Oh, how I love to play jeux poker Français blame the cards when I lose! Those #&*+#@&! %*# things just don't have the sense to come in out of the rain. Time after time those cards let me down. In Hold 'Em, when I have the nut flush draw in hearts, black cards come on the flop. Or I get two hearts on the flop and never see another heart. That nut draw costs me some money and I will gladly pay it, but when those nut draws fail to come in time after time it sure gets discouraging. It makes me curse the cards.
LOOK FIRST TO YOURSELF
However, I need to be really sure that it is the cards that are causing me to lose consistently. The most honest and important question to ask is, "Is it me or is it the cards? When I ask that question of myself and am quite clear on the answer, the answer I get is usually me. Humble medicine, I know.
Sure, I know that those cards run badly for some period of time. No one wins all the time. That tells me that cards fluctuate - they run hot and they run cold. However, a good player takes that fluctuation into account and accommodates himself to the bad runs as well as the good ones.
I have gone through periods of play when I was convinced that the cards hated me. Perhaps I had offended the poker goddess, the lady that is known as Luck. However, when I honestly asked the question, "Is it me or is it the cards?" the answer came up me most of the time. That answer generally was validated when I re-evaluated my play and modified my approach. Then, 10 and wonder, I started to win again. And, boy, was that better than a sharp stick in the eye.
LOOK ALSO AT THE CARDS
It isn't always bad play on my part. Everyone goes through periods of bad cards, regardless of what game they play. When you can't pick up a decent starting hand, you just have to be able to discipline yourself to wait and wait. To compromise our starting requirements is a disaster waiting to Occur. The only true option is to delay spending our chips until we have a good shot at winning the pot. Each and every chip has value when we go to the cashier's cage. When we insist on playing poor-to-marginal hands when we are frustrated, we won't carry away the chips that should be ours. My goal is to always carry away just as many chips as I possibly can, day after day after day. When the cards run good for me I will have a great time. When the cards run average, I hope to concentrate on each and every hand and walk away with a modest win. When the cards run terrible I want to hold my emotions in a vice-like grip, cut my losses and maybe even mark down a small amount in the plus column. I want to get to the point where I can always answer "cards" to the question, "Is it me or is it the cards?"
LOOK FIRST TO YOURSELF
However, I need to be really sure that it is the cards that are causing me to lose consistently. The most honest and important question to ask is, "Is it me or is it the cards? When I ask that question of myself and am quite clear on the answer, the answer I get is usually me. Humble medicine, I know.
Sure, I know that those cards run badly for some period of time. No one wins all the time. That tells me that cards fluctuate - they run hot and they run cold. However, a good player takes that fluctuation into account and accommodates himself to the bad runs as well as the good ones.
I have gone through periods of play when I was convinced that the cards hated me. Perhaps I had offended the poker goddess, the lady that is known as Luck. However, when I honestly asked the question, "Is it me or is it the cards?" the answer came up me most of the time. That answer generally was validated when I re-evaluated my play and modified my approach. Then, 10 and wonder, I started to win again. And, boy, was that better than a sharp stick in the eye.
LOOK ALSO AT THE CARDS
It isn't always bad play on my part. Everyone goes through periods of bad cards, regardless of what game they play. When you can't pick up a decent starting hand, you just have to be able to discipline yourself to wait and wait. To compromise our starting requirements is a disaster waiting to Occur. The only true option is to delay spending our chips until we have a good shot at winning the pot. Each and every chip has value when we go to the cashier's cage. When we insist on playing poor-to-marginal hands when we are frustrated, we won't carry away the chips that should be ours. My goal is to always carry away just as many chips as I possibly can, day after day after day. When the cards run good for me I will have a great time. When the cards run average, I hope to concentrate on each and every hand and walk away with a modest win. When the cards run terrible I want to hold my emotions in a vice-like grip, cut my losses and maybe even mark down a small amount in the plus column. I want to get to the point where I can always answer "cards" to the question, "Is it me or is it the cards?"
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