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CleBrownsfan
03-23-2007, 06:39 AM
Why does poker run in such streaks for me? A few months ago my ROI was reaching 50%. It seemed I was hitting every draw - winning every race. For the past two months I can't keep a bankroll. Last night I played 5 S & G's and didn't cash in one 'cause of horrid beats. I don't think I'm steaming 'cause looking at my stats I'm seeing the same amount of flops, ect.

I'm sure many poker players go thru this but it just seems I can't get out of this funk...

Okay rant over...
Subby
03-23-2007, 07:02 AM
Rigged.
Fighter of Foo
03-23-2007, 08:42 AM
Decisions not results.

Oh and play live poker more. ;)
Lathum
03-23-2007, 08:49 AM
I've been there. At least you don't make horrible plays late in MTTT's like I did last night...
Pumpy Tudors
03-23-2007, 09:03 AM
Decisions not results.

Oh and play live poker more. ;)
Yeah, you don't want to suffer from these internet beats any longer!! Also, in live poker, you have a real live dealer. You can tell him or her that you will not accept bad beats.
Maple Leafs
03-23-2007, 09:07 AM
Full Tilt cash games beat my ass. I've needed the bonus and the rakeback just to stay even.

Pokerstars SnGs are still easy money, though.
MJ4H
03-23-2007, 09:11 AM
I hate poker. I haven't played it in over a year now and have no desire to ever play again. I did enjoy the extra income and wouldn't have bought my laptop, HDTV, or iPod without it, but I absolutely hate the game now. Can't even watch it on TV anymore.
Lathum
03-23-2007, 09:28 AM
I hate poker. I haven't played it in over a year now and have no desire to ever play again. I did enjoy the extra income and wouldn't have bought my laptop, HDTV, or iPod without it, but I absolutely hate the game now. Can't even watch it on TV anymore.

why is that?
Pumpy Tudors
03-23-2007, 09:36 AM
I've just started to not care about poker anymore. I mean, I still have fun with it occasionally, but I've stopped playing with the intent of making serious profit.

Hell, I care so little about it that I probably blew $40 or $50 doing the "Ultimate SNG Challenge." For those who don't know what that is, you just push all in on every single hand. Since I like giving money away, I played 40 or 50 SnGs that way (9-person $1.25s on FTP). Yeah, it's a total waste of money, but I did finish second and third a few times. Obviously, over time, I'm losing money, but I was determined to be the first among my online poker friends to win this thing!

February 12, mission accomplished! hxxp://www.twyst.org/~pumpy/usng.txt

So, uh, since then, I haven't really played much poker. I no longer have anything to strive for. :(
MJ4H
03-23-2007, 09:56 AM
why is that?

Just one day realized I hated it. Probably burnout. I think I stopped enjoying it long before, but tolerated it because of the money I was winning. It got to the point where even that wasn't enough. Once I actually stopped, it started actually turning my stomach when I thought of playing again.
Maple Leafs
03-23-2007, 10:13 AM
Why don't we do FOFC tourneys any more?
Pumpy Tudors
03-23-2007, 10:16 AM
Why don't we do FOFC tourneys any more?
From cartman's Face the Board answers:

The last one was right around the time of the port security bill passing. A lot of people pulled their money out, so I wasn’t sure what kind of numbers we’d get. If there is still interest, we can definitely get the ball rolling on these again. I think the next one is Colossal Squid #50.