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TopFuel
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This post may end up being quite long for which I apologize but I am getting just a tad desperate. What I am about to describe has happened to me more times than I can remember over the 10+ years I have been playing online poker and I am very keen to try and find out what is causing it.
Recently I set aside 20 buy-ins to play $7 turbo six max sng my target was a ROI of 5% and then to move up the buy-ins.
After about 300 games I had reached my target of $300 and so began playing $15 turbo six max sng. My next target being $900 for $30 games and an increased roll of 30 buy-ins over the original 20 for the 7/15 levels.
And true to form this is where it all has fallen apart. I am now down $345 having wiped out my $300 bankroll and so on.
This keeps happening to me whether it is trying to move up the limits in sng or cash. And as I said above it has happened so many times now that it is getting very wearing!!!
What I want to try and establish more than anything is what is going on here. I have a few ideas and would welcome other peoples thoughts and experiences.
1 The level of play at the next level up is just too good for me (I dont really buy this as I have heard it said that there isnt much difference for example in cash games between 1/2 cent and 1/2 dollar in all reality and it only starts getting drastically more tough higher up)
2 When I move up I start experiencing what I call invincible syndrome - ie I am so high from getting to the point where I can move up that I start thinking that I am far better than I am and then end up being crushed at the new level, by trying to win too many pots and generally being overly aggressive fancy play syndrome etc.
3 It is just variance and I need to carry on it will turn around in the end
4 I was just damn lucky to get to where I could move up and it was a fluke
5 The standards are just so much higher now than when I first began and there are some excellent players at 1/2cent cash and $1 sng for example.
6 Online Poker is rigged - Ok I threw that one in for some light relief and to get the idiots going who believe that rubbish
I am not sure what is happening and as you can probably tell it is really causing me megga frustration so any constructive and well meant comments will be very welcome
Thanks in advance
Mike
Recently I set aside 20 buy-ins to play $7 turbo six max sng my target was a ROI of 5% and then to move up the buy-ins.
After about 300 games I had reached my target of $300 and so began playing $15 turbo six max sng. My next target being $900 for $30 games and an increased roll of 30 buy-ins over the original 20 for the 7/15 levels.
And true to form this is where it all has fallen apart. I am now down $345 having wiped out my $300 bankroll and so on.
This keeps happening to me whether it is trying to move up the limits in sng or cash. And as I said above it has happened so many times now that it is getting very wearing!!!
What I want to try and establish more than anything is what is going on here. I have a few ideas and would welcome other peoples thoughts and experiences.
1 The level of play at the next level up is just too good for me (I dont really buy this as I have heard it said that there isnt much difference for example in cash games between 1/2 cent and 1/2 dollar in all reality and it only starts getting drastically more tough higher up)
2 When I move up I start experiencing what I call invincible syndrome - ie I am so high from getting to the point where I can move up that I start thinking that I am far better than I am and then end up being crushed at the new level, by trying to win too many pots and generally being overly aggressive fancy play syndrome etc.
3 It is just variance and I need to carry on it will turn around in the end
4 I was just damn lucky to get to where I could move up and it was a fluke
5 The standards are just so much higher now than when I first began and there are some excellent players at 1/2cent cash and $1 sng for example.
6 Online Poker is rigged - Ok I threw that one in for some light relief and to get the idiots going who believe that rubbish
I am not sure what is happening and as you can probably tell it is really causing me megga frustration so any constructive and well meant comments will be very welcome
Thanks in advance
Mike