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gonefishin420
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04-27-2009, 05:08 PM
Post subject: positive attitude and How important is it to your game
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: ST. Louis
Posts: 8
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How important is it to have a positive attitude at the table and keep it?........
I know i feel like i play better and my confidence level rises when i have a positive mental attitude......but that can all spiral quickly if ur not careful...one bad read or play or river could send you spiraling with negative thoughts along with it...When or if that happens what has worked for me is to stop for a sec close your eyes and completly clear ur mind of all bad thoughts...replace them with good thoughts and continue...
feel free to add to or edit what i have said i consider my self on the very edge of begginner and mediocre...still a begginner though
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settecba
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Join Date: Aug 2008
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looks like thats a question for Wonderland...
OP: it is always very important to be focused and play your A game no matter what. Its good to see you are clearing your mind easily. Dont be fooled though, bad beats and coolers will happen and you will tilt. Do your best to prevent it.
Also...GL and welcome to FTR
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kmind
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Join Date: Oct 2006
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I definitely agree. I think this relates to the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy concept as well as meditation/breathing/any kind of stress relieving exercises to get you in a more calm state of mind.
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Kijjo
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Alabama
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I've decided it's better to literally stand up and walk away from my computer with 8 tables running and miss some hands/give up a blind or two for 3 or 4 mins and do whatever - laugh, talk to yourself, kick the dog, etc. Much cheaper than giving someone your stack on the next hand.
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amir is cool
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3-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: NY
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You will only tilt if u are results oriented, and while results are important the most important things are the decisions made at the table. As long as you made the right decisions, you shouldn't care if you won that pot or lost it, because in the long run your good decisions make you money and their bad decisions cost them money. That's why its important to have good brmanagement, so you ensure you get to see the days when your decisions pay off.
Tl:dr u shouldn't care what the result is you should care what the decision was.
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gfriday237
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04-28-2009, 08:29 PM
Post subject: I Love this site :) great info !!!!!!!
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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I never thought about it that way . I usually get pissed because my gut tells me I shouldn't fold , I fold and I would have won the hand .Instead I should just take the opportunity to learn how the other players play and use that to my advantage thoughout the game
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Sasquach991
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Rat Cheer
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I told myself last night that I would not tilt no matter what happened at the tables.
Boy did I ever get tested.
Within 2 rotations I had lost 2 BIs. AA<KK and KK<AA
I had several choices:
1) Tilt and piss away more
2) Quit and piss away no more
3) Realize that I am over rolled and those 2 BIs were less than 3.5% of my BR so shake it off you little whining bitch and play some poker.
Up 3 BIs before the session was over.
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Sir Pawnalot
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Norway
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Positive attitude is important no matter what we do.
Spread dat sunshine my friend.
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A foolish man learns nothing from his mistakes.
A smart man learns only from his own mistakes.
A wise man learns from his own mistakes, and those of the smart man and the fool.
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HarleyGuy13
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Oregon
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Our attitude is something only we can control just like the other decisions we make at the table. amir makes some very good points we should always keep in mind. Now it is often easier to say these things than it is to do them. I try, and believe I am fairly successful at keeping it together when I know I have made a good decision. I actually tell myself "Ok this dumbass is going to hold onto my chips until I get them and the rest of his stack back shortly." Because I know if I am making good decisions I will win in the long run. With all that said it is tuff to do at times but with practice we can build this skill along with the others it takes to be good at poker.
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