If you prepare yourself mentally and mathematically then plenty can be done to eliminate the negative impact these patterns can have on you both emotionally and financially.
As we have discussed in previous articles psychology plays a key role in whether your betting is successful or not. Therefore losing runs can affect your confidence if you're not prepared emotionally.
To help put things in perspective we can use prediction tools professional bettors use to estimate the likelihood of a losing run and its length in terms of bets.