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Do you take it serious? I thought I did. When did I realize that I wasn’t taking it serious.? Not when I was losing. But when I won my first tournament in a long long time.
I wanted to take a moment away from the game of poker playing and jot down a few of my thoughts that ran through my head before this specific tournament and whats been going on in this messed up mind of mine since..
Some may not agree with this and some may. But as poker players we go through a period where we are bots and we do what we are “supposed” to do rather than what we “feel” we should do. I was losing everything. I mean absolutely everything. In this situation , I firmly believe a lot of us think that we are supposed to stop playing. You cant lose more money if your not putting it in the pot right? As of late I felt like instead of stopping playing I was gonna play more.
The first tournament I sat down at was a $2.20 Rebuy turbo. I wanna just touch base on my mind set when I sat down with. This is the same mindset the great players at CC have. I’ am a good player. I’ am probably better than 95% of this entire field. I’ am going to prove it. I’ am going to prove it by winning. I’ am not gonna re-buy constantly like I’ve done in the past. I am not gonna take chances because it’s a re-buy and if I lose I can still have another shot to win. I’am gonna re-buy initially and take the add-on. Regardless of this being the right or wrong strategy I honestly felt inside of me that this was gonna work. As a human we all have personal tendencies we would like to change. Mine is sticking to what I know is the right thing to do and actually doing it. It truly is a fight within my own mind. So before this game I had a plan and was determined to not only stick to this plan but to actually win with it.
Well needless to say, It worked. I won first place. Well a lot of people including myself will say “Hey even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then right?” Nothing could be more true.
So I decided, lets try this again. Lets try another micro tournament. Lets try focusing and going into this game the same way I just did this last tournament. With a plan. It’s ok by me if I lose to a suck out. Its ok by me if I lose with KK<AA. But no matter what I’ am going to stick with this plan. I’ am not gonna let some guy sitting behind his monitor pushing with ATC get me to a point mentally where I’ am frustrated and I deviate away from the plan.
Couple hours later, I had finished fourth place out of a big field.
Impressive? Probably not in the large scheme of things. It’s only two tournaments. Was I more ecstatic about it than I’ve ever been in my entire poker playing time? You bet your ass I was.
But lets be realistic folks. No person can keep winning constantly in tournament poker. But we can all try.
Since those two back to back tournaments, I’ve cashed in others as well. Bubbled the final table of a micro Omaha tournament yesterday for not a big profit, but a profit non the less. Last night stepped up in buyins and took my first crack at a $10 45 Man MTT. I sat down with a plan. The same mindset that I’ve had lately. Just over two hours later I had won again. Now there’s tournaments mixed in between these folks where I’ve lost, gone deep and haven’t cashed. So what’s the point I’ am trying to make?
The point I’ am trying to make is this.
Sure we all enter a tourney to win. But do you take it serious? Do you think your more determined than your opponents.? Who wants it more? In my opinion there’s a line between thinking your taking the tournament serious and actually preparing your mind for that game and sticking with the plan you’ve preset for yourself before hand #1.
I’ am no match for the majority of poker players here on Cardschat. I’ am writing this as personal motivation for me. I may not win another tournament in the next year. But each and every one I sit at from now on I will have the mindset that I’ am gonna take it serious. I will sit down with a plan. I wont let myself get away from that plan regardless of what happens.
I thought I always took poker serious. Honestly I did. But it wasn’t till I stepped back for a second, thought about what I was doing and came back with a plan, did I realize that all these years that I have been playing, I haven’t taken it remotely serious. I can only say that because the way Ive been approaching things mentally is a complete 360 from where I was before.
So this is my first real thought I’ve ever wrote down and put here on CC. I will use it as a motivational piece when I’ am running bad, because we all know as poker players that it will happen..
Thanks for reading Cardschatters. This site and its members are truly the only reason I continue to play poker.
Normand
I wanted to take a moment away from the game of poker playing and jot down a few of my thoughts that ran through my head before this specific tournament and whats been going on in this messed up mind of mine since..
Some may not agree with this and some may. But as poker players we go through a period where we are bots and we do what we are “supposed” to do rather than what we “feel” we should do. I was losing everything. I mean absolutely everything. In this situation , I firmly believe a lot of us think that we are supposed to stop playing. You cant lose more money if your not putting it in the pot right? As of late I felt like instead of stopping playing I was gonna play more.
The first tournament I sat down at was a $2.20 Rebuy turbo. I wanna just touch base on my mind set when I sat down with. This is the same mindset the great players at CC have. I’ am a good player. I’ am probably better than 95% of this entire field. I’ am going to prove it. I’ am going to prove it by winning. I’ am not gonna re-buy constantly like I’ve done in the past. I am not gonna take chances because it’s a re-buy and if I lose I can still have another shot to win. I’am gonna re-buy initially and take the add-on. Regardless of this being the right or wrong strategy I honestly felt inside of me that this was gonna work. As a human we all have personal tendencies we would like to change. Mine is sticking to what I know is the right thing to do and actually doing it. It truly is a fight within my own mind. So before this game I had a plan and was determined to not only stick to this plan but to actually win with it.
Well needless to say, It worked. I won first place. Well a lot of people including myself will say “Hey even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then right?” Nothing could be more true.
So I decided, lets try this again. Lets try another micro tournament. Lets try focusing and going into this game the same way I just did this last tournament. With a plan. It’s ok by me if I lose to a suck out. Its ok by me if I lose with KK<AA. But no matter what I’ am going to stick with this plan. I’ am not gonna let some guy sitting behind his monitor pushing with ATC get me to a point mentally where I’ am frustrated and I deviate away from the plan.
Couple hours later, I had finished fourth place out of a big field.
Impressive? Probably not in the large scheme of things. It’s only two tournaments. Was I more ecstatic about it than I’ve ever been in my entire poker playing time? You bet your ass I was.
But lets be realistic folks. No person can keep winning constantly in tournament poker. But we can all try.
Since those two back to back tournaments, I’ve cashed in others as well. Bubbled the final table of a micro Omaha tournament yesterday for not a big profit, but a profit non the less. Last night stepped up in buyins and took my first crack at a $10 45 Man MTT. I sat down with a plan. The same mindset that I’ve had lately. Just over two hours later I had won again. Now there’s tournaments mixed in between these folks where I’ve lost, gone deep and haven’t cashed. So what’s the point I’ am trying to make?
The point I’ am trying to make is this.
Sure we all enter a tourney to win. But do you take it serious? Do you think your more determined than your opponents.? Who wants it more? In my opinion there’s a line between thinking your taking the tournament serious and actually preparing your mind for that game and sticking with the plan you’ve preset for yourself before hand #1.
I’ am no match for the majority of poker players here on Cardschat. I’ am writing this as personal motivation for me. I may not win another tournament in the next year. But each and every one I sit at from now on I will have the mindset that I’ am gonna take it serious. I will sit down with a plan. I wont let myself get away from that plan regardless of what happens.
I thought I always took poker serious. Honestly I did. But it wasn’t till I stepped back for a second, thought about what I was doing and came back with a plan, did I realize that all these years that I have been playing, I haven’t taken it remotely serious. I can only say that because the way Ive been approaching things mentally is a complete 360 from where I was before.
So this is my first real thought I’ve ever wrote down and put here on CC. I will use it as a motivational piece when I’ am running bad, because we all know as poker players that it will happen..
Thanks for reading Cardschatters. This site and its members are truly the only reason I continue to play poker.
Normand
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