Swings


I read many poker blogs. One common theme in the blogs from the players I read about are the constant swing and fluctuations that we all experience.

From reading Jeans blog today seeing he wins 100k on Ongame but loses 100k on iPoker I can relate to this, (except of course on a much smaller scale).. I also read another blog somewhere about a player who had a consistently winning month at 2/4 and 3/6 but at the same time experienced a big downswing at 5/10. Again, I can relate, but still on a smaller scale, and I think players who put in much volume at cash games will have to learn to deal with some brutal swings.

This month has been my most ‘swingy’ since playing poker…

It started well with a win in a small live £20 tourney for ~£150, then managed to lose nearly that much in a live cash-game 2 days later.

After a small loss on a Friday night at the start of the month online, I decided to get up at 7.30 am to win it back, which went very badly and, still half asleep managed to drop $600 before 9am, and then a further $600 by midday, playing a mix of 100NL, 200NL and 400NL.

Determined to get it back I deposited some more and by the end of the day managed to win it all back and slightly more grinding 6 tables of 100NL, so for the day I was consistently down on 200NL but had a brilliant graph for 100NL

The following week was more swings... I deposit $1400 on Betfair, lose ~$1000 early on, pick up a few hundred dollars on some other sites, and then grind it back up playing 2000-3000 hands every day until I have $1287 sat there by Saturday night.
This is where it went wrong & I played some 50NL heads-up but opened too many tables and found myself playing four opponents over 6 tables. I crushed a couple of people for small wins but one opponent absolutely destroyed me, had a hand every time, picked off all my bluffs and sucked out until I tilted and lost about $400 on one table to him.

If this wasn’t bad enough instead of stopping and coming back to play fresh another day I was determined to win it all back that night, and split nearly all my remaining bankroll over 6 tables of 100NL and 200NL, which I know is ridiculous.
My bankroll management has always been terrible and I try hard to improve it but it look like this month is no different. I MUST GET BETTER AT THIS!

Well I put up a good fight but ended Saturday night with $48 in my Betfair account and feeling sick.

The next 2 days I won $300 on Full tilt, mainly from rush poker, also had a deep run in a $5 donkament where I was big chip leader but finished 9/280 following a massive 3 street bluff with J8s which went wrong when I was called by AK high..

This takes me into last night where I played my usual weekly £20 live tourney, and won it outright for £200! J

 

Swings