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Yeah I was going to say, excitement------->mild disappointment should be your emotional range when playing poker. Anywhere outside that and you get away from the right head space. It seems like you are in the wrong head space to start with, so a break is obviously a great idea.

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Well I doubt I will ever be able to have the level of emotional disattachment that some of you have because I am a very emotional person, but I think I can get to a point where I can try and control it or direct it in the right way.

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it's just one tournament, geez.

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Pete, clearly you missed the point. It isn't about the tournament.

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Janelle - some people find it easier than others to blank out emotion from their game, and this is certainly a desirable skill, but if you're vaguely in control of your own psychology it's not a huge mistake to allow yourself to be emotionally affected by results, as long as you can dissociate your play from your emotions.

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Yes, I am definately trying to make sure I don't mess up my poker but bringing in my emotions into the game. I think by forcing myself to reflect on my play and remove myself from the game I will take control again.

I think it is particularly hard for me because I am really new still and it is easy for me to forget how I don't have much experience. All of you have years of this and so you been there and done that... whereas I am just reading it and not living it and feeling it until now. I think I will get to a point where I can learn to control my poker playing and my life... I just need time.

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Poker is best played in these states of mind mostly approaching boredom and apathy.

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Well I like poker and don't want to be bored by it or have apathy. I think it is possible to [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] it and enjoy it. Isn't it? Or does everyone feel like this is the way it has to be?

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it's just one tournament, geez.

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Pete, clearly you missed the point. It isn't about the tournament.

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Have pete tell you about the time he quit poker for 6-12 months after a bad streak that wasn't really bad.

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If you want to be a donkament player then you can certainly let your emotions run free reign. Read some of the (excellent) stuff my Tommy Angelo - he has a website with a lot of archive stuff. Also watch an episode of High Stakes Poker and see how much emotion a Barry Greenstein or Patrik Antonious show before, during and after a hand. Then watch Mike Matusow or Phil Hellmuth. Then decide what kind of player you want to be.

gl

bdd

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Well said BDD.

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it's just one tournament, geez.

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Pete, clearly you missed the point. It isn't about the tournament.

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Have pete tell you about the time he quit poker for 6-12 months after a bad streak that wasn't really bad.

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You say this as if it were just one time.

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it's just one tournament, geez.

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Pete, clearly you missed the point. It isn't about the tournament.

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Have pete tell you about the time he quit poker for 6-12 months after a bad streak that wasn't really bad.

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You say this as if it were just one time.

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lol.

I guess you just quit and didn't write a long thread about it....that might be a gender difference.

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Sorry for the issues in your personal life, Good Luck dealing with them.

And listen to what BDD says.