long as my AKs, AKo, AA, and KK continue to yield negative profit, I don't think it'll be done.

I guess I reexamined things and I've been doing a couple things wrong: 1. tilt calls galore 2. being sh*tty at valuebetting enough/correctly and 3. playing too many tables at times.

how'd you deal with your downswing/what were you doing wrong?

/strat

Hahaha much better than most, great smilie faces

^^ actual horror ITT. lifetime garph??

i used to be pretty good at FR and was a modest winner, even multitabling upto 6 (I know, a wuss number). I caught a really good run where I was literally getting premiums every few hands on every table for days str8.

Like any big downswing, i was quick to blame the bad beats and coolers (there were a lot of them) and a lot of tilty sessions where I would actually be up 1 or 1.5 BIs and then continue to lose it all close to the end of the sesh.

the worst part was, I had gotten numb to losing BI after BI at NL25. Don't get me wrong, u need to be numb to the limit u're playing, but before i realized it I had easily crossed -15 BIs!

I knew the reason was my LAGGy play, almost a certain no no at the FR tables nowadays. In hindsight, with my stats (around 24/18/3), I shoulda taken a crack at learning 6max properly (I had many failed attempts) but instead continued to bleed heavily in FR. My -EV shots at 6max were also not helping the cause and I didn't bother dropping down.

Now, after literally busting nearly ALL of my profits (yup, including rakeback), I am working my way up the 6max ladder from NL10. Doing okay so far, fingers crossed! FR is something I probably will never go back to, unless it's to get used to bet sizes, etc. for a new (hopefully higher!) limit.

btw, I suck at limit and omaha (****, gimme a minbet or 4 cards and I'll see any showdown), so I knew I couldn't build the BR that way.

gl2u too OP. /rant

awesome

Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter Powered By DeucesCracked.com

SB: $25.50
BB: $23.55
UTG: $19.40
CO: $26.90
Hero (BTN): $25.00

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BTN with Q Q
1 fold, CO raises to $0.75, Hero raises to $2.25, 2 folds, CO raises to $5.50, Hero calls $3.25

Flop: ($11.35) 2 8 5 (2 players)
CO bets $8.50, Hero raises to $19.50 all in, CO calls $11

Turn: ($50.35) K (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($50.35) 6 (2 players - 1 is all in)

What with gems like these:

Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
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Hero (CO): $27.70
BTN: $8.40
SB: $24.10
BB: $25.00
UTG: $14.45
MP: $14.65

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is CO with J Q
2 folds, Hero raises to $1, 2 folds, BB calls $0.75

Flop: ($2.10) K 5 T (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $1, BB raises to $3.75, Hero calls $2.75

Turn: ($9.60) 9 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $10, BB raises to $20.25 all in, Hero calls $10.25

River: ($50.10) K (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $50.10
Hero mucks J Q
BB shows 9 9 (a full house, Nines full of Kings)
BB wins $47.65
(Rake: $2.45)
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Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
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BTN: $11.50
Hero (SB): $32.70
BB: $24.40
UTG: $28.35
MP: $26.45
CO: $45.10

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is SB with 7 7
2 folds, CO raises to $0.75, BTN calls $0.75, Hero calls $0.65, BB calls $0.50

Flop: ($3.00) J 2 Q (4 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, CO checks, BTN checks

Turn: ($3.00) 7 (4 players) (It's funny, I actually said "uh oh" aloud when this card came off.)
Hero bets $2.50, BB calls $2.50, CO folds, BTN folds

River: ($8.00) Q (2 players)
Hero bets $4.50, BB raises to $21.15 all in, Hero says "dear god...", Hero says "if this is boat over boat", Hero calls $16.65

Final Pot: $50.30
Hero shows 7 7 (a full house, Sevens full of Queens)
BB shows J J (a full house, Jacks full of Queens)
BB wins $47.85
(Rake: $2.45)
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Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
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MP: $21.95
CO: $39.85
BTN: $25.00
Hero (SB): $30.75
BB: $27.75
UTG: $31.80

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is SB with J T
2 folds, CO raises to $0.75, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.65, BB calls $0.50

Flop: ($2.25) 2 7 T (3 players)
Hero bets $1.25, BB calls $1.25, CO folds

Turn: ($4.75) T (2 players)
Hero bets $3, BB raises to $6, Hero calls $3

River: ($16.75) 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $8.50, Hero says "oh dear", Hero says "i don't feel good about this", Hero calls $8.50

Final Pot: $33.75
Hero shows J T (three of a kind, Tens - lower kicker)
BB shows T Q (three of a kind, Tens)
BB wins $32.15
(Rake: $1.60)
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Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
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UTG: $32.40
Hero (MP): $63.30
CO: $25.05
BTN: $20.70
SB: $22.25
BB: $15.40

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is MP with K K
UTG calls $0.25, Hero raises to $1, 3 folds, BB calls $0.75, UTG calls $0.75

Flop: ($3.10) J J 3 (3 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $2.50, BB folds, UTG calls $2.50

Turn: ($8.10) J (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $4.50, UTG calls $4.50

River: ($17.10) 6 (2 players)
UTG bets $10, Hero calls $10

Final Pot: $37.10
UTG shows K J (four of a kind, Jacks)
Hero shows K K (a full house, Jacks full of Kings)
UTG wins $35.30
(Rake: $1.80)

I think the worst of it is over...

And yes I'm aware that three of the four hands feature me getting my money in bad.

Commence more flaming.