punctual
Legend
Silver Level
As they often say, we are our own worst enemies.
Today I found myself making some of the dumbest decisions I have ever made at a poker table. Calling an All-in with any Ace, Pushing all in UTG with KJ....the list goes on
I don't often get this way but it does happen more than I would like to admit. I am trying to pinpoint what exactly makes me this way.
One thing that is definitely a contributing factor is my lack of patience. Today, I noticed that I was a bit on edge trying to rush through tournaments and build stack sizes really quickly. The funny thing is that I was pretty succ4essful with this: I built up my chip stack to over 15,000 SO MANY TIMES today only to donk out because I kept on pushing my luck. WHY would I have that mentality of "hurry up already"? I don't know. I know that patience is absolutely KEY in poker. You can't rush success. Trying to rush success will only make failure that much more certain.
In all honesty, I would have been better off just not playing at all today. When I feel antsy, I shoudl just stay away. I'm still trying to figure out what else it could be that contributes to bad decision-making at hte poker table. I found myself constantly doing what I know is wrong...
Today I found myself making some of the dumbest decisions I have ever made at a poker table. Calling an All-in with any Ace, Pushing all in UTG with KJ....the list goes on
I don't often get this way but it does happen more than I would like to admit. I am trying to pinpoint what exactly makes me this way.
One thing that is definitely a contributing factor is my lack of patience. Today, I noticed that I was a bit on edge trying to rush through tournaments and build stack sizes really quickly. The funny thing is that I was pretty succ4essful with this: I built up my chip stack to over 15,000 SO MANY TIMES today only to donk out because I kept on pushing my luck. WHY would I have that mentality of "hurry up already"? I don't know. I know that patience is absolutely KEY in poker. You can't rush success. Trying to rush success will only make failure that much more certain.
In all honesty, I would have been better off just not playing at all today. When I feel antsy, I shoudl just stay away. I'm still trying to figure out what else it could be that contributes to bad decision-making at hte poker table. I found myself constantly doing what I know is wrong...