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Sounds like you have the wrong mindset for the game. You shouldn't alter your betting because "it's one of those nights". There is no such thing. Luck is not an entity that follows you around. Spoon's right, make the most +EV plays and you profit.
One of the better things I've gotten out of video sites is this, the pros don't care when they get bad beat. They sometimes laugh at the goofiness of the suckout, are sometimes a little amused by the other guy's call. But they never get mad, or bitch about their luck. The first thing they say is about how they're happy they made the right play.
AEJones had a really cool way of looking at it in one video. He 3-bet a guy preflop in position with QJ or something and got called. He ends up stacking off and loses because the other guy called with something dumb like second pair and sucked out on the river. AEJones said something to the effect of, "I don't care that he sucked out, because I made a shitload of money there. If he's calling off his stack when he's that much of a dog to the bottom of my range, equity-wise I made a lot of money. And in the long run, the equity pays."
These guys only think about the equity, because they truly understand how the game doesn't go from the start of your session to the end, or the start of the month to the end of the month. They have totally removed results oriented thinking from there game and understand they have to be happy with their decisions and not their results. If they have a bad session, they walk away knowing making the right most +EV decisions will pay off in the long run.
Cliffnotes:
 Originally Posted by spoonitnow
Step 1: Put Villain on a range
Step 2: Make +EV decisions based on that range
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit
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