Quote Originally Posted by Rondavu
The obvious problem here is someone has failed to adjust to, and/or can't handle higher variance common to loose tables.
I must accept what you are saying about variance and maybe I can't handle it - but why should there be such variance?

I have seen players win tournament after tournament after tournament - very few bad beats, very few showdowns lost. Why? Because their style of betting gets rid of the weaker players. But this is in live play, as opposed to internet play. The same players usually make it to the WSOP final table and did so for years - why did variance not prevent them from doing this? Answer - it did not occur in the ways it is perceived as occuring today. Of course live play is so different from internet play and I love playing against interent players live as I can spot tells on them. But online this is more difficult.

The thing which frustrates me most about poker is when people only play their cards and win a tournament. Last night a young kid won a tournament at my local casino and he got lucky cards all night - lots of pairs and big, suited aces. He never made a single bluff . Players realised this and avoided giving him action but began to get anted away and ended up losing when all in against him and he had another big pair. The good players are trying moves at selective opportunities but not this kid. This showed that lady luck was the deciding factor, which takes much of the skill out of the game. I think the same can be said online, to an extent.