stressed out to the max

[SuitedSixes]

How about this? You are a professional poker player, not a professional SNG expert. Switch it up for a little bit. Play some ring games. Being a pro we don't have the luxury of taking time off every time it goes bad, just find a different way to make money for awhile.

Edit: Or look at this for a little bit like one of those Magic Eye pictures they used to have at the mall. I find it very relaxing.

[Dylan Wade]

Hey I was just playing a 20 with ya. your in game chat was very stressed..

it's likely your mood is eggagerating the variance

i recommend getting a tattoo..

[stupidsucker]

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Hey I was just playing a 20 with ya. your in game chat was very stressed..

it's likely your mood is eggagerating the variance

i recommend getting a tattoo..

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I have a tatoo of mighty mouse on my right calf... It was a spur of the moment thing at midnight in my friends living room.

If I recall you beat my KJ with your Kx ITM with a 4flush.
Then you had QQ when I had KQs
Par for the course.

I took third as predicted.

[zipo]

For me at least, I understand what a downswing does to the mind, even as I pride myself on being 'rational' - it's harder than it appears to avoid the vicious downward spiral.

Two things that have helped me - I visualize the times that I suck out even during the downswings - that is, I try to vividly recall the suckouts I've benefited from during recent hands.

The other thing is to play a few step 1 minis like an absolute maniac, blowing off steam by embodying the manic fish archetype.

Just a couple of things that have seemed to help me - ymmv.

[lacky]

i just got back from my 20th high school reunion, so im drunk and aint gonna read it all, but i can tell ya, you need time off, 3 to 4 days off, no poker. thats what i do when I get as frustrated as you clearly are. It works!

Steve

[raptor517]

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i just got back from my 20th high school reunion, so im drunk and aint gonna read it all, but i can tell ya, you need time off, 3 to 4 days off, no poker. thats what i do when I get as frustrated as you clearly are. It works!

Steve

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steves right.. he makes sure to tell me every day thrice. holla

[The Yugoslavian]

Wow....that is a brilliant user name. You also live in a brilliant place.

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As for what SS needs to do...it's quite clear to me. He needs a Zachary's excursion, IMMEDIATELY!

Yugoslav
Who is in Huntington *right now*....

[The Yugoslavian]

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i just got back from my 20th high school reunion

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There *must* be a trip report Steve!

Did the jock bully from your high school end up getting really fat and you punched him in the nads?

Did you bang that uber-hot cheerleader who you've had a crush on for 20 years?

WE NEED ANSWERS DAMNIT!

Yugoslav

[stupidsucker]

everyone always says take a break take a break...

Takign a break will not make a bad run stop... all it does is waste time, and if I come back 3 days later and continue the bad run it makes me even mroe angry.. Now I would be just as far behind $wise and even more behind time wise.

I took a few hours off. hunted down some herbal remedy procured for tomorrow afternoon. Fired up some more games and did OK...

Breaks are good if you are playing poorly. but I can not justify a break right now... as pointed out by the amount of poker I have played since june (under 500 games).... Dont you think I have taken enough breaks?

Only thing that will untilt me is $$$ only way to make $$$ is to play poker and win a coinflip.

this last run of 8 helped
I placed 6/8...(2 of each)
the one second place I had shoudl have been a first. I lost 4 dominatiions while ITM... and 2 domintaions before ITM.. all of this in the same game. 3 hands to the same person.


had I taken the reccomend break I would have had to go to bed down $300 for the day
now only down $76

[The Yugoslavian]

I didn't say take a break...I said go eat some goddamned Zachary's BATCH!

And pay attention to this next piece of advice:



Yugoslav