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I often find myself in spots just clicking buttons and immediately regretting it (dunno like checking tptk ip hu on turn on a textured board or shoving A5s in sb against a button raise in a tourny w/o knowing that the button is hyperhyper and acutally has some leftover chips). Do you experience a similar urge in your reptile mind and how to you fight (e.g. punish yourself after doing it :eek:) it?
 
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Hey,
I often find myself in spots just clicking buttons and immediately regretting it (dunno like checking tptk ip hu on turn on a textured board or shoving A5s in sb against a button raise in a tourny w/o knowing that the button is hyperhyper and acutally has some leftover chips). Do you experience a similar urge in your reptile mind and how to you fight (e.g. punish yourself after doing it :eek:) it?






If there is any problem that does not exist online, it is making poker decisions to fast. It ain't brain surgery, after a few seconds, the longer you take to make a decision, the more likely you are to be wrong. Most slow plays have nothing to do with actually making a decision. The benefits to the player who is very deliberate are vastly overrated.
 
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I've made some quick dumb mistakes (by not paying attention to how many players were left) like going all-in right at the bubble of a satellite where all winners win a seat, and getting knocked out. I could of just sat out and won a seat.
 
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This is the hardest thing to do but here is the answer:
Only play one table and really play poker the way it was intended. Like when you're not involved in a hand, try and put players on a hand and anticipate their moves. Take notes.

If you really want to get good, tape a small piece of paper on your screen so you cant see your cards. Then just make plays off your reads whether players seem weak or strong to you.

Another system to get good fast is to open limp into 70-80 percent of the hands you're dealt! You will get reads on people fast. Who RRs you PF, how often do they CB on the flop? Once your money is out there and you are forced to play marginal cards, your mind will work to make reads, it's sink or swim.
 
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Another system to get good fast is to open limp into 70-80 percent of the hands you're dealt! You will get reads on people fast. Who RRs you PF, how often do they CB on the flop? Once your money is out there and you are forced to play marginal cards, your mind will work to make reads, it's sink or swim.
This is so bad.
 
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i take enough time to make a good decision sometimes its fast other times it take me longer-i dont abuse the time clock but on ocassions use a little more time to put the story together
 
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Hey,
I often find myself in spots just clicking buttons and immediately regretting it (dunno like checking tptk ip hu on turn on a textured board or shoving A5s in sb against a button raise in a tourny w/o knowing that the button is hyperhyper and acutally has some leftover chips). Do you experience a similar urge in your reptile mind and how to you fight (e.g. punish yourself after doing it :eek:) it?
The only way to slow yourself down is to practice slowing down. Instead of keeping your hand on the mouse, force yourself to hold your hands together for 5 seconds before you click. It worked for me.
 
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There is a reason you have a time bank, use it. No sense in jumping into decisions, sometimes your eagerness shows how excited you are and can get people to fold. Same on the other end of the spectrum. A lot of people with strong hands take a long time to act, making u think there is a big decision. Take ur time, no need to rush. In a tournament one of the most important qualities of a winning player is patience.
 
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I like all the answers here, Clicking to fast is one of my online problems
 
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If your decisions in retrospect would have been different or your quick action is having an adverse affect on the representations you are trying to portray to your opponent in any given situation then yes I would slow your decision process down. If you don't think that your decisions would have changed, or played any part in your opponent doing something that you did not want, then I am all for saving the clock and making your decisions as fast as your ability allows.

I make decisions fast but sometimes it hurts.
For example in some situations I know my re-raise may have got a call when I wanted it if I had not made it so quickly, and I do sometimes slow down my C-bets because when made fast they look automatic hit or miss which is exactly what they are. But for the most part my decisions would have stayed the same. It is just the affect on others that makes me slow down sometimes. Of course there are going to be special situations usually when I am contemplating a call based on math that requires a little more thought or I have just been hit with a bet that makes no sense initially.
 
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I know some Pro players try to standardize everything including time by letting a predetermined amount of time run off the clock before every decision which is probably the best approach but it would drive me crazy to do that so I don't. :) (I guess it is not the best approach if it is self-tilting)
 
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This is the hardest thing to do but here is the answer:
Only play one table and really play poker the way it was intended. Like when you're not involved in a hand, try and put players on a hand and anticipate their moves. Take notes.

If you really want to get good, tape a small piece of paper on your screen so you cant see your cards. Then just make plays off your reads whether players seem weak or strong to you.

Another system to get good fast is to open limp into 70-80 percent of the hands you're dealt! You will get reads on people fast. Who RRs you PF, how often do they CB on the flop? Once your money is out there and you are forced to play marginal cards, your mind will work to make reads, it's sink or swim.

Are you serious? Limping every hand, and then calling bets? This is so fishy. And post flop if you catch anything just pot bet and then all in right? I agree with philthy once again, this is so bad.
 
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I try to force myself to not make a decision until it is my turn. Watch each person's action and think why they are making it. Then make my decision based off their plays. Depending on the action before you an easy fold might turn into a valuable hand to play.
 
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