What to do if you are not lucky for a long time?

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What to do if you are not lucky for a long time? I will be grateful for the advice.
 
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I take a break, and i work my game to be more prepared to go up the levels.
 
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You got to continue playing till the good hands start to come. Because you're talking about luck, and that you can't control.
 
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In my experience so far, it's best to play through it. Also, take some time to analyze your game and see if there are any leaks. It may be that your expectations are not being met, but you're missing opportunities.

Whatever you do, don't let it get you down too much. It's all part of the game. :)
 
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If luck isn't coming from one direction, try to search for it in the other direction.

that's the best advice I can give for luck.
Few years ago had a black line for 2-3 months, both online and live poker, lost $800-1K during that time, 80% in live games... Played 3 games for 50Euro each of backgammon with double ups if we're throwing same dices at start and double+tripple at the end if not entering and not exiting house, and won 300+1200+100Euro from that guy. it was lucky cause 600Euro game was really close, we've blocked each others exit from the house and the one who had less moves was winning, i was throwing trash like 1-2, 1-3 all the time and at the finish line it was vice-versa, I had 5-5 and 6-6 couple of times, so my opponent managed to exit, but had no chance to enter his house... It was very lucky cause I had little less than 500euro in my pocket that day, would be a pain to lose 1200...
Next day went to the casino and placed 1 bet on red and next bet on black fields, both 200Euro bets, won 400... Actually went there to place few bets for a free whiskey or for couple of glasses of 400Euro whiskey :))))) On my way out saw a friend playing black jack there, I played for 50Euro and won three times in a row. For the final I've placed a dumb bet on 8 black on a roulette and lost 50Euro and left the casino. Lost in poker, won in backgammon and roulette.

Last year... 2017. Had a black line for 6 months, haven't played each day, but when I've played it has always ended with a loss. Cash, Heads Up, MTT, Live poker at the club - losing everything... At the same time during these 6 months I had amazing business opportunities, got a nice contract and found couple new partners, one of them provides orders every month since then. Made good money in business during that black line of poker luck.
 
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Take a brake

I you have bad luck, you should take a brake and come back another day.
 
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Tired?

The game does not start at the table it starts before. We need to make sure we ate enough but not to much, that we got enough sleep and that we are not bothered by something like having to pee or poop. What i am saying sounds ridiculous but those thing can make you impatient sometimes and make you bet on things you would not bet before unless you are in a all rebuy tourney. Make sure as well that you don't take to much alcool while or before playing because it alters inhibitions. Sorrry for my typing mistakes but i am French. :jd4:;):jd4:
 
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When luck seems not on your side or even against you, you leave as little to luck as possible and see more cards before committing your chips.
 
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When luck is against you for a long period i`d suggest to make a little check to your play, to review hands and to see where you shouldn`t call or why you didn`t put him in the good read
 
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There are people whose whole life is a nightmare. With them constantly something happens, pursues bad luck, brings health, even surrounding people notice strangeness. Surely such losers often wonder why all the time bad luck? To understand this, you need to find out the reason behind the bad luck, and then think about how to deal with this cause. What is the cause of bad luck? One of the reasons is the man himself. Perhaps we are talking about an overly passive personality who, because of his laziness or unwillingness to do anything on their own, can not achieve anything in their lives. At the same time, excessive credulity for selfish people is the best reason to benefit.
 
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Seriously, take a break. From my experience, when you start losing you'll get tilted and make bad decisions. Try out other games, like PLO or fiver card draw, and get back to Holdem when you really want to play it. Just remember, NEVER start registering on other tournaments if you're getting badbeated or losing more. You might ended up losing your whole bankroll to get back the money you lose. Also, create a tournament schedule or time limit if you're playing cash.
 
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I do not like to talk about luck with poker ... if you've been in a bad patch and the variance has played a trick on you ... you should check your lost hands well ... it could be that you have become predictable and that your opponents know you well your game ..!
 
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there is really no such thing as luck in poker. poker is mathematics, probabilities and variances. it is not bad luck when your AA gets beat by 27 it happens about 12% of the time. you are not unlucky you just happened to be one of the 12% that lost. Often people say their luck is bad when in reality they are playing bad. i don't believe in luck in poker. the only time im lucky is when i sit down next to bad players. then im lucky to be at that table. if you feel you are unlucky step back and analyze your game find out what you are doing that is making you lose more than win
 
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Of course, I constantly analyze my challenges and strategy. Most of all, I am upset by the fact that I'm really starting to turn the donkey more than justifying myself with a good hand. For one day I play about 5 MTT and sometimes about 2 hours in a cache. I have 12%. victories This is a very poor indicator, because before it was 38.6. And this band of defeats more and more drown me in the sea of ​​fish.
Have you played poker for a long time?
P.S. I was very pleased to read your answers very very big thanks!
 
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I would have made the break and looked where I make a mistake. Hand analysis is very helpful in finding a leak .
 
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Yea take a break, change tactics, learn something you miss...
 
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Lay off two weeks. Then quit for good.
 
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Lay off two weeks. Then quit for good.


Hahaha that was good :D
Seriously I have the same problem, there are many replies here sounds really helpful.
Thanks for the post And replies.
 
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it is said that bathing in the sea helps to ward off the evil eye. I reassure you too I am unlucky right now. I lose all games for 1 month now but luckily luck always ends by turning. Just wait for the right time to start playing big bets.
 
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What to do if you are not lucky for a long time? I will be grateful for the advice.

The best thing is to reduce the volume of the game and know how to manage the bank so that those spells of variance do not hurt your pocket:)
 
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What is good luck

I've been playing over a year and haven't had good luck yet. So it would be difficult for me to tell you what to do. I wouldn't put any more money into it until you figure out your luck is changing. If you do you might as well punch yourself in the nuts. Besides that what free rolls are for. Let's play poker:ciao:
 
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I have bad luck all the time, I do not know why the most unlucky hand I had: I have AA opponent KK on the AJ2 table, the opponent raises the alina and I enter the table AJ2KK. funny, very funny :)
 
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Take a day or two off, go for a long walk, or just watch a good movie to recharge
 
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be patient

I guess for those moments we have to be patients and play our best game cause in poker we are gonna lose money all the time but we have to play better and try to not lose too much so be patient and play you best game.

Hopefully I guess poker is not about luck so you can always see your numbers, stats and see whats going on and know if it is about variance or if you are playing bad.
 
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