Submitted by : pinbaLL

***** Hand History for Game 3463973413 *****
$100 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, January 30, 08:34:16 EDT 2006
Table Table 69097 (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: ESeaYour ( $100 )
Seat 2: Macika18 ( $40.40 )
Seat 3: Groveller ( $152.65 )
Seat 4: jserio52 ( $178.45 )
Seat 5: JJRawlings ( $32.25 )
Seat 7: Totem13 ( $138.85 )
Seat 8: LeejaStar ( $94.50 )
Seat 9: equanimity15 ( $423.15 )
Seat 10: tottmeister2 ( $100.35 )
Seat 6: angri_dragon ( $99 )
tottmeister2 posts small blind [$0.50].
ESeaYour posts big blind [$1].

Holecards
Dealt to ESeaYour
Macika18 calls [$1].
Groveller calls [$1].
jserio52 folds.
JJRawlings folds.
angri_dragon folds.
Totem13 folds.
LeejaStar folds.
equanimity15 calls [$1].
tottmeister2 calls [$0.50].
ESeaYour checks.

Flop (Pot : $5)

   
tottmeister2 checks.
ESeaYour bets [$3].
Macika18 folds.
Groveller calls [$3].
equanimity15 calls [$3].
tottmeister2 folds.

Turn (Pot : $14)

   
ESeaYour checks.
Groveller checks.
equanimity15 bets [$5].
ESeaYour calls [$5].
Groveller calls [$5].

River (Pot : $29)

   
ESeaYour is all-In [$91]
Groveller folds.
Macika18: call
ESeaYour: no
equanimity15 calls [$91].
ESeaYour shows a straight, seven to jack.
equanimity15 shows a straight, four to eight.
ESeaYour wins $208 from the main pot with a straight, seven to jack.

Recovering from a bad run takes time, but its fun!

How did you absorb a 10 buyin downswing without having to move down? Didnt you only recently start $100NL?

he has big safety net

Yeah it was np, I had won ~2,5k on 100nl before it came. Felt bad about it though.

how many buyins was ur swing?
i am currently down 12 buyins. today its the first day when i am not down (yet)

Like Karma said, 10. Its rough =/ Won back 5 buyins yesterday though.

GL with taking it back from the sea -,-v

yes, i went on a 9 buyin downswing too, no need to move down when you move up with 50

Im moving up with 30 buyins to $100NL soon (hopefully ) so I hope I dont hit a 5 buyin downswing like last time. Every time Ive moved up since $10NL I ve gotten owned the first few days I moved up lol .

immediate downswing is probably normal for the average player, the huge pots impair your decision making

its hard to move up and succeed immediately

Yeah I think so, Im more afraid to play agressive and tend to play more weak/tight.

Also the downwing seems larger. $500 when youve been playign $50NL for the past month seems pretty massive.

i was on a 6 buyin downswing, won some of them back in the last days though

I lost 3 buyins, all on set over sets, when I moved up to 100NL last week. Since then, I've dropped back down to 50NL, not because I think I'm overmatched, but just to have a little more in the bankroll, to right the ship, and to get back some confidence. I found that after I was down $300, I was calling in spots where I should be raising, etc. because I was tentative. Once I get back over 3K, I'll move back up. Bankroll is so important for this very reason, to be able to weather the bad times, which happen to every poker player.

i think the biggest difference between 50nl and 100nl is you simply get paid less often on your good hands

AA vs AK when a K flops is auto stack someone on 50nl, same for set vs overpair, but those situations are less guaranteed $$ in 100nl

you have to mine every little edge for as much money you can get, dont play scared

Theres more Agressive players that actually have some idea what they're doing too at 100NL, you get pushed around a little more, and they're harder to catch.

i lost 16 buyin a couple of weeks ago.

The play is definitely more aggressive, but it's still pretty awful. If you raise preflop, you'll get called by people with any two cards, and you'll usually get called by 2-4 people. That makes it tough sometimes. It is harder to stack people, but in the long run, you win money if you raise with A-A and get called by K-4.