Poker...been trying an experiment..

[RyanLanane]

Nick, I had no time at all today to talk.. I only stopped by and read here once .. Way to mcuh was on my plate and seemed like it was one of those days where if it could go wrong, it did...

Hopefully tomorrow is a bit lighter and we have a chance to talk.. I'll send you an ICQ whenever I end up with some free time..

Nick, I got what you are saying... But trust me - Like I said even the best players out there will tell you no matter what you WILL lose 100 BB's or $2000 at the levels you are playing until your cards straighten out.

It will be ne of those thungs where you play well, but you keep getting beat by a set a little higher... a K high flush to their A hi flush... or getting rivered 20 times in a 3 or 4 hour session. I know my play in the past speaks crap about me lol... But I had a period where I played 20,000 hands and won 950 of them ... I was actually break even believe it or not... but it was an intensely painful couple weeks lol ... Seriously, I could not win for the life of me..

You should read up on twoplustwo, you will pry end up enjoying the site.. It is a wealth of knowledge!

[MissEve]

Ryan....hey baby! So, are you saying that its not possible to be a winning player online or just that you should expect downswings?

[RyanLanane]

Just to expect and be mentally prepared for the downswings

Ever since Nick got through to me to adjust my stakes... I have been bringing home a teady weekly paycheck from palying.. not much but it will pretty much be making the house payment

More than anything.. from my talks with nick - I think he might have a problem if he dropped $1,000 in a session - not because he can't afford to or it would hurt his bankroll but just mentally... different people can handle different swings.. I can see it bugging the living hell outta Nick if he drops a grand in a session.. Just wanted him to be prepared since at those stakes, it WILL happen eventually lol..

[MissEve]

I hear ya! As they say on twoplustwo, you will have a downswing worse than you could have ever expected. I just go back to Pokertracker and review my games to make sure Im not tilting or leaking. I have about a year and a half of data and I look at my ITM/ROI and prove to myself that I am a winning player. Those stats help me so much when I'm on a downswing.

On a side note.....there has been a lot of discussion on twoplustwo about the killing of the golden goose in poker. There definitely could be some paralells between porn and poker. I wonder if Party Poker can sustain the number of players it has. Do you think the poker craze will die out or will it become even more of a national past time? I am still fascinated when I look up players on Poker Prophecy and see someone playing $100 sit and gos who has played 500 games and only been in the money 20% of the time.

I tend to heckle people and I was heckling someone who lived in the Bay Area who was playing like a moron. I asked him if he had a great silicon valley job and just liked to lose money. He started chatting with me and was actually a really interesting person. He basically said that he has the money and just plays for fun.

That is a hard concept for me to understand but I know its common. Even when I had money coming out of my ass I would have never played $100 a hand blackjack and doubled down on 6 with a 10 showing.

Morgan, if you are reading this.....get ready. You are going to learn how to play poker!