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Long Session V Short Session
I have been playing on Sky 3 years nearly all £11 DYM. I win consistently over time. I generally get to play 4-5 games a session. Recently I have been playing a lot more averaging maybe 7 games a weekday, but at weekends I have been playing approx 20 games a session. During these long sessions I am losing consistently big numbers relative to my stack which take me a long time to recoup at my usual pace. Why am I unable to replicate my winning percentage from the short sessions over the longer ones?
Is there a there a reason for this? Is this common? Is there something I may be doing differently? I don't feel like I am but something is going on.
Open to help and ideas.
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You've kind of hit the nail on the head there. You just have to find a way of dealing with tilt or go back to playing less games in a session.
I know it can feel like no one else can run as badly as you're doing at times but that just isn't the case. One game popped up and before we started you wrote in the chatbox that you were running badly. I wouldn't do that. Don't let on that you're struggling. i'm sorry but your comment did make me smile a bit. I played 15 games in the session and bust 2 games with Aces myself and ran into aces and lost and had a few other bad beats as well. It's just going to happen. By putting in the volume you overcome this. if you're mostly getting it in good then you're going to win over the longterm.
Btw, don't fret too much for Dialb4. He does ok out of dyms
I looked at everything and I think it was a combination of training my brain to retain concentration (thanks Mental Game of poker) and not dealing with tilt when variance hit (shorter sessions I could just walk away). Last few weekends I've played I've crushed so feel like I have the hang of it now.