Dealing with variance

[Kriber13]

Yesterday I had the sickest day ever at the tables, I lost quite a bit of money and it was how I lost which I had big problems dealing with. If I did not know better and in most circumstances I would have been sure that the game was rigged. I lost to outlandish draws on almost every hand one card straights, flushes and sets or full houses on the river. In the space of two hours I lost with top full against kks sucking out on the river, oh well you get the picture....

My problem is that I could not shake the beats and I was feeling totally disgusted and like a victim, needless to say it did not improve my game. It was almost as I felt comforted when the kept hitting runner one card draws, thus confirming that I truly am the most unlucky player in the universe.

The night ended with me recouping about a third of the loss and feeling ok about the result, but not about how I felt and how I was dealing with that nasty deck I ran into!

So what I'm looking for is advice to handle brutal swings and to be more neutral towards results and play keep the focus on playing my best game.

Any ideas would be much appreciated!

Cheers, Kristoffer