hi mate, well i have spotted your leak for you. as you rightly say u r playing with-in b/roll but you are still losing. what happens though if you carry on going backwards... i,m not overly bothered,it,s your money mate. :-) devon Posted by devonfish5
yeah i understand what you are saying. so what do you suggest i do? just stick with the dyms? quit playing mtts?
I am playing around with these different formats trying to ride out the downswing that I am currently on, but surely it would be stupid to stop playing mtts as they have by far been the most profitable format for me, I'm break even playing dyms, bout the same for cash yet show a reasonable profit for mtts.
I'm at a loss of what to do tbh.....as i write this i have played 9 dym and lost 5 of them, over the long term I have never been profitable at these....so do i stop playing them and stick to mtt's or give nl4 a proper go again??
hi Ryan, the problem playing dym,s they can be so wwingy. so you can over-ride that by plating as much volume as poss. hence the reason i am buying new pc this week, i,ll be looking to be playing 12 tables inside a week or so, playing 6 atm. yeah, if u feel mtt,s r your best chance why not go with that 4 a fer sessions? i wasn,t having a go or anything mate, just trying to help best of luck, :-) devon
hi Ryan, the problem playing dym,s they can be so wwingy. so you can over-ride that by plating as much volume as poss. hence the reason i am buying new pc this week, i,ll be looking to be playing 12 tables inside a week or so, playing 6 atm. yeah, if u feel mtt,s r your best chance why not go with that 4 a fer sessions? i wasn,t having a go or anything mate, just trying to help best of luck, :-) devon Posted by devonfish5
hi devon, i know you weren't having a go m8 and i always appreciate all advice.
i just aint getting on with dym's at the min so gonna stick to cash and mtt for a while....might have the odd dabble at dym now and then
So, I get back from working hard all day on my birthday and settle down for a nice evening of poker. The dtd always fun, plus the mini BH.
Sky is bound to give me some run good for my birthday I think to myself as I settle down........WRONG, busted out of the first mtt early doors, the likes of JJ losing to 73 and a straight losing to a rivered full house doing the damage.
Oh well 3 to go and they were looking good, got to the later stages of 2 only to lose 60/40 hands......got my chips in good can't complain too much. However the final blow was mid stages of the last mtt....getting my 20 bb stack all in pre with the chip leader....win that hand and I'm looking good for a deep run.....the cards are on their backs and it's QQ v A9........yes!!!! flop 9xx........sweating.......turn is a blank.......feeling confident! the river is an ace......HAPPY BLOOMIN BIRTHDAY!!!
Still the dtd is always fun and tonight was no exception, just need to run better as I'm getting my chips in ahead 3/4 of the time which is all you can do at the end of the day!
Having a break from mtt's til the orfordable on friday and will play some nl4 until then
Nothing much to report these past 2 days as have not been playing much. i haven't got time to play a mtt at the min so just being playing a couple of dyms (which i said i wouldn't do).
Just gonna play a couple more dyms tonight before settling down for the footy!
Even though I am a profitable player, I have always really been a break even player. I have only really had 3 big (500+) plus cashes and the rest have been small tourney binks and cashes. But at present I can't even win a race! I am on the worst downswing I have ever been on and it is soooooooooooo frustrating. My graph below is starting to make a cracking ski slope!
I am after some advice if anyone is reading this. What can I do to try and stop this awful run? How have you dealt with downswings in the past? Does this graph show that actually I am a poor player and my luck has ran out? Help! Please!
My advice would be after each game go over EVERY hand you play. It is often the small hands that you wouldn't even think twice about where you leak chips, as opposed to the big hands like QQ losing to A9, thats just poker and theres nothing you can do about it! So focus on tightening your game in every area possible, that involves a lot of studying hand histories and maybe some further reading. Good luck, you seem like a strong MTT player so have faith in them and hopefully you will hit a big cash soon!
My advice would be after each game go over EVERY hand you play. It is often the small hands that you wouldn't even think twice about where you leak chips, as opposed to the big hands like QQ losing to A9, thats just poker and theres nothing you can do about it! So focus on tightening your game in every area possible, that involves a lot of studying hand histories and maybe some further reading. Good luck, you seem like a strong MTT player so have faith in them and hopefully you will hit a big cash soon! 7 Posted by SevenChips
ty for ur post 7.
yeah, what you say makes a lot of sense and ur bang on. since the downswing took hold i have been playing marginal hands that i would normally instafold, calling off with 3rd pair praying i'll hit etc....I'm def gonna tighten up my game.
Last night started off good, cashing in a 250 gtd and doing ok in the dyms. Then the vodka kicked in......i drunkenly decided to play some nl30, nl50 and then nl100.....what an idiot!!!!
It's all a bit of a haze if i'm honest but luckily I got away with it as I looked at my br earlier and to my amazement it had increased by 70 quid.....phew!!!
Off the tables, I have left TPT to go it alone, the fun of being in a team certainly died when I found out a certain individual had been bad mouthing me on the fb dtd page, I am not on fb so could not defend myself. The same individual then pm'd a member of the forum dishing out more rubbish about me. I wish all members of TPT gl for the future.
Tonight, I am NOT drinking and def playing well within my br!!!
When there is 2/3 of ur roll on one table it is def a buzz, luckily it was 4 in the morning and apart from jibbz the table was pretty soft......never again though!
Nice one, I'd imagine the £70 was a pretty good hang-over cure. Maybe the runbad is over? I'd avoid doing it again though, you might bust your roll next time!
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I am playing around with these different formats trying to ride out the downswing that I am currently on, but surely it would be stupid to stop playing mtts as they have by far been the most profitable format for me, I'm break even playing dyms, bout the same for cash yet show a reasonable profit for mtts.
I'm at a loss of what to do tbh.....as i write this i have played 9 dym and lost 5 of them, over the long term I have never been profitable at these....so do i stop playing them and stick to mtt's or give nl4 a proper go again??
The answer looks pretty obvious to me.
small mtt's and nl4 cash from now on!
as it stands.....
DYM £3.30: W2 L3
DYM £2.25: W2 L2
Mtt: Primo sat -£2.64, 150gtd -£5.50
Had a "deposit 10 pounds get 10 pounds free" birthday bonus
Start br: £141.03
Current br: £150.69
just gonna play flops event 2 later and that is my lot!
the problem playing dym,s
they can be so wwingy.
so you can over-ride that by plating as much volume as poss.
hence the reason i am buying new pc this week,
i,ll be looking to be playing 12 tables inside a week or so,
playing 6 atm.
yeah,
if u feel mtt,s r your best chance
why not go with that 4 a fer sessions?
i wasn,t having a go or anything mate,
just trying to help
best of luck,
:-)
devon
i just aint getting on with dym's at the min so gonna stick to cash and mtt for a while....might have the odd dabble at dym now and then
cheers for post mate
Sky is bound to give me some run good for my birthday I think to myself as I settle down........WRONG, busted out of the first mtt early doors, the likes of JJ losing to 73 and a straight losing to a rivered full house doing the damage.
Oh well 3 to go and they were looking good, got to the later stages of 2 only to lose 60/40 hands......got my chips in good can't complain too much. However the final blow was mid stages of the last mtt....getting my 20 bb stack all in pre with the chip leader....win that hand and I'm looking good for a deep run.....the cards are on their backs and it's QQ v A9........yes!!!! flop 9xx........sweating.......turn is a blank.......feeling confident! the river is an ace......HAPPY BLOOMIN BIRTHDAY!!!
Still the dtd is always fun and tonight was no exception, just need to run better as I'm getting my chips in ahead 3/4 of the time which is all you can do at the end of the day!
Having a break from mtt's til the orfordable on friday and will play some nl4 until then
Start br: £150.69
Current br: £139.62
if u think that was a bad birthday,
read my post in gpc
"devonfish...a real life story"
:-)
devon
nite
Nothing much to report these past 2 days as have not been playing much. i haven't got time to play a mtt at the min so just being playing a couple of dyms (which i said i wouldn't do).
Just gonna play a couple more dyms tonight before settling down for the footy!
Start br: £139.62
Current br: £138.97
COME ON ENGLAND!!
Even though I am a profitable player, I have always really been a break even player. I have only really had 3 big (500+) plus cashes and the rest have been small tourney binks and cashes. But at present I can't even win a race! I am on the worst downswing I have ever been on and it is soooooooooooo frustrating. My graph below is starting to make a cracking ski slope!
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I am after some advice if anyone is reading this. What can I do to try and stop this awful run? How have you dealt with downswings in the past? Does this graph show that actually I am a poor player and my luck has ran out? Help! Please!
My advice would be after each game go over EVERY hand you play.
It is often the small hands that you wouldn't even think twice about where you leak chips, as opposed to the big hands like QQ losing to A9, thats just poker and theres nothing you can do about it!
So focus on tightening your game in every area possible, that involves a lot of studying hand histories and maybe some further reading.
Good luck, you seem like a strong MTT player so have faith in them and hopefully you will hit a big cash soon!
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yeah, what you say makes a lot of sense and ur bang on. since the downswing took hold i have been playing marginal hands that i would normally instafold, calling off with 3rd pair praying i'll hit etc....I'm def gonna tighten up my game.
thanks again for your advice
Last night started off good, cashing in a 250 gtd and doing ok in the dyms. Then the vodka kicked in......i drunkenly decided to play some nl30, nl50 and then nl100.....what an idiot!!!!
It's all a bit of a haze if i'm honest but luckily I got away with it as I looked at my br earlier and to my amazement it had increased by 70 quid.....phew!!!
Off the tables, I have left TPT to go it alone, the fun of being in a team certainly died when I found out a certain individual had been bad mouthing me on the fb dtd page, I am not on fb so could not defend myself. The same individual then pm'd a member of the forum dishing out more rubbish about me. I wish all members of TPT gl for the future.
Tonight, I am NOT drinking and def playing well within my br!!!
Start br: £138.97
Current br: £207.86