Quote Originally Posted by Cocco_Bill
That is a ridiculous statement. I play about 5k hands every 2 days. I wish I never hit a 2 day downswing...
I'll quote Dev to explain what I mean:

It starts with one bad play, I beat myself up about it, then I'm gone for at least the rest of the night.
It's more often than not psychological. Ie, you'll lose MORE because the bad beat knocks you off of your game than from the bad beat itself. Like when I had 3 all-ins preflop in 5 days, each time me having KK and each time the opp having AA.. that's 3 buy-ins down. Major downswing. Important to note is however that I lost the same amount (3 buy-ins) from tilting after the last KK vs AA loss. You can't do anything about a bad beat, but if you're really better than your limit and hit long major downswings, I think it's most likely something psychological.