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Running Bad and Implications

Ive been running pretty poorly so far this week. Its not so much that Ive been getting outdrawn in big allins or getting coolered all the time (Id be much happier if this were the case), but moreso that every one of my semibluffs or bluffs has run into the nuts and I havent been getting my fair share of favorable setups. I find that this is the most frustrating way to run bad, as you cant pick hands and say 'well if I hadnt gotten sucked out on there Id be even.' I think its also the most devastating way to run bad in terms of what it does to your game. Since so much of poker is experience and feel, and since both of those depend heavily on short term results, its really easily to make slight adjustments in an effort to 'fix' your game, either consciously or unconsciously, that can really ruin it.

I think Im going to take a couple of days off from high stakes. Ill still be active on the forums here and might spend the time making a couple of small stakes videos and finishing work on article Ive been writing.