What causes us to play too conservatively? We may have a standard TAG game or be somewhat LAG, but there are times where we just don’t play our normal game, where we find ourselves opting too frequently to check or fold or to passively call down rather than betting out or raising. Here are some [...]
Are you free? Or maybe the question should be, how free are you? To what degree can you say that you chose to work every day, at the job that you work at? Or school, or family situation? Sometimes I wonder about people who commit crimes or commit suicide or suffer mental breakdowns or stress [...]
I can’t remember the last time I did this, so it’s probably time to do so again. I want to list what I feel are my weaknesses, the things that I would most like to remedy or that I think the elimination of which would improve my game the most. I’ll try to put them [...]
When you start a new job, go on a first date, join a new club or sport, the sheer newness and unfamiliarity will tend to make you nervous, uncomfortable. Some people will compensate by talking too much or too fast. Others, like me, will go the other direction and tend to hold back, to say [...]
Confidence comes from history, experiences. Children develop confidence in themselves by gaining skills and collecting experiences. A two year old that I know isn’t always able to communicate using his current level of language skills, but he has learned that by grabbing an adult’s finger and pulling he can guide the adult to where he [...]
Sometimes searching for something on the internet can be difficult. Search “confidence” and you probably need to narrow it to “self-confidence”. Then try adding “faith” and “trust” and you start to get religious sites. Try “building” and you get self-help sites. Try adding “loss” and you get even more help sites for people who have [...]
I’ve looked at playing your “A” game, or “lopping off your C game” as Tommy Angelo refers to the other end of the spectrum. But how do you know when you’re not playing your “A” game? Recognition and awareness of being off my “A” game is an issue for me. Let’s see if I can [...]
It really doesn’t take very much mental or physical strength or energy to play online poker generally. Enough alertness to follow what’s going on, enough strength to move the mouse and click and you’re good. At least for the basics. I have a no limit and limit hold’em poker simulator game that I bought for [...]