Recently I've had over a $1,600 downswing while attempting my 3 Months $3,000 challenge. I looked over my records and it is the largest downswing I've ever had in my live poker career. $1,600 is eight buy-ins to my average $2-60 spread-limit hold'em game. I've had a 12 buy-in downswing in my online play (although that was for smaller stakes). I don't have very many downswings more than 3 or 4 buy-ins, so this is a major downswing for me. But I don't think 8 buy-ins is too far out of the norm. I'm just going to make sure I'm focused and prepared next time I play. I'm ready for a comeback!
CLARIFICATION: The downswing I'm referring to is consecutive downswings without booking a win. If you include intermediate wins, then my largest downswing is closer to 10 buy-ins.
3 comments:
Wow... your variance has been small if this is your largest down swing.
Yeah I haven't had a lot of swings in live poker. I've had a lot more swings online.
One more thing the downswings aren't measured from the "high water" mark but rather consecutive losses without booking a single win.
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