Joined: Feb '12
Location: Canada
Age: 64 (M)
Posts: 6036
Bad dry spell there dude...! It happens....and is VERY frustrating.... Just have to endure. Just remember,...and I don't care what ANYBODY says.... It's ALL 100% luck....ONE HUNDRED percent...
No matter WHAT move you make,...it's ALWAYS up to chance what happens next, ....what you get in your pocket.....whether you connect or not,...whether opponent(s) fold or call,...and if they call what do they have...?.... etc....
I figure the only thing you can do with 100% surety as to WHAT will happen next,...AND have COMPLETE control over luck,....is to fold!
I heard one of the big pros say before:
"The BEST hand you play in poker,...is the one you don't play"
Joined: Nov '12
Location: Canada
Age: 55 (M)
Posts: 4675
G'day rafiko1
Well i feel your pain amigo i really do. I know how incredibly frustrating it can by to continually have total idiots get suck out after suck out, while at the same time I just keep getting screwed over. I know you already understand you must let it run it course but damn variance sucks out load when you are in the middle of it.
Try to play strong and good poker and just hope the Gods take mercy fast.
Joined: May '08
Location: Lithuania
Age: 39 (M)
Posts: 10090
well rafiko now you can officially say that u know what it takes to be a poker player: such sh1tty days, sometimes they even last for weeks or months (specially if u grind mtt's) happen to any poker player. actually how u contain yourself & your roll is what makes u a good player or vice versa. gl hope you start winning asap
I hope that your luck turns soon. Sometimes s**t just happens.as long as you are confident that you are playing your A game and you are practicing proper bankroll management, things will change eventually.
Joined: May '12
Location: Belgium
Age: 32 (M)
Posts: 275
Thanks guys for the support. The message I wrote was late at night and I was really pissed of at that moment when I just finished the session. I'm much better now. Haven't played poker yet. I had a bankroll of 65 euro (from 10 euro Yachting + 10 dollar deposit) and now only 40 euro and it's right before I can withdraw the money (need only 500 points more) ... Downswing of 25 euro but I'll get over it. I plan to play on Pokerstars after my birthday with a bankroll of around 520 dollars (which I earned altogether).
BTW demodawggy everything in life is about luck... Right situation in the right moment, not only poker
Joined: Apr '09
Location: Portugal
Age: 44 (M)
Posts: 4827
The more we wait, the worst it gets, it's like a snowball growing while she runs down... So the best to do against fish is to play with position. I know sometimes they will call us with the most incredible non sense hands, but we have to put pressure on their side!
its happened to me for the last 3 months now....good starting hands dry board against a caller and it seems that your opponent always hit.....all in pre flop always ahead but lost in the river....lol...so frustrating bro.....break and some rest will help....
Joined: May '12
Location: Belgium
Age: 32 (M)
Posts: 275
Posted by occultum:
Anyways.. you say you play for 5 years.. and your BRM profile says you are 20 years old.. you should be saying those things out there ..
I made a mistake. Yesterday I wrote this thread very fast even without calculating the years. It certainly feels like 5 years of playing but I'm playing cash games from my 18th (i'm almost 21).
I started on Pokerstars. There was a tournament for those who register then, and I became 2nd of 2000 players +/-. Funny part is I thought it was play money... I had earned 75 bucks but played them like play money on real money tables. I had to start all over again which I did with freerolls
Posted by rafiko1: Thanks guys for the support. The message I wrote was late at night and I was really pissed of at that moment when I just finished the session. I'm much better now. Haven't played poker yet. I had a bankroll of 65 euro (from 10 euro Yachting + 10 dollar deposit) and now only 40 euro and it's right before I can withdraw the money (need only 500 points more) ... Downswing of 25 euro but I'll get over it. I plan to play on Pokerstars after my birthday with a bankroll of around 520 dollars (which I earned altogether).
BTW demodawggy everything in life is about luck... Right situation in the right moment, not only poker
a stop loss predetermined limit can be an effective aside to downswings...not to say if the situation arises and we lose our BI when we have our money in good, then, variance is the factor. Keep playing your A game and let the points come as they may...and..." sometimes we can't win for losing".
BankrollMob freerolls... 
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