So, now that you know what I mean, how do you avoid falling into this trap?

That’s what I mean by “winning a lot makes you a bad player”. Your recent hot streak lead to bad habits and lead you directly into a cold streak where the bad cards you’re getting are magnified by the bad decisions you’re making due to the loose, aggressive style you won with when you were getting lots of big cards. Or you hit the flop, but someone else hits it better. You run into a cold streak, getting dealt mostly weak cards and every time you have something that could be playable, you miss the flop. You bluff one time too many and get called, losing a big pot. The odds catch up with you, and you start losing those close showdowns. If you get too used to it, though, this loose play becomes a liability. If you’re in a 9-seat SNG with half the chips at the table in front of you and the blinds are still <100, you can play almost any two cards, and bully pots when you miss. because your stack dominates the table and the blinds have a way to go to catch up to you. We hit improbable draws.Īfter a short time, when you have a hot streak, you win so many chips that you can open your range way up, and start playing with middle connectors, rag pairs, etc.

We’ve all had hot streaks where for a time we’re getting great cards.

Why is my poker luck so bad