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Message: [QUOTE="jeffred1111, post: 674449, member: 19935"] Welcome to CC and let me introduce you to the variance of poker by making a stupid analogy. In hockey, and in most of pro sports, some teams are clearly better than others: the Red Wings come to mind as a team that is clearly one step above of most of the competition this year. They have great talent and depth everywhere, make the right move, practice and study hard, yet, some nights, they lose to some stupid expansion era team like the Coyotes. And nobody bats an eye: they had a bad day, the puck wasn't rolling on their side, some key shots hit the post and the other team had a lucky goal/penalty that sealed the deal. Poker is the exact same thing. You have a lot of expansion era players who are just starting out on whose foundation is bad: they don't review their play, they don't think about it or focus on wrong thinds (bluffing, bluffing, bluffing). Yet, as a solid player, we often lose to them while we are clearly better. Why ? Because of variance and external factors (we are sleepy, tilted, etc.). Losing three SNGs is nothing. I've had swings where I didn't win a SNG in more than 12 tries, cashing third a few times, but no more than that. This is why there's money to be made in poker and not in a pure skill game such as Chess: the newbs and the fish win from time to time and they thus keep the illusion that they're good at it (despite losing). So I suggest you read some books about the underlying nature of poker (and gambling in general). TOP springs to mind, Zen and the art of poker, Poker psychology, etc. Post in the strat section and ask about suggestions and read them during Christmas, you'll come out a better, stronger and more avid player than before. [/QUOTE]

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