Downswing stuff

Hey mate - i went from 875 to 650 on stars yesterday and all within the space of 1 hour (given i was 7 tabling). It was really really sick - thankfully i am quite sure that all the losses were coolers (set vs set), KK vs AA, and twice a fish called pot sized bets to the river with a flush draw and hit on the river.

I am quite over-rolled (60x50NL) so i can handle losing a few buyins - though i think it did effect me...

1. Gave ppl less credit for hands pre when they 3-bet - lost 2 stacks yest and today stacking off pre with QQ after being 3 bet.
2. Call draws more often without pot odds, especially crazy shit like inside str8 draws - i think this is because i lost lots to donkeys calling their stacks to hit their flush....
3. weak-tight poker, raise pre, get called. I have a big overpair on the flop but the flop is 2 to a flush. I 3/4 pot it. I get called. Turn is harmless. I check behind. River is harmless - i check behind. WTF?!?!
4. Some ppl play looser, some ppl tighter. I think i play about the same - but I don't cont bet as often and basically don't play my natural free flowing and CONFIDENT game.

Downswings cause bigger downswings. First thing to do is take a few deep breathes - take a day off or at least a few hours do something new. Then come back and play either 1 level down or only 2 tables or something. When you start feeling like you have your mojo back - then you can get back to your normal limit/tables.

GL HF

Sometimes it's just situations where you have serious leaks coming up at a higher than normal frequency :o. Like bad play with overpairs, my last downswing was exactly that - 4-5 situations in a row where I have a big overpair, opponents hit and I pay off when I could avoid it. I don't avoid it often enough on a good day too, but when it rarely happens you don't notice it.

my tendencies: 2nd and 3rd barrel more, push AK pre when some1 3 bets me and thin calls.
bad results obv

I overplay AJ when on Tilit.

like someone raises MP and i call LP
Flop A5T he bets 2/3 Pot i reraise he reraises and i call and always get beaten by AQ or AT

Honestly, the worst habit I have is I get really stubborn. I still play pretty much the way I normally do, but maybe open my variance plays up a little more. But besides that, the main bad thing I do when stubborn is I get really really bad juju (as my gf calls it - juju meaning cynical like "oh of course your going to catch that two outter u f*n dumbass etc) and then naturally, I do get sucked out on more - might sound stupid but I swear keeping a nonnegative attitude is so key (and sometimes really hard)

also, the same thing as what PplusAD said, except with AQ for me

oh, and I forgot, once I'm stubbornly aggravated to a real good extent, I've found I do make a few more rvr calls than normal (which coincides with my I do get sucked out on more thinking

Yeah, bluffing with 33/27 or whatever stats is probably going to be a leak

i'm in a similar downswing atm.....really hard to feel motivated to play and all, but just grind through it

gl

Yea, Key seems to be to keep away from marginal situations...

I've been playing like 2.5k hands and I'm down like 250 today. That sucks. I'm getting hold of the situation though.