[Demana]

Well, I finally understand where this question was coming from: I've been using it to rationalize losing. Whether bad beat, suck out, missed draw, or whatever, I keep saying to myself that one day those cards will come through for me and that I just need to weather the storm and "know the bad before the good".

What I have realized though, is that thinking like that does no good whatsoever. It is simply denying the reality of poker and probablility. I may be a 45:1 favorite and still lose a thousand times in a row. The long term is such an infinite amount that streaks are really meaningless.

I have to either accept that being a favorite does not gaurantee me the pot or quit playing poker. Any other view or rationalization will keep me in this quagmire and stop me from becoming a better player.

I am gauranteed nothing.