what do u do when u r on a bad run, right now i am getting so unlucky. i thought that the donks r supposed to be losing players and that they will lose in the long run which i think is alot of bs. they always seem to hit. i seen a clueless moron walk away from a $20 NL table with about $100, he kept calling everything and hitting. so frustrating to see such a bad play win like that. bottom line is i cannot keep my cool against them which costs me even more money

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Seriously though, people with over a million hands played and with a positive winrate have gone through 100,000 hands of breakeven poker...the long run is long and it makes you question yourself. Not much you can do except work on tilt control and play well.

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If you're getting your $ in with the best of it, there's nothing you can do except play through it. Yes bad players do lose in th elong run, the problem is what defines "the long run" Keep in mind you're only seeing MAYBE a few 100 hands on a player the majority of the time, anything can happen during that time.

For tilt control read "Zen and the Art of Poker"

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this is the thing that bothers me, most of the time i do have my $ in with the best hand but it does not win and i know there is nothing i can do about this. maybe im just unlucky and that is what is holding me back

Why dont you post some of your recent beats in strategy for people to take a look at then?

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If I get on a small run (3-5 days) of bad cards, I'll take a break. I won't play a hand of online poker for at least a couple days. It helps clear out my mind and forget some of the beats. When I keep getting beat after beat I start playing poorly. I try to push when I shouldn't, call when I shouldn't, loose more money, then start playing scared. All those things cost money and they are my fault, not the cards. So take a day or two off and come back fresh and ready to play. It's worth a shot!

Believe me i know what you mean, i've had a pretty stressful day today getting all my money in on 3 hands where i was 2-1 favourite and losing every one of them. I know that in the long long long run I'll win but it is incredibly frustrating when you think everythings going against you.

It won't be any consolation but you can be sure that donk will go on a table later and lose that $100 it's just annoying that some of it is your money.

Part of the problem is you won't "notice" as such when you win with these hands but all you remember is the one you lose. IE. theoretically i would win 2 out of those 3 hands and lose 1, but i know i would be moaning to hell about the bad beat i took even though it was statistically correct.

Best solution to the bad run is to try and detach yourself emotionally from each of those hands (easier said than done) and keep playing a normal winning game and you'll make it back. If you're getting too angry/tilty take a break, otherwise you'll start throwing money away and regret it big time later on.

Hope that helps