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I need to slow my game down and get rid of the jam-itch.  Everyone knows the itch.  It makes a RAM JAM shooter out of you and makes you broke too.  Variance is a term that gives balance to your game whether you want it or not.

I’m reading a book that basically says your Win/Loss ratio on bluffs should be break even.  Bill Chen is a math wiz that helped put Matt Harilenko in the winners circle of the WSOP $5000 limit event this year.  He believes that if your ratio of bluffs shows you a winner you should back off bluffing .  The inverse is if you are losing your bluffs you should bluff more until you break even. 

Finding balance in any endeavor is important.  Math geeks call it the MEAN.  I do not propose to understand THE MATHEMATICS OF POKER completly, but I can say if you get around the numbers and see the essence, its a good book that urges the gamble in you and gets you thinking that being a MANIAC (till you break even) sometimes has its rewards.  It also justifies all you tightass players out there to be patient and fleece all of Mr. Chen’s disciples by watching for your opportunities.

Or you can become well rounded(balance your BLUFFS) and do BOTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!