Improve Patience

I mostly play freerolls and I’m trying to improve my patience and game selection.

Yes, you can definitely develop patience in these tournaments))) When you keep getting run over by all kinds of trash hands, you really need it.

wushibala said:

Yes, you can definitely develop patience in these tournaments))) When you keep getting run over by all kinds of trash hands, you really need it.

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If I don’t have an edge right now, I wait (folding is also a winning decision).
Recognize signs of tilt (boredom, anger, the urge to chase losses).
Winning doesn’t depend on one session, but on thousands of hands.
Don’t play against players better than you unless you have to (seek out weaker players).

sohrab said:

I mostly play freerolls and I’m trying to improve my patience and game selection.

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But we must start with the fact that first of all you need to learn to treat each game responsibly, even when it is freeroll.

I agree. Freerolls are actually great for building patience, because many times you simply don’t have an edge and you have to wait for good spots. What helped me most was accepting that folding is also a decision — you don’t need to play every hand. In the long run, patience pays much more than chasing action.

Patience is everything in online poker!

It's always good to try and improve your patience in the game; poker is a game where, to be a winner, you have to constantly strive for improvement. But it's normal to lose patience sometimes, it's part of the game!

sohrab said:

I mostly play freerolls and I’m trying to improve my patience and game selection.

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Freerolls really teach you patience and spot selection. Good training ground.

I always try to keep my mind clear and calm so as not to lose patience in bad times.

What strategies do you use to improve your patience? I often find myself on "boredom tilt" and just want some action, but if I multi-table (2-3 at once) or try to do something else at the same time, I'm usually better at only playing my +EV hands.

The downside is I always seem to get AK, AQ and KK at all three tables at once, then the next 10 hands is unsuited trash on all three of them. I guess clicking fold three times a minute is less boring than just once a minute . But then I have to watch three flops simultaneously and that makes it harder to play well. Same if I'm working on something else on the side then I lose focus on the game and make silly mistakes (usually either folding something I could have played on the button or raising something I shouldn't have UTG).

Staying engaged and waiting for the right hands is definitely more art than science, I'm still trying to figure out the best formula for myself.

As for game selection, if you've built up enough blinds to buy-in to a couple micro or small stakes, I also look at the number of BB I'm going in at and where that puts me in the standings. If it's >25 BB and I'll start in the middle 60% of players, than I usually feel good that I'll be able to sit and build up for a while to make it in the money.

just don't play!