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Down Swings With Rakeback

by admin on February 11, 2010

in Rakeback Articles

It is normal in the natural course of long term poker to see up swings and down swings. An up swing is when your bankroll goes on a big increase and fluctuates to where you win a lot of buy ins at once. A down swing is just the opposite in which you lose a lot of buy ins at once. This happens, just like when flipping a coin you will see large streaks of heads and large streaks of tails. This is the same for winning money in poker. This is a lot different for down swings with rakeback.

When you experience a down swing in poker it is normally detrimental to your game. Your confidence is down, you start to play scared for fear of losing more, and begin to think with winning hands “How are they going to suck out on me this time” or when you have KK you always think to yourself, “Here’s the pocket As that were dealt”. It is very hard on a player to experience downswings, but having rakeback can eliminate a big portion of what down swings do to a player, which is lose money.

Rakeback After Down Swings

Now it might be hard to think that your whole rakeback check is going to simply accommodate for what you have recently lost, but think about how much you would have without it. When you are losing these hands during your down swing you are still generating rake. This means that you are still earning a percentage of this in rakeback. You still earn the same amount of money each month in rakeback as you would if you were winning, or breaking even, so it is an amount that you can count on to be there.

Sometimes when you take a hard downswing you will have to move down in limits. This can be hard for players, but they normally tend to crush the lower stakes games and move back up rather quickly. When you do have to move back down you have your rakeback that you can count on to get you back to your previous limit in an instant.

Keep Playing

When you are on a downswing you need to be sure to not get discouraged. You will soon start to turn around and begin winning regularly again. When you aren’t playing you aren’t earning rakeback. Having a solid rakeback check coming in is a great way to help escape a downswing. When you stop playing because you are scared to lose you are guaranteed to win no money at all. When you continue to play you are working closer towards that point when your downswing is over and you are back on track. You are also building up that great rakeback check that will normally put you over the edge to moving back to your previous limit. It is important to move up in limits as fast as you can since you win more money at the tables and in rakeback.

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