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Time to Play Poker
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Well, I have cleaned out the closet; I have worked on my list of little annoyances and have managed to get it down to very few. Those that are left there is not much I can do about them except learn to manage them a bit better. Now it is down to fixing my poker game. There are some big holes in there and boy do they need fixing.
It has been a long time since I believed that stupidity is a virtue at the poker table. My game has gone well beyond that...but lately the results are not much different. I am not winning...I am not succeeding in what should be "old hat" by now. Stupidity of the all in is starting to become an appealing diversion.
I decided to first start with a list of what is wrong with my game…maybe in writing it down a bolt of lightening will strike and something will make sense. Then again maybe I will make my list and work by reading and practicing and my game will at the very least improve. 1. Inertia: When my cards go dead, I play dead. I never believe this is happening to me and I wait and I wait all the while swearing there will be some divine intervention to save my sorry butt at any moment. That rescue never comes. 2. Bad Beats: When I take a bad beat I don’t get outwardly angry. Sometimes I don’t even realize I am angry or that it is bothering me. I use it as an excuse. I always feel the game is lost on that one hand. 3. Making Assumptions but failing to test them for accuracy: I make fairly good judgments of people at the tables. I am quick to know who the bully is, who the calling station is and who thinks he is a pro. The problem comes in when I do nothing to test my accuracy. 4. Being Right: I know I am making the “right” plays. But the right way isn’t always the winning way. I am always rationalizing what I did or didn’t do. “I made the right lay down.” “I made the right call.” 5. Strategy: I don’t always have a strategy when I play. I just sit to play poker. I know that is not the right attitude just need to figure out how to change it.
I am sure there are more than just these five issues. But these are the biggies. I am tired of witnessing my own dismemberment at the tables. No more whining about bad luck and bad timing. Time to get my proverbial act together and start playing poker.
