Playing Poker Under Control

Imagine this scenario, it’s the game of your life. You flop a set and are betting like crazy. The pot is massive and then, on the river, some bozo catches two running clubs to beat you with a flush. What do you do?

In loser poker, you blow your stack and tear him apart for calling those bets with such a weak hand. Yeah sure, it would feel great to tell this whack-job exactly what you think of him and his card play but ultimately, that will cost you money.

Here’s why.

Poker is not a sprint, it’s a marathon. You need to keep this loose player at the table as long as you can. You want him sticking around and you certainly do not want to tip him off to the fact that he’s a poor card player.

So, what does the winning poker player do? You calmly muck you hand and get ready for the next hand. Do you bet like a wild man on the next hand? Of course not, you calmly sip your water and wait patiently for the next hand to be dealt. The odds of his flush hitting are 23-1 against a made set, you wait patiently for the next hand to beat him and get your chips (plus some) back.

Leaving Your Emotions at Home

Letting your emotions get the best of you is the worst things that you can do at the poker table and it’s the surest way to lose at poker. In poker, you stay in the hand because you feel you have the best odds of winning, not because you are angry, jealous, or want to defeat one particular player.

Emotions suck the rational and logical thoughts from your mind.

Here are some classic emotional poker blunders:

• Calling a bet on the river because you are afraid of being bluffed.
• Calling a bet on the river because you are afriad of looking bad.
• Calling with a drawing hand because the guy who is betting is a jerk.
• Taking it personally when someone raises you constantly, causing you to call with bad hands.

Whining, complaining, blaming rookies, or blaming the dealer for your losses shows weakness and lack of confidence and lack of confidence is one of the classic signs of a losing poker player. Good poker players are calm and in control, they take the good and the bad and never let the other poker players see them break a sweat.

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