I find this happens to me as well. I think partly it is due to the fact that other players treat you with more respect when you have a big stack e.g. $80 on a $25 table and become more call happy if they see you losing hand after hand to bad beats; when I am running 'hot' I seem to be able to take down a lot of pots without showdown. It is obviously more complex than this as the dynamic round any table is a very subtle thing!

I have no real solution yet as to how to turn a slump around; to be honest if I am a few buy in's down now and not 'feeling it' I'm big enough to say 'well it just ain't my night' and try again later when the cards warm up. Poker is a long term game and I really go to pot when I start to play 'catchup'!