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that lefort is the bomb, son

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c/c is def better on hand 2 unless you're bluffing (which would be bad).

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Great post, what is your plan if he calls turn in hand 2?

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if only i could read..

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Great post, what is your plan if he calls turn in hand 2?

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Pretty sure I was giving up.

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good read lefort i think a lot of the stuff you said was true and its easy to play lazy poker when u run well or your on an upswing

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Your attitutude toward poker is refreshing and your posts helpful, please keep them coming.

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I agree with most of the replies, good read.

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I'm going to go back and read this whole thing tomorrow.

Lefort,

You make some of the most well thought out posts on this forum. I think if you have enough time to think about the hands you are playing you should easily be able to beat the vast majority of opponents. Please move up to nosebleeds ASAP so I don't have to play against you at 3/6-10/20.

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I really like the no complaining goal. I've tried to have this in poker and life lately. The idea being that sometimes i can't control the path or situation i'm in all i can do is to try and make the best of that situation.

That could mean i've got a huge hand in a likely bad situation after running bad or something serious has just gone wrong in life. So rather than making a bad play to prove to myself the situation sucked or to just sit and be bitter about the life situation now i don't let myself complain about the situation and just think and do what i can to make the outcome as best i can.

Another attitude goal that i've taken that has helped me is to always do what is best for yourself in the long term regardless of current mood. This one was adopted from poker to put into day to day life situation. Simple examples would being to lazy to go the gym or being to afraid to do something.