Joined: Jan '14
Location: Netherlands
Age: 29 (M)
Posts: 1041
I just seem to be on this enormous cooler , every hand i get seems to get outhitted somehow for quite some while already so prolly i will just take a couple of weeks off from online poker , will still be on here tho to read the articles and blogs but atm i am pretty much F*in done with poker will just keep it to sportbets i guess
Joined: Mar '09
Location: Greece
Age: 48 (F)
Posts: 14196
Taking a break in this case is probably the best thing you can do. No point chasing all the time and playing with frustration written all over your face Good luck with your sports bets. Thats a section that no big breaks are needed
Joined: May '12
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 39 (M)
Posts: 2064
From a purely poker viewpoint, the best thing to do is play through the downswing until things turn around... But if you feel that the bad luck is affecting your game (your mindset), then a break is certainly the right thing for you.
You seem quite a talented player to me, so hope you're not away too long
Mate, I (and most likely every one) went down that road, too. No matter what hand I had put on the table I had my ass kicked And that situation is returning to me every now and then (far to often if you ask me).
I recommend to take yout85 advise and continue playing. You can only learn by each hand that you are playing. Furthermore, if you experienced every bad situation there is nothing more that could shock you, right? So, it could change you from a cooler into a ice-cool player
Joined: Jan '14
Location: Netherlands
Age: 29 (M)
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Won't stay away for that long dont worry yout just a couple of weeks to focus on another project im running atm (selling used games& consoles > works great > great cash ) and just take like a couple of weeks of no poker , after that ill try and rebuild a bit of a roll and try to see more the fun in the games again instead of the bad bad beats that i see now all the time dw ill stick around the forums no matter what and thanks both of you for the kind reactions and advice keep cool and goodluck as allways , jeff
Joined: Oct '11
Location: Sweden
Age: 33 (M)
Posts: 1410
What games and consoles are you selling? I'm looking for a Nintendo 64 game: Conkers Bad Fur Day, it has to be in the original box with the inner box and the manual. Also, it has to be a PAL edition! If you have that one, and in good condition of course, I might be interesting in buying it from you! Despite having some financial troubles at the moment, I'll buy it. I'll just have to take that money out of my food budget
Joined: Oct '11
Location: Sweden
Age: 33 (M)
Posts: 1410
Yeah, they're really awesome! Not that big of a collection, but here's a list (CIB=Complete in box (box, inner box and instructions)):
2 Consoles: 2 Grey (the original, 1 CIB)
6 Controllers: 3 Grey 1 Blue (CIB) 1 Green 1 Red (CIB)
3 Accessories: 1 Expansion Pak (upgrade to 8MB RAM instead of 4, CIB) 1 Rumble Pak (controllers vibrate in some games, CIB) 1 Controller Pak (memory card, CIB)
7 Games: The Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time (CIB) 1080 Snowboarding (CIB) Super Mario 64 (CIB) Banjo-Kazooie (CIB) Excite Bike 64 (CIB) Mario Kart 64 Fighters Destiny
Joined: Jan '14
Location: Netherlands
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That is one pretty sick collection you got there man i dont know a lot about nintendo 64 except for playing on one but what i do know is that the CIB stuff is worth soo soo much its insane pretty jelly of your collection & having one is a great investment
Joined: Oct '11
Location: Sweden
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Yeah I figure my collection is worth about $1,200 or something. Not really sure, I did look it up a couple of months ago but can't remember the exact number
Joined: Jan '14
Location: Netherlands
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Pretty sick numbers we are talking about would be so sick to find a pile on like an attic or something i bet a lot of people from the 60s still got some
once my downswing cost me 5000€ loan in bank ,every month sallery ...worst times of my life ...could not win anything not even a sports bet on one pair played roulette ..red over 15x i was dubleing up my bet on black ...lost alot of money over 4k..i could not win a fkn SINGLE bet . this will happen in life of every gambler and poker player. pro pokerplayers can have months of black hole . they just loose and loose .it can be mentally devastating only strong minded comes out of it stronger then ever ..most of them end up broke ...just the way it is ...now days i bet 20$ max ... i walk in to casino if i say i will loose max 40$ insted of all i got + loaned money . i have much more control.
Joined: Jan '14
Location: Netherlands
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I have followed up your advice and i am laying down another barrel at stars im having quite a rough day irl but am focussed now on poker which atm makes me feels a lot better playing some sat and some hyper tournament , not aiming for the small but aiming for the big money go big or go home as they say also i am playing in the big 5,50 goodluck and thanks for the advice ill keep this updated if i manage to win some
Joined: May '13
Location: Mauritius
Age: 33 (M)
Posts: 2688
When this happens i look at a mirror nah, joking when this happens i stop playing fumed out go crazy and crash out and go to sleep and take a break and hope to come back tomorrow with new motivation and the envy to win and crush or longer break if necessary , anyway good day mate have fun at the tables and hope you get on a hot streak and take a break if it is affecting you, as poker will always be here when you come back bare catastrophe!
will just keep it to sportbets i guess
And that situation is returning to me every now and then (far to often if you ask me).
dw ill stick around the forums no matter what and thanks both of you for the kind reactions and advice 
keep cool and goodluck as allways , jeff
