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1. apollo
   April 16, 2007
   

   because it's not random. Poker involves lots a skill, they´ve got it, you don´t!

2. wenzzz33
   April 16, 2007
   

   i find it best to change my seat when not winning

3. Wile E.
   April 16, 2007
   

   In the long run everybody gets the same amount of good hands and bad hands. "Long" being a the key word. In the short term, things can go any direction and swings can seem wild and unpredictable.

   I've had runs where I've gone over two hours without winning a single hand. On the other hand, I've also gotten pocket Aces three hands in a row. These are both rare of course, but they are examples of strange, unlikely streaks that can and do happen. Thing are rarely "normal".

   Going 1 hr 45 mins without winning a hand is a pretty tough run of cards but not completly uncommon.

   You should only win 1 hand in 10 if everybody is playing everyhand until the end. Even then, over 20 or 30 hands it wouldn't be unlikely that some player at the table wouldn't win a single hand. Hopefully you're not playing that many hands though.

   In games with wild players, you're likely going to win quite a bit less than 10% of hands if you're playing well. When you do win though, all those suckers will be there to pay you off with a big pot. If you play too many hands you will win a larger % of pots but you'll make less money because you'll be paying to go to the river and show down more often.

   Poker requires patience that is unimaginable to most beginning players. 1 hr 45 minutes is nothin', in the grander scheme of the game.