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pokerpops:
From Ray"s diary 27 August
Currently going through my worst ever downswing ainec, would say maybe 3x as bad as any other downswing I"ve been through, and that"s probably massively understating it; Stars just won"t let me win. It"s pretty ironic as for the first time this year I"m actually working hard, in the last 6 weeks or so I"ve played over 5k games, and I"m down 5k. It"s pretty hard to produce those kind of numbers without there being major problems but I"m certain it"s just the most ridic run bad possible, I"m studying hard and have found no leaks, I know my ranges are solid, I just don"t win showdowns. To put those numbers into some kind of perspective, before this I had numerous sessions were I couldn"t lose, it was a joke how hard I was crushing it. Also my figures for the year inclusive of the 35s have me still winning at over $2 per game for the year, take out the 35s though and my figures are starting to look pretty ropey. As I said to James though, before this downswing started my figures for my own games showed me as the greatest, taking the past two months it"d seem I"m the absolute worst, I"m pretty confident I"m not the worst and have never thought I was the greatest.
One thing is for sure, when I do get through this and start crushing again it will be by far my greatest achievement in poker to date, and I"d say I"ve done pretty well but jesus this is testing me to the max. Another thing that I 100% gte I will stick to is this; If when I do start to crush again and once I have a few spare $"s again, if I then proceed to set fire to it acting like a ***** and not working hard and find myself back on the brink of busto I will quit the game for good. I think most of us who do this for a living probably underestimate the mental stress this is taking on us when it"s like this and I"m not going to allow myself to keep putting myself through it, I"m making it to hard for myself.
Charlie44:
--- Quote from: Fatcatstu on September 06, 2013, 10:51:02 AM ---
The ladders in these are tiny until you make FT, with no jump from 27_19 then 18-10, so making final tables with chips is always the way to go IMO unless someone cares to tell me different?
--- End quote ---
Sorry Stu thought it was the final table. Assuming its a 180 tourney, looking at chips tacks it looks as if now down to 14/15 and you have bigger than average stack. IMO there are still significant ICM considerations. I still think you need fewer than 6 players left to act in teh hand for it to be $+ev.
Fatcatstu:
1 11th cash and one 9th so far tonight, early doors yet though, so hopefully can get another profit banked!!
Sillbags:
--- Quote from: david3103 on September 06, 2013, 12:33:22 PM ---
From Ray"s diary 27 August
Currently going through my worst ever downswing ainec, would say maybe 3x as bad as any other downswing I"ve been through, and that"s probably massively understating it; Stars just won"t let me win. It"s pretty ironic as for the first time this year I"m actually working hard, in the last 6 weeks or so I"ve played over 5k games, and I"m down 5k. It"s pretty hard to produce those kind of numbers without there being major problems but I"m certain it"s just the most ridic run bad possible, I"m studying hard and have found no leaks, I know my ranges are solid, I just don"t win showdowns. To put those numbers into some kind of perspective, before this I had numerous sessions were I couldn"t lose, it was a joke how hard I was crushing it. Also my figures for the year inclusive of the 35s have me still winning at over $2 per game for the year, take out the 35s though and my figures are starting to look pretty ropey. As I said to James though, before this downswing started my figures for my own games showed me as the greatest, taking the past two months it"d seem I"m the absolute worst, I"m pretty confident I"m not the worst and have never thought I was the greatest.
One thing is for sure, when I do get through this and start crushing again it will be by far my greatest achievement in poker to date, and I"d say I"ve done pretty well but jesus this is testing me to the max. Another thing that I 100% gte I will stick to is this; If when I do start to crush again and once I have a few spare $"s again, if I then proceed to set fire to it acting like a ***** and not working hard and find myself back on the brink of busto I will quit the game for good. I think most of us who do this for a living probably underestimate the mental stress this is taking on us when it"s like this and I"m not going to allow myself to keep putting myself through it, I"m making it to hard for myself.
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Sad to see Ray running so bad. I remember at UKIPT Nottingham sharing a sick starting table with Ray, Luke Fields (LFmagic) and John Eames
Fatcatstu:
So, little 10 game session ended there, and an ok one, but frustrating as hell at the same time.
cashed in 4/10 games, which i am over the moon with.
2 FT"s (4th and 9th)
11th and a 16th.
So so so soooooooo close to another big hit there, gutted, especially in the 4th placed one, where the following happened to scupper our hopes.
PokerStars Hand #103754041801: Tournament #784506219, $2.28+$0.22 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XVII (1500/3000) - 2013/09/06 19:47:23 WET [2013/09/06 14:47:23 ET]
Table "784506219 4" 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 3: njes2 (30246 in chips)
Seat 4: jakakintok (74663 in chips)
Seat 5: fatcatstu (62318 in chips)
Seat 8: seinfeld1988 (28623 in chips)
Seat 9: chupacabra78 (74150 in chips)
njes2: posts the ante 300
jakakintok: posts the ante 300
fatcatstu: posts the ante 300
seinfeld1988: posts the ante 300
chupacabra78: posts the ante 300
seinfeld1988: posts small blind 1500
chupacabra78: posts big blind 3000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to fatcatstu [Ad Kd]
njes2: folds
jakakintok: folds
fatcatstu: raises 3000 to 6000
seinfeld1988: raises 22323 to 28323 and is all-in
chupacabra78: folds
fatcatstu: calls 22323
*** FLOP *** [7s 7h 5s]
*** TURN *** [7s 7h 5s] [Qh]
*** RIVER *** [7s 7h 5s Qh] [Tc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
seinfeld1988: shows [Ac Qs] (two pair, Queens and Sevens)
fatcatstu: shows [Ad Kd] (a pair of Sevens)
seinfeld1988 collected 61146 from pot
bankroll now stands at $426.33 and i cant help but think that it could (and should) have been a damn sight more!!!
Still will take a 40ITM stat i think :)
Again, want to say thanks to Rodders for the chance to play these, i am really enjoying myself, and it is bringing my game on fantastically I feel, in particular the mental side of it. I havent tilted once yet, i just keep on grinding and grinding.
Off to get some food then i might fire up a few more.
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