Poker and...golf

Very good ideas. I especially like the idea that newbies to poker think they can win it all just because they are smart. You need to look at it as a game and realize that it will take time before you are any good at it.

Being a student of the game of golf for many years, I definitely see many resemblances between the two.

golf/poker:

If you made a mistake last hole/hand, forget it and move on - you can not reverse time so what's done is done. Don't try to make up strokes/lost money for it next hole/hand by playing more aggressive.

If you played/bet the hole/hand perfectly and got a bad bounce/unlucky flop-turn-river, don't make the bad luck change how you play the same shot/hand next time you face the same situation.

If you are in trouble, bail. Don't try to get even more aggressive to get out of a tight situation.

One other Gordo. Golfers never ever take their own advice. LOL

Unlike my golf game my poker is eratic, especially after a bad beat, I tend to try and force the cards when angry, thankyou for the golf analogy I will try to keep that in mind and play my same game all the way through and let you know how it works.



IT'S EASIER TO LOSE IF YOU DON'T FOLD!!!

A bad beat would be equivilent to taking a triple bogey on an easy par 4. You hit a great drive that ended up in a divot, you advanced the ball up the fairway, then your approach shot hits a sprinkler head and bounces in the water, you drop, chip on and lip out a 10 footer. A triple bogey because of really bad luck. If you are still pissed on the next tee box, the next hole will have the same score, but only because you are playing with anger. You need to leave the emotions from last hand with the last hand. Carrying anger forward will only lead to more money lost.

I really enjoyed reading this, and it all makes a lot of sense to me. Poker must be one of the few games where as a newbie you can sit at a table with the best in the world(if you have the money!), and hold your own.(To a certain degree!)
Imagine(for you americans!), playing football with your son on a summer's afternoon, and then the following day playing in the superbowl, or for us europeans, having a kickaround and then appearing in the World Cup the next day. It will never happen! But all of us have a chance, however small, of sitting down at a table next to the likes of Ivey, Hellmuth, etc, at the WSOP, and whipping their asses! because we know we can, on a good day!