Variance is all about the numbers, I agree with the above posts. You need volume of games.  You may get it in as a 60% favorite and loose five times in a row, but eventually it will even out as volume increases. As your volume increases the precision of the statitical accuracy becomes greater.  This use to be a huge bummer for me because I only played a game here and there on my day off, so a beat really affected me. However, I grind hard when I plan a poker day and multi-table. I noticed a huge difference, the variance does not seem bad-do to high volume, but also if I suffer a beat I move on to the next game to take my mind off of it.  Last night I was chip leader and lost 50% of my stack pretty much taking me out of a good cash. I was fuming, but I went down stairs washed dishes came back and with the remaining chips got back to almost chip leader again. Sometimes taking quick mental breaks helps as well.  Volume of games and studying your play are the best things, but also sometimes a break from the game can help as well.  It is human nature to remeber the bad in long-term memory, compared to the good.  How many good customer experiences can you remember compared to the bad?