What Helps When You're Running Bad?

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I try to wait for better cards or I don't play any more that day. Nothing else helps.
 
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when I'm doing poorly in poker, after I calm down due to leaving the tournament or something like that, I don't do anything :), I'm just waiting for luck to return or for bad luck to disappear :).... and this happens pretty quickly:)
 
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My friend's credit card. That's what would help.
 
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You must be patient, breathe and calm down, that will help you not to make hasty or wrong decisions. Greetings
 
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A break, because several failures in a row, makes me depressed and I am no longer able to think over my decisions, in a word I go on tilt:confused:
 
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Plain and simple, 3 Options:

1. Keep calm, patient and keep playing if your long-term numbers show you that you are generally a winning player. Try to lose the least you can during your bad run.

2. If you're generally a losing player, seek information and help. In 2022 there are unlimited resources where you can gather knowledge from, in order to improve your game. Winning poker players are winning for a reason and the reason is that they have managed to get an edge over others.

3. If you don't have the drive and resilience to get better, just stop, do something else, save your money. Go find another profession. Obsess over something else that makes you wake up fresh next morning, impatient to start your day.

Obviously there's unlimited other options that you could choose doing like taking a break, going on holiday, help people around, look after your family, spend quality time with loved ones, clear up your mind in whatever way works for you, read, learn, practice. I only suggested professional choices.

Find your balance.
 
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get up,walk around, do some yoga in between hands
 
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Just go and do something else for a bit, a movie or TV even gym, but once you feel your limits being reached always walk away
 
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In general, I try to get out and play after a couple of hours, or the next day, to remove the stress, and the losing streak... :cool:
 
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start my day walking in the morning to stay focus
 
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always bluffs, if the cards don't come, if the game doesn't help. in these cases it's the legitimate game of poker for life when nothing is going well to pretend everything is ok.
 
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Check the opponents at the table a lot, and then notice who the bad opponent is to get immediate feedback.








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Shut down my PC and go to sleep .tomorrow is a new day
 
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Relax and go for a walk and be in nature, listen to some good music
 
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I would take a break from poker until the next day!
 
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I will take a break, relax, play some video game and try again later. Usually when i am at a bad streak it tends to last (probably my tilt, mindset)
 
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I've had good and bad times, I've reached the final table several times, winning, or getting among the nines, I've already stopped entering the final table, sometimes because I'm too eager or hasty, I usually analyze how many players there were in the tournament and how I arrived, whether I was in first or tenth, I always take a break or rest, and come back again.
 
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Losing at a final table doesn't bother me as much anymore. But if it bothers me to lose in bubbles or hands that I lose winning and luck turns around.
 
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I usually stop playing for a few minutes or a while I see what I'm doing wrong I try not to make the same mistakes


“Success is the ability to go from defeat to defeat without losing your enthusiasm.”
 
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I personally feel that "running bad" it is all in the head, it is very easy to get frustrated, which makes you play worse, hence making the bad run last longer than it should.

Analyse your play, was it really a bad run, cooler situations, or did you just play the hands badly.

Take a break, use the time to study poker instead.
 
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I like to either play less and work on improving my game, or if I think I am playing well then I try to just play through the pain.
 
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When you are worried, nervous, you need to drink half a glass of cold water.
 
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Go bust. Personally I lost my motivation, I find it quite unfair at some points when I keep losing pretty much every flips in critical spots. Since these are the freerolls mostly, I don't mind it actually. Let it go.
 
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it will be enough to make a short pause, for example, you can listen to music, but in general, the most important thing is to try not to make mistakes in the game and make the right decisions, then tilt will be practically excluded
 
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