Thanks for reading my latest entry! Previously we changed subjects and in place of ranges and the poker odds table, we discussed underestimated poker skills. The overlooked skills are unable to teach you what to do in post flop situations, but they’ll help you conserve your bankroll and make you a well-rounded player. For this entry I am going to go over variance, an additional important topic for poker players. This is similar to the last entry: I am not teaching you about the cards when I teach you about variance. Instead I will go over how important discipline and emotional control are when you play this game.

Variance is the main reason we need to have a large bankroll when playing poker. After all, if you're the best player online, what is the point in having a bankroll? If you always won money when you played on Tiger Gaming, you'd never finish the game on a losing note for the rest of your poker career, right? Players everywhere wish that were the case too!

The problem is, you'll realize that no matter how faultlessly you play, you will sometimes still have negative days when playing Texas Hold Em. Occasionally the poker hands you're dealt will be dreadful and you won't be able to find anything worth playing. Other days the hands you're dealt will be fantastic, but they'll never end up the winner because sometimes the opposition is too lucky for you. It's guaranteed that there will be days when you'll lose a pot despite getting it in as a 90% favorite. Moments like these will cause you to think about playing online slots rather than poker!

To survive playing this game, you must come to the conclusion that variance is the reason why bad players continue playing cards on real money poker sites. They are your source of money. Because you can't hope for variance to disappear, you have to figure out how to beat it. This can be done by following good bankroll management and being sure to avoid problems with tilt. Learn how to shrug off bad variance and as long as you have enough in your bankroll, you'll be back to your usual winning ways in no time. If that’s too much work for you, I suggest you just download free casino slot games, but we all know you don’t want to do that!