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Message: [QUOTE="Shells, post: 6994258, member: 75546"] My poker experience is limited and the majority is online. I used to play regularly up until my kids all got married and started families therefore when I do play poker now it's usually an SNG every so often. My best experiences? Hmm. Some of my best experiences were some great finishes in CardsChat events especially if they had to do with the Team League. Another experience (two that I can recall) was playing a PLO tournament in the early years of learning poker. I had a basic understanding of the game but one particular time, I entered a $5.50 PLO tournament accidentally. I did NOT feel one bit confident to play a PLO SNG let alone a tournament. If I was any of the players at any of my tables, I probably would have been so annoyed based on how much time it took me to decide what to do next but I stayed the course and won the dang thing! I did that twice early on in my poker journey and both times it was PLO. :D I remember tournament poker takes a positive frame of mind - staying calm in every tournament was not easy. Frustration would set in for various reasons so I had to find a way to 'fix' that. Believe it or not, meditation helped A LOT! If I was losing hands, and if it was important enough to me, I had to stop and wonder the 'why' and 'how' of a hand or if the hand was fixable for future reference. Sounds simple enough but this takes time to work on. Another favourite method of managing emotions while in a tournament (whether card dead, losing hands, etc.) I also found that sitting out for a couple of minutes without looking at the computer, such as getting up, walking around, and taking a quick break, helped me refocus. As MK mentioned, if one is serious enough about fixing this part of their game, there is a lot of reading material and videos, too. You only have to find what works for you best. I'm sure there were other methods I used in the past but it escapes me at the moment. :) [/QUOTE]

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