poker mindset

trigstrigs
in General Poker Chat
i read a short article by mike caro the other day. the advice he gave was so simply, yet something that i was not really considering all the time.

(i'm paraphrasing here) he suggests that one should not even think of cash game poker as being broken up into sessions. if anything, it's all just one long, drawn out session that lasts forever. one's main concern is each individual hand and making the correct decision in every little instance.

it seems obvious to state this, but i have to admit that i have been thinking of my cash game playing as sessions. and i have become tilted in some instances because i'm on a losing session that i want to turn around.

since reading this, i have been consciously concentrating on hand to hand only, and i find it has already greatly improved my mental game. i tilt much less and i can play solid poker for longer periods of time.

Comments

  • JtotheLewJtotheLew
    Sounds like a good read at the very least which you can usually expect from Mike Caro (along with extremely dated photos) Anyway you could link us the article?
  • JimmyHoJimmyHo
    I fall into the habit of playing until I make a certain amount of $$ which is bad (somebody pls slap me). Now I try to limit my sessions to a set time frame without any consideration for gain/(loss) in the individual session. I know some may frown on this as well (why would you leave a hot table??), but its a personal preference and usually I start playing around 8pm and like to be done by midnight. I find 4-5 hours sessions are the most profitable for me and after that I just start to waste chips. I will play a little longer if the action is really good.

    I think this is a Sklansky concept?
  • BuyinBankBuyinBank
    I've read this as well and it's not from his book of tells.

    It's in Doyle Brunson's Super System 2, the chapter titled 43 Exclusive Super/System 2 Tips from Mike Caro University.

    A great read and full of useful tips. I even think he left out the dated 70s photos. :)
  • philliiveyphilliivey
    Be one with the cards. hummmmmmmmmmmm:D
  • GTA PokerGTA Poker
    Did he also explain how not to win at poker?
  • MiloMilo
    Hell, GTA I can take care of that for you . . .
  • UnknownUnknown
    anyone ever read Daniel Goleman
  • trigstrigs
    JtotheLew wrote: »
    Sounds like a good read at the very least which you can usually expect from Mike Caro (along with extremely dated photos) Anyway you could link us the article?


    Poker Strategy: Tilt control, avoiding tilt, how to get off tilt.

    there's actually two short articles by caro here.
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