Winning the Fight Against Variance

Seat 1: Booooom!!!!! ($445.75 in chips)
Seat 3: nafudoma ($576.85 in chips)
Seat 4: lwakers ($74.85 in chips)
Seat 5: Tnx4urMoney ($380 in chips)
Seat 6: KKBigDawwg69 ($396 in chips)
Seat 7: SYSEKAS ($667 in chips)
Seat 8: rancherdude ($462.30 in chips)
Seat 9: Cheapskate7 ($248.75 in chips)
Tnx4urMoney: posts small blind $2
KKBigDawwg69: posts big blind $4
jimbo8888: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KKBigDawwg69 [Ac Qc]
SYSEKAS: calls $4
rancherdude: calls $4
Cheapskate7: calls $4
Booooom!!!!!: folds
nafudoma: calls $4
lwakers: raises $8 to $12
Tnx4urMoney: folds
KKBigDawwg69: calls $8
SYSEKAS: folds
rancherdude: calls $8
Cheapskate7: calls $8
nafudoma: calls $8
*** FLOP *** [9h 8c Tc]
KKBigDawwg69: checks
rancherdude: checks
Cheapskate7: checks
nafudoma: checks
lwakers: bets $4
KKBigDawwg69: raises $64 to $68
rancherdude: raises $132 to $200
Cheapskate7: folds
nafudoma: folds
lwakers: folds
KKBigDawwg69: folds
rancherdude collected $203 from pot
rancherdude: shows [Qh Js] (a straight, Eight to Queen)

If he had the set my hand would have had break even value at 276 dollars, if he had the nuts like he did my hand had an increased EV to 335 dollars, but he if he had the Jc with his nut my hand was only worth 321 dollars: it would have cost me 316 dollars. I guess gambler is a bit of a misnomer.