Desperate for help

[TomBrooks]

u need a break. take some time off. if you tell me you can't, then your really need a break.

[AdamL]

JBM,

It's really not worth it when it brings you down emotionally. You will win in the long run, keep studying. And take Tom's advice too!

[JBMSweden]

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u need a break. take some time off. if you tell me you can't, then your really need a break.

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I love it...this is so true...

But I LOVE playing...I even take a perverted kind of pleasure in looking at my awful stats for the last 20k hands...

Yep, I am sick and I know it...

[Guruman]

You shouldnt spend time constructing spreadsheets about how your hands should have fared over the short term.

this guy was spending time doing something similar and I was as unhappy with his approach as I am with yours. Read that thread and look at the long-term links at the end of it.

Then go to Tommy's site and read about reciprocality.

Any time you make a poker decision your mindset should not be: "how well is this hand supposed to do?"

Instead it should be: "what does my opponent have? What do I want him to do with that range of hands? What are the odds of me getting that accomplished?"

If you rely on your cards to do the heavy lifting for you, then you're neglecting your strongest and most potent weapon - yourself. Play poker, don't let poker play you.

[JBMSweden]

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You shouldnt spend time constructing spreadsheets about how your hands should have fared over the short term.

this guy was spending time doing something similar and I was as unhappy with his approach as I am with yours. Read that thread and look at the long-term links at the end of it.

Then go to Tommy's site and read about reciprocality.

Any time you make a poker decision your mindset should not be: "how well is this hand supposed to do?"

Instead it should be: "what does my opponent have? What do I want him to do with that range of hands? What are the odds of me getting that accomplished?"

If you rely on your cards to do the heavy lifting for you, then you're neglecting your strongest and most potent weapon - yourself. Play poker, don't let poker play you.

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These are very wise words and probably points a finger at my biggest deficiency - not thinking poker but instead going on autopilot.

I will say though that the spreadsheet does actually give some consolation. I use it during good times too...