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Being away from the game and becoming less of a poker player is absurd from my perspective or coming back from a break and seeing things clearer is a miss-conception of how the brain stores information and our ability to recall information. Having a consistent routine of 7-9 hours of sleep and then being consistent on when a person is playing or having a plan to live our lives away from poker that has a similar plan will contribute more to our consistency in the game we play. Our “A” game when we our playing every day or when we have set a time to play we will always have those thoughts in mind when we set down. As time goes forward in each session will our brain adjust to what is happening around us at the table. The unconscious mind will trigger this action when we play even if we have been grinding all day. The conscious mind will remind us to play our “A” game as long as we can.
The interruption of this thought process comes from inconsistency in our game. Time away on the surface seems to jolt our game back to what our perception is of our “A” game. The root is actually the unconscious mind revealing leaks from our last sessions and those mistakes can lead us to taking a break. Mistakes from unconscious thought that are hard to define when playing then the time away hides those leaks until we return. If a person or a coach can define the leaks in our thinking then we as players can fix the unconscious leaks that seem to rob us of our “A” game. What happens more when we come back from a break; we our in control of our emotions and are less likely to tilt. We are focused because we have conditioned ourselves to react to breaks this way.
However, honesty has a price; admitting to a leak that stems from the unconscious mind is hard to define and fix but once this process starts then the exercises at the table start to take on a different theme from previous sessions. This process allows us to see things from a different perspective that allows the brain to store new thoughts and ideas that will help with advancing our “A” game to another level. What happens is the conscious mind and the unconscious minds are firing together inside our brain with a greater regularity than previous sessions. The hard drive in our brain will then store new ideas, theories, actions, etc… and take out old memories that hamper each of us; the conscious and unconscious mind has information to process from both sides of our brain at the same time and we have to make decisions from all of this information on the fly. Sounds easy on paper; but reality in poker it is very hard to be a consistent and continue each time to play our best because our brain does not work as we think when it comes to playing poker. The brain will react to real life situations and academic situations when learning in an opposite manner than what our conceptions of how the brain works in poker.
When researching this more education in psychology from school and reading about how the brain works is humbling because of my thoughts in how I thought I could skew my learning based on what I have done throughout my entire life and transfer this to poker. Our brain and poker does not relate in this way and as the journey continues my conception of “what is” is always an adjustment in thinking more than an adjustment in play rather time spent away or too much time grinding as an explanation of why I am running bad or good.
Breaks away from the game need to happen and I hope everyone gets what they want from poker to become successful at the table. Leaks of mine that I am currently working on; giving to much credit to my opponents and not taking for granted I am always beat. Three and four betting pre-flop and post flop; this helps with randomness, balance, and game flow. This also helps to give different looks to my opponents and not to set back and be too passive. These unconscious thoughts are definable leaks when I put myself in these situations where I am prone to making mistakes.
Getting better comes from me needing to make these mistakes in order to fix them. However, writing my thoughts and feelings about my journey does help but reading a book then thinking I know how to understand and use this in poker is a leak that comes from miss-conception of my ability to learn. At every turn poker can be very humbling but without contributing can I not grow as a player so, there is always multiple sides to the coin and poker can be a double edge sword.
The interruption of this thought process comes from inconsistency in our game. Time away on the surface seems to jolt our game back to what our perception is of our “A” game. The root is actually the unconscious mind revealing leaks from our last sessions and those mistakes can lead us to taking a break. Mistakes from unconscious thought that are hard to define when playing then the time away hides those leaks until we return. If a person or a coach can define the leaks in our thinking then we as players can fix the unconscious leaks that seem to rob us of our “A” game. What happens more when we come back from a break; we our in control of our emotions and are less likely to tilt. We are focused because we have conditioned ourselves to react to breaks this way.
However, honesty has a price; admitting to a leak that stems from the unconscious mind is hard to define and fix but once this process starts then the exercises at the table start to take on a different theme from previous sessions. This process allows us to see things from a different perspective that allows the brain to store new thoughts and ideas that will help with advancing our “A” game to another level. What happens is the conscious mind and the unconscious minds are firing together inside our brain with a greater regularity than previous sessions. The hard drive in our brain will then store new ideas, theories, actions, etc… and take out old memories that hamper each of us; the conscious and unconscious mind has information to process from both sides of our brain at the same time and we have to make decisions from all of this information on the fly. Sounds easy on paper; but reality in poker it is very hard to be a consistent and continue each time to play our best because our brain does not work as we think when it comes to playing poker. The brain will react to real life situations and academic situations when learning in an opposite manner than what our conceptions of how the brain works in poker.
When researching this more education in psychology from school and reading about how the brain works is humbling because of my thoughts in how I thought I could skew my learning based on what I have done throughout my entire life and transfer this to poker. Our brain and poker does not relate in this way and as the journey continues my conception of “what is” is always an adjustment in thinking more than an adjustment in play rather time spent away or too much time grinding as an explanation of why I am running bad or good.
Breaks away from the game need to happen and I hope everyone gets what they want from poker to become successful at the table. Leaks of mine that I am currently working on; giving to much credit to my opponents and not taking for granted I am always beat. Three and four betting pre-flop and post flop; this helps with randomness, balance, and game flow. This also helps to give different looks to my opponents and not to set back and be too passive. These unconscious thoughts are definable leaks when I put myself in these situations where I am prone to making mistakes.
Getting better comes from me needing to make these mistakes in order to fix them. However, writing my thoughts and feelings about my journey does help but reading a book then thinking I know how to understand and use this in poker is a leak that comes from miss-conception of my ability to learn. At every turn poker can be very humbling but without contributing can I not grow as a player so, there is always multiple sides to the coin and poker can be a double edge sword.