Stars is rigged

So I moved over to FTP for awhile and things are going pretty as you can see from the graph. Towards hand 12k I was really feeling down and depressed and starting to doubt my ability to play well anymore but all is well now :). I guess what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

I did download the EV calculator which you can find here 2+2 link or can be found at pokerevsoftware.com

I found that since may 1st my all in luck is -$3k from expectation. Sweet. I guess it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling inside knowing I am playing good but it doesn’t put $$ in the bank for me. Whatever. Things that I would suggest to you when you are on a downswing are to try the following:

1. Take a look at how much you have won over a very long span of hands to put things in perspective. After I lost like 14 buyins I was really feeling bad, but then I went back and looked at how much I had made since summer started and realized it was way more than even ppl working professional internships are making.
2. Remember that downswings happen to everyone and are inevitable. You just have to play through them
3. Try writing some things down to think about constantly while you are playing. Some examples of stuff helpful to me are “Be patient. Wait for other people to make mistakes instead of trying to force something. It’s okay to breakeven in a session, but really important not to lose money. Be patient. Don’t tilt.”
4. Setting a time limit for playing and a stoploss can also definitely help if you’re not sure if you are playing your A game at the time. Its really important not to go into robot mode where you’re not really thinking about hands
5. Watch videos, study more, play fewer tables at a time, play shorter sessions.

Hope this helps! Also, I’ve decided to change my goal to play 50k hands by the end of the month. I’m just not gonna make it by the 20th and since cutting back on the number of tables I play (from 6 to 4 now after my breakeven stretch) I just can’t log as many hands anymore.

andr3w321 out