Poker Sit and Go Report - The Self Check

By Marty Smith



So you think you are finally making all the right moves. You have your math squared, you understand probabilities, and you play a well rounded, tight aggressive game.

Unfortunately this strategy has turned into a losing streak which has your bankroll on a freefall. In the meantime all the monkeys around you are benefiting from stupid hands, played stupid, with stupid flops. Why do the idiots constantly get rewarded? Why do they outdraw me every bloody time?

If this sounds like the kind of rant that is going through your mind while playing sit and go tournaments, the simple truth of it is - you are on tilt. It’s not them, it’s you.
Recognizing that you are not at your best mindset for playing poker is one of the toughest things to do. Poker is so reliant on your own psychology, that not having a handle on it can tailspin you at any level, at any time.

Consistent, profitable play is a result of constant self checks, not just in knowledge of the game but in knowledge of your own self. If you can recognize losing patterns and the black hole of spinning deep into negative bankrolling, you also have the self sufficient power to retract those pattern exact behaviors.

Some examples of negative mindset are accompanied by anger acted out in different ways.
You move to a higher limit table to make up for some losses. This is much more common than you may think and equally as disastrous on your bankroll.

There is a physical urge in your body that wants to exert force on something. This could be as tame as slamming your mouse or as violent as punching a hole in the wall. Ok then, either way, it’s time out.

You are short or ill tempered with people you care about. This has happened to me, and it has happened to everyone. This could be the result of a particularly stinging outdraw or huge self blunder. Whatever the reason, this is too far.

Now it’s one thing to recognize you may not be at your best, it’s entirely different if you still cannot do anything about it. In other words, does your urge to continue playing still override everything else? Then you are setting yourself up for tilt play, or even worse.

Stop playing, take time to think, because tournament poker is a thinking man’s game. Thinking about the game and yourself is going to allow you the opportunities to not only improve but gain an introspective that will help you come to terms with the psychological complexities of the game.

If you aren’t ready for that, at least stick to the low, low entry fees.
Marty Smith is webmaster and a regular online poker player. He has a FREE Sit and GO Video Strategy Series on his website at http://www.PokerSitandGoReport.com . He is also editor of http://www.PokerCalculatorReport.com .

The Theory of Poker

The high stakes has led to formulation of many theories in poker the book theory of poker by David Sklansky gives a fundamental theorem of poker.

“ Every time you play a hand differently from the way you would have played it if you could see all your opponents' cards, they gain; and every time you play your hand the same way you would have played it if you could see all their cards, they lose. Conversely, every time opponents play their hands differently from the way they would have if they could see all your cards, you gain; and every time they play their hands the same way they would have played if they could see all your cards, you lose. “

The theory of poker will differ from one game to another and it will differ from offline game to online game. In online game there are a few more probables to take care of like server stats, Internet connectivity, and the fact that we do not see the players and that the players could probably be using software to simulate the game before playing. So in online game technology has advanced the way we play poker to make subtle changes in poker theory.

The theory of poker talks of odds, game theory, psychology, bluff that your opponents may use or you may use. The theory basically talks of applying these concepts to theory and enabling a player to help in winning.

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The Theory of Poker