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FatStacks06 · Royal Flush Joined: 26 Jan 2006 Posts: 736

Wow. So I withdrew a sizable portion of my bankroll recently to pay for my honeymoon (the reason I was playing in the first place), which was my first withdrawl. In the last week I have seen some of the most ridiculous beats I could possibly imagine. I was around $700 playing in the .25/.50 and a few .5/1 NL ring games, as well as $10 SNGs, and in a little over a week, I have about $100 left. Some of the losses were due to bad reads, but most of the losses came from all-in bets when I was ahead. Like my PP is better than their PP (TT vs. 99 on a 852 board) and a T hits the river. Or, QJ vs. QK on a board of QJ64 and then a K hits the river. I almost go in to the situation all-in knowing I'm ahead and expect to lose now. All of these 4,3 and 2 outers are killing me. Last night I was on the bubble in a guarentee with a healthy stack and someone with a little more than me pushes from middle position pre-flop and I call from the button with QQ. He has 44, and a 4 hits on the turn. I'm really just in shock. I've never suffered a string like this before. I've taken beats in a session and been able to bounce back, but losing buy in after buy in is starting to take its toll.
Anyone else been through a similar stretch? How did you handle it? I don't want to depsoit again, and I know that I am still "way up". I just think that I'm jinxed since I took out a lot of money. I can't back it up with fact, it's just a feeling. I'm taking some time off, but what can I do to get out of this slump?

mathman1115 · Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 8:21 pm Post subject:

You are not suffering a cashout curse, you are suffering a bad stretch. I recently had a bad stretch after moving up in limits.
When you go on a losing streak, there are a number of things you can do, like take a break from poker or move down in limits to work on your game. I know you are in a tough spot now since you just cashed out, but you need to play according to the bankroll you have now if you want to continue to play.
Poker does not know what happened in the past, what kind of streak you are on, or whether or not you cashed out. The cards fall how they fall regardless of your current situation. There is a reason why they call it random.
You have to decide whether you can move down in limits, because with 100 bucks left you don't have many options.

matt2411 · Royal Flush Joined: 07 Jan 2006 Posts: 559

When running bad dont play SNGs or tourneys... because you might play perfect and get a bunch of hands paid off... and on the 10th or 12th hand where you are about to get paid off as a 20-1 favorite on the turn that 5% bites you in the a** and you walk away with nothing

play ring games. will keep your bankroll healthy, because you can win 15-20 hands in a night and be up 400, and your next all in on the river as a 20-1 favorite will only cost you 100. leaving you with 300 profit, as opposed to buying into a tourney and at the end of the night having 24+2 being sucked from your account where you played perfectly

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