Poker teaches me to be calm.

Vovk · Jul 13, 2025

Sometimes I lose with a great hand. Sometimes I play with the weak. Poker teaches me to be patient and not to panic.

hajaehyun · Jul 13, 2025

It's a good mind-it's an advantage of poker

wushibala · Jul 13, 2025

I think at some point every player realizes that getting outdrawn is just part of the game.
You stop getting angry about it and start accepting it as something that comes with poker.
It’s not fun, but it’s part of the process — and staying calm is key.

john_entony · Jul 13, 2025

Vovk said:
Sometimes I lose with a great hand. Sometimes I play with the weak. Poker teaches me to be patient and not to panic.

Totally agree! Poker is very useful for our life. But I would like to focus on more than just learning to be calm. Poker also teaches us to make the right decisions. No doubt, it is highly valuable! Also in poker we can express ourselves. And this is one of the human needs.

renisundernet · Jul 13, 2025

Patience is a virtue, so take it as a part of your positive traits in poker, continuously improving and enjoying poker too. Thats not for all players, since all of us may be tempted to overthink things sometimes.

s0ftdumps · Jul 13, 2025

Vovk said:
Sometimes I lose with a great hand. Sometimes I play with the weak. Poker teaches me to be patient and not to panic.

i can very much relate to that. especially in person. poker face is a real thing. throwing chips in when your hands are shaking haha

fernandofcp · Jul 14, 2025

Staying calm in poker is a fundamental strategy for long-term success. If we become angry and upset during a poker game, it's because our decisions weren't the best. Therefore, we must learn from our mistakes, remain calm, think correctly, and try to recover.

rei signo · Jul 16, 2025

Definitely, and even more so when playing live, focusing on the game with the peace of mind of having chips and spending hours watching the flop is a fantastic discipline for calming the person with this brilliant game of the mind!

Rory59 · Jul 16, 2025

I had a great run last week, I learned if you wait long enough and are multi-tabling, that dream hand DOES NOT take weeks or months to materialize . Just he patient , play premiums, and very often you will have double-ups against opponents who have something too good to fold

I am talking cash games…..MTT I am steadily improving, but all the patience in the world can’t help you many days, so much variance , doing the “right” thing doesn’t work as often as it should

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