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  1. #1
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    Default Improving Discipline

    Hey guys,

    I wonder if anyone has any words of wisdom regarding playing with a bit more discipline at the tables.

    I know it might be more of a personality thing than something that can be taught, but I've been struggling with stopping myself from making silly bluffs, making calls with bad odds and hoping to hit miracle cards a bit too much lately. It's particularly frustrating because the last few months I've been playing my A-Game and been profitable for the first time but feel that I've reverted to a gambling mentality a little bit and can't understand why.

    Does anyone else go through these spells? How do you stop them? I'm conmsidering having a month or two off.

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    Check Raiser ypsieast's Avatar
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    Best thing to do, IMO, is to post these hands in the strategy section. Having your play looked at through the microscope and torn apart will prompt you to tighten up your game. Being called 'donkey' and 'fish' for calling on an inside st8 draw or calling all in with QT will make you think better of it the next time around.
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    Just to add to yp's suggestion:

    Do you verbalize your thought process? To me, this is the key. Rather than going on gut instinct, you should ask yourself a set of questions in every decision.

    Each situation is different, but some general questions are:

    How are my opponents playing?
    What do I think my opponents are holding, given their actions?
    What is my table image?
    Do I have the best hand? Do I have the best draw?
    If I take the action I'm thinking about, what outcome do I want? How likely is that outcome?

    The key to doing this is to slow down, and verbally think the questions out in your head (or if you're playing online, just ask them out loud).
    Jason75: Ok, you check and the button bets 400. Now what?
    Beavis68: You play poker.
    Jason75: Darn, I was really hoping for canasta. Maybe Gin.

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    make enough shitty calls and then a light comes on saying
    "when i think im beat, i will fold"
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    Well... If you really know you dont have the odds when you make those calls, if you really know the bluff you just made have a low % of succest before you even pt your $$ onthe line... etc etc...

    Well... As the Doc would say: Stop it! there is no other way do it!

    Or only trick I could see... before acting, imagine one of your friend is beside you before pulling the trigger? Would you fire? Probably not, fearing your freind would make fun of you!

    I know alot of poeple who play solid live poker and are crappy online player just cause its anonymous and a big part of their poker godd habits come form their ego... thier desire to look smart and clever...

    KJ
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    Heck, I've seen people go nuts with middle pair!

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    I often have problems with reckless play when i'm bored, esp. if i'm just playing a game because i can't think of anything better to do. When i'm using poker for entertainment, i tend to try to make the game more exciting, usually by playing too many hands, too aggressively, for too long...

    asking yourself why you're making a certain play should help you spot bad decisions leaking into your game.
    I love him who is ashamed when the dice fall in his favour and who then asks: Am I then a cheat? for he wants to perish.

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