Poker swings.

[Herkstwin]

The variance affects everyone. I think it takes several years to accept the game. The best approach is to focus on good decisions and not on short-term results.

The original question is about swings. This answer clearly addresses the issue - do not focus on the short-term. Focus on the long-term, and on continually improving your game. A swing of four or five hands is not a swing - it is a blip. Swings happen over months and as other have said, over hundreds of hands, or even dozens of sessions.

 

[who115]

Well a person can totally cause their own bad swings. Playing angry or tilting is the best way. Or playing when you are tired and can't concentrate properly.

 

[pineknob]

agree.. those are bad decisions that happen before you even look at the cards..and playing tired or while you are under stress increase your chances of tilt.. I have definitely noticed this in my game.

 

[ArmiSoo7]

There is no luck in poker. You just have to be in wright time and wright place. With that i mean , wright cards in wright time and pot is yours.