self doubt,will you doubt yourself after losing?

Hi Friend.

At first yes, when I started to lose a lot, I changed my way of playing, but now I try not to do it, it bothers me a little, but it did not change my way of playing much, for now I am, as one member of the community said, at a standstill.

I never doubt myself, there have been cases when I couldn’t win anything for months, but then luck will come, the main thing is to believe in luck and not give up.

I do not pay attention to temporary failures and losses, I try to control my bankroll and only with the money that I can afford! I am not upset about the loss if I understand that I did everything right, and this is a temporary failure, but I understand that I will play a plus in the distance! I try to learn a lesson from every lost hand, and I make progress! Good luck to everyone at the tables!

nutself said:

Poker is frustrating sometimes, when you fall into losing mode, it's easy to lose confidence as well, will you doubt yourself from time to time? How do you cope with it?

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No one can be 100% all the time. When you notice yourself playing stupid, take a break. Get some rest. I usually realize I'm playing stupid when I start breaking self-imposed rules, regardless of outcome. The closest I ever came to losing confidence was in the 80s when I hit a six-month losing streak. Didn't even know such a thing existed until I experienced it. Two months into it I changed my tactics and started playing in bad beat jackpot games. Won two bad beat jackpots within two weeks of each other. That helped to minimize the losses, but the bad beats continued for a couple more months. Now days I play with a 300:1 stake to buy in ratio. Since the 80s I've experienced a week or two of bad beats, several times a year, at the most and have always been able to grind my way back. No confidence lost.