Most you've lost at low stakes?
Hey kids, I played in a loose and crazy 4/8 limit game with a full kill last evening. Five or six to the flop in a capped pot was semi regular, and 20 big bet pots were somewhat average.
I ran about as bad as I could possibly run, picking up lots of hands that play well multi way, and typically flopping enough hand to continue and more or less losing the max at every opportunity. I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't feeling somewhat tilted, but a friend who was also in the game told me afterward that he felt I was playing fine for the most part. I know for certain I was playing too loose pre flop and that I wasn't being aggressive enough after the flop, which I attribute somewhat to my having run pretty poorly the last month or so and just seeing disaster at every turn. I was fully in irrational self talk mode, "I never get there, they always get there type stuff".
Total loss on the evening amounted to 57.5 big bets or $460 bucks. I generally observe the 25 big bet rule, but I couldn't pull myself away. This is certainly the most I've ever lost in a single session, and while it won't break me by any means, it's a substantial enough loss that it's meaningful money to me, and that I'm struggling with it a little. Mostly again, just cursing myself, wondering how I've managed to play this long and still be this bad, wondering if I should just call it quits, etc.
I'd love to hear some stories from others are about humungous big ridiculous losses at the lower stakes, and how they managed to keep playing.
Thanks.
Hi Dinosaur. I don't think $500 is an overly excessive amount to lose in a 4/8 game with a full kill. I assume you were involved on a few kill pots but you didn't mention that other than losing the max on many hands. On a winning session, is there a particular point when you quit while up a certain amount? I always think that it's ok to lose more if you're willing to win more. But I think it's a bad thing when people are willing to lose $500 in this spot but always quit if they are up $100.
It sounds to me like you are just experiencing some bad luck, and 4/8 limit has a TON of variance, especially in a full kill game! So no I don't think you should quit. Maybe move down in stakes or take a little break or anything else to change things up for a bit, to reset your confidence and rungood!
Great post, by the way. Good luck and keep us posted.
Yeah that's just a bad run. Maybe a little more than you should allow yourself to lose but nothing horrible. I have played everything from $2/$4 limit up to $200/$400 limit and I have had sessions where I lost 50-60 big bets. I think my biggest loss was right about 70 big bets. It's not fun but variance is a bit*h!
Boulder Station 4/8 Limit Omaha (not Hi/lo) w/ a full kill a few years ago. About $750 in a few hours. Lots of nut flush/straight draws in monster (6 way raised pre-flop was about standard) pots that never got there. Thankfully, I'd won nearly that much from the same game a day or two earlier.
I am not going to admit how much I lost. You know ego and all that. If you go to the New Orleans on a Friday night they have the wildest 4-8 games with a full kill. Monster Pots with big suck outs. No fold em Holdem. If you like variance this is the game. If you want to play strategic poker forget about it. Jump in its going to be a wild ride.