… drop the T, because bich is latin for generousity.

Unfortunately, however, variance has not been generous to me lately. I’ve had all sorts of beats the past few days.

* Bad beats, of the “can’t I ever be allowed to win with what’s the best hand before the river?”
* Well-earned beats of the “why don’t I ever learn to not bluff the calling stations or call the rock’s raise.”
* World-must-hate-me beats of the “let’s both flop sets and make yours higher” kind.

I’ve had downswings before, and I know to expect it to happen. I’m better at dealing with them nowadays than I’ve been before though, and I think I’m able to learn from them and not letting them completely destroy my confidence.

Cheers,
FP

Tip of the day: Deal with your emotions in a sensible way at the poker table. If you’re upset that you’ve been sucked out on, acknowledge it. Don’t be in denial that you’re upset and aren’t thinking rationally, gritting your teeth and swearing to get even with that prick who checkraised you after hitting his runner-runner straight. Sit out a few hands, or leave for the evening. It helps immensely if you stop thinking of poker in terms of “sessions”. There’s only one session, and it’s your entire poker career. Not wanting to leave because you’re “down” is therefore a pretty silly argument - you’re not really leaving, you’re just taking a few hours break. Not leaving because you’re down, and then ending up even more down because your previous bad luck has now earned you some serious emotional problems with your game that in turn causes you to lose even more money is even sillier.

Save yourself the headache - if you’re bothered by how badly it’s going, get up and do something else.