Straight Flush
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Originally Posted by Chopper
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Originally Posted by Robb
For an example of a "losing player's mentality", I told the wife this morning that "I won $73 last night." It's true, sort of. I ground out 1k hands of NL10 and was up 7 BI afterwards. But you know what? I really just won my typical 6 ptBB/100. And when I drop 3 BI in a session, I'm really just earning my typical 6 ptBB/100. Every hour I play, if I play optimally, I'm just earning my historic win rate / 100 hands. Hopefully, I'm doing slightly better if I'm learning to play better. But too many people focus on the $$/session and not how well they played.
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I don't necessarily disagree with Chopper but I think there are better ways. However, I think that what Robb said is a step along the way towards what I think we're "supposed" to think about our session: almost a total disregard for actual results, but instead total focus on how we played and improving our game.
Of course, it's easier said than done if you don't know that you're a winning player, but I believe it's part of the process.
Depending on the wording this could mean the same thing for some people, but just thought I'd throw it out there.
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