That Inevitable downswing...

[JDMcNugent7]

Ya, well we all talked about how i was runnin hot and how i should be ready for a downswing... well i'm on it - and its Insane.

Today i played the biggest pot of my life - got all my $$$ in with the Nut Set on the flop, to get busted by a 2 outer , KK on the river - for $11,000.

Yesterday I lost set to set twice, for 4.7k.

and the day before i dont even remember wut happened anymore, but i dropped 2k.

Today i dropped 9k - and if i didnt lose as a Huge favorite i could honestly be up about 9k. - It just proves how Insane Variance in poker can be - and how important it is to play within ur bankroll. (and wut a Sick game poker is)

My bankroll is still fine, tho not where it used to be, somehow im still up 10k this month...
My goal is to win 5.5k a month - and if i can do that i will hit my goal of 100k for the year.

I'm not getting outplayed at all and didnt go on tilt once, so i really dont want to, but I think I'm moving back down to 5/10 NL. The 10/20 game is good Money against the right opponents - so instead of playing whoever sat down, im gonna track down just the fish and still play Some 10/20 but build my roll back at 5/10.

[Robbr25]

That is quite the ambitious goal, 100k.
Just curious, is your job poker?
Or do you have another job?

[JDMcNugent7]

I dont like to say poker is my job, but i dont have another one so wutever u wanna say.

At the limits I play I think 5.5k a month is doable - we will see.

[Robbr25]

I like poker to much to play it full time.
Yes it is nice to make money off of it.
I make enough in my job so that poker is more of a hobby.
I just DON'T lose a lot of money in it.
If I win that is a plus.
My main goal is to become the best player I can be and have fun doing it.

[kkirk1329]

damn thats major downswing, hope your luck turns around

[Zybomb]

When this downswing was being discussed before i was tryin to find an old thread of mine where I was on fire for about 4 weeks straight, although at lower stakes (never higher than 3/6 NL) and remind you to be prepared for the downswing and remember "thats no limit". Keeping within your bankroll is key for dealing with this.

On the subject of higher stakes, the live game at the card room where I go to play 3 or so times a week is a 5/5 game which plays a little bigger than a typical online 2/4 or 3/6. Standard raises vary from 25-40 on average, sometimes going up to 50. The max buy in is 1000, but the average player buys in for 500-700 depending on the overall stacks at the table, but there is usually 10 grand or more on the table...pots can be several hundred or 1-2k at times as well....

I think an online 5/10 would play a little bigger than this game, but not THAT much....so I'm probably going to give it a shot sometime in the near future (probably once I get funds over to Party)

[Reel Deal]

I think the more appropriate question is whether JD is old enough to have a job based on the child labor laws in the jurisdiction in which he resides.