Vol II | Year Of The Beast | $100k Profit
so you lose 150 buyins and do zero hh reviews?
yeah lost 40 BIs in 6 hours at 25 rnc then 60 more the next day at 10 then 50 more at 5 rnc so yeah 150 BI downswing all within 48 hours - was 8 tabling some rnc during this time but not 100% 8 tabling and yet Im still up $4.5k in less than 3 weeks at 25 rnc so yeah I did grind 5rnc for a bit to regain my confidence after the 150 swing after I felt better (did zero hand review
Do you actually have graphs to back that up, or are you just too embarrassed by your play and afraid people would make fun of you? Because honestly, it’s almost impossible to lose that much in that short a time while still being a winning player — unless you were spewing chips at an absolutely insane rate. Just doing some rough math, you’re basically saying you lost a full buy-in every five minutes. And that’s not even accounting for any hands you might’ve won back in the meantime, so the rate is probably even worse. If you were to plug those numbers into a variance calculator, it becomes pretty clear just how ridiculous that claim is.
Yes, absolutely. Makes no sense to do so. Its a waste of time and wont help anything. Bc its almost purely variance. Just like every other downswing Ive ever had.
Better plan is to just do some GTO drills to think about blocker/unblocker effects and range vs range dynamics to freshen up your calibration in certain spots. But this is more to do with resetting your mindset, not so much to improve your understanding of poker etc.
And also drop down a limit to where u can just chill a bit and enjoy the grind.
As I said if you think its not possible to lose 150 BIs due to variance youre just low IQ and its a waste of my time to argue about it. Not saying youre doing that, but another poster did.
As a friend who is also full time grinder said - even if I get **** wasted with 10 shots of whiskey after staying awake for 72 hours while also having my body bitten 100 times by mosquitos while also throwing up from food poisoning all at the same time - my cognitive awareness coupled with rote memory will still be high enough to where the most I would lose at is probably like -3bb/100 longterm in the micros. Losing 150 BIs in 75k or so hands is like -25bb/100 winrate lol
Yes, absolutely. Makes no sense to do so. Its a waste of time and wont help anything. Bc its almost purely variance. Just like every other downswing Ive ever had. Better plan is to just do some GTO drills to think about blocker/unblocker effects and range vs range dynamics to freshen up your calibration in certain spots. But this is more to do with resetting your mindset,
I wouldn't say you can't be a winning player with a 150bi downswing. It probably just means a very low winrate, which is completely fine. You don't have to be crushing or very good to enjoy or make poker profitable. It's just mentally very rough to deal with those downswings. Bena has documented quite a few downswings at higher limits, not this big I think but huge anyway. But the winrates at those high limits are small even with good bumhunting skills.
Doing hh reviews is good if you want to solve some problems that keeps the winrate low (obviously goes beyond only big pots lost), but not doing them is probably not going to make you worse. It's all up to how much you want to improve. Atleast you could spot some bad tendencies you have during downswings.
Yes, absolutely. Makes no sense to do so. Its a waste of time and wont help anything. Bc its almost purely variance. Just like every other downswing Ive ever had. Better plan is to just do some GTO drills to think about blocker/unblocker effects and range vs range dynamics to freshen up your calibration in certain spots. But this is more to do with resetting your mindset,
i'm confused about what you're saying here.
Who is low IQ, the person who says it's not possible to lose 150BI due to variance or the person who has such a low winrate that losing 150BI from variance is statistically possible AND doesn't do HH reviews because it's all just variance?
This isn't really meant as an attack - i just don't get what your position is.
just to check: you know that with a good winrate, 150BI downswing is statistically impossible, yes?
edit: OK, i read some more and It looks like you're in denial about some major mental issues. Poker is tough.
Peak delusion.
150 buyin 'downswing'
I wouldn't say you can't be a winning player with a 150bi downswing. It probably just means a very low winrate, which is completely fine.
Yes, exactly. Possibly even slightly losing. Also with deliberate engineering of strategy that sacrifices ev in order to make more points per hour to take 1st or 2nd in the lb more often.
As to your comment about doing HH review - has nothing to do with the downswing. I can lose 50 BI and not bat an eye. Been through plenty of them. Doesnt effect the mindset much when you are heavily rolled for your limit (at least for me - Ive know a couple guys that could have $30,000 but monkey tilt at 10nl after losing 20 BI). Any misplays will be more to do with collapsing mindset during the downswing rather than an overall bad strategy - however this didnt happen to me until after the 100th BI lost. So rather than reviewing the HHs its better to do what I suggested. Along with increasing the bankroll size needed to play each limit in such a high variance format of lb racing so stress and pressure doesnt hit you so rapidly if at all if your bankroll is big enough. This is why I will give myself 150 BIs as a base. Possibly even more. Might even come to desire 200 BIs.
The only thing that matters is you are making good profits relative to the limit you are grinding. The 150 BI downswing is literally irrelevant and everyone else makes a bigger deal about it than I ever did. And I just rebounded to make $5.5k or so in 3 weeks at 25 rnc w/o bbj hits.
Everyone else in this thread can be ignored. No need to waste my time on low IQ logic.
Insulting people and calling them low IQ while being in this forum for more than 10 years while having less than $10k to your name at almost 40 years old and losing 150 buyins in micros is peak humor.
Fact: in 2019 you started a thread saying you were playing 25NL and 50NL. 6 years later you are literally in the same situation or worse. And here you are calling others low IQ while making these life decisions along the way.
This is truly funny.
As a friend who is also full time grinder said - even if I get **** wasted with 10 shots of whiskey after staying awake for 72 hours while also having my body bitten 100 times by mosquitos while also throwing up from food poisoning all at the same time - my cognitive awareness coupled with rote memory will still be high enough to where the most I would lose at is probably like
that's a hell of a situation damn
Alright, let’s settle this once and for all. What’s your actual winrate and standard deviation after rakeback and leaderboard rewards over the past month? Let’s plug the numbers into a variance calculator and finally put this delusional statement to rest.
Insulting people and calling them low IQ while being in this forum for more than 10 years while having less than $10k to your name at almost 40 years old and losing 150 buyins in micros is peak humor.Fact: in 2019 you started a thread saying you were playing 25NL and 50NL. 6 years later you are literally in the same situation or worse. And here you are calling others low IQ whi
tell us more about him, come on dude 
double racing, which turned out to not be so optimal - focusing on getting top 3 in one race turns out better I think
also I had 3bb over 300k hands 7 tabling stars zoom 25nl/50nl together so dont even try to infer the downswing was bc of me 8 tabling
just sent the first repayment to a guy who staked me for 25nl - but literally the same day he staked me I had the 40 BI downswing in 6 hours then he sent me a bit more and lost all of that too at 10nl haha
but happy to say I sent him his first $300 after making $4k or so profit last month
From here on I will send regular monthly splits equal to about 10% to 15% of my profits after bills paid for which was the agreed upon plan
getting staked for nl25 seems so sad
Bringing the risk of loss close to zero while repaying 10% profit split? Ill take that any day of the week. Its a slam dunk. Also allows for faster 50nl shots bc you remove shot taking + regrind of 10nl if shot fails. So I would argue its objectively and indisputably the highest ev decision longterm in such a high variance format.
because he can handle it better than anyone. 8 tabling 100rnc and 200rnc winning LBs every 2 days gonna be sick to watch.
Ill for sure try it out once I get back there but every 2 days lol brooo u killin me ��
BBJ hit at 50rnc for $2.6k!
Haters gonna hate I guess
what's the upper range of your upswings?
