Recent comments from Elmseeker combined with the previous post about poker goals and plans leads me to revisit the money aspect of playing. I said in my previous post that I want poker to be a self-funding hobby, that as long as I stay ahead of the rake and I’m having fun and am learning [...]
I’ve set a lot of goals or targets during my days of playing poker. Some I’ve achieved, some I’ve failed to achieve, a lot just fell by the wayside. According to a quick search, a good or useful goal has some characteristics. Specific, with targets/descriptions to identify it clearly Measurable Challenging, some thing that requires [...]
Confidence, not-caring. “A” game issues that I’ve been thinking about lately. Confidence gets tested when you play above your normal levels, or are playing people whom you know to be good. Confidence can get in the way when you think you’re a better player than the people that you are up against and then forget [...]
Another confirmation of my endurance ability. I played a $10 money added tourney with some 50 or so people. It finally got down to the final table just before the second break (after more than two hours of playing) with the top 5 being paid, but my attention was wavering and I was getting frustrated. [...]
This entry is probably boring to read for internet searchers, but this blog was really intended for me to read myself. So, this is something that I find interesting, but probably has no application or use for anyone else. And apologies to those offended by the misapplication and abuse of the word “Zen” in connection [...]
The title is a variation on a title from a Robert Heinlein novel I read years ago. Poker is just 52 cards, some chips and some players. That’s all you need to get started. The structure for how these things interact is provided by rules. Feed the cards, chips, and players through the rule structure [...]
I don’t if I’ve referred to this directly in this blog. I think I have, but if so, not to a great extent. Fight or flight refers to reactions to reactions to changes, a stress reaction. Your heart rate increases, your muscles tense, you make ready to fight or to run. This may begin as [...]
I want to start to gear up for developing my LAG play. (Ghosts of my troubled period right after attempting to add aggression to my play last spring start to perk up) Short handed, high blinded, or in late position unopened or at a weak table I can play LAG, at least preflop. After the [...]