One of these days I made a decision, after the next final table I will buy a boxing dummy, since there is no more power to keep it inside.
You dont know how much I feel you.. I am checking prices, but I fear that a boxing dummy wont be enough and I am going to break it from just an AJ>AK bad beat hand:hmpf:
Poker Mike gave the best answer so far, math doesnt change from a bad beat. Keep playing by them and especially only by them when you think you are tilting.
You are right. Better buy a sport expander. It will distract from the victory with a few bottles of alcohol and help to restrain anger. Just don't use it as a slingshot to the birds.I have different emotions when I win a good tournament somewhere, then I have emotions of joy and that's great, I'm very glad, but when I play a good tournament and fly out in front of the prize zone, then I have emotions of anger and I want something to break but I try restrain emotions and play next!
If you use math then it takes emotions out of the equation.
See what I did there ? lol
After you get through the "what do I think he has? what do I think he thinks I have?" leveling - the math prevails.
If you are isolated preflop then your opponent often has approximately 30% with his bad call.
If you are three to the flop then you are often flipping with the other two guys' bad calls. And one of them might hit!
Also I never take it personally. It's almost never personal LOL.....Oh, he smashed the flop? - well great - I needed the action to make more chips.
Good luck !
If you use math then it takes emotions out of the equation.
See what I did there ? lol
After you get through the "what do I think he has? what do I think he thinks I have?" leveling - the math prevails.
If you are isolated preflop then your opponent often has approximately 30% with his bad call.
If you are three to the flop then you are often flipping with the other two guys' bad calls. And one of them might hit!
Also I never take it personally. It's almost never personal LOL.....Oh, he smashed the flop? - well great - I needed the action to make more chips.
Good luck !
This is the way.It is impossible to play without emotions, but it is possible and very necessary to control them. For example, I tell myself that everyone makes mistakes and I am no exception. I criticize myself for making mistakes, but also praise myself for winning. Emotions are not harmful if they are as much as you need.
I find it easier to keep my emotional responses checked if I forgo a hand or two after a stressful moment and do something physical like take a two minute walk around.