by rdale » Tue May 10, 2005 4:26 pm
I had a consistent losing streak last winter, I couldn't win with the flop or turn nuts to save my arse, nothing I did seemed to work out. Poker is tough like that, and there isn't a situation that is likely to happen in capped buy in NL to ever lay down the current nuts. Mine finally broke after I lost three hands in two days for all the money as 97% favorite.
I switched to playing sit-n-gos, I dropped in limits, played some multis, pretty much everything I could to avoid playing a cash game above a $100 buy in, I even took about three weeks in breaks.
I am still rebuilding, slowly working my way back up in games and hating having to go thru the process of bankroll building again, but liking playing a smaller game with much more knowledge than last time I was down here.
Tighten it down, play ABC poker, make rational decisions when all the money goes in the middle. Get back to the basics of winning play before getting cute with medium pairs and connectors, beat your opponents with strength of hand instead of clever bets.