longest downswing in online MTTs?

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So for a while I was making some small cashes and min cashes probably about every 2-3 out of 10-12 tournaments. And then a few weeks ago took first for my biggest cash to date. Now I find myself even missing the min cashes, about 20 or so tournaments over 3 weeks and blanked them all. I've been averaging playing maybe 3-8 a week.

I'm not terribly concerned yet given how I know you can get a top 3 finish in a big MTT and then go dry for a long time.

But I was curious of those that put in higher volume of these MTTs, what's the average ROI and what average number in a row of tourneys without a cash do you start to wonder if there's something wrong with your game? These are mostly lower stake Turbo & Regular MTTs (no R or A, some are deepstack, some are normal) averaging anywhere from 300-1200 players.

Basically what was your longest streak of no cashes and what did you do if anything about it?
 
toots babos

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This is pretty normal for mtt players but if you have the skills you'll be making more than you lose in the long run.

I'm on a 50 buy in downswing currently but it's not a true downswing since I played a session while drunk, 2 sessions while hungover and then a normal session but it doesn't bother me because I'm properly rolled for the games i play.

Basically if you're properly rolled for the games you play a downswing should never really bother you. The hardest part I find being on the downswing is trying to stay mentally strong throughout the downswing and try not to adjust from my game.
 
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Playing large field MTTs, you need a huge sample (several thousand tournaments) before you can really say anything meaningful. Downswings over a couple hundred tournaments are pretty normal.
 
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