Terrible Terrible Weekend

[greenbuckets]

Just want to vent about a very, very shitty weekend. I dropped close to $1500 at $2/$4 NL tables. I had three sessions that just weren't going my way. I'd lose a big hand, re-buy, make a little comeback and drop another huge hand. Happened all weekend.

Big losing hands:
1-flopped a set of Kings to a set of aces--lost $400

2-nut flush on the flop to a flopped set. had the guy all in for close to $500.
board paired on the river

3-pocket jacks on a flop of J55, all in against pocket 5's--lost $400

The rest were just nickle and dime losses, but nothing went my way.

Do you drop down a level with these big losses?

My bankroll can take the hit, but I had conflicting thoughts. I wasn't playing bad and had hands that would win 90% of the time, but a little voice kept telling me to move down to $1/$2 or lower since the cards just weren't falling for me.

[Talking Poker]

If the above statements are true, there was no reason to move down. If, however, the losses started to get to you psychologically and you were starting to play poorly, then yes, you should have either move down or better yet, quit playing until you can coould back with a clear head.

Whatever you do though, DON'T MOVE UP. I don't know why, but a lot of times, that's is exactly how people react, and then it snowballs and they go broke.

[kkirk1329]

I think it is because people feel that they need to break even for the session so they hop up a level or two trying for a quick score, i used to do it a while ago but have learned my lesson.

[GeoffM]

*COUGH COUGH* I believe I call getting back to even a "bonus cushion"