Variance is getting to me. So is losing 30% of my bank roll in a week from ****. I'm used to swings in cash games & have found myself swing down 8 buy ins when it goes bad. I am a winning player overall however I'm on the worst run of my 9 years playing! I seem to de well in a tournament & final table or win. I win consistently in cash games . All is good. After I have a good result in a tournament the " poker God's" decide to punish me! I've lost 30% of my bank roll or 16, 100 bb buy ins in a week. While getting the money in good around 95% of the time & losing. I know it happens but some hands I've lost tonight are incredible
Pocket aces lost in big pots , some all ins for over 100 bb, 6 out of 7 times. The hand I won was a raise & everyone folded so I took the blinds. 4 times out of the 6 I flopped a set of aces & was thinking wow I'm so far ahead how can I extract value? Then in all of these hands turn & river gave four to the straight or flush & my opponent hit.
Hard to stay positive when no matter how dominated I have my opponent what ever they have they hit & I miss. Can't seem to win when I'm a 92% favourite let alone a coin flip!
Is there any advice for seemingly unlikely beats hand after hand? Tightening up my range & playing tight aggressive has still caused a landslide down swing... I'm not sure how much longer my bankroll can take it, I've already moved down below my normal games. & losing with 7 sets tonight alone to people with draws has knocked my confidence to pieces. Flop the nuts & lose big on the river makes me want to withdraw my money & run. My live games have far less swing as I keep a log in fact they pretty much just grind up. Online goes great for 2 or 3 weeks & then lose most of that profit in a couple of days has me wondering should I just stick to live games!? I really don't want to as I love the game & this community / website.
Any words of wisdom would be appreciated
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