Matt Hawrilenko in the biggest downswing of his life!

• Author: Qid
• Filed under: David Benyamine, High Stakes News, Hoss_TBF, Matt Hawrilenko, Online poker, Patrik Antonius, Poker, Uncategorized
• Date: Oct 11,2008

He writes that he is now dealing with the biggest downswing of his life thinking in dollar terms. The games that he has played were mostly against Patrik Antonius and David Benyamine.

He thinks that playing against Antonius may not be that profitable. He thinks that if he has an edge against him, it is really small. Also the variance when playing against him is huge and he doesn’t want to play much against Patrik right now. He also tells that he is about even in lifetime games against Antonius.

The games against Benyamine haven’t gone lately any better, but Hawrilenko thinks that it is still profitable to play against David in the long run. He thinks that Benyamine is a good player and adapts well, but that he still has a sizeable advantage against David. Still, if he continues his losing streak he needs to re-evaluate his position.

Pride has no part in his poker and it is okay for Matt to move down levels if he needs to. He says that he withdrew a lot of his bankroll from Full Tilt Poker just before he knew he will get his own $2k/$4k table. He also says that he doesn’t have as big of a bankroll now that he’d like it to be, but if he keeps losing he will just move down levels to $200/$400 or even lower.

He would rather not re-deposit any money to his account. Last time he deposited money was $100 in the summer of 2003. He also makes a joke about the curse of becoming red pro in the 2+2 checkbox style:

[x]  red pro curse is real

If you want to read the blog of Matt, you can find it here.

Sources: Pokerista.fi, Hoss_TBF blog