Are You Superstitious?

Game_Gran · Aug 10, 2015

Are you superstitious? Only when it comes to gambling? If so, you aren't very different than many others.

hffjd2000 · Aug 10, 2015

Many of my buddies are superstitious likewise.

When it comes to gambling, I would rather apply science to it.

PCK · Aug 10, 2015

I think i`m one of the few that im not a superstition,not in real life,not in gambling.I dont believe in such things

insidious96 · Aug 11, 2015

So do I.I dont believe in such things.You have to concentrate on playing not to think so.

Michael Paler · Aug 11, 2015

Superstition is really silly to me, IMHO. I don't believe in black cats and broken mirrors bringing bad luck. I do not think that wearing the same shirt at every poker event will bring you luck. And its funny how even when it fails, they still do it.

One year they had a guy who tried to shave before the event and his razor broke, leaving him with a half bearded face. He played like that and felt finishing the job would ruin his luck. He still lost. And looked stupid doing it.

Not one superstition has ever been proven true. Not one. There is no science to it whatsoever. Those who do believe this kind of stone age crap tend to be the victims in society. They make life decisions based on hocus-pocus, and pay a price for it.

cwdignus · Aug 17, 2015

poker is a game of skill

if the superstition is positive is not bad , poker is a game of skill to superstition not help much luck maybe

Space Ghost · Aug 17, 2015

Not at all. It's illogical.

Focus on the math.

pokerman64 · Aug 17, 2015

when i started playing this game i was more superstitous i guess you could say. I would tell a friend that would watch/coach me through tourney's that "i wasn't feeling it" so I didn't make a call or shove that I would now. Over the time of playing and reading about the game I've learned to think of poker as part math, part skill, part luck

Mantones · Aug 18, 2015

I am not,how dick tracy said is illogical...In poker you must focus on math and.....must be patient and try to observe other players playstyle...just don`t play at draws so many times

luizmarinho · Aug 18, 2015

Remember, poker is a long run game, if you had some good results with bad hands you cant say its a "lucky hand" because your brain is just focused on the last results, so superstitious is illogical, anyway if you mentalize good results it will come.

MoeJurphy · Aug 18, 2015

If I think of the card I don't want to river it will river..

ScooperNova · Aug 19, 2015

All these people who aren't superstitious wear their lucky underwear when they play in big tournaments.

Mug · Aug 20, 2015

If people need to wear a favorite lucky shirt, underwear or have a lucky trinket it is fairly harmless. But if people have superstition such as a certain hand that they will always see a flop with, that will negatively impact their play, that is when I think becomes silly.

xOneCoolHandx · Aug 21, 2015

I am superstitious in some ways, I have a "lucky" shirt that I wear every Sunday so that the Cowboys will win, obviously it doesn't work or they would be undefeated every year, but I still wear it. I used to have a different lucky shirt that I wore out to the clubs because I scored a few times in it, so I figured it was the shirt and not my "dazzling" personality. Then a few habits I have is before I go into a trial and every day of the trial I watch a scene from My Cousin Vinny that pertains to that part of the proceedings (my fav is the opening statement when Vinny simply stands up and says "Everything that guy just said was bullsh**...I WISH I had the balls to do that just once..maybe on the day I retire..ha). Before a live game I have a laminated odds chart with starting hands on one side and odds on the other that I read over. Do these things help? Probably not, but I think that anything that makes you more confident has some benefit.

skaterick · Aug 21, 2015

yeah , the' favorite hand ' move gets a lot of people in trouble . you may open your range a little , but as a cash game player the regs catch on to your superstition and exploit it . some superstitions read 'tell' to sharp opponents . if you have one , keep it to yourself !

Game_Gran · Aug 21, 2015

MoeJurphy said:
If I think of the card I don't want to river it will river..

There you go! Superstition alive and well

Game_Gran · Aug 21, 2015

ScooperNova said:
All these people who aren't superstitious wear their lucky underwear when they play in big tournaments.

Like I said, tied that and it didn't work for me!

Game_Gran · Aug 21, 2015

xOneCoolHandx said:
I am superstitious in some ways, I have a "lucky" shirt that I wear every Sunday so that the Cowboys will win, obviously it doesn't work or they would be undefeated every year, but I still wear it. I used to have a different lucky shirt that I wore out to the clubs because I scored a few times in it, so I figured it was the shirt and not my "dazzling" personality. Then a few habits I have is before I go into a trial and every day of the trial I watch a scene from My Cousin Vinny that pertains to that part of the proceedings (my fav is the opening statement when Vinny simply stands up and says "Everything that guy just said was bullsh**...I WISH I had the balls to do that just once..maybe on the day I retire..ha). Before a live game I have a laminated odds chart with starting hands on one side and odds on the other that I read over. Do these things help? Probably not, but I think that anything that makes you more confident has some benefit.

Some of those activities would fall under smart preparation I would say!

Game_Gran · Aug 21, 2015

skaterick said:
yeah , the' favorite hand ' move gets a lot of people in trouble . you may open your range a little , but as a cash game player the regs catch on to your superstition and exploit it . some superstitions read 'tell' to sharp opponents . if you have one , keep it to yourself !

Good advice!

demibar · Aug 21, 2015

superstitious

I'm not superstitious in the game but if I have bad mood I'm negative to play poker. Many players are superstitious ,ido not understand that ,maybe they think is one way to control somehow their play

pcgnome · Aug 21, 2015

Superstition is just human nature. I'm not going to trust any poker player that says he or she is above it.

laceypearls · Aug 25, 2015

I'm not superstitious at all

Chazzorik · Aug 25, 2015

in Poker, doesn't matter what your lucky underwear!

ribbybruno · Aug 26, 2015

I used to believe if my wife lay on the bed when I played in a big online tournament I would do well. This was not always the case! My wife and I still laugh about this odd behavior to this day.

LeanAndMean · Aug 26, 2015

pcgnome said:
Superstition is just human nature. I'm not going to trust any poker player that says he or she is above it.

Then don't trust me gnome, I am not!! I don't believe in "running bad" or "running good". Cards have no memory, each hand dealt has the same odds to be good or bad as the one before it. I may make comments at the table about "favorite hand" or "lucky shirt", but it is a smoke screen to make others think I am a poor player. Oh wait, I am.

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