i am on a loosing streak!  

I have never played canasta to be honest, I love card games but have never been taught how to play canasta, is it a bit like whist or bridge my friend? Cards are like luck you can be winning lots of hands then suddenly the cards start to go bad on you! I believe that you can win and you will turn the game around, just patience and determination. Good luck my friend

Your plan of action would be to cheat..lol Tell your brother that someone who is not playing with the two of you should shuffle the cards and deal them. It might break your losing streak.

I am so sorry, I would think that you would need to plan this strategy similar to how you play with bots in Canasta on intermediate or higher levels.

Or play partners....

Are you playing with 2 decks? or are you playing iwth mor ethan 2 decks.

Strategy is always good so hopefully next time you get some really good strategy

Mooch

OH... that sometimes happens to me when I"m playing with my friend from Portugal :)
I might be wining big time one day and then suddenly it looks that no matter what my strategy is I always end up loosing.
TO be fair, I play pretty much without a plan most of the time. I was once told that I don't take the games seriously enough, but I figure if I have to take something to seriously it's not a game anymore, and all I want is to have fun playing, not earn a wage playing :)
ANyway, I'm sure that by now you are winning again already , aren't you ? :):)