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 Impulse Control, Willpower, Ego
I am naming my new operation after the eponymous post by Spoonitnow on his blog: http://www.spoonitnow.com/poker/impu...willpower-ego/
I will try not to fool myself into thinking "I'll make this marginal calldown so that I can see what he does this with and play better against this player in the future." Even if it's 10BB to call and we only lose a couple of BB every time we call because we do win some of the time, I don't think it's a winning proposition because we have no guarantee that this knowledge will ever come in handy. This is just my own wish to "see what he has" but rationalized in a way that seems like we're making a good play to exploit our opponent in the future. As long as I keep that in mind, I can exercise "Impulse Control."
You will find that in poker, more than anyone else, the most important opponent is you. Even if your poker skills are lacking, if you have the desire and the patience to study you will get better and eventually succeed. Conversely, even if you're best player in the world, lacking self-control can make you go busto. This is why when I set my bankroll requirements I stick to them. It's not just because I want to follow good BR management, but also to prove to myself that I can follow my own advice. This is part of improving my "Willpower."
 Originally Posted by spoonitnow
When you have $10000, play 200nl. (50 buy-ins)
To that I will also add:
When you have $20000, play 400NL. (50 buy-ins)
When you have $33000, play 3/6 NL. (55 buy-ins)
When you have $60000, play 5/10 NL. (60 buy-ins)
This is because I think my edge will decrease as I move up and my variance will increase as I play increasingly more aggressive opponents. I will subtract the taxes from my bankroll as well.
I will be shooting to play 1kNL sometime in 2009, but this is not a hard deadline. If I feel like I don't have a decent edge I won't move up; much the same as quitting better opponents. As long as I am realistic about my own skills and only play people who I feel will give me money I will be successful. This is part of controlling my "Ego."
I already spend a lot of time watching heads-up videos as part of my study. If I follow the advice I outlined myself here and force myself to spend enough time at the poker tables I feel like I can complete this operation.
I have completed my previous operation titled "iopq's Operation: get to 100NL." You can find it here: http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...nl-t78268.html
Recommended reading:
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/54...-graph-286574/
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/54...w-ahud-338578/
But do you know what people really want? They want what they’ve got. It’s a simple formula: You have what you want because your actions produced your results. Not your words and certainly not your wants.
here's an interesting quote about booking wins:
Originally Posted by Jared Tendler
Regarding booking wins, I think it comes down to the difference between winning and earning. Winning and losing are the short-term realities of poker given varience and why you have bank roll. Earning is the point where you've gone through enough ups/downs where you can say that money is earned income and you can pull it out. Rather than focusing on winning, focus on by playing more, especially when playing well, and that will allow you to realize income sooner.
this is talking about how to be "process oriented" rather than "results oriented":
Originally Posted by Jared Tendler
So how do you learn it? There are a number of ways:
1) Repetition everyday regardless of whether the issues comes up. This helps to build familiarity, so when the problem does show up and emotion may throw you off your plan, you can instead recognize the problem in the moment and return to focusing on playing well, rather than protecting your win.
2) When the issue does show up, take a couple deep breath to seperate yourself from the emotion a bit. This is an emotional prob, so its treated just like I treat Tilt. Then remind yourself of your long-term goals and how playing right now is important to getting there. Fight your way to extend the session longer, even if its just for another few minutes that's progress. Over time, you'll be able to push yourself further and further as you 1) gain experience doing it, 2) increase the strength of the long-term perspective/process oriented approach. Quitting is an option many people suggest, I only suggested it if you are risk at making sig mistakes. If you can continue to play well and think you have an edge in the game, pushing yourself to play well in a spot that is tough for you, is a big help to learning the long-term perspective better and in reinforcing parts of your game that can often be leaks.
3) Set process oriented goals. Many players have goals that talk about money, hours, limits to play, hands, etc. All things that can easily quantified. They are important, but you need to balance them with process goals that talk about the specific skills that you want to develop. In this case your goal is to have the process oriented approach/long-term perspective to show up in the short-term.
Here is a list of things to do in every hand before clicking a button:
1) What is the prior action?
2) What is his range?
3) What is my range?
4) What's the best line to take?
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