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Bad losers and worse winners
An important facet of poker, as in any game, is our attitude towards winning and losing since we are likely to experience our share of both. The key thing is to take this in stride and react as little as possible, in either case. We all know about bad losers who complain about unfair circumstances Read more…
Losing is Learning
This is the kind of thing said by people like dear old dad, who try to console their kids after a hard fought sports game battle ended up in defeat. “Well, at least you learned a thing or two, you’ll get ‘em next time.” This attitude can actually be very helpful if it is taken Read more…
Having fun while winning (and losing)
Poker is a game, and games are meant to be fun. If this sounds like a simple concept, it’s because it is. So many people miss out on this obvious aspect of the game, because they get so into the competitive aspects of poker, which is understandable on one level, but even the greatest stars Read more…
The cards don’t lie, that’s the job of the players
Cards in a poker game, l like statistics and data, do not tell lies, but the people trying to manipulate that information to their own good can certainly be well versed in the art of trickery, especially if there is a sizeable pot at stake. So many people do not understand the difference between those Read more…
No need to be the best, just get better
If a person is able to win a few games in a row because of ‘dumb luck’, and another person comes back from a losing streak after implementing a new strategy, it isn’t hard to see which one is on their way to a better poker playing career. Of course, if one can learn from Read more…
No guarantees in life, or poker
When it comes to life, it can be pretty simple. Just strive to be as kind and loving as possible, and leave the world in even slightly better shape before you leave it. Who knows what happens along the way, and the same applies to poker games. All you can do is play with all Read more…
Increase the Odds
This is a concept that can be embedded into every poker playing strategy, since it is a universal gaming constant. If you area constantly able to tilt the odds in your favour, if only slightly, then you are on the way to creating a perpetual sequence of speed and tempo advantage over the opponents, and Read more…
Overestimating your luck- Lady Luck is a fickle mistress
Oftentimes, people start quoting the will and favour of Lady Luck, as though she is some kind of poker fairy who bestows her goodwill and fortune upon those who have on her favour in some way. People will sit around after lost games, and talk about how eventually their cards will come up, no pun Read more…
Chasing Losses
This is one of the most destructive and potentially crushing practices in poker, and gambling in general. There have been many that have chased losses long into the night, and woken up broker than they have ever been in their lives, perhaps even in debt, This is not the worst of it, there can be Read more…
Making Money
For those in the professional poker world, making money is obviously an important concept, and indeed is a must if this is the players’ main way of making their living. However, all too often those in the amateur and casual poker arenas believe they can learn something to give them an edge over the competition Read more…
