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Originally Posted by The Bean Counter
Thanks for the advice all. I'm okay with beats and didn't intend for the OP to be another bad beat story - I'm not one of those that claims the software's fixed if I lose with pocket rockets as a one-off for instance, whilst ignoring the fact I've won the last 3 times I've got the money in with aces pre and won. The question is more about whether is there anything that other players do when running well below average "luck" at key times for ~80 mtts that can help me continue to keep doing the right things, rather than getting annoyed and starting to force hands in marginal situations? Does anybody run through an internal monologue for instance, or usually try and get a good work-out in before a session? How about typing "nh" into the chat box after a beat? Or sitting out after a beat for a few minutes or taking a few days off to read or forget about the game completely?
There's some good advice above and I'm currently managing my BR very prudently (risking no more than 1-2% per night I play), but after losing 10% of my roll this month, I'll admit I'm starting to get a bit agitated..
I'm sorry but if you are making a thread based off an 80 MTT bad run then poker might not be the game for you, lol.
Seriously, if I were you I'd take a look at the kind of game swings that long-term winning regs have via sharkscope, and then realize that 80 games means nothing... Even a 1000 game downswing is really common. I'll grab a couple of really good FTR people's graphs (names removed) as examples.
4500 game break-even stretch between games 2500-7000 from one of the best MTT players I know.
My graph for all sites, showing what's basically a year-long 5000-game breakeven stretch in 2010 (games 2500-7500).
The point is, ask questions when you dont know how to play hands, and just try to avoid making too many mistakes. MTT Poker is kind of like playing a +EV version of the lottery... You cant assume you're doing anything wrong when you lose over long stretches, and you cant assuming you're doing everything right when you win either. Just stick with it!
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