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Message: [QUOTE="Double-A, post: 879363, member: 42661"] #10) Playing To Often/Playing Too Long I get much better results after a break. A real break like one or two days. After some time off I come back ready to play; excited, clear headed, just into it. Not bored, removed, or unconcerned. Same is true for marathon sessions. I do much better taking a breaky every couple of hours. #9) Fancy Play Syndrome Solid poker gets the money (and keeps the money) so much better than any of my "creative" plays. #8) Calling I've started a bad habit of calling people down. No idea where it came from. Raise or put down. Is it costing you anything to raise instead of call? #7) Allowing Distractions Sure I can cook dinner while I'm playing in this tournament. #8) Reading "Hold'em For Advanced Players" First To much quantifying not enough qualifying? I don't know. It just gave me too much of a grinder mentality. Maybe. "Hey, I'm going to spend eight hours staring at my computer screen 'cause I'm in a +EV situation." #7) Playing Micro/Low Limits If you're going to spend 9 hours doing something make sure that said activity has atleast SOME potential to change your life for the better. It's a good way to learn but once I learned I should have saved every dime to get up in limits. #6) Playing Tired I had been playing LHE for eleven hours and then decided to move over to the No-Limit game. An hour later I donked all my chips off in one hand. I honestly believe that subconciously (sp?) I blew all of my money so I could leave. Seriously. My brain was like, "**** You, we're going home." #C) Not Knowing The Rules I love this story. First time in a card room, I'm playing 5-10 LHE. I wind up getting my kings-full of aces beaten by four aces. Three of us had capped it every round. In my newbie nervousness I muck my KK after dude shows his AA. The next night I come back and for the first time read I the "bad-beat" jackpot sign. $3500 fo Jacks or better fullhouse beaten by a four of a kind. I almost threw up. #4) Playing Drunk It's not so much the lost money that bothers me, it's knowing that I lost it because I was drunk. It feels great trying to explain it to the wife too. "See honey I had a flush, which is like, a really good hand and..." she interupts "Have you been drinking?". #1) Playing Above My Bankroll I'll never do it again. Being broke and out of action because you played above your head? I can't take the abuse I dump on myself for making this mistake. [/QUOTE]

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