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[QUOTE="Leo 50, post: 1517272, member: 24367"]
Luck is important in successful poker, we all know that.
You can't win a tourney or cash at a Cash Game without a little luck.
Skills are also important, knowing when to steal, reading your opponents,
knowing the math and playing a smart game.

One thing I think we are ignoring from the OP is the 'ego' thing.
Sometimes you get on a rush, tourney or cash, and start thinking you  can't
lose. Then you play that hand that you really know you shouldn't and then it's back to the drawing board.
That's not variance though, that's your ego getting in the way.

Lately I have been playing well and winning several SnG's as well as cashing in several ring games.
I was playing a small cash game recently and doing well, playing TAG 
and accumulating some profit when I was dealt 88 in late position.

I raised PF and got a re-raise from a very tight player.
I thought about it and my instinct said go away BUT I called.
Flop came 8A4 rainbow and I thought I was good but my raise was re-raised all in.
Again I thought about it and again I thought I should get out BUT no, I called.
Sure enough he had a set of A's and killed my set of 8's.
Needless to say I lost most of my stack.

Now this could be variance getting me or it could have been a combination of variance 
and my own ego thinking instead of following my instincts.

Watch yourself, sometimes we are our own worse enemies.

:cool:
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