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Originally Posted by Havisham
My largest frustration with poker is how goddamn streaky it runs for me.  I mean, fine, give me these beats - they happen - but give them to me mingled with the other possible outcomes to a proportion that more or less reflects the odds.  That's never what happens.  In fact, of all the years I've played, I can't think of any noteworthy length of time like that even once.  I'm either running sicko hot, where not only do my favorites dominate, but I manage to pull every ridiculous card out of my ass when necessary as well.  That goes on for about two or three months, and then after that, the complete opposite for the same amount of time.  My monster hands, pre- and post-flop, get mangled in the most absurd way possible, and I can barely hit a board to save my life.  In the tournament in question, you wouldn't believe what I had to go through just to get to heads up (at least three counter-counterfeitings).  Such periods of boom and bust are really starting to wear on me.