What to do when on a bad run

I was on a pretty good run for a while but now im card dead and to make matters worse my good feeling is gone and its almost like im expecting to get dealt nothing or to lose when I do get something.

Normally I would just play through it and eventually it will turn, and also theres the law of independent trials, next time I pick up some cards it should be like theres a clean slate.

But theres this nagging feeling, like a little voice, saying the bad streak will continue and I should stop playing for a little while until the feeling goes away, that way I can skip over the bad cards. Does that make sense.

usually when you start losing, its due to playing for a good amount of time and you start playing in a pattern that makes sense to you. your mind will tell you to play this hand this way because it has seen it before...and you will tend to start playing more lose rather than play how you did at when you first started out the day . also when you start seeing bad results, the mind isn't playing to make money anymore its playing to make money back and i think thats where alot of people go wrong, including myself. all you can do now is take the lost, and come back when your ready to try again. best of luck

It does make sense. I agree with zayoo, on pretty much everything. Sometimes you have to just take a step back, change your mind set, and come back to it later.

matter of fact, im about to go bike riding just to get away from losing and feeling crappy.. but if you feel like you cant get away from it.. and want to get revenge on tilting, a buddy of mine once told me to go donk play chips . i dont recommend doing that, but its free and it helps get him to relieve his problem.. having something to do outside of playing is always important.

when im on a bad run i normally bet a mlb game and lose it all kinda like what im gonna do tonight.

ya quit,unless you're talking tournaments a bad run probably means you aren't in it anymore,cash game I would just quit unless you still have a little bit of you're original buy in then just shove as much as possible when you got decent hands and try to get back to where you were I never buy in again unless I shoved early into my game and I got sucked out or lost a flip

what you do when you go on a bad runb is go out and drink beer... and hope tro get back on a good streak..

I try my best to just be paitent. Depending on my mood.

If your mindset has an issue, it's best to just take a break. Play a video game or listen to music.

when i have a bad run, i slow down walk for about 2 laps and then run again.

stop playing for a lil bit, then get back to it and put the past away dont dwell on bad beats

i just got told a good trick, and seemed to work! go to hand history and delete them all! omg, i have been having the worst run ever!! i deleted the hisotory and started getting cards and hitting!! couldnt believe it!! my first cash in like 7 days! i was ready to take a 3 day break!!

omg, it really does work!!! im playing in the fast fifty and hitting cards left and right!! all week i was flopping openend str8 draws and flush draws and hitting nothing!! i deleted my history last nite and everything is hitting this morning!! weeeeeeeeeeeee!!! even my junk in the BB is winning!!

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Originally Posted by tracyrickrobby

omg, it really does work!!! im playing in the fast fifty and hitting cards left and right!! all week i was flopping openend str8 draws and flush draws and hitting nothing!! i deleted my history last nite and everything is hitting this morning!! weeeeeeeeeeeee!!! even my junk in the BB is winning!!

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Lol... that's a new one, gonna have to try it!

If that little voice is telling you to stop playing for a while - STOP PLAYING FOR A WHILE!! Really, man - there's a lot going on upstairs that you don't know about. When folks talk about someone having the ability to read others without tells, it's probably about their mind accumulating micro bits of information and assimilating it subconsciously. So if you little voice is telling you to take a break, your sub is probably recognizing pattern play, illogical play.. .whatever... and is telling you to step away to get a fresh view.

just got 2nd place in fast fifty!! i havent cashed all week!! maybe it justs me, but it sure did seem to work!!

i tend to throw my laptop at my wall....helps a lot!

stop playing for a little while maybe a day or 2

The only thing that taking a break will do is change ur mindset til you come back and see nothing has changed what so ever!!

take a break

I have a 'fave' site that I play exclusively. I don't like having my bankroll spread-out over multiple poker-sites. However I do keep $5 or so on a site from a different network. When I feel the feeling you describe and still want to play, I just go to the site that I like less and play the $5 like I could care less about losing it. What ends up happening more often than not is that I actually do OK playing care-free and without concern for busting I regain that 'winning feeling'. When I feel like my head is in the right place I can go back to playing the site Im building bankroll on.

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Originally Posted by tracyrickrobby

i just got told a good trick, and seemed to work! go to hand history and delete them all! omg, i have been having the worst run ever!! i deleted the hisotory and started getting cards and hitting!! couldnt believe it!! my first cash in like 7 days! i was ready to take a 3 day break!!

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I got $50 that says you just started a whole new superstition for at least 20 people. loooolz :p

running bad? STOP< WALK AWAY AND DONT COME BACK TILL U HAVE WON 5 bucks from a scratch off

i lose 4 times on aa in 1 day end its dont change now so i just play for fun