When I am at the poker table, I NEVER think of the chips in front of me as money. Yeah, I know I cash them in for money at the end of the session, but while I'm playing, they're nothing more to me than pieces of clay. I never want to be in a position where I'm scared to play a pot because of the amount of money I have to put at risk to be in it.
Of course, the best way to make sure you're not playing scared is to never play with money you can't afford to lose.
better to play when u are scared!!!!
No one wants to lose their chips. For at the end of the game chips become money. Sometimes it is good to be scared, this way you dont do stupid plays at the table.
I play with a pretty healthy disrespect for the money I'm playing with, but that's a result of two things. One, I'm never playing with money I can't afford to lose, and two, I had that same disrespect for money before I even discovered poker.
I wouldn't play any other way.
say if you were playing low limits, and you start chase hands
There's a difference between playing smart and playing scared.
As I said in an earlier post:
That also means there's a difference between NOT playing scared and playing stupid. When you decide to chase after a draw, you have to take into acount the odds you're getting on your money and the odds you'll get paid off if you win. Chasing after cards often enough that it eats into your stack is just bad poker, whether you have any respect for money or not.
I know it's playing stupid but that's what many players do in low stakes and sometimes they hit their card
When I am at the poker table, I NEVER think of the chips in front of me as money. Yeah, I know I cash them in for money at the end of the session, but while I'm playing, they're nothing more to me than pieces of clay. I never want to be in a position where I'm scared to play a pot because of the amount of money I have to put at risk to be in it.
Of course, the best way to make sure you're not playing scared is to never play with money you can't afford to lose.
I've played at low stakes online enough to recognize te truth of that statement, but it has nothing to do with whether or not these players have any respect for money and everything to do with the fact they're just bad players.