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Just Brutal: Deconstructing a Soul-Crushing Poker Downswing

It started with a single word: "Just." But the image of a poker graph that followed spoke volumes, showing a catastrophic nosedive that every player dreads. The post sparked a raw, honest conversation about the brutal reality of poker variance. What happens when your winnings suddenly fall off a ...

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The Poker Player’s Favorite Scapegoat: Are You Just Unlucky or Is It Something Else?

Every poker player knows the feeling. You're deep in a session, bleeding chips, and all you can think is, 'things are bound to turn around.' We cling to the idea of variance, the great equalizer, the cosmic force that explains away our bad beats and cooler situations. But are we being honest with...

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