Posted by Curious Amateur on August 11, 1997 at 21:20:51: In Reply to: Why can't I win at anything? posted by Byron Smith on August 11, 1997 at 18:28:47:30 hours times 100 hands per hour times (say) an average of $10 a hand gives $30,000 bet. $300 loss is only 1%. You can expect short term swings of +/- 10%, and you are definitely in the short term, so you are doing OK.