Quote Originally Posted by Poopadoop View Post
The thing I struggle with in poker is recognising the difference between bad luck and bad play. Just seeing how much all-in EV tends to differ from winrate on a daily basis is disturbing (at least in PLO, might not be that bad in NL).

Even then, you can play perfectly and lose a shitload, while someone at the same table can make what are objectively huge mistakes and still win, at least in the short term.
You need to embrace it, the variance is exactly the reason poker can be so profitable. If the fish always got punished for their mistakes, they'd stop coming back.