We've all heard the cliche about new businesses opening up and having teething problems in their infancy. Well, after just four days and three poker evenings since the opening launch, I'd like to tackle a teething problem that needs to be addressed. Despite being pretty well-disciplined in the exercise, diet, study and days department - I have to say that getting the hours in has been my shortfall. I know it's very early days but there is something to be said for the phrase "starting off as you mean to carry on."
The issue is falling into the amateurish trait of injecting results orientated thinking during a session; specifically, in my case, locking up a medium-sized profit after just one and a half hours while at a fairly soft table. This has been the story of all three of my poker evenings so far. Personally, my thinking has been all about "getting a good start" but I know that from a professional point-of-view where a decent winrate is important I should definitely be staying longer and biding my time while waiting to pounce on the weak loose aggressives.
To sum up, I should be less like this:
And more like this:
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