[dezza]

I have to agree with Dave. The bad beats in Pacific are unreal. It happen so frequently and so cruel that I gave up after 4 weeks. My very last game there was no exception. Trip jacks, all in. Called by 72 off. You guessed it. He caught a runner runner flush on the 2. Now that's cruel. The thing is, it happen way too often, day after day for the 4 weeks I was there.

[dezza]

Just to clear things up on the previous post. We both had relatively the same amount of chips in a $10 10 seat SNG during the early stages. The flop was JJ9. Only thing he hit was the diamond on the Jacks. Go figure.

[Beat The Fish]

Dezza, welcome to the forum!

Unfortunately, that sort of stuff is going to happen eventually regardless of where you play. I sympathize, as I have had it happen to myself too many times to count. All online poker sites will run the same patterns of cards over the long run, but you might see it more often on a site full of bad players. While it can be frustrating (an understatement), the upswing will be the 95% of the time that he doesn't make that runner-runner flush. When you play with bad players willing to gamble, the variations in your bankroll will be more severe. At the same time, those are exactly the kind of players you want at the table. In the long run, you'll come out way ahead.

[dezza]

I agree that 95% of the time they will bust out but there's just so many of them. 5% from each of them and you end up with bad beats after ridiculous bad beats that eventually after 4 weeks of brutal beats, you start to lose confidence playing even premium hands.

[Beat The Fish]

Oh, I totally agree. I've run into plenty of similar bad streaks over my poker career. I usually find the best thing to do is take a break for a few days or even longer. Clear your head, perhaps read your favorite poker articles and/or books to make sure that you aren't straying from the fundamentals. However, it just sounds like an extended run of bad luck. When you do finally get past it, stop yourself early and force yourself to take a few small wins as confidence builders. At least, that's what works for me.