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#3
08-15-2007, 05:49 PM
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Re: What mental skills or functions would you say are important in pok
A "working memory" (short-term memory) with a good capacity, i.e. being able to account for many factors at once, hold them all in your head, should be somewhere on the list as well.
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08-21-2007, 08:56 PM
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Re: What mental skills or functions would you say are important in poker?
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[ QUOTE ] 1. Greed 2. Determinatioin 3. Patience 4. Persistence Jimbo [/ QUOTE ] I think greed is more of a liability than an asset. [/ QUOTE ] I might have used avarice but wanted to leave the religious connatation out of it : From my perspective greed is a desire to obtain more money or material possessions than one is considered to need. If you aren't greedy then you must be needy, scared money is hard to keep. Jimbo
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#6
08-22-2007, 05:06 PM
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Re: What mental skills or functions would you say are important in poker?
1. DISCIPLINE
2. DISCIPLINE 3. DISCIPLINE 4. pattern recognition 5. math skills for pot odds / draw calculations 6. focus character related ( don't know if they qualify as mental skills ) 1. patience 2. humility
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#7
08-22-2007, 07:38 PM
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Re: What mental skills or functions would you say are important in poker?
Well now we are talking Semantics. So, let’s use the Dictionary Definition of greed. "Greed is selfish, excessive or uncontrolled desire for or pursuit of money, wealth, food, or other possessions". I think the word uncontrolled says it all. Greed can harm good judgment, and I think you will find most successful pro poker players have little greed.
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#8
08-24-2007, 11:24 PM
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Re: What mental skills or functions would you say are important in poker?
[ QUOTE ]
Well now we are talking Semantics. So, let’s use the Dictionary Definition of greed. "Greed is selfish, excessive or uncontrolled desire for or pursuit of money, wealth, food, or other possessions". I think the word uncontrolled says it all. Greed can harm good judgment, and I think you will find most successful pro poker players have little greed. [/ QUOTE ] let me see, I carefully explained how I intended my use of the word greed to be interpreted in context and you pull out a specific dictionary definition (one of many in case you had to search for the one you liked) and say it is only semantics?. I am pretty sure you have no clue as to what it takes to win at poker but good luck with that dictionary. Here are some for you from dictionary.com: 1. excessive or rapacious desire, esp. for wealth or possessions 2. An excessive desire to acquire or possess more than what one needs or deserves, especially with respect to material wealth 3. excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves 2. reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: avarice] Now that I've searched 5 online dictionaries I see none of them uses "uncontrolled" I think you are the one with a fantasy and lack of control. Like it or not greed is important to be a winning poker player Jimbo
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#9
11-28-2007, 12:44 PM
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Re: What mental skills or functions would you say are important in poker?
Being in the present moment is a very important skill to have in poker. Not worrying about the past $300 hand that you lost or the most recent bluff in the wrong spot that cost you 1/2 of your tournament stack and at the same time not focusing your energy on the future which has thought processes like "another $200 and I will be back even for the day" or "I really need to make the money in this tourney". I found that if im focusing on the present moment, enjoying the present moment (whether im down or up $), then everything else falls into place and you give your mind all the focus and memory it needs to be successful. i was in a live 1/2 cash game a month back where I was up around 1k and was about to leave but then got dealt AA. short story, i was up against KK and guy spiked his set on flop. I put him on AK or KK preflop and really thought about laying my AA. for some reason I couldnt get away from AA and I lost about $900 on the hand. Instead of going on tilt or being mad that I lost all my winnings I rechanneled my energy to the present moment, told myself, "there is nothing I can do about it now, focus on the next hand." My friend looks over about 45mins later and Im back up to around $500 and pretty soon was on the verge of taking down the biggest pot of the night. End up with $1300. I know in the past had I lost all my winnings on the very last hand I was going to play, I would have went to the ATM about 3 times before my friend shuts me down. moral of the story, alot of the game is MENTAL and if you are in the present moment throughout the course of ur session (whether up up or down $), you will be alright!
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#10
08-15-2007, 07:05 PM
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Re: What mental skills or functions would you say are important in pok
Discipline. Patience. q/q
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