tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083330322113258405.post4978861551807188570..comments2023-08-02T07:07:45.500-07:00Comments on bastin: Change in the WeatherUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083330322113258405.post-64177391176060053792008-10-09T09:44:00.000-07:002008-10-09T09:44:00.000-07:00All players go through bad cycles. Sometimes when ...All players go through bad cycles. Sometimes when I'm "running bad" (as they say), I do this. I switch to a different form of poker.<BR/><BR/>I play a lot of MTT, so, I switch to cash games. Or I switch to low-stakes limit poker, or to sit 'n' gos. It probably doesn't matter what, but by doing this I give myself a chance to get out of whatever rut I'm in.<BR/><BR/>Not sure why this works for me, but it seems to.Memphis MOJOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653631347560307425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083330322113258405.post-41662511853766161982008-10-08T16:00:00.000-07:002008-10-08T16:00:00.000-07:00Well, I don't know what to say except that I'm abo...Well, I don't know what to say except that I'm about to start whining.<BR/><BR/>Actually, I have experienced the same on PA at times, experiencing 10% swings in my bankroll. The difference is that both on FTP and Stars I seem to lose much more than I ever win. On PA I always come back or hold steady until a point when I continue upward.(I know, there's a world of difference between online cash and PA.)<BR/><BR/>I have examined my game very closely, play quite a bit tighter for cash than I do at PA, never (rarely) chase if I have less than 11 outs, and never (never) against the pot odds. <BR/><BR/>As I continue to get my ass handed to me, the only solution seems to be a closer examination of my play, for to write it off as just bad luck is unacceptable.bastinptchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01831273031973399021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083330322113258405.post-76993091789912926862008-10-08T07:57:00.000-07:002008-10-08T07:57:00.000-07:00I think every poker player thinks they have the wo...I think every poker player thinks they have the worst runs of anyone they know. Because it's impossible to put into words just how consistently horrible luck can turn sometimes, and for fear of looking like whiners, we understate the length and severity of our slides. The result is that everyone thinks everyone else somehow manages to avoid those slides... They don't.<BR/><BR/>I was on one of those when I first repopulated my FTP bankroll, but things have turned quite nicely now. So I gather my rosebuds while I may and keep a keen eye out for the frost.PAPro_SandManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17843500037071834709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083330322113258405.post-39341716175391720572008-10-08T00:11:00.000-07:002008-10-08T00:11:00.000-07:00Same thing tonight. Not quite as painful as I had ...Same thing tonight. Not quite as painful as I had built up a small stack in another room before I lost to a bigger boat. <BR/><BR/>I believe I hold the record for the worst runs.<BR/><BR/>Well, there's always PA.<BR/><BR/>We have a black cat. And as for the Albatross, I haven't used opiates in decades.bastinptchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01831273031973399021noreply@blogger.com