> "I worked 60 hours this week and lost five grand" downswings. That's nowhere near the worst downswing that even most midstakes cash game players have had. >

> "I worked 60 hours this week and lost five grand" downswings. That's nowhere near the worst downswing that even most midstakes cash game players have had. > the long run can be distressingly long. Especially in live cash games. It can go six months. It can make actually-winning players believe they aren't, and drive them out of the game. Poker swings were the most emotional time of my life--I played HUSNGs for a few years professionally and had very mild downswings, all things considered. I once lost 14 games in a row against one of the top-10 worst players I'd ever played with. I'm quite certain my winrate was about 70% against this player (exceedingly high for HUSNGs, almost the theoretical edge)