Comments on: Still more thinking about downswings http://www.nsidestrate.com/blog/2006/05/16/still-more-thinking-about-downswings/ Dedicated the successful management of our world's fisheries/cardrooms. Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:34:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Nsidestrate http://www.nsidestrate.com/blog/2006/05/16/still-more-thinking-about-downswings/comment-page-1/#comment-1512 Nsidestrate Tue, 16 May 2006 19:01:40 +0000 http://www.nsidestrate.com/blog/2006/05/16/still-more-thinking-about-downswings/#comment-1512 WW: You are right that it is difficult to force yourself to get in the habit of reviewing your hand histories. You will find that many of the habits that make up a great player are difficult to acquire (patience, emotional control, discipline). This goes a long way to explain why most players aren't that good. If it was easy, everyone would do it. Your statement "it seems you are always playing to try to make up your losses" is troubling to me. I think that is a bad way to think about things. You would almost certainly be better off to spend that last hour reviewing than playing. You might want to look at the results of your long sessions, particularly long losing sessions. I suspect that you will find that you lose more often than you win at the end of those sessions. WW: You are right that it is difficult to force yourself to get in the habit of reviewing your hand histories. You will find that many of the habits that make up a great player are difficult to acquire (patience, emotional control, discipline). This goes a long way to explain why most players aren’t that good. If it was easy, everyone would do it.

Your statement “it seems you are always playing to try to make up your losses” is troubling to me. I think that is a bad way to think about things. You would almost certainly be better off to spend that last hour reviewing than playing.

You might want to look at the results of your long sessions, particularly long losing sessions. I suspect that you will find that you lose more often than you win at the end of those sessions.

]]> By: willwonka http://www.nsidestrate.com/blog/2006/05/16/still-more-thinking-about-downswings/comment-page-1/#comment-1511 willwonka Tue, 16 May 2006 18:24:18 +0000 http://www.nsidestrate.com/blog/2006/05/16/still-more-thinking-about-downswings/#comment-1511 Boy, as a person going through a bad run, it is sure hard to review hands for two reasons. One, it is painful. Two, it seems that you are always playing to try to make up your losses where if you play your prescribed amount of time and are up on the session, it is easy to quit. Now, of course, I play much lower stakes that you only getting up to 10/20 on occasion; but I think the philosophy is the same. Boy, as a person going through a bad run, it is sure hard to review hands for two reasons.

One, it is painful.
Two, it seems that you are always playing to try to make up your losses where if you play your prescribed amount of time and are up on the session, it is easy to quit.

Now, of course, I play much lower stakes that you only getting up to 10/20 on occasion; but I think the philosophy is the same.

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