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Originally Posted by bumpnrun
I just looked now too, you are right. Looks a bit off ...like something went wrong for him on a personal level and he started playing bad .
OR.... It’s just horrendous runbad. OR...he was just a huge sun runner early. Who knows ...luck factor in MTTs is spoooky weird
I dont think that this is a downswing. He started having worse results since 2015.
A lot of previous regs started playing break even or even started to lose since 2015 for multiple reasons.
The main reason is probably because of Twitch which started in 2015 and even a bad playersstarted to improve their game because of streams from better players. This increased the skill level of the average player on pokersites.
Another reason are solvers which also came out around 2015, which is probably the reason why he isnt able to beat higher stakes anymore.
Then 2015 Stars implemented a lot of Bounty Builder tournaments and removed a lot of rebuy tournaments at the same time. Rebuy tournaments also were tracked completely wrong on sharkscope, you basically had more winnings than you actually had.
Another reason is the increased rake which also started ~2015-2016.
So yea its very likely not a downswing. Its a lot more likely that he like a lot of other old school regs failed to adapt and improve/change his gameplan.