is there a simple explanation?

Just out of curiousity, i can analyze play like a pro, know the right plays and right moves, but put me in the damn situation and i'll make a bonehead play that makes no sense that after the hand i can only sit back and say wtf was i thinking. lol...might sound stupid...but am i just not thinking everything through like i should in situations?

[fimbulwinter]

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i can analyze play like a pro, know the right plays and right moves,

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what makes you confident in this statement?

fim

Well i guess discussions with winning players and them agreeing with statements etc.....i'm by no means a professional, otherwise i wouldn't be asking for help. I'm just having a tough time understanding why for one...if i'm not playing and watching, i'll do things one way and when i'm playing i'll do them another. it's honestly holding me back from winning a good perecentage of the time.

[fimbulwinter]

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Well i guess discussions with winning players and them agreeing with statements etc.....i'm by no means a professional, otherwise i wouldn't be asking for help. I'm just having a tough time understanding why for one...if i'm not playing and watching, i'll do things one way and when i'm playing i'll do them another. it's honestly holding me back from winning a good perecentage of the time.

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so you discuss hands with high stakes winning professional players and inevitably come up with identical analyses?

fim

Okay, maybe it's not coming across correctly because this seems to be getting confusing. Let's say i feel i made the right play...and discuss it with a winning professional who's opinion i trust....he shows me where i went wrong persay in the situation. Maybe next time i'm playing a similar situation arises whereas instead of going with the other opinion, i resort back to the same inevitable incorrect play, hence lose. Then afterwards kinda like...damn...why didn't i do what we had discussed. Just kinda feel like i'm learning and growing, but mentally only...like it's not carrying over into my game.

[calmasahinducow]

Mason should start charging money for registration. This is getting annoying.

[Big_Jim]

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Maybe next time i'm playing a similar situation arises whereas instead of going with the other opinion, i resort back to the same inevitable incorrect play, hence lose.

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Stop doing this, and the rest should fall right into place.

[Lucky]

Drop down in limits. Because you can carry on a conversation with someone of great poker skill does not mean you belong in his game.

If you're confused, the game (level) is too tough.

[Benholio]

I think I know what you are getting at. You can think through a hand clearly when you are not in the heat of the moment, but during the hand, your mind goes blank and you act without much proper thought. Its kinda like stage fright. You might be playing out of your comfort zone. Try slowing down, forcing yourself to take longer when making decisions in a hand.

You will probably get more constructive replies if you post this in the Pyschology Forum (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=psych).

[Leroy Soesman]

Hm, somehow this question doesn't seem so hard to understand, yet I think it belongs in the psychology forum.

Is this a correct translation of your question?:

"How come I often play worse than I think I'm capable of?"

or if you phrase it like this, the answer might become clear:

"Why can't I analyze a situation at the table as accurately as I can when I have more time, less pressure and less emotional involvement; and then act upon it?"

Am I close?

Psychologically, people have a greater ability to use what they have learned if they are using that knowledge under the same conditions in which they learned it in.

It's the old, "If you studied while drunk, you are best to take the test drunk."

[GimmeDaWatch]

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Mason should start charging money for registration. This is getting annoying.

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Such a hospitable crowd. The advice about taking more time is sound. But really, if you tend to act impulsively, what
can anyone on here tell you that will make you behave otherwise?

[Mark1808]

Its called chocking and it happens in all sports. When your heart beat and blood pressure rise substantially it impairs your judgement. The solution may be as a previous poster said, to drop down in limits. The amount of money you are playing for may be increasing your anxiety level too high. Beta blockers are another solution.