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take a break?

Posted 2010-02-08 20:30
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take a break?
ok well i have been playing poker for about just over a year now and im a pretty profitable player. but for the past 3 weeks i have just been running god awful. both online and live live ive lost maybe 600 in my last 3 sessions... and online my roll has just become laughable compared to what it use to be down about 800. In a few spots ive made a few mistakes but mainly ive had a doom switch when it comes to the river. about 70% of my losing hands i have been ahead till the river. so i know im playing well and getting my money in good... so just unlucky i suppose.. but its been happening for almost a month and my bankrolls are standing on their last legs..thinking about taking a few months off to recharge my br and hoping this bad luck rubs off?... need sugestions on how to combat this bad run HELP PLEASE
Posted 2010-02-08 20:41
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RE: take a break?
4 card poker (2010-02-08)
ok well i have been playing poker for about just over a year now and im a pretty profitable player. but for the past 3 weeks i have just been running god awful. both online and live live ive lost maybe 600 in my last 3 sessions... and online my roll has just become laughable compared to what it use to be down about 800. In a few spots ive made a few mistakes but mainly ive had a doom switch when it comes to the river. about 70% of my losing hands i have been ahead till the river. so i know im playing well and getting my money in good... so just unlucky i suppose.. but its been happening for almost a month and my bankrolls are standing on their last legs..thinking about taking a few months off to recharge my br and hoping this bad luck rubs off?... need sugestions on how to combat this bad run HELP PLEASE


Take a break of two to three weeks, thats what im doing at the moment.
Its hard, but good to get a away from it a little bit. It is important that you do not play in the time spand, if you do choose take a break.

GL, and hope everything works out for you
Posted 2010-02-08 20:45
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RE: take a break?
yea ur right my DL is acctually suspended so i was suppose to be saving $ to grow my roll even more... so now i def think i should take a break..hope everything works out for u to
Posted 2010-02-08 20:46
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Registered: 2010-05-30
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RE: take a break?
don't get addicted to omaha, its a game where if you don't have the bankroll and mindset to be able to take the sick downswings then don't play it, you can still make good money playing hold em despite what people think

In omaha, you're gonna see downswings of 20-30 buy ins on a monthly basis, so if you don't have the roll for it just stay the f away. seen so many monkeys go broke playing omaha. Omaha is truly a rollercoaster. been there done that got the t-shirt. out.

when you say you got your money in 'good', that 'good' in omaha is probably only a 65/35, so you are gna lose alot of the time. might cause you to tilt, If you're bad at losing don't play omaha, simple. if you have the temperament (and bankroll) of antonius or ivey then by all means go nuts.

and taking breaks ftw. good luck.
Posted 2010-02-08 20:52
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RE: take a break?
lol thanks but i dont play omaha.. only holdem
Posted 2010-02-08 21:37
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Registered: 2010-12-03
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RE: take a break?
My advice is as follows:

1) Suspend your online account for the most months you can
2) Don't believe the positive advice you will get from other losers here
3) Join a local Gambler's Anonymous support group wearing a t-shirt saying "I'm with Isildur1"
4) Stop reading my posts
Posted 2010-02-09 02:17
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RE: take a break?
Ignore the first three...
Listen carefully to the 4th one... Smile
Posted 2010-02-09 02:24
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RE: take a break?
Breaks are very important. You probably played with a "reduced mindset to play poker" due to your tilts and bad luck, Wich probably caused as well some $ leaks and bad decisions.

When I get these types of swings, I stop and play only when I'm ready. It may takes 3 days, 2 weeks, but you need to stay away from Poker until your A mindset is back. And the most important, you had x money, now you have y. Don't chase the x and accept the y.
Posted 2010-02-09 02:59
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RE: take a break?
Looks like I have a ball-licker! Dude, u are so looking like a gay flamer by copying my names n pics. If fact, what you are doing is more pathetic then what I'm doing...
Posted 2010-02-09 03:03
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RE: take a break?
Don't think you are bothering me either. We both know your intellect is inferior Smile

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