Shrug
Every session or two, I run into the guy telling everyone about his bad luck. In his mind, the plays he makes are solid, but heās catching bad flops and second best hands.
I donāt compare myself to others, but I do study their games. Itās kinda cringe to me when he comes back with another buy-in and says this is it - this is all Iām giving you. I know this one will go quicker than the others.
Never speak negatively ever period!
The game creates delusion with its nuance. He insists on pushing 99 against a nit with KK and omybadluck or he wonāt fold TPTK when itās obvious heās facing 2pair+ omybadluck or he opens in ep with 76s - flops top pair, shoves and is surprised when QQ calls & omybadluck
On and on it goes and Iām sure you know of examples too. Sometimes people have a misconception of who is exploiting who?
Never speak negatively, not even joking!
In a way I am empathetic to these people, some will never figure it out. If they donāt learn that āthe buck stops hereā and take responsibility, the ābeatings will continueā.
Donāt get me wrong, I sometimes see a very solid player that makes very few bad plays, but I canāt help him. However, leave negativity if thatās you and donāt ever think that you got it right without thoroughly examining your play
I would not write this if it was not a fairly common character. Most of you on this platform donāt fit that prototype, but variance is lying to you sometimes, if you think it couldnāt have been avoided.
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Yeah good post.
Today I took a genuinely tough beat. I bought back in and shortly after I made a horrible call down with a weak A on an ace high board. In the moment I convinced myself that a timing tell made it much more likely he was bluffing.
I went over the hand in my head shortly after, and at least I had the self awareness to admit it was a punt. I decided I was tilted more than I realized and decided to call it a day to regroup.
That's the thing about this game. Generally no one is going to tell you when you're playing poorly. I could have easily found someone to commiserate and say, "Yeah you got unlucky, " while I punted off another three buyins.
