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Message: [QUOTE="ph_il, post: 6215413, member: 508"] you can't get rid of variance. it's impossible. however making better decisions and getting in your money more +ev spots will help variance to work out more in your favor. lets look at quick variance example. lets say you're given an option of rolling a dice or flipping a coin for $1 per game against an opponent. if you choose to roll the dice, 1-4 = you win and 5-6 = you lose. or you can flip the coin, you win if lands on heads and lose if it lands on tails? what game would you pick? well, hopefully you pick the dice roll because you have a 67% chance to win vs a 50% chance to win. this doesn't mean you're not going to lose as a 67% favorite, but you will lose a lot less. the same goes with poker. you can't stop from losing because of variance (and opponent's equity) but playing hands and situations where you're a favorite means you win more often in the long term. [/QUOTE]