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Originally Posted by nightmaretilt
I end a lot of sessions feeling emotionally exhausted. I just ended a rough session like five mins ago. Some days its so easy to detach from the results, but other days the losses feel really brutal for some reason. The pitfalls of being a simple primate that can not process variance I guess lol. I have become more numb to the swings over time, but When you earn a bunch of EV and realize none of it the losses just start to feel awesful
Do any of you ever feel worn out by Omaha variance?
I have many break-even stretches/downswings playing 5-card. As with the variance of hold 'em, I just keep in mind the long term and evaluate my play, not my results. If I feel like I played well (or at least not poorly), I consider this a winning session. Also, a track record of playing winning poker is required for that long-term outlook to even matter. At the end of the day it's my self-assurance that I am a long-term winner that I fall back on when variance kicks in.
Having a bankroll is important for this mindset to kick in too. I don't know your situation, but for someone without around 100 BI the day-to-day can feel more important to their bottom line and increase the emotional turmoil.
Finally, I have set pretty strict session stop-losses of around 2 BI (for me, $600-$700). This mitigates the damage to my roll any given day and also softens the emotional blow when I do go on a downswing. At the end of the day, it is our money and losing it it isn't fun. Losing a set amount makes it more predictable at least and provides somewhat of an illusion of control in a game that we know is very swingy.
Last edited by DumbosTrunk; 09-18-2019 at 03:32 PM.