hitting a bad patch, best way to get through it?

luckylucky · 16-01-2008 08:50PM #1

Was overdue a bad patch and seemed to have entered one

I don't want to take a break as I'm off for a few days this weekend anyway.
So what do you reckon is the best thing to do when you hit a bad patch?

Play at the lower end of your stakes?
Play a different game?

I said to one regular mtt player here I was thinking of playing a few mtts for a change, he replied quite rightly imo, that it might be the worst thing I could do if I end up playing for hours and end up bubbling it could really tilt me.

Trippie · 16-01-2008 09:13PM

go out and get hammered and forget about it for a while

RoadSweeper · 16-01-2008 09:18PM

abuse in the chat box :P

Take a few hours break and do something.

Play the lower end of things as you just need to realize its a bad patch and no need for confidence to be shook!

Van Dice · 16-01-2008 09:23PM

play shorter sessions, less tables and concentrate more. it's v difficult not to start playing a little worse if you're losing due to coolers/bad beats/whatever. once you feel you're playing well it's obv only a matter of time before things pick up

BobSloane · 16-01-2008 09:30PM

Im also ona very bad run playing cash - like i lose a BI on a cooler or bad beat then spew another one or two away atrociously soon after.

Took my spewy ways to a 70 player MTT last night and took it down to recoup a good share of cash losses. my first ever mtt win! I've played some heads up STTs as well and 7 card stud which i find entertaining even though im not great at it.
Might stay away from NLH cash until i learn to control my retardedness again

Gillybean72 · 16-01-2008 09:36PM

Must be something in the Irish water, I dont know whats wrong with me, but running bad all week, and all its doing is putting me off as since its really only SnG I play, usually 2 tables a time, just keep thinking how quick Im running down my bankroll. The confidence takes a knock and now playing a bit more Omaha to give me a break from Hold'em... rightly or wrongly...

shoutman · 16-01-2008 10:07PM

I think moving down a limit and trying to play through the bad variance is a good way to do it. As roadsweeper said, the worst thing with a bad patch is the confidence lost in your own game, I start to second guess myself when playing badly and there is nothing better then moving down to a limit where you KNOW you are better then everyone...

good luck with it.

con_leche · 16-01-2008 10:57PM

1. Get some excercise so that your neural connections are refreshed, and the endorphins should put you into a better mood and a more positive frame of mind before each session.

2. Then just focus on trying to play each street of each hand as well as you can.

Marq · 16-01-2008 11:24PM

move up levels.

Flushdraw · 16-01-2008 11:30PM

Marq wrote: »

move up levels.

Mods can we do a search for all Marqs post and see how many of the 2595 say 'Move up levels'

I'll take 55 and sell the over/under at $100 a point

I'm currently trading in play money..I have 12k on party and 73k in GJP...pm your sn and i'll transfer all winnings asap.

$100 in play money has $0.000001 value in real money ho ho ho!

hotspur · 17-01-2008 12:11AM

I take a couple of days off no matter what. Having time to play is no good if you are feeling the effects of a bad run. A psychological trick is to play on a different skin / site with a different name for a week, and you should magically be free of that bad run with the old name and bankroll.

Or do what I did last week on an 8 buy in downswing over 3 days and just play Zelda for 16 hours instead

valor · 17-01-2008 12:21AM

regardless of wanting to play because of free time, you should definitely take a break. does your MSN name mean your down $27k so far? playing what?

Daithio · 17-01-2008 01:00AM

hotspur wrote: »

I take a couple of days off no matter what. Having time to play is no good if you are feeling the effects of a bad run. A psychological trick is to play on a different skin / site with a different name for a week, and you should magically be free of that bad run with the old name and bankroll.

Or do what I did last week on an 8 buy in downswing over 3 days and just play Zelda for 16 hours instead

You don't need a reason to play Zelda for 16 hours!

luckylucky · 17-01-2008 01:25AM

valor wrote: »

regardless of wanting to play because of free time, you should definitely take a break. does your MSN name mean your down $27k so far? playing what?

lol, sheit no

No I upped my target for the year, decided to take into account rakeback, easier to see where I was at the end of each month as pokertracker doesn't record sng results on a lot of sites and sharkscope doesn't capture all tournaments, it's missed out on quite a few of my results on iPoker this month.

No I'm actually having quite a decent month, just the last 2 days have been crap. I just learned from past experience that one tends to fuç up more when you hit a bad variance spell after a longer than normal decent spell.

anyway I have hardly played at all this evening, been watching a film tonight and relaxing. Going to stop the pfaffing around and get back to playing my regular games tomorrow and try to disspell the doubts from my mind.

hotspur wrote: »

A psychological trick is to play on a different skin / site with a different name for a week, and you should magically be free of that bad run with the old name and bankroll.

cheers, I might very well do this. Mind you I play across several sites anyway, but maybe a new alias on same network mightn't be a bad idea

Thanks for all the advice everyone btw, I know this was a bit low contentish but I just needed to clear the head so to speak.

nicnicnic · 17-01-2008 02:04AM

luckylucky wrote: »

sharkscope doesn't capture all tournaments, it's missed out on quite a few of my results on iPoker this month.

I've just started playing stts after a good six months away from them and have found thtat scope misses approx 25% on ipoker, I used to play crypto and it never missed a game

luckylucky · 17-01-2008 02:34AM

nicnicnic wrote: »

I've just started playing stts after a good six months away from them and have found thtat scope misses approx 25% on ipoker, I used to play crypto and it never missed a game

I only started using scope a couple of months ago, I noticed it use to miss the odd one here and there. I thought it was pretty on the ball then I noticed out of my first 50 or so sngs this year on ipoker it missed out 11 or 12, first time I really noticed it missing them badly.

nicnicnic · 17-01-2008 03:39AM

luckylucky wrote: »

I only started using scope a couple of months ago, I noticed it use to miss the odd one here and there. I thought it was pretty on the ball then I noticed out of my first 50 or so sngs this year on ipoker it missed out 11 or 12, first time I really noticed it missing them badly.

yeh Ive played 160 the last few days and its only clocked 120 of them

ollyk1 · 17-01-2008 01:08PM

Flushdraw wrote: »

Mods can we do a search for all Marqs post and see how many of the 2595 say 'Move up levels'

I'll take 55 and sell the over/under at $100 a point

I'll buy over 55 please at $100 a point. Ty

newbie2 · 17-01-2008 03:01PM

about 100 or so ?????????

connie147 · 17-01-2008 03:49PM

ollyk1 wrote: »

I'll buy over 55 please at $100 a point. Ty

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ollyk1 · 17-01-2008 04:19PM

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5starpool · 17-01-2008 04:52PM

Not much point him taking down a post that youy have quoted, is there?

ollyk1 · 17-01-2008 04:57PM

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newbie2 · 17-01-2008 05:00PM

done

nicnicnic · 17-01-2008 05:36PM

Flushdraw wrote: »

Mods can we do a search for all Marqs post and see how many of the 2595 say 'Move up levels'

I'll take 55 and sell the over/under at $100 a point

Tony take this post down and welch its gonna cost you a fortune

Flushdraw · 17-01-2008 06:09PM

nicnicnic wrote: »

Tony take this post down and welch its gonna cost you a fortune

Disclaimer FTW Nicky....those kids never read the small print

Samba · 18-01-2008 04:39PM

Enjoy some of your money...go out for a nice meal, find yourself a woman.

Im running bad at Adams family pinball, pro ev, darts and poker.

Marq · 18-01-2008 05:54PM

Daithio wrote: »

You don't need a reason to play Zelda for 16 hours!

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hitting a bad patch, best way to get through it?

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