How bad beats affect you

I've noticed that when you're in a period of bad luck, where all hands just seem not to go the right way, 'cause you get (or yo think you're getting) bad beats after bad beats, this really affects your playing style.
At least that's what seems to happen to me, I just get the sensation that there's always a better hand that beats mine; I flop straight and fear the flush, I flop flush but there's a pair on the board and I fear the FH, and so on...so I get worried anytime I can't get the pot at once and someone calls, and my game style changes since I lose aggressiveness.
What do you think about it?

Hi !

I think that only very good players can deal with bad beats without changing there style. Every time its happens to me i try to stay calm but most of the time it really affect me .

[Mrs.Ditto]

I know for me bad beats affect my style of play, because i get frustrated and want to get my chips back. So i start to play wild and play hands i wouldnt usually. But lately i have started to calm down and not play so wild and i have been getting further in tournys. So relax and the cards will come back around.

[paisleysky]

I have to say Bad Beats affect me differently depending on wether they are in a cash game or in a tourney. In a tourney, I usually yell a bunch of curses at the screen and then move on. In a cash game, it has a greater negative affect on me. To counteract that, what I do is try to switch tables after a really expensive bad beat.

i understand what you are saying.. my style sometimes has change because bad beats... one day i lost 500 bucks with a bad beat and ever since i play more conservative.

I guess this is my best quality at poker...hardly ever I tilt. I am aware this things might happen at anytime. All I do is fold the next hands, and recover the patience to keep playing

bad beats affected me very much in the past, but i've had so many that i'm used to it and stay calm almost at everyone. in the past i used to kick the desk, even waste glasses, but now i'm standing still, with a smile on my face lol :P

I just can't help it even if i do know that you are gonna get done sometimes by a fisherman but I still have to spit and swear at the laptop.....AAAARRRRGGHHHHH (but I have done it myself and loved every second of it when I,ve hit on a lucky one!)

Originally Posted by ChosenOne

I've noticed that when you're in a period of bad luck, where all hands just seem not to go the right way, 'cause you get (or yo think you're getting) bad beats after bad beats, this really affects your playing style.
At least that's what seems to happen to me, I just get the sensation that there's always a better hand that beats mine; I flop straight and fear the flush, I flop flush but there's a pair on the board and I fear the FH, and so on...so I get worried anytime I can't get the pot at once and someone calls, and my game style changes since I lose aggressiveness.
What do you think about it?

just take a brake have a coffe calm down dont carry on playing if your in a bad mood because u will just lose more and dont go after revenge cause there an old chineses saying in poker if your going to dig a grave bring two shovels one to dig your own

[stewz1]

looks as though you have lost your confidence.you seem to be looking to much at how you play rather than looking at the way other players at the table are playing.