jacksprat
Rock Star
Silver Level
A young guy takes his first driving test, he has only ever been in a car with a driving instructor, he does everything perfectly (though a little nervously).
An old guy has to re - test due to his age, his hands are not positioned correctly on the stearing wheel, he often has a hand on the gear stick, he flashes to let people out, never puts the hand break on while at traffic lights, smokes while he is driving etc etc, but drives with confidence.
Young guy passes even though his lack of cofidence makes him a hindrance to other drivers, and needless to say the old guy fails (never to drive again).
No one plays a perfect game of poker, although some will argue that ‘they do’. Even the very best like Phil Ivey can have an off day.
Off days aside, I like most of us am far from perfect. First off honesty with yourself is required, and through that honesty and the reading of this forum, poker books and your own poker experiences, faults in your game will come to the fore.
1 – Fault found.
2 – Advice on how to cure the fault found.
3 – putting the cure to the test.
My problem is like the old driver, old habits die hard, and as soon as I get into auto pilot mode I forget what I am trying to correct! I get there in the end but it takes me a long time.
Another problem arises later, and that is over correction.
EXAMPLE.
Not raising often enough from the SB.
One year later and I am raising far to often from the SB.
My conclusion to all of this is to work on only one aspect of my game at a time, and when I think I’ve got it cracked, stay with it for a good while longer before taking on a new correction.
I am just a poor old Git!
An old guy has to re - test due to his age, his hands are not positioned correctly on the stearing wheel, he often has a hand on the gear stick, he flashes to let people out, never puts the hand break on while at traffic lights, smokes while he is driving etc etc, but drives with confidence.
Young guy passes even though his lack of cofidence makes him a hindrance to other drivers, and needless to say the old guy fails (never to drive again).
No one plays a perfect game of poker, although some will argue that ‘they do’. Even the very best like Phil Ivey can have an off day.
Off days aside, I like most of us am far from perfect. First off honesty with yourself is required, and through that honesty and the reading of this forum, poker books and your own poker experiences, faults in your game will come to the fore.
1 – Fault found.
2 – Advice on how to cure the fault found.
3 – putting the cure to the test.
My problem is like the old driver, old habits die hard, and as soon as I get into auto pilot mode I forget what I am trying to correct! I get there in the end but it takes me a long time.
Another problem arises later, and that is over correction.
EXAMPLE.
Not raising often enough from the SB.
One year later and I am raising far to often from the SB.
My conclusion to all of this is to work on only one aspect of my game at a time, and when I think I’ve got it cracked, stay with it for a good while longer before taking on a new correction.
I am just a poor old Git!
