Poker has taken over. Help!

[Bralynn]

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Poker is only a game. The main thing i learned is you have to play poker emotionless if you want to do well. You must relize that bad beats happen, they our part of the game. On a sheet of paper mark: Beats taken and Beats given. Keep tally and they will even out. Poker can be very unhealthy if you let what happens gets to you. Pick a limit that you can make decent money,but doesnt hurt if you lose a few buyin. Clean up regularly and if you have a bad day and lose alittle, so what, your playing within your roll.

Best ADIVE: play poker emotionless, wheather you win or lose.

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I agree with playing emotionless, and I usually do, but sometimes it's just extremely hard not to get involved.

As far as the bad beats evening out, that is definitely not the case. I believe I've literally given about 1/30th the amount of bad beats to people that I have received. Maybe once every day or two do I say, 'Wow, I got lucky on that one'. I play NL, so my money is all-in with the best of it. I think that's what makes the bad beats so much worse.