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JoeDeertay United States. Nov 19 2007 19:52. Posts 1730

I've finally realized the reason for my hero play and tilt issues that have been killing me for the last month: I've been RESULTS ORIENTED!!!

I know I always promote NOT being results oriented, and I'm usually not when playing hands regarding who wins or loses the hand...or so I thought. It just came to the that I make the high-variance hero type plays in marginal situations because I end up thinking to myself, "If I win this pot, I'll have THAT much more money and I'll be THAT much closer to moving up." Basically, I have been trying to win too much too fast, and I've been trying to force the issue by trying to win more pots than I should be. Also, like I said before, when I end up losing these hands I just go on tilt because I think I am stupid for putting myself in a spot to lose that much money, and then I just start spewing.

But no more! Now that I know the reason for all of this, I can stop doing it and get back on my grind and win like I was before, when I wasn't time crunched to win money or anything like that. Even though I need to at least cashout $100 a month to pay for my citation (for like the next 4 months or so), that shouldn't really be that hard at all. If I get a job when I get back to school like I plan to I shouldn't even need to cashout.

Now that my head is clear of all the shit that was in it, I'm much more focused on playing solid and not trying to force things, and this should lead to much less tilt and hopefully a much higher winrate...and poker will also be much more fun. Watch out micro-stakes...here I come!

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k2o4 United States. Nov 27 2007 21:29. Posts 4803

Use your FPP's to buy "Poker Mindset" by Hilger. It was a huge help to me. Actually, Ace on the River was the first book that got me thinking that there were more important things to being a good poker player than just knowing the game. Poker mindset kept on that train of thought and really got into detail about it. If tilting and dealing with downswings is a problem for you (shit, it is for everyone, but if it's just killing you) then read that book. It also does a good job of getting you out of the results based view. I try very hard not to be results based and to be critical of myself for winning a pot with a donk move. I know I still make em and am not perfect, but I try and learn from my mistakes and be thankful that it worked out rather than cocky that i'm so good, hehe.

good luck!

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