the cashout jinx

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does anyone else seem to hit a brick wall after cashing out? when i played online poker, i always thought the bastards were stacking the deck against me after i cashed out, but it's hard to argue that point when the game's going on right in front of you
 

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seems to happen when you are planning to cash out as well..set a mark u want to get to, and just as u get close, and think today is the day, bam, it goes south....
 

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yeah, it's all psychological, at least for me. i go on a decent run and i'm admiring myself, and then i cash out, and then when i look at my bankroll after the cash out it's almost as though i feel like i'm down! and then i lose a couple games, and suddenly it's like "the hell with it, i'm pushing all in on this game, if it loses i'll just send back what i cashed out." no way a person can be successful with that mind set.

i'm going to take it as a personal challenge to work my way back up with what i have now instead of just doing the all in move. i'm almost hoping i lose the S.C. game and go 0-3 today and see if i can battle back.
 

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Standard.. It's because people tend to cashout after a nice run, when they really are probably 20% worse cappers than that recent run indicated.. So they enjoy the variance, cash it out, then it evens out with a lil down swing thanks to the law of averages taking its course..
 

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Standard.. It's because people tend to cashout after a nice run, when they really are probably 20% worse cappers than that recent run indicated.. So they enjoy the variance, cash it out, then it evens out with a lil down swing thanks to the law of averages taking its course..

the law of averages is a bitch.....looking at 0-4 now, thought a reversal to the mean would be a little slower in coming....cut my bets in half with the first game today, didn't work. at 0-5 i'm done and gonna take a few days off. seems like i always do well after i've laid off for a bit
 

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