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mssmotilda
Visionary
Platinum Level
I agree, and you win mostly only when you enjoy the game.
heguli82
Rock Star
Bronze Level
Doing other stuff, outdoor activities with family or go out with friends,etc. Of course have to do some small bets or quick poker, just to keep that little gamblers flame burning inside of me, cant never turn it off completely.
christovam
Visionary
Platinum Level
MattRyder
🍏 Tech That Works!
Platinum Level
It happened to me just yesterday. I was playing a deep stack PLO tournament when my wife came and asked me to do something that would take me away from the game for at least an hour. I couldn’t take that long a “break” with my stack size so I decided to play for broke on my current hand (just being dealt). There was still over an hour late registration remaining.
Much to my surprise as I opened and 4-bet the hand into all-in territory three other (otherwise limpy, nitty, stodgy) players decided to go along. I couldn’t believe it when all the hands were opened up. Nobody had a clearly stronger hand than the others.
I really had no idea how easily seemingly serious players can be manipulated to throw their entire stacks in the middle. This was a real money tournament not a freeroll. I’ll file this away for next time when I do have a particularly strong hand with over an hour left in late reg. It felt great! And, an excellent way to quadruple your stack.
Much to my surprise as I opened and 4-bet the hand into all-in territory three other (otherwise limpy, nitty, stodgy) players decided to go along. I couldn’t believe it when all the hands were opened up. Nobody had a clearly stronger hand than the others.
I really had no idea how easily seemingly serious players can be manipulated to throw their entire stacks in the middle. This was a real money tournament not a freeroll. I’ll file this away for next time when I do have a particularly strong hand with over an hour left in late reg. It felt great! And, an excellent way to quadruple your stack.
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thwenth1983
Visionary
Platinum Level
Good night everyone, there's no way I just stop playing and come back the next day. What makes me unmotivated is when I take bad bets in a row, if this happens at the beginning of the grind, it's very likely that I'll stop registering. I play poker since 2018 and I can't get used to bad bets in a row, even though I know it's normal and part of the probability of the game. Apart from that, nothing else discourages me to play and if I'm playing and having good results in a row, then I'm very motivated to continue I'm playing cash game at GGpoker, and I'm very motivated because it's the least difficult site to increase your bankroll, it has a much higher rake back than pokerstars and when you take a bad bet or play a very strong game, you win chips to play GGcare, which is an automatic All-in Mtt and distributes $100,000 every day, I play at the micros and have already won more than $160 dollars in these Mtts alone, in addition to winning with the leaderboard and winning in the game, that makes me very happy motivated.
Mihail Grinvich
Rock Star
Bronze Level
If I play without motivation, I immediately lose in all registered tournaments, if I played for funds, I get 0. If I do not play, I usually do useful household chores, fishing or watch interesting films.
iwont20
Legend
Loyaler
I think it's very important to watch and follow your psychological health and emotional condition overall, and how it's changing due to poker. It's preferable to have some warming-up routine before sessions, where one of the steps will be an evaluation of the current psychological state the player is in. Whether you're ready to play or not, whether you're motivated, rested, prepared, what's going on in your mind and whether it's ready to be thinking strictly about poker for a while. This will help to not get into a session unprepared and unmotivated, when you're bored or unenthusiastic.
If we're talking about poker in general, well, just don't play if you're unmotivated. But being unmotivated for prolonged periods of time may be caused by unbalanced approach to playing poker, high expectations and also it can be a form of tilt.
If we're talking about poker in general, well, just don't play if you're unmotivated. But being unmotivated for prolonged periods of time may be caused by unbalanced approach to playing poker, high expectations and also it can be a form of tilt.
mateuszjason
Rock Star
Bronze Level
Simply i stopping to game. Having a rest, and couple days dont think and talk about poker. After break then i watch some videos on twitch or youtube. Im watching a good players with high winnig ROI, and payers from my stakes micro and low. Im making a mind set, putting every in my head in right way. And try one more time with possitive thinking and mindset like king