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[aim786]

Well, I’ve always read about those insane downswings people have. I never thought I’d have one of that magnitude, and I’m sure everyone does at first, and then BOOM!





I first whored/won my way upto 5100 (that’s the top of that peak on the 1st graph), and since then I’ve just lost and lost. I actually stopped whoring at a 4500$ roll because I wasn’t “killing” the games, ie I beat 1/2 full for 1 bb/100. Never had PT for .5/1, but I’m pretty sure I was a winning player there. That’s probably the biggest mistake I made, as Abba mentioned in another post “that’s like a 2bb/100 leak.”

So, how do I plan on getting out of all this? Well, for starters I’m going to always play with a bonus backing me anywhere I play. And if I can, I’ll try to get rakeback. I’ve already whored a couple of B2B’s, party and its ex skins, absolute, UB, bunch of primas, and a couple of pokerroom+skins. Currently I’m doing the betfair 800$ +rakeback, and I’ve signed up at interpoker with there monthly bonuses+rakeback. Other than that, I don’t know where else I can get rakeback w/o creating a 2nd account, if anyone has experience with this I’d like to know how.

Finally, if anyone has any advice/suggestions about what else I should do, please feel free to post. If you’ve been thru a similar situation and bounced back, please post about it! It’ll be good motivation and it will definitely help my confidence.

[CobaltBlue]

If it makes you feel better, I was up $10k at SHLHE (across 1/2 through 30/60 stakes) a few months ago, and now I'm down $500. This is probably over +50k hands. I like to think I can play the game, but I'm not sure my results testify to that.

[iggymcfly]

The swings in LHE will drive you batty. I won consistently for about three months playing off and on (maybe a total of 25K hands or so) and then I hit a downswing at which point, it just became impossible for me to book a winning session for about a month.

I finally just gave up on it. I've played about 100 hands of LHE in the last 2 and a half months now. There are just a lot of other games out there that are more rewarding. I'm sure I'll go back to it eventually, but it's been pushed to the back of the line for now.

[Abbaddabba]

I think that you moved up from 1/2FR to 2/4FR prematurely if you were only beating 1/2 for 1BB/100.

Did you go straight from 1/2FR to 2/4SH?

So, how do I plan on getting out of all this? Well, for starters I’m going to always play with a bonus backing me anywhere I play. And if I can, I’ll try to get rakeback. I’ve already whored a couple of B2B’s, party and its ex skins, absolute, UB, bunch of primas, and a couple of pokerroom+skins. Currently I’m doing the betfair 800$ +rakeback, and I’ve signed up at interpoker with there monthly bonuses+rakeback. Other than that, I don’t know where else I can get rakeback w/o creating a 2nd account, if anyone has experience with this I’d like to know how.

WPEX is always an option.

[yergan]

No offence intended, but it is possible that you arent able to beat 2/4.

[Mattnxtc]

sometiems b/c of bonuses, our br grows a bit bigger than it should. It is possible that between running good and hittin bonuses up that you might have gotten a bit ahead of your ability. No offense to you at all and i definately hit that wall when i flew up the limits while whoring it up.

[mrdannyg]

Sun Poker recently copied Interpoker's 100% to $100 monthly. You can get rakeback at Sun also (i've heard even for existing accounts if you email Support and ask them to cancel your old account, though I can't confirm), so that's a good one to add you anyone's list.

[aim786]

I think that you moved up from 1/2FR to 2/4FR prematurely if you were only beating 1/2 for 1BB/100.

Did you go straight from 1/2FR to 2/4SH?
WPEX is always an option.

From 1/2 FR I went to 1/2 6max on a B2B site, but the place was a rock garden with most tables with 30%ish to the flop. I broke even there for 10k hands, and figured that at looser sites like party that I could win. I also played a bit of 2/4 full, and then moved to 2/4 SH.

No offence intended, but it is possible that you arent able to beat 2/4.

I'm strongly considering this possibility.

Sun Poker recently copied Interpoker's 100% to $100 monthly. You can get rakeback at Sun also (i've heard even for existing accounts if you email Support and ask them to cancel your old account, though I can't confirm), so that's a good one to add you anyone's list.

They deduct bonuses from the MGR still dont they?

[mrdannyg]

They deduct bonuses from the MGR still dont they?

i've been told they don't at Interpoker, so I figured it was the same for Sun Poker. Sorry, but I don't know.