Bad Beats and Egotism
As I have played more and more poker, the way I perceive the game matures. Every day, people come into my dorm room at college and tell me about their bad beat stories. Most of the time the bad beat stories are dubious. Sometimes the bad beat stories are even where they outdrew somebody, and then they caught one of their outs and won. No matter what the bad beat stories are, they all have one thing in common. The person who feels that they took a bad beat feels that they were more deserving than the other player to win the hand. One great thing about poker is that the cards even themselves out over time. Every player has a equal potential for winning by the rules of the game. Obviously ignoring bad beats is optimal for playing good poker, but is this a way I can convince myself to ignore them? Whats the best way to teach yourself that bad beats are just a way of deluding yourself?
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