gonna start to cry

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decided to play some 30 +3 toruneys now graduating from 10+1

i am 3rd in chips just barely with around 1000,
i get KK in big blind
small blind raises me i reraise him all in he goes all in i have him covered by about 50 chips, he shows AK unsuited,

ace falls on the river to basically knock me out on 4th

next tourney
same situation down to 4 players i am one of smaller stacks, i am in small blind and get JJ i go all in to steal blinds and get called with ace 4, once again an ace falls this time on the river

last 30+3 tourney
i get AK spades, i raise preflop 3 people see flop, flop is A 9 2, he raises i reraise all in, he calls with ace 6, of course a 6 falls on the river, and i am out 100$ i am gonna cry!

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well i went back to 10+1 and won my first 2 tourneys back at that level, but i am still pissed, cause i know i shoulda done better in those 30+3's, grrrrrrrrrr

[Toasty]

This is the reason why you need a big enough bankroll to handle the swings, you can play great poker and still get unlucky. The global recommendations are 20 buy ins.

So build your BR up to $600 and go nuts!. Not everyone agrees with this, some people say if you are a good player and you want to take a shot have 10 buy ins.

I play $20s but its looking likely for me to drop down to the $5s as I have been hit with the "cashout curse" and my BR isn't big enough to handle the swings.