Okay, so I've been playing online poker for a couple months, and it's been really hard. As soon as May began, I started to have some trouble. Variance hit me pretty much for the entire month, and at the end of the month, I think I had slightly above what I started for that month. At the time I played close to 10k games, and that's the worse I ever ran; and at these stakes, it can hurt your bankroll and confidence. However, I can't blame it entirely on bad luck because I know I played poorly because of tilt ( Losing 700 dollars in a single day is depressing) Also, another factor that may have contributed to my losing wave could have been the games I chose to play. For example, the knockout tournaments on Pokerstars are so aggressive. I remember a sit n go, where I made the money, with 15-30 blinds. A lot of the times, there is no fold equity because of the bounty on your head. However, the players in this field are a lot weaker then the players in regular non turbo 9 man sit n gos. If players are willing to shove all in preflop with pocket 3s when blinds are still 10-20, that's a huge leak.(If your running bad, this can be so devastating lol)I haven't played these in a couple months because I was running bad.( yeah losing twelve 5 to 1
10 to 3 when your favorite in a row, can put you on some mad tilt)
Going into June, I didn't play as much as I should have because I needed the break. And like most poker players I started to question whether this is for me. Poker is cruel, and it can break you mentally and physically; especially when you have bills to pay. But in the end, I came out with profit as you can see on the graph. Having that long losing wave could have been the best thing that happened, because it tested me mentally as a poker player, and made me a better player. I shouldn't run that bad for a long time, unless I'm the unluckiest person in the world lol. To all the regular's I've ran into that have also been running bad, keep your head up, and wait for some better dayz.
P.S Won my first live tournament, only 68 players but first prize was 2,100 dollars. ( 2.1k dollars = Unlimited animation paper Woot!!)
