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Richardszabo
Visionary
Silver Level
In the days I read an interesting article in which Daniel Negreanu talks about Bad Beat Attitude.From this I share a detail:
DN: Stand by your results. The thing about bad beat stories is, there's no value in them. Why do people tell bad beat stories? So they can say, 'It's not me, I'm just unlucky!' They can get off the hook by not being responsible for their results. They'll tell you about losing all-in with kings. You ask, how many big blinds did you have? They say, 'seven'. Well, how did you get down to seven? 'Oh, you know, let's not talk about that part...'
You may know a player called Mike Matusow. He's the most unlucky player in the world - just ask him. There are situations where he's running bad, in his mind, and for example a flush card comes on the river. I'll bet really big, because Matusow will be thinking, 'Well of course he has the flush! I'm the unluckiest player in the world, so every time I flop top set, they hit the flush!' He's not even thinking about the fundamentals of the hand anymore. When you tell bad beat stories and give off that image, that you're a victim, people are going to take advantage of you.
About four or five years ago I was in love with a woman and she broke my heart. It not only affected my confidence in my everyday life, but had a massive effect on my poker game. I'd tell people the stories; she did this, she cheated on me, she lied to me and so on. But that's the victim version. The responsible version is...when I met her, she was kinda seeing somebody else!
She lied to me, but I chose to stay. It was 100% my choice. Once I realised that, I could let go of it.
For me, very interesting and deep thoughts, and one can understand.
What do you think about it?
DN: Stand by your results. The thing about bad beat stories is, there's no value in them. Why do people tell bad beat stories? So they can say, 'It's not me, I'm just unlucky!' They can get off the hook by not being responsible for their results. They'll tell you about losing all-in with kings. You ask, how many big blinds did you have? They say, 'seven'. Well, how did you get down to seven? 'Oh, you know, let's not talk about that part...'
You may know a player called Mike Matusow. He's the most unlucky player in the world - just ask him. There are situations where he's running bad, in his mind, and for example a flush card comes on the river. I'll bet really big, because Matusow will be thinking, 'Well of course he has the flush! I'm the unluckiest player in the world, so every time I flop top set, they hit the flush!' He's not even thinking about the fundamentals of the hand anymore. When you tell bad beat stories and give off that image, that you're a victim, people are going to take advantage of you.
About four or five years ago I was in love with a woman and she broke my heart. It not only affected my confidence in my everyday life, but had a massive effect on my poker game. I'd tell people the stories; she did this, she cheated on me, she lied to me and so on. But that's the victim version. The responsible version is...when I met her, she was kinda seeing somebody else!
She lied to me, but I chose to stay. It was 100% my choice. Once I realised that, I could let go of it.
For me, very interesting and deep thoughts, and one can understand.
What do you think about it?
