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MJS:
I"ve been playing poker for many years now but only really started to take it seriously in the last 18 months or so.  I"ve read many books, as we all have, but the one"s that helped me the most are without doubt the "Harrington on holdem" volumes 1 - 3 series. 

Since reading these my performances in both online and live poker seemed to be going from strength to strength, culminating in my 13th place in the Dublin APAT event (my first one).  Whilst I was disappointed to not make the final table, I was really chuffed that my game seemed to be on a new level and confidence was high.

However, in the last 2 months or so things have taken a turn for the worse.  I can"t seem to do a single thing right.  All the marginal decisions that I was getting right before are now costing me big time.  I couldn"t hit a cow"s posterior with a bango!

My question; Can success/confidence be detrimental to your game? Is a good run a precursor to a bad one by changing the way you play? Or is this just a case of fine tuning your game as you learn more?

Advice is much appreciated  :-\
 

FlyingPig73:
I don"t think I am qualified to give advice, but there are always swings in poker, and sometimes they are huge... You will go through patches of winning and patches of losing. When you are losing you need to lose as little as possible. Sounds straight forward I know, but its something that you need to take account of.

Also, when winning we do change our game very slightly. This may be due to confidence. You should go over your HH"s and have a look at what you were doing and what you ae now doing differently.

Have you moved up a level or two too quickly or still playing at the same tables and on the same sites....

Try to get back to basics, and that winning streak will come hurtling back....

Swinebag:
omg
I could have written that post. (except I didn"t come 13th in Dublin - wd btw)
I, like others, have been on winning streaks and long losing streaks. My classic mistake was believing wins only come from good play and losses only come from bad luck.

I can only agree with the next post that suggests looking at HHs and level changes. By continually evaluating your play and making correct decisions you learn to enjoy the successes and ride the losses.

dougal7878:
You"ll be glad to know that i am aptly gifted in the art of advice giving........Mart....give it up!!!! ;D

MJS:
I sense the fear in you Mr Donnelly.  You"re not still dwelling on all those chips you dumped off to me and my poket Kings are you???

I do analyse evey game I play, especially the hands I get knocked out on!  If anything I think I probably overdo it.  I"m glad I"m not the only one having this problem.  I"ve also noticed a bit of reverse logic in this situation.  We tend to play less when we are winning and more when losing to try and break the bad run.  Why do we do this??

Cheers
M

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