Quote Originally Posted by Pelion
What stakes are you playing? If you are a t reasonably low stakes then dont worry about it. Sure the good players will notice you are tight, but you arent generally going to be taking alot of money from them anyway. Poor players dont seem to notice anyway. If you find yourself playing on tables where everyone folds then change tables (or just start stealing every other hand until they are forced to l0osen up).
I played at lowest stakes ($0.05/0.10). Tripled my money up to $30 pretty quickly. Then I really should have left, cashed in my money and started again at $10 another table. But I got this thing over me like "what a bunch of idiots".. so I stuck around and somehow this "overconfidence" stooped me down to their level and I started playing the crappiest hands possible "because maybe I get lucky". Then I proceeded to lose all my winnings in betting against a reraise of a passive player.. yeah, really stupid.

So I collected my wits, and slowly crept up again, stealing pots etc, up to $18. Then the same thing happened again and I started to play like a complete idiot again. Kept playing and ended the night with like a $4 net loss.

Damn I have some major leak in my game, in the psychology department.. so now I made a checklist of common "thoughts" (like "I got gotta get THIS GUY's money") and play-styles (calling a lot) that signify I'm losing it and should refocus. Hope this'll help me in the future.