Losing, Learning, and Loving it.
I’m losing money.
I was told by Skelm that I’m to expect this to happen, but I kidded myself into thinking I’m a prodigy of some sorts. Was my ego too big? Was I not applying my learning correctly? Well, I guess both. The good thing is, in poker, there is a solution to losing, but it requires you to look at the big picture, and how poker is something you never thought it could be: A team sport.
Reviewing hands with another person has to be simply the most effective learning tool out there, if you can find someone of equal or better skill level willing to run through your biggest losses using teamviewer and HEM (these people are out there on the 2+2 forums, usually wanting you to look at and discuss their hands in exchange), you will put yourself in a much better psychological frame of mind to handle losses. The knowledge you gain from having personalised training is invaluable, and with all the statistics available to you through HEM, any shortcomings in your game can be filtered out and analysed. The level of scrutiny is all up to you, as you can even go as far as posting them on the 2+2 forums and having the members there bicker about every aspect of the hand.
Still, dealing with the fact that I’m running at a negative does make me question lots of things, but not my decision to stick with the game. I’ve taken a day’s break from study, so I’ll make tomorrow’s post with a learning review.
I’m a slave, and I am a master
No restraints and, unchecked collectors
I exist through my need, to self oblige
She is something in me, that I despise – Slipknot, Vermillion
