micromachine
Legend
Silver Level
A couple of general questions.
I play 5NL 6max and although I am a relative cash game beginner I have been playing poker for some time (SNG and MTT) and understand all the basic concepts of cash game play.
The swings I experience are dreadful!! For example since starting the trial of PT3 I have had a 10 BI downswing, which I recovered from only to immediately go into another 12 BI downswing. I recovered from this as well and went just about into profit again. Now I have had a 20 BI downswing, which I am at the bottom of so I don't know how far it will continue .
Do other people experience these kind of swings? It seems like once it starts I can't stop it no matter how well I try and play and how much I try to ignore the tilt. I think part of the problem is tilt but it also seems like once the downswing starts I also get bad beats again and again.
The 20 BI downswing makes me think I need a much bigger BR than 20 BI for 6-max. Luckily mine was 44 at the start of it so I still have 24. What do the 6-max regs think a safe BR is?
Also does anyone have any tips on what I should do to avoid these downswings? Things I have considered are dropping down to 2NL when I lose a more than 3BI on any day. Or switching to full ring and just playing 2 table (I normally play 4) for a bit to have a little break from the 6 max.
Thanks
I play 5NL 6max and although I am a relative cash game beginner I have been playing poker for some time (SNG and MTT) and understand all the basic concepts of cash game play.
The swings I experience are dreadful!! For example since starting the trial of PT3 I have had a 10 BI downswing, which I recovered from only to immediately go into another 12 BI downswing. I recovered from this as well and went just about into profit again. Now I have had a 20 BI downswing, which I am at the bottom of so I don't know how far it will continue .
Do other people experience these kind of swings? It seems like once it starts I can't stop it no matter how well I try and play and how much I try to ignore the tilt. I think part of the problem is tilt but it also seems like once the downswing starts I also get bad beats again and again.
The 20 BI downswing makes me think I need a much bigger BR than 20 BI for 6-max. Luckily mine was 44 at the start of it so I still have 24. What do the 6-max regs think a safe BR is?
Also does anyone have any tips on what I should do to avoid these downswings? Things I have considered are dropping down to 2NL when I lose a more than 3BI on any day. Or switching to full ring and just playing 2 table (I normally play 4) for a bit to have a little break from the 6 max.
Thanks