"Not running good"... make any sense?
When I play, I seem to definitely notice that I have good days and bad strictly in terms of cards I am dealt. Does it make any sense, or is it just a misperception on my part? Is there ever a case where you have virtually no chance to win on a given day?
I had been playing well and making money for the past week, until two days ago. Then that day I waited forever to catch playable cards, and when I did I would catch big hands and be beaten by even bigger hands.
For example, pocket queens all in and running into pocket kings... not so bad a beat I know, but lost half my stack on that hand. Later, in two consecutive hands on two tables, I hit a straight and a nut flush and was beaten both times by full houses. These are just some examples.
I just had the unshakable feeling that cards would not work for me on that given day. My bankroll management includes the idea that I will quit for the day (or at least a couple hours) when I lose 5% of my bankroll. But I went against my better judgment that day, assuming that soon I would have to catch some cards. I ended up losing about 25% of my roll before I accepted defeat for the day. I really don't think I was on tilt, because I know that on tilt feeling, and in retrospect can't think of any big hands where I got reckless.
The good news is that yesterday was a much better day... cards coming my way, bets working out, fishy players calling my big raises with garbage or trying to bluff me when I have a hand, etc. I made back over half of what I lost the day before.
So my question: Does it make any sense to say the cards are just not going to come on a given day, and it's best just to hang it up? Statistically this seems silly, but some days really make you wonder. (My problem is that I'm not a good enough player to make money with bad cards. :? )
