Frequent Topic but Humor me - When you Just Can\'t Win
Just looking for some advice that surely has been dispensed ad nauseum, but I rarely read this forum. I am a NL hold em single table tourny specialist. I've been playing nearly 2 years pretty seriously (about 10-30 tournies a week online and 2 a week live). For the last month, I seriously CAN'T win. I know everyone has bad runs, and I have had my share, but this is unprecedented for me.
I have failed to place in 15 straight tournies on Empire Poker, each time being busted out as a favorite. 10 of these times I was a 70-30 or better (QQ losing to AQ, AQ losing to A5 and the like). A few days ago I busted out my big buyin live tourny with a totally dominating situation which would have put me in the chip lead and in the money, instead I'm the last guy out of the money with KK losing to 66 that flops a set. I know that horrid losing streaks have been known to happen even to solid players (I usually average about a 25% ROI) but I am more worried about the psychological affect this is having on me.
The first couple of bust-outs I was slightly annoyed, the next couple piled on and I started to find it humourous as that's usually the best way I've learned to handle such things... just say 'that's poker' and chuckle. But once it got past about 10 tournies in a row it's really screwing with my confidence. I feel like I almost CAN'T win and when the cards flip over and I see myself at an advantage , I am EXPECTING to lose somehow. And, so far I have continued to.
I feel that due to this streak I have been playing weak-tight more than usual, and I don't have that rhythm and aggressive decisiveness that is essential to NL hold em. Anyone who has gone through a similar situation and can give me advice is much appreciated. Thanks.
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