Quote Originally Posted by pankfish
Another reason I suck is because I can never bring myself to look at poker tracker after a losing session. This is something I'm going to start doing. I didn't pay 50 bucks or whatever to bask in my own glory after a decent session, I have to use it to get better.

Thanks for the replies guys.
You should review your hands in PT after every session, win or lose. It's not the result that matters, it's how you played.

However, I do sometimes like to wait about a week or so before reviewing hands so I can look at them objectively with fresh eyes. This works best when you don't remember having played the hands. Run them through the playback application and review it step by step. When the action gets to you, STOP and ask yourself what you think the best decision is. Then continue through the hand and see how it played out.

You might be surprised how badly you played some of your hands, even winning ones. Conversely, you might eventually find that you didn't make any major mistakes in any of the big pots you played in. This can be very satisfying and build confidence, even if you hit a big cooler and dropped some buy-ins. If you don't know what you should have done in a particular spot, post the hand here at FTR. There are lots of nice, helpful people here to set you straight.

Just spending 5 or 10 minutes a day doing this can improve your game by leaps and bounds. In my opinion, it's one the most efficient ways to spend your time thinking about poker.