Anjo said:
You're right.Sometimes I play and someone starts to distract me.Or I myself get tired of the game and start to get distracted.But I do not always see this as a problem.In fact, this is a key question.Sometimes I myself can not properly assess the situation.What you say seems to be simple things, but in reality it is difficult to do.Sometimes I need someone to say it.You point the right way and thanks for the support.
I think that too big expectations are just a problem, we put too much pressure on ourselves, so we're making it easier to make mistakes.The loss of concentration I think is a question of practice or a lack of circumstances or motivation.
Even the best poker players have lost gaming sessions. Therefore, waiting for a win every time you play is an error. Your goal should be to play at the peak of your abilities in every game session. If you do, improving your skills, cards and victories will come to you.
I often make mistakes. I get tired as tournaments drag on and I make mistakes. It's normal to make mistakes when you get tired. A lot of the time, you don't expect to be playing until the end. I've literally fallen asleep during some tournaments that i've gone on to win!
Have something to eat, do some yoga, go for a walk on the break or do some exercise or stretches while you're playing. Have a coffee if you have to. Or have a nap, like I sometimes do!
Have something to eat, do some yoga, go for a walk on the break or do some exercise or stretches while you're playing. Have a coffee if you have to. Or have a nap, like I sometimes do!
When I play the tournament I'm completely concentrated with all the stages.
When I play the tournament I'm completely concentrated with all the stages. At the beginning of the tournament you set yourself the goal to reach the prize places, and then you set yourself the goal of taking the highest possible place to earn more money. If you lose concentration for at least a few hands, then you can lose all the stack. When I play many tournaments at the same time, I can not concentrate completely. I like playing a maximum of two tournaments at a time.
When I play the tournament I'm completely concentrated with all the stages. At the beginning of the tournament you set yourself the goal to reach the prize places, and then you set yourself the goal of taking the highest possible place to earn more money. If you lose concentration for at least a few hands, then you can lose all the stack. When I play many tournaments at the same time, I can not concentrate completely. I like playing a maximum of two tournaments at a time.
you can concentrate all you want, but when youre dealt two queens and the bad guy goes all in you have to call, right? hes got an ace and a seven and gets a seven on the flop and on the river another ace... and the tourney has just begun - it made me wanna cry 🙂
I try and concentrate by learning more about my opponents and remembering how they played hands. I also think about what they are going to do before they do it, think about their ranges etc. It's a way of focusing without really thinking about concentrating. When I'm really involved in the game the time goes fast and I don't think about concentrating because I just am.
Anjo said:
The operative statement in your Thread starter is...
"We want to win, we play well analyzed games and we do not play chips off that easy."
so YES...
I'm still at that mind-set or above it. Even more concentrated as the game proceeds.
Because I'm playing a game I want to win.
I don't agree with your 1st statement about the level 10 expectation....but......
to each his own. I can understand people starting a game with that.
It's just not how I start a game I'm in to win.
If I start ANY GAME to win it.....
then the "expectation of placing 1st and winning is already in me.
That "created expectation"...is part of who I am. I don't have to create any expections when entering a game.
I've only got 2 expectations....
Have fun.....or .....Win it all.
Most of the games I enter are just to have fun, hope I do well, if I do I do, if I don't I don't.
If I'm in "Fun Mode"....don't go allin on me...don't raise me....don't test me....don't run the clock on me....don't mess with me!!......
because I'm going to have fun at your expense if I can.
And if it's a cheap buy-in......and I'm having fun....
you just became my bouncing ball.:bebored:
Win, Lose, or tie.....
no matter who gets your chips....no matter if it costs me all of mine...
my FUN...just became making sure YOUR CHIPS.....disappear.
I'M JUST THAT FUN GUY!!! ((everybody complains about in all the fourms))
:bebored::bebored::bebored::bebored::bebored::bebored::bebored::bebored::bebored::bebored::bebored::bebored::bebored::bebored::bebored:
But if I'm in it to win it?.....
yer ok...I'll fold all day to you with best hand preflop, after the flop,
on the turn,
on the river.......
.....I'll just let YOU BE THE WINNER!...
I'm just a nice guy like that. I like to play against folks that think they are the winner.
Matter of fact...no matter if I'm in it to win it or in it for fun...I'm concentrated on that guy.
cuz he's my pal.
And I want him sitting right beside me.
Then...we're good pals. :icon_thum
(((until we're not)) 😀
anywhoooooooooo.................
If I'm in it to win it....I gain focus as the game proceeds on.
If I'm in it for fun....
there's just no telling how it's all going to end, and my focus is on just playing poker and enjoying the moment hand to hand.....wondering...whose going to be my pal? :star:
we usually start, focused on the game, when we see that the chips are not increasing, and then opening the game, and when we are short, we left the luck to play your role lol ... Joking aside, more in the beginning we always play concentrates , moments like the bubble, or near the FT as well. Great players use this to their advantage.
