Great players have gone through this

All successful poker players have dealt with the following at one point:

-Massive downswings

-Running worse that you thought was mathematically possible

-Having to move down in stakes

-Crushing self doubt

-Worries about money

Everyone has experienced it. Keep going.

Dias12FC said:

All successful poker players have dealt with the following at one point:

-Massive downswings

-Running worse that you thought was mathematically possible

-Having to move down in stakes

-Crushing self doubt

-Worries about money

Everyone has experienced it. Keep going.

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Very well said! ❤️

Good to know. Thank you!

Dias12FC said:

All successful poker players have dealt with the following at one point:

-Massive downswings

-Running worse that you thought was mathematically possible

-Having to move down in stakes

-Crushing self doubt

-Worries about money

Everyone has experienced it. Keep going.

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I agree! even Daniel Negs and Phil Helmut have such days.

These things are really happening to you, the most important thing is to deal with them well .

Dias12FC said:

All successful poker players have dealt with the following at one point:

-Massive downswings

-Running worse that you thought was mathematically possible

-Having to move down in stakes

-Crushing self doubt

-Worries about money

Everyone has experienced it. Keep going.

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Still have a long way to go myself...

Although I agree with the message behind your post, and it is definitely correct that all successful players have experienced some (if not most) of the points you made, I don't feel it's true to say all successful players have experienced all of those woes...

Does that make sense?

In this instance only one single account comes to mind that bucks the trend, but there are always outliers and therefore surely will be plenty of successful players who have (for example) gone through four out of five...

Maybe some lucky unicorn only three out of five!

What food would you proffer forwards on your outstretched palm to tempt a unicorn over..?

ups and downs are an integral part of poker, mistakes make us stronger and failures motivate us to play better