dealing with swings

just wondering peoples thoughts on how to deal with the swings of the game.

i've had a pretty sweet run this past month and have been quite happy with that however now it seems to have all gone tits up as they say.

i find myself getting it in good with the over pair v under pair situation and have come out as the loser and have also got it in with the likes of AK v AQ, AQ v QK, QK v JK etc etc situations and also coming out behind. There are also those games where you are a shortstack yourself pick up a hand that you can not pass up 77+ AT+ etc etc only to be absolutely dominated yourself and not dish out the beat.

I'm not on about 2 or 3 games but more like 100+ games which is all adding up to around an $80 loss which i can shake off easily but it seems my confidence/mood seems to be taking the hardest hit especially when these situations come at crucial times which can either set you up for a super deep run or in some cases stick you in a chiplead position in a sit and go where just 1 win turns it all around.

does any one have any suggestions of how to handle this situation? i feel although i should just plug away and take it but what if a few weeks down the line i'm $200+ down and still everything feels the same?

whilst writing this out here is just one example:


pokerstars Hand #128437512563: Tournament #1096685025, $3.00+$0.30 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2015/01/11 9:44:00 WET [2015/01/11 4:44:00 ET]
Table '1096685025 23' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Miss-PokerA (3100 in chips)
Seat 2: MOMisGAY (4580 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 3: pokerpaul8 (4659 in chips)
Seat 4: toots babos (4060 in chips)
Seat 5: JokepStar (6277 in chips)
Seat 6: MiniMaxRM4 (3656 in chips)
Seat 7: LA CORVO (2955 in chips)
Seat 8: carlos1918a (1921 in chips)
Seat 9: Zavulon III (8438 in chips)
MiniMaxRM4: posts small blind 25
LA CORVO: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to toots babos [Kc Kh]
carlos1918a: folds
Zavulon III: folds
Miss-PokerA: folds
MOMisGAY: folds
pokerpaul8: calls 50
toots babos: raises 160 to 210
JokepStar: raises 340 to 550
MiniMaxRM4: folds
LA CORVO: folds
pokerpaul8: calls 500
toots babos: raises 895 to 1445
JokepStar: raises 4832 to 6277 and is all-in
pokerpaul8: folds
toots babos: calls 2615 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (2217) returned to JokepStar
*** FLOP *** [5c Jh 4c]
*** TURN *** [5c Jh 4c] [Qh]
*** RIVER *** [5c Jh 4c Qh] [6s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
toots babos: shows [Kc Kh] (a pair of Kings)
JokepStar: shows [Qc Qs] (three of a kind, Queens)
JokepStar collected 8745 from pot
toots babos finished the tournament in 281st place
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8745 | Rake 0
Board [5c Jh 4c Qh 6s]
Seat 1: Miss-PokerA folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: MOMisGAY folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: pokerpaul8 folded before Flop
Seat 4: toots babos showed [Kc Kh] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 5: JokepStar (button) showed [Qc Qs] and won (8745) with three of a kind, Queens
Seat 6: MiniMaxRM4 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: LA CORVO (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: carlos1918a folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Zavulon III folded before Flop (didn't bet)

another example:

http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/12480722_E1ED9D43A1

http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/12481050_26DBF9C1AB

confidence denters

You just have to keep playing and realize that you made the right move.

Be happy that you are doing the right things and it will turn around.

The worst thing you can do is adjust your game and start playing differently.

got to see the swings and walk away at times no matter how frustrating that is. Sometimes taking a day off or few hours turns things around.

Bad beats happen check your betting patterns. Mix things up slow down if things on the board can hurt you.

thanks for the replies.

i know bad beats do and will happen but it's just when they all happen consecutively it really gets to me

tootsy toot said:

thanks for the replies.

i know bad beats do and will happen but it's just when they all happen consecutively it really gets to me

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Everybody gets upset when they are happening consecutively, but if you are playing it right, in the long run you will be profitable. Just take a deep a breath or some time off and you'll be fine.

another standard hand from this morning

http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/12514387_085702D80C

you can see now why i must take a few days off

down and upswings appear all the time, keep on your game, show your best poker and dont get tilt. There will be winning times again, if you say you cannot deal with it right now its right to say that you take a couple of free days without grinding!

When your playing poker you learn to expect it its a double edge sword i just change my games up if im not doing well in mtt il head to the cash games for awhile right now im playing cash but the fun of the mtt draws me back .

As a poker player you must learn to live with swings because even if you always make the right moves it is still a gamble and you can lose but you must just look at the % if you are making the right moves because the wining % is pretty accurate