Running bad for the first time

[thizzSantaCruz]

The title pretty much explains it all. After joining FTR and with the very helpful knowledge of people here I was able to turn a good profit over the last 9000 hands. My bb/100 would range from around 4-7 depending on how I was running. I chalked that up to variance and figured hey this is not too bad.

Fastforward to the last couple of weeks. I cannot win a session. 13 out of my last 14 sessions have been in the red. I know I should not think of sessions individually but it wears on you when you come up big on a set and then your stack is slowly dwindled away. The thing is I am not making bad plays either. I think variance is just rearing its ugly head. I have started to get frustrated lately and have not been playing as much poker. Today on bodog was ridiculous with all my quality hands running into sets, flushes etc. Hopefully this whole thing will clear up lately. I need to have patience and play through it.

It is real sad seeing that bb/100 way under 3 though.

Thanks for reading the rant, any feedback on advice to not go tilty and play my way through this would be appreciated.

[topsoyale]

You know whats happening because you've said so yourself, and you know exactly not to let it tilt you.

Play the game based on decisions on each hand, and congratulate yourself for every decision that you made that was correct. Keep doing that until it swings ack in your favour and the decision brings the right outcome too.

[philly and the phanatics]

i like the way you put that topsoyale, ima try and look at it that way each time, i mean i always shake it off "ok you made the right decision" but i really do believe that you can will your own luck, if you think youre getting shitty cards they are gonna keep coming, and if you think youre gonna get good ones, you do. So if i actually believe i am playing right and making good ev+ decisions rather than just shaking off a bad loss and playing on tilt, i can get my rythmn back and play some good winning poker.