Long downswing just have some questions for you guys

[winkydinky85]

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Take a Break.............

No poker for a week or two. No poker books, no 2+2, etc.


You need to let your mind settle back into "Winning" Mode again- and get it out of this "Sh*t, when is this F*ckin' nighmare going to end?????" Mode.

Don't take this as condescending- but I would suggest that only a small(ish) proportion of your downswing is due to variance. The rest is down to your play. If this is indeed the case (I've done it many times myself)- things won't change until you get the correct mindset back. Hence, a break is needed.

Ian

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Yeah I have considered taking a day off or two but that is really hard to do. I just want to play through it and get it over with. I feel like I am playing much better now than I did before the downswing. Funny to say that when I am down 365 BB over the last roughly 18K hands but I feel my decision making and reads on hands has been way better than before. Before the downswing I used to spew all over the place and at the beginning of the downswing (probably the first 100BB) I was playing the same way as before the downswing and all the stupidity was catching up to me fast. Now I have removed a lot of spew spots in my game and my discipline is better than ever. That and I have improved my ability to fold the second best hand. I am just not getting anything to correspond with my improvement as a player. Hopefully I can get a huge upswing at some point so my research and improvements will pay off for me.