[bdawg31]

I think you realize that the cards have no idea what kind of day you are having. I am sure it seems that way when your day is going bad - we have all felt that way. And there might be days where you have a bad day and also happen to have a bad run - but they don't coincide. Coincide and coincidence are different. What i would think would coincide is the bad day with bad play. And i am sure its not playing 'bad' the way we normally think of it. But, little things (i catch myself doing this) - like maybe playing that Ax suited in early position, chasing when the pot odds say you should fold, bluffing when you KNOW the guy has you and your beat, re-raising with a strong second-best hand that in your heart you KNOW is second best, etc.... Just little things that add up to a big bet here and a big bet there. You are having a bad day - so you remember the missed draws and the suckouts and attribute those to the bad day. Then the anger and frustration builds, and mabye another one or two small mistakes are made.

When i am steaming from a bad day personally or from poker, i usually sit in a cheap Multi-Table tourney, or maybe one or two cheap sit n go's. That slows me down, i still get my 'poker fix' and if i play poorly, i just loose my small buy-in. Other suggestions - go WAY down in limits and play your angry poker. If you normally play NL for a $100 buy-in - go to one of those NL games that have the $.05/$.1 and play like a maniac. Take your aggression out - 'bust out' five times and you are down five bucks. Or take the night off and read poker books. OR take the night off from poker altogether - as crazy as that might sound to some of us!