maldini - that post is uncanny as I am going through exactly the same thing at the moment. I have only made 2 finals since the start of the year live. Whereas last year I couldn't stay out the final ever week! I have been through it all in my head. Am i doing anything wrong? Can bad luck and bad cards last this long? Shall I change my game? etc etc.
I too took time away from live play partly due to work commitments and partly because I was actually getting depressed. What I couldn't get out of my head is why luck has to go in such long runs. Why can't it be more evenly spread
I mean just a couple of weeks between good and bad thats all i ask. 4 tournaments in a row I got busted out in 18th all by getting horrendously outdrawn or unlucky.
Last month I was at Walsall with Tikay and Lucy Rokash starts to talk to us. She was saying how her form has been so bad lately and there was nothing she could do about it. I interjected with my sob story of my 6 month bad run and she looked at TIkay and then laughed at me. She proceeded to tell me that 6 months was not a bad run. Try 1 or 2 years of bad form!!
I though will not accept this. I just think the most important factor is to stay focused and positive and know that things WILL turn around. You can't force it and the more you try and mess about in pots and get impatient, the more you put undue stress on yourself. Keep playing your game and the breaks will go your way eventually. Hope this helps that you are not alone and it happens to the best all the time.
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