results deorientation

[turnipmonster]

not too long ago I had kind of a bad run playing shorthanded limit, and I stepped back and tried to find problems and eventually things turned around and now everything's great and you all know the story.

but one thing I noticed during my rebuilding phase is that I became really results oriented after I started winning again. it felt great to have a winning session, and so I wanted to have a lot of them.

anyways this weekend I had kind of a moment of clarity where I noticed lots of mistakes I was making in my game. and they were mistakes that came out of trying to win pots, not money.

anyways, does anyone find themselves to get a lot more results oriented after a big downswing and subsequent upswing?
--turnipmonster

[Bluffoon]

I am the reverse.

When I am winning I tend to concentrate on my results and not my play. I find that positive results mask a lot of errors. When I am losing I tend to focus on my game and I find that I have been playing poorly all along. So I plug the leaks to the best of my ability and wait for my cards to turn. As a result I feel I come out of each downswing a better player. Maybe when (if) I become a "good" player I will learn to focus on my game all the time.

[gamblore99]

I think i do the same thing, i had one about 120 BB at 5-10 6 max a little while ago. When I was losing money I tried to lessen the blow by telling myself to not worry about results, but since I've started winning, all ive really thoug about is my hourly rate and trying to recover it.

[axioma]

yeah. when im on the up i do find that i am more aware of my exact bank roll during a session. i constantly ask myself "how much am i up today". its natural i suppose, as asking yourself "how much am i down today" is not so pleasant. of course doing either is counterproductive to winning money.

[JasonDB]

I had a major breakthrough a few weeks ago. I had a losing day and felt great about my play. I was getting my money in with the best hands time after time and losing on the river. Obviously, I felt bad about losing but for the first time realized the more important issue was that my play was solid. It took me a couple years to stop being results oriented.