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[QUOTE="bullishwwd, post: 2071859, member: 46958"]
Maybe you are focusing too much on "results" vice making better "decisions" ... an excellent poker player on CC (dmorris68) recently espoused some excellent poker wisdom that I will share here for your benefit:  [B]

"Your goal in poker should not be to make money, your goal in poker  should be to [U]make correct decisions[/U].  If you make correct decisions, the  money will follow over the long term.  However due to variance, correct  decisions do not always yield positive results.  Since poker is a  long-view game, it doesn't matter whether any given hand won or lost,  all that matters is you made the correct decisions in playing the hand.
 
[U]Focusing on results[/U] of any hand or even group of hands (regardless of  EV) = results oriented = [U]BAD[/U].  Unless you made a mistake in the hand, in  which case you need to focus on the mistake and fixing it.
 
Focusing on [U]correct decisions[/U] (i.e. +EV) = ignoring results = [U]GOOD[/U]."

[/B]I am always attempting to get better myself and I often "forget" this poker wisdom.  I think this is valid advise for both poker and 'life in general'.

Wally
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