What is the #1 thing that is holding you back from the next level?

[BigEndian]

Hopefully, people will get as much as I have while I've been thinking about this.

It used to be that my number one liability was hand reading skills and using that information to minimize loses and maximize earn. I'm still not nearly as good as I could be, but I have improved this area dramatically in the past few months (which included a shot at the 15/30 and 10/20 games - no coincidence there).

Now, I think my biggest problem occurs in live games (occaisionally in online games). I care what others think about me and my play. This leads to two really unfortunate situations. If I'm losing, I tilt faster because I'm embarrassed. If I'm winning, I splash money around and give too much action as a point of pride.

To help myself with this, I plan on reading Zen in the Art of Archery (should arrive Friday or Monday) and making an concious effort to try to avoid the rollercoster known as arrogance. Maybe I could get a nifty little card marker that says, "focus, play and win without pride."

Anyone else care to share?

- Jim

[meep_42]

Bad beats. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
Table selection.

-d

[shant]

I have the exact same problem with live play, but it isn't so much an embarassment of my play thing as it is a wishing they would all die slowly thing. I am reading that same book you mentioned. I also stopped playing live.

[TheHip41]

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I have the exact same problem with live play, but it isn't so much an embarassment of my play thing as it is a wishing they would all die slowly thing. I am reading that same book you mentioned. I also stopped playing live.

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I love it when you have to sit there and watch horrible players stack up 20 red stacks while people keep hitting sets on the turn vs my TPTK. I really really really have worked on just sitting there and smiling, and trying not to tell them how badly they suck. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[PokerBob]

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I have the exact same problem with live play, but it isn't so much an embarassment of my play thing as it is a wishing they would all die slowly at the bloodied hands of PokerBob while I played a snare drum in the corner buck naked thing. I am reading that same book you mentioned. I also stopped playing live.

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fyp

[shant]

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I have the exact same problem with live play, but it isn't so much an embarassment of my play thing as it is a wishing they would all die slowly at the bloodied hands of PokerBob while I played a snare drum in the corner buck naked thing. I am reading that same book you mentioned. I also stopped playing live.

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fyp

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November 4th we should collaborate on this project.

[BWebb]

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I have the exact same problem with live play, but it isn't so much an embarassment of my play thing as it is a wishing they would all die slowly at the bloodied hands of PokerBob while I played a snare drum in the corner buck naked thing. I am reading that same book you mentioned. I also stopped playing live.

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fyp

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November 4th we should collaborate on this project.

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Count me in.

My number one problem is dealing with losses. I play fine if I'm able to recover from an early downswing in my session quickly, but if I'm on a downward trend it gets into my head. I have a tendency to freak out if I don't end each session at least even. When this continues for a few sessions in a row, I need to step away from the game for about a week or I begin to tilt chips away. This has always been my #1 problem.

[madscout]

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I have the exact same problem with live play, but it isn't so much an embarassment of my play thing as it is a wishing they would all die slowly at the bloodied hands of PokerBob while I played a snare drum in the corner buck naked thing. I am reading that same book you mentioned. I also stopped playing live.

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I play snare drum.

~madscout (madison scouts)

[MaxPower]

I am able to effortlessly pull back on the bow and set the arrow while maintaining perfect balance, but I am unable to gracefully release the arrow in a similarly effortless manner.

I also don't enjoy losing more than 3 thousand dollars in 1 day.

[pudley4]

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I also don't enjoy losing more than one thousand dollars in 1 day.

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(I have a lower tolerance for losing)