[Closed] how do u guys handle downswings?

here's how i handled it...

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUU:'(

trust me take a break and spend time on learning and analysing...i feel so sick right now...started playing with 5$ and built it to 2k over a couple of months spending so much time...not a great feeling to lose the earnings made after working so hard..

I burst my bankroll and w8 for rakeback to restart to play

I've managed -11BI at nl2 full ring this week 4-tabling...twice! Lol.

It's one step in a long walk, forget about it if you're playing well, which incidentally I wasn't in the above. Gl

Originally posted by clawindsouza

here's how i handled it...

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUU:'(

trust me take a break and spend time on learning and analysing...i feel so sick right now...started playing with 5$ and built it to 2k over a couple of months spending so much time...not a great feeling to lose the earnings made after working so hard..

wgat limit is that?

Just always concentrate on playing this hand, the one you're in now properly. Everytime. This is all you can do and if you do it right you will make the moneyz in the end. I've just been through a sick swing and am still 16BI below ev but that doesn't mean much, just make sure you're playing well.

This months nl5 sh graph..

currently on a 7.5K downswing, yeah auch

One of the most productive things to do when suffering a downswing is to review your hands to make sure your losses can actually be blamed on a downswing rather than bad play on your part. As for me personally, I just snort a few lines and go out on a vandalizing rampage.

As it happens to me, and for what it appears on the graphs shown, downswings usually *begin* at a couple of bad beats. But then... they just go on for a while when "nothing seems to work".

It's simple: after 1, 2 or 3 bad beats many of us are not playing the A game anymore.

I had a horrible session today; only had AA and KK once each, no action on both. Lost with AK every single time. Etc. But was slowly getting a bit of $ back.

Then I isoraised a fish and flopped a straight on duotone board. Managed to get it in OTF, fish had two pair. Turn, he hits his 4 outer to full house.

Of course, the guy is a fish (playing 65/5 or so) and I feel like #(£*&*% to get my $ back from him - and much more. If I was playing my A game it would probably be +EV to stay on the table and indeed take his money. But I know I'm frustrated so that's why I'm reading the forums now

Study tilt, and study how it works on you. Identify when you are starting to tilt (it's subtler than it might seem) and stop playing every time you reach there. Stop, take a break, walk, read the forums, study, watch a video, post the hand, anything that works for you. But playing while frustrated is a receipt for busto.

For me a downswing is when EV goes up and you keep losing. When ur ev goes down alongside with the green line it's not a downer. IT'S A FOQIN BAD PLAY

Originally posted by BOBOsvk
For me a downswing is when EV goes up and you keep losing. When ur ev goes down alongside with the green line it's not a downer. IT'S A FOQIN BAD PLAY

This isn't true.. You go all in against a range and sometimes you run into the top of this range. Sometimes this happens over and over again - a downswing. When this happens the red line will follow your green line. It doesn't mean you've played badly, as long as your decisions have been correct against villains range then it's all good.

@ phantom - nl25..

I go nuts and play totally crazy until all the tournies finish...Then the computer's shutdown switch becomes my best friend

how do u guys handle downswings?

A: With upswings

Everyone handles it in different ways, some dont handle it at all

I think the best way for you would be to set yourself a stop/loss limit you said you can handle losing 2-3 BIs but 7 was too many why not set yourself a limit of if you lose 4/5 BIs stop your session dont play till later that day or the next day even

Originally posted by clawindsouza
@ phantom - nl25..

holy fucking christ, that close to 50BI, tho my graph looks quite like yours, but im bad at cash.
i reckon its rush, but still, you might wanna improve on your game

Never heard of such things as,how is it, down-swing?

curse at my mom

hit my dog

Originally posted by ihufa
curse at my mom

hit my dog

Yeah,i hit my dad too.

Originally posted by phantommm92

Originally posted by clawindsouza
@ phantom - nl25..

holy fucking christ, that close to 50BI, tho my graph looks quite like yours, but im bad at cash.
i reckon its rush, but still, you might wanna improve on your game

lol i can beat the limit playin my A game...made decent money last month...was totally on tilt this month....just lost it...