So you get spanked in the forums. Someone says you suck at poker, and it pisses you off. What do you do? Consider this...what if it's true?

I got called out directly (link to BJ's thread) and indirectly (link to Spoon's thread), and here was my first thought:

I'm not one of the THEM...all THOSE OTHER dudes that really suck at poker, and hang out here month after month not improving. I'm really smart and I'm really good at poker, and I've been learning, and my results at 25nl are just negative variance.

It was whiny-ass bullshit.

My second thought was more like this: Let's face it. I'm the world's biggest poker dumbass, no lie. I do STOOOPID shit all the damn time, shit I know is STOOOPID when I click the damn button. Negative variance - f**k...somebody good had the cards I did they'd probably think they were on a damn heater.

Well...I'm not really THAT honest with myself, but I did look pretty realistically at my poker skills and results. And you know what?

I suck at poker. But now I'm thinking a lot more clearly about what can be fixed, and how. Now I'm not defensive. I'm improving. I'm studying .

This will be slow - I'm not playing a lot right now, so progress will be months not weeks. I'll probably post some stuff about what I'm learning as I go, either in my operation thread or here in the BC. BJ gave me some "homework" in his thread which I've already started in on, so I'll post whatever I learn to get quality feedback on it from y'all.

But ask yourself this the next time someone suggests that you might just suck at poker. What if they're right?