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Old 03-17-2009, 08:02 PM     Post subject: patience. #1 (permalink)  
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OK. I know that patience is a big part of poker. Any advice for me when I loose my patience? Thanks.
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Old 03-17-2009, 08:06 PM #2 (permalink)  
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Knock it off. Rebuy!

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Old 03-17-2009, 08:10 PM #3 (permalink)  
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valium's?
Poker is easy, it's winning at poker that's hard.
 
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Old 03-17-2009, 08:21 PM #4 (permalink)  
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BTW could you guys recommend a good book to read for a person who hasn't read any poker books yet? I want one which is good for a beginner/average player. Thanks.
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Old 03-17-2009, 08:23 PM #5 (permalink)  
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Thanks for the advice. Rebuys are ok but they could get expensive if you don't get to the final table. Valium??? I won't take anything like that.
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Old 03-17-2009, 08:28 PM #6 (permalink)  
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Not Rebuys.... rebuy! if you lose patience you will get stacked, so....rebuy, or don't lsoe your patience. As for poker books, there are 1400590 articles on this forum about that very topic. Maybe a scroll is in order.
 
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Old 03-17-2009, 09:46 PM #7 (permalink)  
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Thanks jyms.
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Old 03-17-2009, 10:03 PM #8 (permalink)  
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Old 03-18-2009, 02:04 AM #9 (permalink)  
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play freerolls and shove every hand until you put a huge beat on someone
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Old 03-18-2009, 03:17 AM #10 (permalink)  
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If your getting badbeat after badbeat,then best to leave poker out for a day or 2 is my advice.But if you mean loosing patience during a game,I wait and not play until i`m dealt AA KK or AK suited in position on the gun or last to bet,anything else even the ladies and specially the hooks I won`t play,these are hands that you will continue to bet the pot or go all in with everytime.this really either will get you back in the game and reset your patience spring or If you still don`t start to win with these cards and you don`t get dealt any,then you should try changing poker room,or do something else that you can feel rewarded for ,like beat up something in animate,or may be listen to music ,watch a good film, have sex!!! or get enlightened by some poker blogs and stories,this may teach you more patience than you may have already.I tell myself that I am the patient person in the world and if in doubt then fold!!
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Old 03-18-2009, 03:24 AM     Post subject: I Would Agree #11 (permalink)  
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I would have to agree with what most people are stating here... sometimes it is just not your day to win... you hit your set they get their boat... Just look at Mike Matisow... he blows up and loses it... I think he could be a much better player if he just plays like a robot... Just don't ever let the frustration get to you... once that enters your veins... its just a matter of time your bankroll starts to dissapear...

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Old 03-18-2009, 04:52 AM #12 (permalink)  
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Um...just get used to it. This is usually what happens and what you should do.

Me: "Ha! I turned the nut flush!"
Villain: "Yes, Two pair, I shove!"
Me: "I gladly call good sir!"
Villain: "Splendid, he called. But what is this, a flush? The nut flush as it were."
Me: "It were!"
Villain: "Surely I am done for. But what is this? A full house on the river? Inconceivable, though gladly welcomed."
Me: "F$%&!"

And you move on to the next hand forgetting what just happened and thank god that you don't have aids.
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Old 03-18-2009, 06:00 AM     Post subject: Re: patience. #13 (permalink)  
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OK. I know that patience is a big part of poker. Any advice for me when I loose my patience? Thanks.
donk around at 2NL or .10 MTTs until you put a sick beat on someone :P
 
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Old 03-18-2009, 07:43 AM #14 (permalink)  
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great thread.

to answer your question: read the digest.
"Once we reach a certain level of mastery, we see there are higher levels and challenges. If we are disciplined and patient, we proceed. At each higher level, new pleasures and insights await us--ones not even suspected when we started out. We can take this as far as we want--in any human activity there is always a higher level to which we can aspire."

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Old 03-18-2009, 12:03 PM #15 (permalink)  
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Um...just get used to it. This is usually what happens and what you should do.

Me: "Ha! I turned the nut flush!"
Villain: "Yes, Two pair, I shove!"
Me: "I gladly call good sir!"
Villain: "Splendid, he called. But what is this, a flush? The nut flush as it were."
Me: "It were!"
Villain: "Surely I am done for. But what is this? A full house on the river? Inconceivable, though gladly welcomed."
Me: "F$%&!"

And you move on to the next hand forgetting what just happened and thank god that you don't have aids.
The best lube for these situations is having it happen to you at least twice a day for the past 1 million hands. You eventually learn that it will happen to you a lot and that it doesn't affect your winrate.

What does affect your winrate is tilting off 5 buy-ins after one bad beat because you became impatient.

So how do we become more patient? We view bad beats the same way we view big pots that we win.. with complete indifference.

Feeling any emotion about any hand more than 2 seconds after its over is tilt. (because we've moved on to the next hand and emotion and good decisions aren't good bed fellows)
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Old 03-18-2009, 12:06 PM #16 (permalink)  
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Old 03-18-2009, 06:42 PM     Post subject: patience #17 (permalink)  

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Knock it off. Rebuy!

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Old 03-20-2009, 11:45 PM #18 (permalink)  

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ye...sumtym patience, sumtym luck (Y)
If, after the first twenty minutes, you don't know who the sucker at the table is, it's you.
 
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