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[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ur post ama

Nothing's tl;dr for me - I actually look forward to tl;drs
[img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] Some rambling thoughts...

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Fortunately my girlfriend is forgiving and understanding and everything was cool. But she said something to me that literally snapped me into the next phase of my poker career.

"Babe, you need to learn how to lose."


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Um I think this is the best bit.
Running good @ life ama >>> running good @ teh pokah
Looks like you got yourself a mucho understanding gf time to take her out again methinks.

As for the pokah mental state[and some other things] I have this kind of state where my A+ mental game sits where sometimes I know what the right thing is to do yet 'feel' like I want to do something else - just got to listen to the cold analytical part of me[actually sometimes it's a relevant piece of wisdom some 2p2 said].
The feel I want to do somethig else isn't an instinctive feeling more an emotional e.g I want to call he can't have a flush my AA is good after being check-called to the river and c/r on the river despite all the signs he's drawing.

I 'try' to trust my instincts - they're normally quite correct[as are most players with some experience IMHO].
I normally do worse by not trusting them and is a leak for me.

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"Babe, you need to learn how to lose."


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Tufat mentioned something about this once -in his well or blog. Maybe he'll chime in.

Eh, it wasn't until I went to Uni @ started learning rock climbing I finally learnt this [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] . At first I obv was beaten by even basic cimbs -lacking both the skill and stamina. I got a little pissed off as most were much better even people who started @ the same time as me we're doing harder routes when I couldn't do some even simple bouldering problems. However I perservered, and enjoyed having some routes we would try together every week and eventually after amonth or two we did most - copying and help from more experienced climbers that could see different ways up - I never even contemplated made me eventually crack many of these -thought some still obv remain undone. Our motto became kinda I will win eventually...

[censored] sweaty hand holds [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] real outdoor rock FTW