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Old 06-19-2005, 07:50 AM
bambi bambi is offline
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Default Re: The final truth about down swings.

Go to the smallest limits you can find, and put black tape over these things, Your opponents cards and money, turn off all chat, block your money at the table and also if you can block seeing who the pot goes too.

All you are left with is betting, whilst this doesnt help with reads, it does not allow you to see who is winning and wether you are winning or losing, You cant see wether someguy just hit a 2 outer on the river to take down your set, So this should allow tilt free poker, if you dont know how somebody beat you, you cant complain.

Take this mentality and make notes, because if you maintain this mentality when you do see those cards staring you in the face, the ones that just sucked you out and it mentally and emotionally does nothing to you, if your feelings are exactly the same as if you won the pot, then and only then are you on the way to true excellence.

It is only when this state of mind has been reached that you can truly blaim a bad run of cards, for your downswing.

And if you do go on a bad run your mental state wont change because you wont care, you will know that you will win in the long run.

ps, i am no where near this state, and i doubt anyone is, maybe this state can not be reached, and if someone reaches this state i doubt wether they would continue playing as they probably would not gain any enjoyment from the game.
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