Downswing Finally Over

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Finally!

Wow it’s been a tough one but I finally broke through my downswing. I started downswinging in Late March while still playing high stakes. Since final tabling the FTOPS ME in May 2009, I had been playing almost all levels of MTTs profitably but I hit that dreaded downswing after I had withdrawn a decent amount. I also am not backed (prefer to play on my own) and so this was seriously damaging my BR. I had to drop down in stakes. I posted about it here.

Dropping down was definitely the right choice. I posted that blog on May 20th and while I continued to downswing the impact was far less from that point. I hit my lowest point in early august but then suddenly it came together.

The sickest thing about the downswing, and just to show you how variance can be, I had 25 straight top 20 finishes and none in the top 5. I kept finishing 12th or 14th or 18th.

Then the breakout. I just won 3 MTTs in the last 10 days. I took down the FTP 10r, turbo fiddy and 30r. It’s more than doubled my BR and put me nearly back in my comfort range for the higher stakes. I’m not jumping back in too high right away. I think the smaller stakes stuff I’ve been playing is pretty profitable and my edge is small, if not non-existent in the bigger stuff so I don’t want to start giving it all back.

That said it’s a relief to look at my tracking spreadsheet and see some of the numbers I’ve been used to. Not to mention the thrill of winning MTTs.

Here’s the final hand of the 30r. Such a fun hand to look at!

Full Tilt Poker $25,000 Guarantee (Rebuy) No Limit Hold’em Tournament – t8000/t16000 Blinds + t2000 – 3 players
Hand Conversion courtesy of Tournament Poker Edge

fitterman (BTN): BB = 17.1, t273814
RonFezBuddy (SB): BB = 46.1, t737310
UAreMyBankRoll (BB): BB = 39.2, t626876

Pre Flop: (t30000) RonFezBuddy is SB with K 5
fitterman calls t16000, RonFezBuddy calls t8000, UAreMyBankRoll checks

Flop: (t54000) 5 K 6 (3 players)
RonFezBuddy checks, UAreMyBankRoll checks, fitterman bets t35000, RonFezBuddy raises to t70000, UAreMyBankRoll raises to t171717, fitterman raises to t255814 all in, RonFezBuddy raises to t719310 all in, UAreMyBankRoll calls t437159 all in

Turn: (t1527566) 5 (3 players – 3 are all in)

River: (t1527566) 3 (3 players – 3 are all in)

Final Pot: t1527566
fitterman shows T K (two pair, Kings and Fives)
RonFezBuddy shows K 5 (a full house, Fives full of Kings)
UAreMyBankRoll shows J 6 (two pair, Sixes and Fives)
RonFezBuddy wins t706124
RonFezBuddy wins t821442

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