For people on bad streaks...
Ok I was doing some research awhile back after hitting some bad beats, and some bad cards... and basically losing money for about a month. Yes, it took me a month to get back on my 'A' game. I do realise that this happens to alot of people and for longer periods of time. But this is why I am making this post... to let everyone know that yes, it is okay. It happens too even the pro's.
Howard Leaderer: When he was starting out playing limit holdem, $2-$4, he said that and I qoute (from Party Poker 2 Cruise special on WPT/Season 1) "When I first started playing holdem, I lost for the first 2 years. That was my learning time."
WHAT THE??? Yes thats right, even the incredibly good play of Howard Leaderer can stumble and does.
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Daniel Negreanu: When he was first thinking about rolling up the stake and moving to Vegas... here is what he would do. Build up a bankroll in Toronto off of soft live games there, fly down to Vegas only too lose that same money in a couple days. Head back to Toronto broke, rinse.. repeat. He did this about five times over before he started winning money in Vegas.
Those are two of my favorite pro's, and heck if they can have bad play like that when they first started learning... so can I. And I am sure if you asked them today about there play everyday at the local Bellagio... they would tell you about some losing nights. Losing is park of poker, and that is why I now understand the incredible importance of bankroll. Minimum of 300 big bets for your bankroll... just so you can withstand the swings that go with playing such a volitile game. It makes more sense to me now more than ever.
PS: Just a side not I just remembered. If you go to fullcontactpoker.com and read back a couple posts in Daniel Negreanu's journal he will tell you about 2 bad nights from last week he had at the Bellagio playing $1500/$3000 limit rotation games. Over the two nights (2 spereate posts) he lost somewhere around $130,000... now if he can withstand that much of a swing... imagine his bankroll! lol...
Howard Leaderer: When he was starting out playing limit holdem, $2-$4, he said that and I qoute (from Party Poker 2 Cruise special on WPT/Season 1) "When I first started playing holdem, I lost for the first 2 years. That was my learning time."
WHAT THE??? Yes thats right, even the incredibly good play of Howard Leaderer can stumble and does.
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Daniel Negreanu: When he was first thinking about rolling up the stake and moving to Vegas... here is what he would do. Build up a bankroll in Toronto off of soft live games there, fly down to Vegas only too lose that same money in a couple days. Head back to Toronto broke, rinse.. repeat. He did this about five times over before he started winning money in Vegas.
Those are two of my favorite pro's, and heck if they can have bad play like that when they first started learning... so can I. And I am sure if you asked them today about there play everyday at the local Bellagio... they would tell you about some losing nights. Losing is park of poker, and that is why I now understand the incredible importance of bankroll. Minimum of 300 big bets for your bankroll... just so you can withstand the swings that go with playing such a volitile game. It makes more sense to me now more than ever.
PS: Just a side not I just remembered. If you go to fullcontactpoker.com and read back a couple posts in Daniel Negreanu's journal he will tell you about 2 bad nights from last week he had at the Bellagio playing $1500/$3000 limit rotation games. Over the two nights (2 spereate posts) he lost somewhere around $130,000... now if he can withstand that much of a swing... imagine his bankroll! lol...
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It was happenning to me. About 2 weeks ago I hit my lowest moment. So much so that I decided to take the last 2 weeks off and decided to rest and re-read a lot of my books (poker and other) and spend some quality time with the family. One of the problems I found during that horrible period (about 3 1/2 weeks) was I was just getting more and more stressed about losing, and I was compounding my problem by trying "NEW" things to win my money back quickly, a very bad move.
After I lost about 1/2 my roll, I realized what I was doing and put a stop to it. Turned around and said, it's time for a break. Now 2 weeks later I am more rested and relaxed than i have been in months and ready to get back to it. I realized that poker is a little like my job, every so often I need a vacation.
Hopefully next time this happens I will not hemeroage 1/2 my roll before realizing it.