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Message: [QUOTE="ChrisFoxWallace, post: 6281806, member: 474011"] Trying to hit that big score and change your life with one tournament win is not a great way to look at the game for the long run. If you are a losing player because you don't study hard enough, then you will spend a million dollars to make half a million in winnings. And then likely lose it back because that big win convinces you that you are good enough to beat the big games for a living now. A positive mood is important, but that doesn't mean you have to keep losing and losing forever and just stay positive as you dump money into the game and then eventually you will get it all back, that just isn't realistic or healthy. I guess what I'm worried about is the idea that eventually a big pile of money will fall in your lap if you just keep grinding. This is a really dangerous belief. Winning is about how well you play, not sticking with the game and losing until you get lucky. There are many stories of players who worked their way up through the stakes slowly, and others who had a big score that launched their career. The latter often lose it all back and end up broke again. I won't name anyone, but more than half of the main event champions I know have been broke within a few years after their big score. And there are many more stories of players who played and played and never had a big score, but you don't usually hear those stories because they aren't as interesting. The only way to be certain of making money in poker is to play very well over a large sample size of hands. Without the large sample, or the high level of skill, you are not likely to make any real money. And working hard to develop those skills also helps with confidence, which makes a positive attitude much easier. If you are going into a fight, you could just keep fighting different opponents every day in hopes that you will eventually get really good at it and be the world champion. But it is almost never going to happen that way. If you train hard and know that you have the skills to fight well, you will go in with much more confidence and the skills to back up that confidence. Confidence without skills is just delusion. I find that I play better after a break. If you don't want to play because of a bad run, don't play. Take a little time off until you really want to play again. Then learn something new about the game and go back feeling confident. When I have some bad sessions I always take a short break and go back fresh rather than driving myself to play through a terrible losing streak. Sometimes it makes a big difference. [/QUOTE]

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