Apparently, yes, I am running badly this month and my recent poker run proves it! I am $12,000 below expectation and this has also an effect to my poker game. I did not play poker that much in July, but I expected my good run to continue. June was my best month ever (including sports trading) while now July is by far the worse. I am down $21,000! Just my bad luck I guess!

The poker graph above shows my all in luck since the start of summer and although it is climbing nicely, I’m having an awful bad run as you can see towards the end of the line. In fact, I started playing poker this month starting from the last peak and I’m constantly downwards ever after! After losing over $12,000 or so playing at 1,000NL and 2,000NL, I moved down to 400NL and 600NL, and trying to build up my confidence. The poker graph below shows my All in luck during July:

The first day of July I won about $5,000 I think and then lost more than $25,000 in the following days. I admit that the red line should be climbing instead of being a rather flat one, but honestly that is due to my bad play. Considering June’s performance I expected to see a similar line, but I haven’t managed that. A good thing is that it is not the first time I run bad, as I have already shown how not to win $8,000 and how to burn $14,000! On the other hand, I would love a good run to put me back on track.

How about your own bad poker run? Or how about a memorable losing run in general? Was it bad luck? How did you overcome it?