Losing Streak.... :(

The last two days I have been on a horrible streak of bad beats and just down right awful back door draws!
Last night I ended up all in with pocket kings and a flop of K 8 9 heads up against J 2!! So of course the turn comes Q followed by a 10 on the river!!!
This is just one of many stories of straights being busted by back door flushes and draws against the stupidest cards you could ever play and even had two boats brought down by quads just since yesterday afternoon. All in all I'm down almost 40% of my bankroll and it has me to the point I am almost to afraid to play and I love the game.:mad::mad::mad::mad:
I appreciate any advice or support I could receive from you all.

I can't offer much more then support at this point. I'm going thru a bad run myself rigt now and have tired all of my usual tricks to get out of it.

Best I can do is say..... "I feel your pain".

bank roll management, if you get bad beats they wont matter as much because your bankroll isnt at much risk due to the loss.. and your still allowed to play your normal game..

i suggest 2% of br at cash games , 1% for mtts

I'm playing mostly cash games and about 2/3 off the time if things are going south I can control myself enough to walk away but that other 1/3 I may re buy 3 times. Thanks for the support though

losing streaks happen all the time...you just gotta deal with them and not itlt and shit should work out positive

Stop playing until you gain confidence and actually feel like playing again win or lose. Losing streaks can become tilting and the best way to go is to stop playing. In the future, you'll just play thru it without affecting your game. But for now, it can affect your game even when you feel like it might not.

ive been down to bad streaks so often now that a created some EMERGENCY SURVIVOR RULES for me:

#1) When i first notice im in "bad luck" days i immediately stop playing games i have to pay a buy in(why register for a game in which i will be donked out by 7/2 not suited against my AA?), that means: I only play FREEROLLS till im back up;

#2) I dont use any ticket ive been awarded (unless there is no other chance to use it);

#3) "What? Cash games?? I dont know what this is." , no chance of sittin' on a cash table;

#4) I try to set poker to second plan, trying to do others stuff;

#5) I more often turn off comp and my dog, in this days, has maaany outside walks..... :) ;

not saying it will help anybody else, but helps ME not to lose my precious br........ gl for u and take care of ur dog ....... :)

Great advice!! I am currently playing for way less than 10% br and slowly rebuilding my chips. What I have had to do is leave any table as soon as I feel conditions for my current play style are not optimal.
This is allowing me to rebuild my bank roll an average of 5-7% per seat, i.e 5-7% more than I sat down with

play for 50% br. lol

What is working for me is this; I had to switch gears and start playing a lot tighter, which is fairly difficult in a 6 person ring game, but the old wait and trap routine is slowly paying dividends again. Thanks again for the support and advice everyone except those who do not take anything seriously...

Just have to not throw away more money if you start tilting.. It will end,,, just got off a week long downswing, now trying to recoup bankroll that I blew while on tilt. After all these years you would think I'd know better.

What has help me through this tough time and is currently helping me re-establish my bankroll is simply switching to limit games instead of the more lucrative no limit games. This is minimizing my risk as well as protecting me from horrible judgment calls. Slowly this is funding my account again!!! : )

i have had losing sstreak for lomg time now dnt know weather its bad luck or its im bad lol

Just lost a disgusting hand to an idiot. I had more than half the deck in my favor and he called me with 755q.

tighter always slows the pain. U lose some incremental gains folding AK ace hi to AQs but eventually you hit your ace and make it all back on'em. You get any resistance and seriously reevaluate your hand. Wait for your flop set and pray they dont have a higher set lol.

Hang in there kid, your streak will change soon. I wish the best of luck at the tables to ya!

I don't know. Since you posted this thread..and I replied to it.... I've now gone on the single worst streak of my life.

THANKS OP! :D

i lost aces kings and jacks in 13 hands.. so mad

things do change if you have a bigger bankroll to sustain the beats, it also depends on what type of player you are as well

What can i say ... Those bad beats are to all players , some those have more , some less.
I would suggest you to take a little brake , because you are on a tilt and you can`t think logical....
Take a break of 2 days - for even week , and than try to play again , mybe with lower stacks.

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Originally Posted by SyKoChiller

What has help me through this tough time and is currently helping me re-establish my bankroll is simply switching to limit games instead of the more lucrative no limit games. This is minimizing my risk as well as protecting me from horrible judgment calls. Slowly this is funding my account again!!! : )

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Yea good idea, I think people that tilt just seem to end up calling a lot and players take advantage of that.

freerolls are awesome since they are free but i hate those players that suck out on the river.

encuentro puro pescado en todos los torneoos.. lo peor es q son pescados suertudos.. es para renegar :S

I tend to be like a few other players that responded. When I start running bad, I just find something else to take my attention off of poker for a bit. Makes it much easier when you do sit back down and play, to focus on the task at hand.

I agree , as lots of you says : Change limits , and you will grow your bankroll and minimize the risk , but you will need more time than in bigger limits...