The Poker state of mind

[darks]

Hi!

I was thinking and observing myself playing poker. You know, when you're in the rite state of mind, when everything is clear, cards, plays, bets, positions, ...everything, you allways know what and how to play it.

And somedays you just don't get inthere at all, and you not drunk [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Do you have some way to get in the right, poker, state of mind, before you go to your local casino or go online and play?

Tnx!

Br, darks

[_Towelie_]

Go over your hand histories everyday. Try to objectively analyze your play and figure out if you could have played certain hands better.

That is all.

[OGS20]

If you're talking about state of mind I suggest you look up the concept of flow. It was developed by Csikszentmihalyi and he mentions alot of the factors that can put people in the "flow" state of mind.

[sdfsdf]

i like to read a chapter of a book before playing

[.KeviN.]

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If you're talking about state of mind I suggest you look up the concept of flow. It was developed by Csikszentmihalyi and he mentions alot of the factors that can put people in the "flow" state of mind.

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link?

[OGS20]

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If you're talking about state of mind I suggest you look up the concept of flow. It was developed by Csikszentmihalyi and he mentions alot of the factors that can put people in the "flow" state of mind.

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link?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)

[sethypooh21]

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If you're talking about state of mind I suggest you look up the concept of flow. It was developed by Csikszentmihalyi and he mentions alot of the factors that can put people in the "flow" state of mind.

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link?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)

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Awesome link - that's exactly it. (And I clicked it 100% expecting rickroll, so I'm already way up for the day.)

[The Velour Fog]

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If you're talking about state of mind I suggest you look up the concept of flow. It was developed by Csikszentmihalyi and he mentions alot of the factors that can put people in the "flow" state of mind.

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this sounds interesting, which book should i pick up to learn more about "flow"?

[OGS20]

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If you're talking about state of mind I suggest you look up the concept of flow. It was developed by Csikszentmihalyi and he mentions alot of the factors that can put people in the "flow" state of mind.

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this sounds interesting, which book should i pick up to learn more about "flow"?

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http://www.amazon.com/Flow-Psycholog.../dp/0060920432

I had to read this when I was doing my psychology degree and found it helped me with pretty much everything I did after. Kind of feel I should be getting some commission for pluggin it on a forum though.

[El_Hombre_Grande]

As you become more engrained with an understanding of how to play correctly, not only will you be able to play correctly but you will also be better able at detecting subtle tilt and less than optimal play. Often, once you detect yourself making a weak call, or calling when you should have pushed, you can immediately switch back to your "A" game. But first you have to be able to recognize the slip. I think its more about recognizing the slip to your B gsme, which (for me at least) is usually caused by the feeling that you aren't being rewarded for proper play, so who cares?

The point is that you need to learn what emotional/psychological issues are preventing you from your A game at all times. For me, once I understood why I would make a bad call, its easy to stop, OK, maybe not easy. But completely doable.