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Originally Posted by
Ali D
It is true that this may not be my worst losing streak yet, but I have also decided to lower my bet spread almost by half and take a more conservative approach by playing positive counts mostly and avoiding the negative counts. Variance is there, but it definitely will be minimized to a tolerable level.
At the end, I think it is not a black and white matter and people take different approach according to their character. While Romes would be totally indifferent to a negative swing, me and Zeebabar would need to keep in check our emotions first. But I guess we can all agree that we learn our lessons along the way and do not let the fear cripple us for a long time.
I respect the fact that different people have different risk tolerances and thus will play with different levels of risk. However, depending on what your bankroll size was already, cutting your spread almost in half seems like quite a reaction. If you would be willing to take a substantially worse game (as in choice of approach) after having a non-frequent but still relatively common one-session loss I would be concerned what other 'safe' decisions you'd be inclined to make. Again, this is predicated on the assumption that you were already playing with a reasonable level of risk to begin with. My point is, that there is a certain line where if you can't handle the swings your fixes should either be to learn to, or consider looking for another hobby, instead of playing a worse but safer game. That line is already above most people's tolerance. You should take some time to learn what kind of swings you can expect not only in a single session but across multiple. In the end, the only thing that will get you used to it is going through it yourself.
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