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Beldin the Sorcerer

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From: "Beldin the Sorcerer" <beldin...@verizon.net>

Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2007 13:42:14 GMT

Local: Mon, Oct 8 2007 1:12 am

Subject: Re: How do you handle this?

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"Alex" <alexk...@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> The last three days, I've had yet another run of Full Tilt luck.

> I raise pre-flop (pot-sized or larger), get called by garbage like 76o
> and K4o and lose.

> I play premium hands and get called (and beaten) by garbage.

> I've completed three draws in the last three days (and one of them I
> had to give up when a 4th diamond hit the board), but others have been
> hitting 2, 3, and 4-outers on me like clockwork.

> Assuming others have had the same kind of week, how have you handled
> this without tilting?

> Maybe I need a few weeks away from the table.

It's variance.

What you need is A) a bankroll large enough to withstand variance (which is
higher online due to wilder play) and B) the patience to evaluate your
decisions rationally, and if they're still good, you still play.

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