If you have emotional control problems you will never be able to handle the amount of hours your thinking of putting in. Fatigue is a huge factor in emotional controlOriginally Posted by LuckySlevin
Hi Daven, no I never went to meet the FTRadmins, I'm going to be playing at various venues across London after a while I'm going to analyse my results and see which one suits me better and probabally start playing exclusively there, that's the good thing with London you're spoilt for choice of places to play. Thanks for the good luck
Opened a savings account last week which has been set up now which I'm going to use exclusively for my live poker profits to keep them out of my current account. Good timing that it's all set up the week before I am starting.
I'm going to spend a few hours today with a CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) book I've been reading over the past 3 weeks or so in preperation for my live poker push.Having some limited live experience I estimate for me personally my success is going to require about : 70% emotional control, 10% technical skill and 20% general savvy (i.e. not talking about your hands, or giving too much away with your body language etc.)
Technical skill is so low because the skill set to beat 200nl I already have so it will just be a matter of putting it into play. Emotional control is so high because that is the part of my game that will need the most of my effort over the coming months as that is an area that is far less developed than my technical skill. General savvy is really something I will get with experience I think. I have found in the past that when i first started playing live my instant reaction when losing a pot by someone that had called me down and rivered me with no odds, was to start streaming my thought of consciousness out of my mouth.. how could you call me down, I can't believe you hit that etc etc.. not in a rude way or an aggressive way as some idiots do (i can't stand that) - but in a almost muttering to myself but loud enough for the table to hear.... that's just stupid... as it shows both that you're emotionally weakened and also that you have half an idea what hands should be calling you and what shouldn't it's giving too much info away. In the words of Tommy Angelo - it's definately not keeping 'mum' - but with experience you do learn not to let your mouth run away with itself etc...
The CBT book is a big help on the emotional front, going to hit the books again now in preperation for first session tomorrow. Hope Sundays go well for everyone today!
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