Negative Variance
Playing two $2/4 FRLH tables again yesterday. Both nice and fishy, but I got ate up for about 19 BB. When you flop 6 four-flushes and have odds to chase them all, but none hit, you're going to lose some BBs. I also had an AQ pocket flop top two pair and not be the best hand. That one cost me a few as well.
I was getting a bit aggravated, but I just kept focused on the situation: was it still +EV for me to be at the tables I was at? As long as it was, I decided to keep playing. Just keeping focused on the important things: the expectation value of the scenario and the play of the current hand. Around 10 pm one of the tables broke up and shortly thereafter the other had a turnover of about half the players, so I was no longer sure it was going to remain as fishy as it had been. That's when I quit.
While losing is no damn fun, I am certain it will be necessary to have some more losing sessions on my quest for Poker Fu. Its easy to play when you're winning. Its a lot harder when you're losing. I guess that means I have a bright side to the $76 I left on the tables last night. I am one step closer to "fu".