You should know by now that poker is a fickle game. Some days you’ll hit your draws, flop the boat with rags in the big blind, and win all the races. At other times it’s the exact opposite.

It’s vital that you accept that’s the nature of poker and realise the same thing happens to all the other players around the table, fish and sharks alike. You can be sat at a table of complete novices whose stacks are there for the taking, but if you’re missing every flop then raking in their chips is going to be that much harder.