some things i've learned in this downswing:
- stretches like these are gona separate the big winners from marginal winners. it is so important to keep your cool and not tilt while you are running bad
- luck is not a factor to blame. everyone will get coolered and at the end of the day, your decisions will determine your results - sbrugby. don't point any fingers, the only person/thing to blame is yourself. look over hands, you'll be surprised how many small mistakes u made
- do not get into the, i'm gona play a ton so i can get out of it quicker. its true, but when you get into that grind mode, you stop thinking about every play. instead you fire up as many tables as you can to put in more hands. not a good idea. always be thinking about your decisions and put your opponent on ranges
- very beneficial to get a "game check" preferrably by someone who is at your level or higher. a lot of the times you think you are just running bad but in reality your game is just not solid enough. you might not have big major leaks, but small leaks can add up and kill your winrate. so watch someone play, have someone sweat u, or get a coach (or 2)
- do not focus too much on numbers. I kno the fact that my ptbb dropped from 5.77 all the way down to 2.6 killed my confidence. remember as one of my friend told me "poor ppl focus on the results/numbers, rich ppl focus on the process"
- believe in yourself. its very easy to get down on yourself and feel like maybe you cannot beat this limit whatever and it'll be hard to come out of the cycle. its like depression. but if you don't believe you can dig out, no one can help you. everytime you sit down at a table, ask yourself, what's gona happen, always think positive and be like "i'm gona kick these players asses and win a couple of buy ins."
- absolutely do not move up and chase losses. i know i didnt' and that's probably how i could get out of the downswing so quickly. also i think this illustrates how 20 buy ins is not even CLOSE to enough for bankroll management. a player of my caliber can easily swing down 18 buy ins....by the time you reach -10 buy ins, 1/2 of ur roll is gone, that will be psychologically so devastating. and you might have to move down. throughout this stretch, i started with 110 buy ins so it sure helps to have a huge bankroll.
- do not take winnings for granted. i think that's what i did. i expect to win everytime i sit down. its not necessarily a bad thing to "expect" winnings but you just have to realize that you cannot win every session.
conclusion: in a sense i think bad runs are good for you. it forces you to readjust your game and forces you to become a better player. w/out this huge bad run i would've probably never learned some of the stuff above "the hard way" i think learning it the hard way is really beneficial for me as i will remember how to deal with the agony of losing next time i lose and how to bring myself out of it. so when you run bad, don't be pissed, be "happy" in a sense because you will learn from it and sooner or later come out of it being a better player. i actually don't want to be just winning all the time, it may sound weird, but right now i love it when i lose, because it'll make me stronger. there is a reason whenever i break even if i say "fuck i rather be down" because when i'm down i force myself to look closer at my HH's and what not and it'll all just make me a better player in the long run
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