Are the peaks and valleys this gut-wrenching???

[Knyte260]

The solution is to just try your best to forget about the money on any given night. Its ironic I'm posting because I went through a tough session last night. I lost $2100, my worst lost to date thus far at the table limits I play. I drove home without feeling much regret at all, knowing that in the past year I've won more than tenfold the nights loss. When you want to win money over the course of a year, you must stand to lose bad on some nights!

I play the live game NL tables in AC, 5-10s or 10-20s, and I somehow manage to rarely experience bad swings. I will leave the casino down on the night 1 in 7 trips, usually to the nature of $500-1000~. I walk away anywhere above 600 when I feel comfortable and depending on how many hours I put into the session. I am financially secure outside of my poker income, so I have a bankroll to support any loss. You need to believe in yourself, and have the money to lose, as hard as this sounds. If the game is right, I'll put $50,000 into action.

Someone above in this thread posted - savor the feeling while you can, because after a while, you won't even feel the emotions of the ups and downs. As you grow as a card player this is very true. I don't feel the difference on the drive home much between a loss and a win.

-Chris
(I've been creeping the boards for a year, I finally signed up) =D

[Viscant]

The peaks and valleys are probably highest for the complete maniacs (even they have to get periods of good luck). But after that, as a group, we're probably 2nd highest. If you ram and jam the pot with your good draws and raise and re-raise your good hands, when you're running well, you'll be raking in the cash. When those draws aren't hitting and the other guy is sucking out, you're way way behind. Accepting that variance is a good thing is one of the hardest things I've had to do as a poker player.
Yesterday and today I was clearing off the Multipoker.com reload. Yesterday I was down $320. Long long 0for on my draws, and when the draw would come in, someone would have a better one or a boat would hit the river. Bad beats, blah blah, nobody cares. Today the bonus cleared and I cashed out, +$275 for the bonus chase. Draws were coming in ahead of pace, big hands were holding, the 74o suckout guy was just not pulling out that runner runner today. These are the swings you go through when you're playing aggressively. The swings are big, but the overall result is usually up. Let variance have it's way with you in the short term, and let math take effect in the long term.

[AncientPC]

Yes this is normal. People have gone as long as 15k hands of break even before picking up again.