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FaceLoran
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03-04-2008, 09:25 AM
Post subject: How do you handle running extremely bad?
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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Well lately I've just been on a sick downswing when I'm getting it in anywhere from reasonable to good and nearly always having the FE on my side. I won't go into any specifics but let's just say set over set and my rockets getting pooped on in a large raised pot by suited gappers were the last straw. The only good session I've had in the past 3 weeks was when I took someone for a few hundred at 1/2 HU.
Basically what it boils down to is this....how do experienced players like some of you handle your big downswings? I mean I'm not even mad right now after those 2 hands because I feel there's no other way I could have played them (the AA hand the unknown limped UTG and called my large raise...no way could I put him on having a 6 in his hand after he called with second pair and turned trips). But I just feel deflated and helpless. This is my first big downswing since I turned 21, even the usual casino game that I normally crush has me down a 6 buyins in the past 3 weeks. So I'm not really sure how to handle it and would very much appreciate some advice.
Play through it if I feel I'm not on tilt? Take a week off? 2 weeks? Spend more time studying the game (I still haven't finished NLHE T&P)? Thanks in advance....
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pantherhound
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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drop a level or two to get back confidence . take time off if u think it will help. go over sessions and analyse your play. explain in your head why you are making every move on every street. break down every move. make sure you have good reads. if you played tricky before go back to abc for a while.
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pokerkidpro
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+1
i always lost after a lost because i was angry
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reDZill4
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Full House
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i cut.
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man red you sure would be a hard person to hang out with always playing along and epically leveling and stuff
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elipsesjeff
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Johnny Walker Black.
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Check out my videos at Grinderschool.com
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Dia46
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Join Date: Apr 2008
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Just take a minute and think about your poker game. Was there anything that could have let you out of the situation? Was it bad luck? Was it lack of skill? Was it a newbie calling everything?
If that doesn't help, I would go with the advice of elipsesjeff. 
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SkyLowLow
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Join Date: Apr 2008
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Every poker player had sometimes a downswing. Wait 1-2 days and study your hand-histories. Then play again. If the bankroll is too small play a lower limit. You should have min. 700 BB to play a limit in NLHE.
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euphoricism
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4-of-a-Kind
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SkyLow: You should have way more than 700BB to play a given stake LHE. Triple that at the LEAST.
I use Jack Daniels.
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swiggidy
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Johnny Walker Black.
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+1
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so 1mo relationships are like play money?
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triumphant cracker
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Straight
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Jim Beam Black.
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fyp
that stuff is delishush.......
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11. When walking in open territory, bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask him to stop. If he does not stop, destroy him.
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Roco415
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Pittsburgh
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i add more tables...it totally distracts you, i promise.
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Doublethe7
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Join Date: Jun 2005
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Here are some thougts about handling downswings. I posted it long time ago, maybe you can get something usefull out of it ...
http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...38.html#397150
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Alexos
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drop levels, play less till u get ur confidence back, take a break
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They say money can't buy happiness. Look at the fucking smile on my face! Ear to ear baby!
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elpibe1010
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Make sports 
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chadherczeg
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I myself have learned that if i am having a really bad time in one game, i just switch up and it normally makes the swings less imposing. If i lose 2 or 3 buy ins at a NL holdem table, but then turn around and play PLO, the luck may change up or if not, it could keep you from destroying your bankroll, which is the most important thing of all. As long as you play solid poker, you will make it through the down swing. Just remember Bankroll Management is the most important thing to surviving this swing.
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Micro2Macro
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Read A Book
Trust me on this
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<@spoonitnow> hustler's don't bitch they grind hard and die rich
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CasalRoyal
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Originally Posted by pokerkidpro
+1
i always lost after a lost because i was angry
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Yep! It´s hard to be on foot after a loss - I´ve been playing a lot of freerolls with huge fields in order to practice how deal with it...
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TonyB73
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Take a break for a little while, and start back fresh without the baggage.
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CasalRoyal
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02-05-2009, 11:42 AM
Post subject: Re: How do you handle running extremely bad?
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Join Date: Jan 2009
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Originally Posted by FaceLoran
(...)Play through it if I feel I'm not on tilt? Take a week off? 2 weeks? Spend more time studying the game (I still haven't finished NLHE T&P)? Thanks in advance....
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Also, watching some videos of live poker helps me a bit - choose one player you like and watch him playing... I think you´ll get confident... From the videos we can see our heroes also face bad phases, and sometimes in a raw. No to tilt is of vital importance...
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2ndline.4thstreet
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Join Date: Feb 2009
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Originally Posted by pantherhound
drop a level or two to get back confidence . take time off if u think it will help. go over sessions and analyse your play. explain in your head why you are making every move on every street. break down every move. make sure you have good reads. if you played tricky before go back to abc for a while.
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Agreed. Sometimes continuing to push will put you on tilt even more. I would also say take a day or two off first to clear your head.
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jyms
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I cry myself to sleep. The last two months have seen me having to buy new pillows, I couldn't get them dry.
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Jack Sawyer
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bitches, obv
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CasalRoyal
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Join Date: Jan 2009
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I cry myself to sleep. The last two months have seen me having to buy new pillows, I couldn't get them dry.
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LoL!
That must be a joke! Really dramatic! I like it!
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DanAronG
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Full House
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Sex, beer, spliff and more poker. The idea of adding tables is good assuming you are happy with your game and it's just bad luck. If you are a money making player, more tables (to a degree, i'm talkiing 1 or 2 more than normal) should have you back on a winning strek in no time. But 1 of the first 3 things i mentioned should come first. That way you come back relaxed and ready for a game.
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Where they'll still laugh at your stupid questions, but you can pretend to be someone else.
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DanAronG
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Full House
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Correction, the above should read "a" beer or "a" spliff. A 6 pack and a bong and back to the table aren't going to help you.
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