I question my ability all the time.
I also question the ability of others.
I've gone through cold spells where nothing seems to work for me. During these cold spells I see
not-so-good players have winning streaks and think that maybe, just maybe, they are doing things that I should be doing. Maybe they're playing better?
But if I'm doing well and I see bad plays being rewarded, it's a whole lot easier to dismiss their wins as luck.
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Yeah, I've been going through one of those cold spells lately. Some tourneys, some games, things seems to be fine, but the next few are just painful. Is it me? Am I on tilt? What's happening??? Have I become easy to read? Is that why I can't get any chips when I do get a hand? Am I doing things differently than I did when I was doing OK? (I have never thought I'm better than decent. But decent usually sees me through. I have considered myself better than some people at low levels, if not all.) I check through the plays I have made... was this one reasonable? That one? Oh, should have folded that, should have known that Mr. Nitty would have a hand. That one -- who could expect that even a donk would call a nice preflop raise with 2-5 off? What in the world? Nobody rational has a range that big. Shrug that one off. That playing will bite the guy in the end; doesn't matter that he lucked into a str8 this time.
Look for the holes that have developed. Old ones will come back, new ones will pop up. Some day, I'll plug them all, but by then, because there will be yet more styles of play to contend with, I will still need to keep adjusting. So be it.
I try not to tilt. Try not to tilt. Keep trying not to tilt.