Re: Gold from mid/hi
FWIW, I think this is a great post, and I agree with the philosophy. I think it's not a bad idea to not look at results, but ultimately, the true zen state should be one in which we see our results but they do not affect our thinking or state of mind. When we lose 50 BBs, 100 BBs, 200 BBs, what have you and we see it right in front of our faces and have it counted out in front of us, and we still feel happy with how we played and the decisions we made, then true zendom has been reached. Just my opinion.
What I find more cathartic is posting my stupidly played hands and hands where I either pooched something basic or completely botched the hand because I was completely lost. Besides getting helpful replies, the shame factor makes me want to play correctly. I may send my reputation on these boards (which is far from stellar if it exists so far) to a pitifully low level, but posting hands I played badly helps me come to peace with my game. By dwelling on them and trying to recognize what led me to the error (both the theoretical knowledge that I lacked or failed to apply correctly and the psychological factors that may have caused me to choose my suboptimal play), I hope to make better decisions in the future and so reach closer to zendom.
Zendom for all, and all for zendom.
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