For some of the newwer players: a winning attitude

[DavidC]

Gosh, humility doesn't seem to be my strong suit. Sorry about the title. [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

I live at home: cheap rent, free utilites, and my funds right now are being directed towards either saving for a car or saving for a bankroll sufficient to hop up through the limits... it works for me for now. Plus my mother's a good cook and I'm lazy. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Anyways, my dad was in my room for a bit while I was playing, just chatting with me:

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Two loose limpers in ep, then a TAA raises. I'm to his direct left ( [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] ), there's two loose players behind me, one in the co, one in the sb, and a loose bb, there's a TAA on the button, who's likely to call with a lot of hands in this pot.

I have A8s, and I call, but I'm a little nervous, because this isn't a play that I made too often: if it works, it's great, if not, you're not getting the right price on your hand.

I call, and two more people call, and I shout, "Yes!" I then flop the nut flush.

My dad looks over at me, but can't see the screen, so I explain to him that I'd just made a little bit of a risky pf call and that it had worked. (Edit: given the table conditions, this is a standard call.)

He says, "So you were trying to draw these guys in and now you've got their money?"

I reply, "Well, the hand isn't over yet. I'm just happy that I got correct odds to play my hand here."

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So, the "right attitude" here is that you're looking to make correct plays, regardless of what happens. Sometimes you flop the nuts, sometimes you don't, but that's not really where you get your rewards in poker.

I admit that my attitude isn't 100% correct here either. When evaluating the merits of that call, I can't look at what happened as my guide for determining if it's correct, either. Sometimes everyone to my left will have played all their hands for hte last 10 hands, and hten when I call this one, they'll all fold. It's rare, but it happens. It would still be a good call in that case.