how long can you run bad?
 

I am in the midst of a horrific stretch for the past 5 weeks where everything that can go wrong is going wrong. I have been a winning player for almost 2 years making a supplemental income playing the low-mid nlhe games and the for the past three weeks one of these 3 things have happened ever session:


1)completely card dead for hours

2)completely coolered ex: set over set, flop top 2 against bottom set, kk vs aa preflop etc

3)get all my money in with a huge favorite and get rundown ex: flop top set and get called down w/ overpair and they river 2 outer.

I would love to hear from you guys on how long some of you have run really bad because I don't feel like I am ever going to pull out. It is really disheartening and I am honestly thinking of quitting for a while. thx

Re: how long can you run bad?
 

im in same spot as u, about 4-5 weeks
dunno what to do, take a break? grind it out?(although not playing on top) or suicide?
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poker sucks

Re: how long can you run bad?
 

well, use pokertracker to analyze every big pot you lose, and decide whether or not you played them optimally
whenever you're in a losing streak, at least in my experience sometimes the line between running bad and playing bad can get blurred...like ill be runnning bad, and then itll change teh way i play, so that when the cards break even ill still lose.
hope that helps...btw i dont know if i've had a brutal run of cards last much longer than like, 5000 hands ish
gl

Re: how long can you run bad?
 

thanks for the replies. 80% of it has been live so not a ton of play online. I know my play has not been perfect and this has slightly put me on tilt sometimes but most of it is just sick bad luck. I can't imagine it can go much longer.

Re: how long can you run bad?
 

I expected to be playing 10/20 by now.

obviously hit a -30 BI swing 2 months ago, and tampered that.

Re: how long can you run bad?
 

if you put in a decent number of hands online, it's virtually impossible to run bad for 4-5 weeks straight at low-mid stakes games... live though you can easily run bad for a month plus

Re: how long can you run bad?
 

You can run bad indefinitely; it just becomes less likely with each passing day that this is the case, most people play worse during extended cold decking. The best thing to do when you're really getting hammered is to move down in stakes, although most players want to win it all back in one shot which "must be just around the corner cuz they're been runnin so bad", and do the opposite of this and go broke then wonder what happened. This is one of the main reasons most people just can't handle playing poker for a living even if they're good enough at the game itself.

Re: how long can you run bad?
 

however bad you are running, someone, somewhere, is running worse.

Re: how long can you run bad?
 

id say like at least three days

Re: how long can you run bad?
 

live = uhhhh years? dunno.

Re: how long can you run bad?
 

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Re: how long can you run bad?
 

reefypoopoo can stfu like seriously - he doesn't run bad... he just goes "oh - I expected to lose that hand". Ya you know what you DIDNT lose the hand geezus u do win now stfu

Re: how long can you run bad?
 

Bet the river.

Re: how long can you run bad?
 

take a break, refresh yourself, and REFLECT. It's really important to determine if you're playing your best. If you're not, take a break, play some $1/$2 and win a couple buyins till you get some rhythm and some confidence back. move up when you feel better about it, keep your head up, it does pass, I "ran bad" for about 6 months once, but realized I legitimately ran bad for probably less than 1 and then played bad for another 5.

If you are playing your absolute best, take a break, refresh yourself and reflect. You said you've been playing mostly live, so maybe try playing online to switch it up, if that works for you. Most importantly, hang in there, make sure other aspects of your life are in order and try to reduce stress. Really focus on good solid poker, playing tight and in position.

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wow, did i write this?

Re: how long can you run bad?
 

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if you put in a decent number of hands online, it's virtually impossible to run bad for 4-5 weeks straight at low-mid stakes games... live though you can easily run bad for a month plus

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So you think it's pretty much impossible to have a losing month then? You comment is also irrelevant because the time period should be based off number of hands and not number of weeks.

Re: how long can you run bad?
 

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reefypoopoo can stfu like seriously - he doesn't run bad... he just goes "oh - I expected to lose that hand". Ya you know what you DIDNT lose the hand geezus u do win now stfu

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um k ya I actually do run like I claim

Re: how long can you run bad?
 

A better question is how long can you run good for. As people like to tell me I am just a fish on a lifelong upswing.

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3 inches limp roomtemperature
just under 7 inches erect
wide enough to hear, "no anal, its too big"

Re: how long can you run bad?
 

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reefypoopoo can stfu like seriously - he doesn't run bad... he just goes "oh - I expected to lose that hand". Ya you know what you DIDNT lose the hand geezus u do win now stfu

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um k ya I actually do run like I claim

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i was tilting obv sry