Top Threads of The Week: The Impact of Variance
Whenever you are facing a downswing and are wondering why this is all happening to you, the most likely answer you will get from other users is variance. Our thread of the week focuses on this important topic for poker players and helps you handle it.
1. The "variance memory effect"
We know that variance is a double-edged sword. This made schris7 wonder whether variance has a memory.
He believes that after sessions where he won almost every coin flip, the next session has to be the other way round. Furthermore, he encounters psychological difficulties when being on the bright side. Our member often loses his motivation when he is winning a lot.
How do you cope with both sides of it? Does the variance change the way you play or do you consider it a thing that just is part of the game? We want to hear your opinion on this interesting topic in our forum:
2. What's your take on bluffers?
kidsoldja recently faced a very aggressive opponent. He felt he was outplayed by him, because almost every time he decided to call, his opponent had a better hand. When he did not call, his opponent showed a huge bluff and now he is looking for the advice of fellow PokerStrategists. How do you deal with bluffers?
3. Post your poker desktop
tobycs started a thread about poker desktops. What does the average PokerStrategist's desktop look like? Is your background a nice landscape view or you prefer to use a poker related wallpaper?
Look at some of the desktops here:
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