How do you deal with extremely bad days in online poker?

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Unfortunately, poker has its bad days, and it's important to know how to deal with variance.
 
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Sleep late, eat well, don't drink alcohol and analyse a downswing or your game.
 
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How do you deal with extremely bad days in online poker?
when you dream your bad beat... and think about it, for days, nights... it is not good to play poker.

You have to let it go, and when you "forget " about it - then it is good time to start building bank once again.
 
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Understand there will be bad days, and that Vera Variance is Lady Luck's uglier, meaner sister. You can do everything right and still lose to some fish who caught a miracle with a hand that had no business being in there. Just pay your fish tax, and STAY OFF TILT. You can't control how the cards fall, or how your opponents play, but you can control yourself. Never let little disasters become big ones.
 
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if i am running bad (or playing poorly ) at one online poker site i often go to a different one and try another format . ring games , head up sng, freerolls and small stakes MTT are among the various choices .
 
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are there good days in poker then?
 
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I like to spend a few days without playing, rest well and then I start playing again, this helps me not to get sick of poker
 
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I turn off my computer and build a fist with my right hand and with a devilish smile on my face and a slow, slightly angry voice i speak to the turned off screen: "Madderfaggers, we meet again soon. Dont worry. Its a long-run game and im going to get you!"
 
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How do you deal with extremely bad days in online poker?
On days like these, I just play freerolls and don't spend a single cent of my bankroll. Sometimes this can go on for quite a long time, several days or even a week, and the most important thing on days like these, in my opinion, is to minimize potential losses.
 
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Bad days are inevitable, however I always try to keep positive and keep grinding.
 
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I just skip some tounaments and do something else , like watching movies or tv shows . :)) Good luck .
 
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Get some rest and be ready for the next game.
 
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I usually check how the tournament went. Then I watch movies/tv series or read/listen to a book.
 
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How do you deal with extremely bad days in online poker
With volume. If you end satisfactorily the study of theory of poker. Then you need just volume. And you'll see the good results just in end long run. So. That way almost you'll forgot bad days. Well... That's what the theory says.
 
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Hello,
I'm taking a break for at least a week and going fishing.
 
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i am dissapointed when i have one off those days but i can find calm in the family
 
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Its rigged, doesn't matter how you react. If you take breaks it'll still be rigged when you come back.
Play it skeptical, try to avoid the system's traps and play only freerolls.

What, you wanna bet your money on slot machines? Go ahead, consider it lost.
 
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