tidal wave of bad cards

Hey,

Let me just say that I would rather get no cards

and muck for hours than to get second best several

times in a row.


This continues to be a reoccuring thing as I am

running bad as I have several times before. Typical malox moments of losing with several flopped sets, flopped flushes,...aces and kings losing to spiked river sets.


Now when all this happens, it tends to happen

all at once and then I have to stop playing due to

aggravation. I don't steam or start to seek revenge.I am just puzzled at the onslaught of

money draining cards.


Since everyone runs bad from time to time, what specific actions do you take to get back into

winning. Do you tell yourself you are lucky like Mike Caro advises? Do you pretend you are winning and buy more chips? Do you change tables? Of course after a session I try to review some of my losing hands for mistakes and places I may have saved some money. I am interested in what, if any,

psychology you use on yourself.

fun game isnt it?


move down limits, play tourneys *cheaper*, til you get your confidence back. if it gets real bad, take a day or 2 and do something else. come back fresh.


sometimes ya just gotta play through it. but if your going to flush your roll, do it on a clear mind.


i just spent 9 hours on a table full of idiots. and lost. the last 3 hours i dragged 2 pots. position, bad players, cheap draws. didnt matter. my final hand? i flopped a str8 and got beat by a runner FH. he flopped mid pair. that was enough. ill be back on tomorrow.


personally? i have a great daydream of kicking the living shit out of lady luck herself....the little bitch. thrashing her around, running over her in my van. backing back over her. heh heh...felt good just to type that ... /images/wink.gif


b

Yesterday in a 4 hr period I had thew following cards:

K's-5x

A's-3x

AK-1x

AQs-2x

KQs-3x

I hit 2 boats that got beat(never had this happen), 3 flush draws from the flop that never got there, and 6 river beats, 3 of them with gutshot straights.

The table had only 2 other solid players.

I lost $600 in that 4 hr period. As I was leaving I tipped the dealer my last $4 and said goodbye to my friends at the table. Told 'em it's not my day and left.

On the ride home, in a daze, I thought to myself, I'll take those same cards and that same table

10 out of 10 times. It was a great game, and any other time, it's a huge payday.

I'm obvioisly still dazed, but your post showed me I'm not alone on the planet of 2nd best today.

Hang in there and thanks for the post.

Give yourself more choices in how you define to yourself what the word "winning" means to you. Winning can mean you made the right decisions, even if you had a losing session. Winning can mean you lost less than most people would have given the same amount of bad beats your bad run of cards just got you. Winning can mean that you learned something new. Winning can mean that you always improve in a positive way each and every session independent of how well your cards have been running. Winning can mean that you always enjoy the challenge of handling adversity. Winning can mean that you have been able to exploit how people have perceived you as a result of your bad run.


You cannot control how the cards will run - it is purely random - BUT you can ALWAYS control how you think, feel, behave, and act IN RESPONSE to how the cards are running. Knowing how to reframe the meaning of a bad run (and a good run for that matter) in multiple ways is the first step towards having total response ablity over the quality of your play, and thus your long-term results.

I can commiserate with all of you. I just woke up from my worst session ever at the Taj. I do mean EVER !! I finished second best all night. Skill didnt matter at this table.


I lost 40 big bets playing 5-10 and I lost with premium hands. I left the casino shaking my head wondering what to do next. I called the my friend the world class player Fred G. Sanford at 7:00 am on the way home to see if he would listen to me whine a bit.


I played at a loose aggressive game and people through their money away. Whoever had the best 5 card hand, won the hand. I did not see one hand go to an unconstested showdown.


I should have left the card room, instead of attempting to get my money back. I just thought to myself if I get some ammo I will punish everyone here.Even when I got the ammo the only person I punished was myself.


Tomorrow is another day. I lost the battle, but I plan on winning the war.


Thanks for sharing /images/smile.gifAt least I am not alone.


MK

Dear studpoker, bernie, Noo Yawk, and mk40 (not you Jedi, you didn't say anything about bad cards)


First of all, I have to say, I'm glad I'm not around you, wouldn't want any of that bad mojo to rub off. Whew!


All of you should check back in your memory -- was there anyone staring at you with just one eye at the poker table, and were they the envious type. The evil eye can do terrible things.


Caro's affirmation (and Ms.Smith's) are great, but I really feel we must take things much further than that. I am creating a book, with the preliminary title (it may be changed as it comes fresh of my exclusive mimeograph machine), the title is, Burnt Offerings to the Poker Gods. And it should be out as soon as someone is willing to buy it!

The book discusses proper sacrifics and offering. (Usually beer and pizza, but they do enjoy a little variety, so throw in a grilled brat occasionally)

By the way, in the world of the Poker Gods, thoughts are deed, and Goddess abuse is not to be tolerated. Lady Luck is probably discussing a couple of your posts with Hecate and you may have harpies at you door almost any time. Be careful!

And last, but certainly not least, never...never eat nuts at a poker table.


Thanks for you time and concideration