A lil' bit of "Streak Theory"

[Aequitas58]

Well, all that is true. You can do more with a bigger stack. Like Johnny Chan says: the player with the most ammunition will win the war. Or battle. Whatever it was.

I don't get reckless when I double or triple my buy in, but it's amazing how more more respect you start getting. Wouldn't you agree?

[GeoffM]

Couldn't agree with you any more. January was an unbelievable month for me, but February I pretty much broke even or may have lost a little (however, I did not play much).

It is all about streaks. Sometimes the cards come your way and sometimes they just suck, or other people suck-out on you. The main thing is to be able to maximize pot revenue when you have the winning hand and get out of any pot when you don't. Don't donate your money all the way to the river, playing too aggressively.

I took a step back after pissing away $100 on 1 short Party session at the end of January. Since then, I have played about 250 raked hands on Absolute and won $70 (+$20 bonus, so $90), and played my 520 raked hands on PP, only to be down $65 (thanks to a $80 bonus which I will clear in 40 hands, I may make a slight profit).

I guess the point is, yes streaks are a part of life. Just like when a team goes on a streak, then slide. The cards have a lot to do with it, but also your frame of mind is a big factor. This is 1 reason why I'll rarely look at my numbers during the month (I have started to keep a record of winnings since winning the first MTT I joined), because it may tell me that "Hey, I'm behind for this month". Like you said, once you go on a massive streak you start to expect more, and I myself have this tendency, but again I think we should realize that poker is on recreational time and we should be happy we even get a $1 an hour profit from it, as long as we're having fun that is. But of course, human nature is to be greedy.

[bdawg31]

I definitely see a difference when i have doubled up - i get a lot more aggressive and can win a lot of hands on semi-bluffs or even big raises preflop. Or a big raise preflop and then come out firing. I can sort of 'sense' when it is time - and i make that move with just about any two cards. if i get caught - no biggie, just change gears.

[lightfungus]

Ya need money to make money, thats how i feel. In fact on Pokerroom when I was trying to make my money back, I would search tables where guys were buying in with their low chip stacks trying to double up. Most of the time, with plenty of money to cover them I was able to play my hands correctly where I could bully them into calling my hand that was better than theirs.

[Tony Cheval]

This is something I've been getting better at myself, started accepting those prop invites at Inter, and discovered that the shorthanded players there tend to be WAY too loose. Fast money AND fast raked hands? Sign me up.

[tazmision89]

When I hit streaks, I ride them for as long as I can. Once I take a couple of bad hits, I take a couple of days off just to get my marbles back together again.

Turning 50 to 750 is fantastic!!! Congrats!!!!

[SirFWALGMan]

I have been told you absolutly should not play much differently against people when you have a large stack with the exception of other large stacks. The advantage in a cash game of a large stack is the fact that you can threaten the other large stacks with losing it all because you will make each card they draw cost more and more. The small stacks dont care because they can REEEBUY! It is not like a tourney where the big stack can bully you around because there is no REEEEBUY! Anyway, dont ask me any questions about why this is. My thinking up until now had been "Yeah, Bully people", but smarter people than I have said this is wrong. What do I know, I am an NL newbie!