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Old 12-01-2005, 11:29 PM
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Default Re: Really need help with this

sounds like your analysis is getting more to the point..
being too hard on yourself
trusting yourself

(What do these things come down to;
how do you feel about yourself?
are you trying to be perfect? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] )

Anyway...
learning to trust your instincts, learning to feel what others are thinking etc. is different to analysing situations.
(we dont get taught this in school!!)

Analysing can be useful, but it only take's you so far, gives you context, whats relavant, what questions to ask youself at the poker table about what an opponent could be holding/doing etc.
but, as you probably know, what separates the really top players from the good players? - Feel.

- feel, tuned instincts, natural talent (or acquired knowledge thru lots of hard work), and creative, spontaneous plays,

Its a switch to a different way of playing.

next time you have a hunch, put someone on a hand or "feel it in your bones" that he's hit his flush!! just go with it.

How are you going to learn to play this way without making mistakes? - thats a vital part of how you learn, and it takes time.
You may even lose more in the beginning but if you want to learn to trust youself and develop your natural talents then invest in loss.

Listen, loosen up, go with your intuition - If for some reason you put someone on 2nd pair and you've only got top pair low kicker then call or raise, if you put someone on the flush, or slowplaying AA then fold, or if you think that if you make your bluff a little bigger (or smaller) he'll fold then try it.

When you get it right it feels great, when you get it wrong - laugh!! dont worry about it. Gradually, GENTLY you learn.

Its a long road, enjoy the ride.

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