How to Deal with a Downswing: get back to where you were, and don't end up on the streets of bustoville! Part 2 | Part 3 We’ve all been there before: you’re playing your regular game at your regular limits and suddenly you get it in good, and the fish cracks your nuts and you can’t believe it. You start trying to get involved with him a little more, speculating with a few more hands that you normally would. You also find yourself starting to play your weaker premium hands faster before the flop and getting it in. You’re losing every flip and you’re getting coolered on every flop and that hero call you just made saw your opponent roll over the stone nuts which you OBIOUSLY KNEW HE HAD!!!! AAAAAAAARRRGHHH WTF IS GOING ON!!?!?? Whatever you do, please do not take this opportunity to move up stakes and chase your losses. You’re on

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Playing a medium stack 40-60 big blinds in no-limit hold'em cash games It has been well documented by David Sklansky in Theory of Poker that if you want to play in a game above your usual stakes the best strategy is to buyin for less than the maximum buyin. There are varying degrees of shortstacking you can do, going as low as 20 big blinds all the way up to 80 big blinds. The 20 big blind strategy has been studied in depth and a good article on it can be found here: http://www.onlinepokernews.com/playing-a-20-bb-stack/ Shortstacks are typically not welcomed by regulars as they take a lot of later street play out of the game, but this can work to your advantage. The following information applies specifically when playing a 40-60 big blind stack.   Buying in short gives you the following advantages over the other deepstack players: 1) You will experience lower variance and

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