It is something we seek and it is something we sometimes fear. On the plus side, our joy is unbounded; go the other way and it leads to Poker Blog Angst.
Variance is usually seen as player quality neutral. It happens to the very best and the very worst. Some seek it and some seek to avoid it. And, even there, quality isn’t a defining factor.
Among those that seek to avoid it is the multi-tabling, limit grinder. He’s happy making a few big bets of profit over the course of an hour. At the other end of the spectrum is the crowd at the PLO 200-400 table at Full Tilt.
It really relates to comfort level. Comfort level is often a reciprocal of variance. So, what’s a guy to do at times? We go with the flow