Sirus;174859 wroteOne thing I like to do to avoid down streaks is give my self a cut off. If I do not cash in two consecutive tournaments, I am done playing for the day.
I find it helps to keep me focused and a winning player. I almost always make up for it the following time I play.
I tend never to move down to lower levels since the my strategies vary.
I think this is a smart thing to do if you are susceptible to tilting after loosing a few tournaments. I will generally move from cash games to tournaments or vice versa when running bad or switch the game from NLHE to LHE or Omaha/8. I think even taking a break to watch some American Idol is always nice :)
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