Do you analyze your loss, do you change the style of your game or do you play also, does the loss improve your next game?
If i paid to play...and I lose...I'm going to at least give a fast though about it.
Most times....just a real fast thought. The thinking is usually done before I get to the coffee pot to fill my coffee cup up. That's a fact.
And it may, or may not, change how I play later on.
If I'm buying into games with the intention to win, and that's my goal, and
if I'm playing seriously, trying to play my best game, and I lose.....
I think long and hard, and then most likely, something will change in the next game.
If I'm paying to get into games with that goal to win...and I'm losing consistantly, not finishing in the money....I'm evaluating.
There are a lot of variables as to why it might, or might not, change how I play,
or even why I might, or might not give it much thought.
And that statement applies to everyone that plays poker. Even if they don't know it.
A lot of variables.
But it all ends at ..."knowledge" and "mind set".
Some people just want to play poker to win money every single time they sit in a game because they know they can.
My opinion is.....
the greatest of the players just want to play poker because they are good at it,
they make money at it, and others recognize their ability in their play.
As far as all those real good players analyzing day and night on ever single loss, bad beat, or losing streak ..??......
I'm not hearing them rant on cardschat about it.
Those guys tend to know....SHT HAPPENS! in
online poker...and all the analyzing in the world ain't going to change nothing about that. lol
They also know...when to walk to the coffee pot, or the liquor cabinet, or the smoke tray....and take a breath.:bandit:
There's alot of over analyzing going on.
It's not impossible to get inside the other guys mind...
but you can't do it just playing one or two games with them.
That's where those stats make fast decisions handy.
You can't teach a guy to fill a dent in a car with lead....
you can tell him the process, you can show him how it's done, you give him all the tricks and tips you've learned over a generation....
but if he can't light a torch.....he can't melt the lead.
Better let him use bondo.
It's easier to sand.
And if he messes up..it's easier to fix.
NOW...that you've taken the time to read all that.
I'm not a poker player.
I play poker.
But I'm a long way from being a poker player.
(i'm still.....analyzing)
I can fill a dent a car with lead though.