Re: Teach Me Restealing
Wow that is a really great post. There are a bunch of really good posts in this thread.
The ironic thing is I am pretty solid at the math part of poker, its probably my strongest suit.
A couple of additional thoughts:
1. at the end of tournaments you need heart as well as fearlessness. A bit of it comes from experience, my hands shook as I first made the final table of a Party super. Now they only shake when a mess up will cost me big figures. That is party due to a bigger bankroll, but partly due to having more experience and just realizing worrying about results rather than process just kills you in the long run. Part of the heart equation though is just internal, its like gatorade says do you have it in you.
2. You need a lot of self belief to become a good poker player to withstand the heartbreak of the game. But you also need imo the ability to say I need to improve this part of my game because its weak. The needed ego sometimes makes it hard to acknowledge where we struggle. It seems to me often we are uncomfortable in the parts of the game that are opposite of our strengths. I like to flat call a lot from the blinds and defend them pretty strongly early, so it is hard for me to transition late.
3. In the final four or so tables I am able to steal almost at will it seems because nobody plays back and people are nervous, the people who get to the end are often the ones who are more aggressive and so it seems you don't get that much chance to practice against the aggression. But the picking the right players thing is huge.
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