[sandsmarc]

I seriously do not believe in downswings. At least, not in no-limit hold'em. You don't need the best cards to win if you know how to play. You can take many pots down with 3-2 if your timing and reads are expert.

Perhaps in low level limit games you can have a bad run. Because skill is really not all that important.

But if balls and reads count for anything, as they do in NL and PL, temporary bad cards only slow you down, they do not stop you.