R
Rational Madman
Legend
Platinum Level
Some will way 'don't play not to lose chips, only play to gain them'...
WRONG! This is very emotionally damaging to a player and will make you make SILLY moves!
But go ahead and think this way.
You will gain no pleasure when you see a loose donk overbet his 3's and hit 3 of a kind to someone who called him.
Even if this is results-oriented thinking, you shouldn't fold hoping that you get to smile at the lack of loss but you should still enjoy it if your fold was netiher +Ev nor -EV but an avoidance of -EV that is proven to really have saved you from a bad beat.
Nothing can please me like a fold where I was going to be brutally coolered (I would certainly have engaged all-in) if I had even entered the flop.
I smile very much to this. Enjoy the losses you AVOIDED! This is so important to keep you happy to fold but also is important as it teaches you that folding isn't 'safe' it's just one of many ways to react to a player ('betting' isn't one action it's a varied move of many amounts)
Don't feel bored by folding smile at the stupidity of the donkeys and THANK THEM deep down for scaring you away from that loss!
Yes, of course nothing is so frustrating as having 10 Q and flopping 9 J and some donk overbets J7 just ot see 8 come at the turn and see a guy with 89 push allin, knowing all those chips would have been yours had the J7 donk not overbet... So to counteract this rage and sadness ENJOY THE BAD BEATS THAT DID NOT HAPPEN TO YOU!
This is so important for 2 reasons:
1) It keeps you hooked to the game even while folding and thus you will gain form all folds a read on players at the very least
2) It keeps you happy even while losing chips here and there because you realise how many more you'd have lost with those foolish calls or raises.
Everyone focuses when things go wrong or right but so few players focus when things go far less wrong than they could have and smile about it.
WRONG! This is very emotionally damaging to a player and will make you make SILLY moves!
But go ahead and think this way.
You will gain no pleasure when you see a loose donk overbet his 3's and hit 3 of a kind to someone who called him.
Even if this is results-oriented thinking, you shouldn't fold hoping that you get to smile at the lack of loss but you should still enjoy it if your fold was netiher +Ev nor -EV but an avoidance of -EV that is proven to really have saved you from a bad beat.
Nothing can please me like a fold where I was going to be brutally coolered (I would certainly have engaged all-in) if I had even entered the flop.
I smile very much to this. Enjoy the losses you AVOIDED! This is so important to keep you happy to fold but also is important as it teaches you that folding isn't 'safe' it's just one of many ways to react to a player ('betting' isn't one action it's a varied move of many amounts)
Don't feel bored by folding smile at the stupidity of the donkeys and THANK THEM deep down for scaring you away from that loss!
Yes, of course nothing is so frustrating as having 10 Q and flopping 9 J and some donk overbets J7 just ot see 8 come at the turn and see a guy with 89 push allin, knowing all those chips would have been yours had the J7 donk not overbet... So to counteract this rage and sadness ENJOY THE BAD BEATS THAT DID NOT HAPPEN TO YOU!
This is so important for 2 reasons:
1) It keeps you hooked to the game even while folding and thus you will gain form all folds a read on players at the very least
2) It keeps you happy even while losing chips here and there because you realise how many more you'd have lost with those foolish calls or raises.
Everyone focuses when things go wrong or right but so few players focus when things go far less wrong than they could have and smile about it.