bad streaks

[jvans]

thought about this question after watching a friend go through a seeming unbelievable streak of bad beats and outdraws. we play a very similar style and i've been a winning player for over a year and he's lost a lot of money in the last four months. My question is for an average winning player playing small stakes (25NL and $5 $10 tourney's) how much of any given year will be a "bad run"? obviously there are a lot of variables involved but if i could get some winning players with several years of experience to answer how often and for how long they hit bad runs it would be helpful