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ph_il
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Silver Level
You can't remove emotion, but I think it's definitely easier depending on the image you show at the table.
At the tables, I'm very social and having a good time. So, I'm always laughing, chatting it up, cracking jokes, etc. I try to give off a light, fun image of someone who is just there to have a good time. I'll crack jokes like 'If I get aces next hand, I'm raising it.' And then I'll raise it with ATC and say 'you all better fold, I got ya!' The same goes for my bad beats, I always laugh it off and say 'nice hand'. So, it's hard to put me on a type of hand when my image is pretty much the same.
I think if you're playing really quietly, not socializing, just really concentrating, it's a lot harder to hide your emotions (if you're not used to it) because you're concentrating so hard on being stone faced, not showing any emotion, that when you do get a big hand, it could possibly be hard to hide the emotion.
Heck, in your case, smile with every hand you get. You don't have to play each hand, but you can smile and say 'next time' as you fold.
At the tables, I'm very social and having a good time. So, I'm always laughing, chatting it up, cracking jokes, etc. I try to give off a light, fun image of someone who is just there to have a good time. I'll crack jokes like 'If I get aces next hand, I'm raising it.' And then I'll raise it with ATC and say 'you all better fold, I got ya!' The same goes for my bad beats, I always laugh it off and say 'nice hand'. So, it's hard to put me on a type of hand when my image is pretty much the same.
I think if you're playing really quietly, not socializing, just really concentrating, it's a lot harder to hide your emotions (if you're not used to it) because you're concentrating so hard on being stone faced, not showing any emotion, that when you do get a big hand, it could possibly be hard to hide the emotion.
Heck, in your case, smile with every hand you get. You don't have to play each hand, but you can smile and say 'next time' as you fold.
scorpion1367
Visionary
Silver Level
Never ever ever assume you are entitled to the pot just because you were ahead when all the money went in ,there is always a chance you can lose if your advantage is not 100%.Entitlement tilt is the worst kind if you feel it take a break,cause bad beats are gonna happen the better you prepare your mind for them the less it will effect you emotionally........scorp
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guch
Enthusiast
Silver Level
Its just daily routine youve get pissed off each time but the more you play the less you start to care about losing to 30% or even less. Its like wakin n brushing you teeth you gotta do it and nothing new happens sometime you suck out to so nothing personal its win win if you keep making right decisions
BentleyBoy
Legend
Loyaler
My poker theory is that you have to devoid yourself of all thought and emotion to the extent that the only thing that matters is that game of poker. This of course is not always easy. It's a bit like allowing yourself into a state of mind as in the Adjustment Buruea or The Matrix so that you only focus your attention on what matters. More to the point perhaps is not to allow yourself to get focussed on the cards. It is irrelevant to some extent what cards you have, it is far more important how you play them. So if you have AA and they lose to J7o, don't think you were unlucky or unjustifiably beaten, consider whether you played the hand correctly and learn from the experience.
faccarn
Rising Star
Silver Level
If it was a bad beat, really a bad beat, not those many people say it is but it's not, I take a deep breathe if I'm still in the game or I take a break (depending on some factors this break can take hours).
Sometimes when playing micro limits I take some risks I wouldn't if I were playing other limits. in this case I just laugh as I know I was willing to take such risk and it was my fault.
As simple as that
Sometimes when playing micro limits I take some risks I wouldn't if I were playing other limits. in this case I just laugh as I know I was willing to take such risk and it was my fault.
As simple as that
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R_dj
Enthusiast
Silver Level
I think you have 2 deal either you loose Top-middel- pairs or AK AQ.
The fact is that 99% will go all in with pocket AA the either your in starting/middle/final table. I think that you'll fold AA when you're at the final table and your short stacked that you play for position.
Thats how i think
The fact is that 99% will go all in with pocket AA the either your in starting/middle/final table. I think that you'll fold AA when you're at the final table and your short stacked that you play for position.
Thats how i think
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wippedquaze
Rising Star
Bronze Level
I really have a hard time with this too haha, nice tips guys but nothing really helps for this... I believe each person just has to find a way for himself.
Me for example, ill freak out entirely if I don't immediately say out loud "Well, that's poker!" XDD
Me for example, ill freak out entirely if I don't immediately say out loud "Well, that's poker!" XDD
FF2586
Rock Star
Bronze Level
Hey!
To not be emotional, I just remind myself that even 1% have to happen once in 100 times. It is not easy to do that at first, but when you do it over and over again it helps so much. You just gotta be committed to your game and keep it up, and when you loose, just know that mathematically it is impossible to win every time, and very hard to win, period.
You just have to accept that you are not in control, you are just playing to exploit the weaknesses you see in the game knowing that you can't see all the weaknesses. And when it blows up on your face, take it and adjust to a better game.
Help your game tend to perfection knowing that there is none!
Of course, time out and calming down helps assimilating what happened after a cooler or a bad beat.
I hope this is not non-sense for you guys.
To not be emotional, I just remind myself that even 1% have to happen once in 100 times. It is not easy to do that at first, but when you do it over and over again it helps so much. You just gotta be committed to your game and keep it up, and when you loose, just know that mathematically it is impossible to win every time, and very hard to win, period.
You just have to accept that you are not in control, you are just playing to exploit the weaknesses you see in the game knowing that you can't see all the weaknesses. And when it blows up on your face, take it and adjust to a better game.
Help your game tend to perfection knowing that there is none!
Of course, time out and calming down helps assimilating what happened after a cooler or a bad beat.
I hope this is not non-sense for you guys.
Lugubrious
Enthusiast
Silver Level
Your opp always has out it's uncontrollable
Like i said in the long run you'll end up profiting w/AA, accept what can not be change. This is part of your mental game, jounal if you can express your emotions on paper, meditate, attemp to vibrate at a higher freq...
Like i said in the long run you'll end up profiting w/AA, accept what can not be change. This is part of your mental game, jounal if you can express your emotions on paper, meditate, attemp to vibrate at a higher freq...
dragunovich
Rock Star
Silver Level
It is difficult to control the emotions at the time of losing, but many times they have helped me to win my emotions .. I think you have to be angry at times ... but the important thing is to leave that anger behind quickly and think about the next plan.
jmateuspoker
Rock Star
Silver Level
I think I'm still weak it but what I have done is to stop a while when I realize that I stop playing poker and I'm very reactive.
I believe that success is locked in this field as well as more calm and centered in the game even when it takes many bad beats I believe that if desempenharmos the game we know we have much more success
mateuspoker
I believe that success is locked in this field as well as more calm and centered in the game even when it takes many bad beats I believe that if desempenharmos the game we know we have much more success
mateuspoker