I break my computer screen, get a new one, take a deep breath, and then start the next SnG with a fresh attitude.

Well, the last two things, anyway.

If I'm really pissed about one (which doesn't happen often), then I just quit for awhile until I clear my head.

I have the opposite problem sometimes.

On Friday I won a $10 SnG and thought I'd played it pretty well. Read some bluffs, read the tight players and got away when they were ahead of me and generally bossed the table. I felt like a poker legend at the end of the game. I even managed to catch quads when we were heads up, you gotta like that.

I immediatley started a new game and carried on playing in the table boss aggressive style I had adopted in the previous game for the last 20 minutes. Guess what, I bust out 8th place with a second best hand because the guy on my left was better than the guy on my left in the previous game.

Moral - it's not always the losing streaks that put you on tilt.

The Don

MVP - I played 52 SNGs multi-tabling this weekend on UB. Wife is out of town, so I figured I'd go ape-crap. Anyways, I got fired up on the $11s and placed ITM in 7 of 8. I had the account up to $840 and was ready to take on the world!!!

Then, mean reversion took place and I dropped 8 of 9. So I mixed in some $5.50s again and worked my way back up. Overall, in the 52 SNGs, my ITM was about 40% and ROI was fairly weak but positive. Up $45 for the weekend.

I should have just quit after Friday night when I was on fire. But, its tough to know when to end. The bottom line is, it is a roller coaster on the SNGs. Its frustrating. You just have to play good solid poker, know you're going to lose some coin flips and do your best. In 403 SNGs now (all $5.50s and $11s), I am ITM in 46%, and my ROI has dropped to 28%.

You just have to hang in there and play your game. Try to figure out if you have any leaks in your game, and don't go on tilt. When I lost 8 of 9 in the $11s, I move back down and moved back up. Its a mental thing, the game is no tougher at the $11s than the $5.50s on UB.

Seriously, the best thing I've found to do after playing one, win or lose, is to take a break for a few minutes to load the dishwasher or walk the dog or make a sandwich, whatever, anything to clear my head. And start the next one with a clean slate, like it's your first one of the day.

It becomes an easier process the more experience you get with them.

It happens John,

Fortunately for me last night, I busted out of the slump a bit. 2 firsts and one second in 6 SNGs. Only one 4th.

One time I had 3 consecutive 4th places, similar scenario. Keep playing your game, all you can do it get your chips in with the best hand, and mentally prepare yourself for the bad beat you may take.