Monday, September 7, 2009

Poker Zen: Investigating a Story

In the past, I would be starting a strategy post today. Why?

I have been having success on the tables. More specifically and importantly, I can see the roots of my understandings, growing, evolving into cash profits. And I see with a high degree of clarity. I can now share my visions of the truth about "winning at poker" with confidence that I know of what I speak.

But I'm not going to launch into that post, not today. Why not? That's the post I AM going to put up today.

I have noticed a pattern in my life. When I have a lot of success at the tables, whether cash or in tournaments, either I know I'm playing well, or I know I'm running hot. I think I have a solid ability to assess my results on this level. But yet, both come and go. And there is simply NO logical reason why I should start playing worse, instead of continually, continuously, better.
So, let's go into this. Instead of repeating the old pattern, telling the old story, I choose to continually play better, now and continously. Let's identify the cause(s) of playing worse, and in awareness, drop them.

Possibility #1: Secrets in the Open

Hypothesis: The revealing of strategies helps my opponents. Not only am I teaching them correct, fundamentally sound poker, but I am also showing them how I interpret my own strategies, and any secret tricks. Is this a plausible cause for my inevitable decline?

Answer: TBD. (Hint: "No.")

Well, I wish I had time to finish now, but no such luck. So, I will sit with this and see what answer comes back as "Yes."

One obvious part of the answer: make this streak unique. Like, for instance, 3 times as long as any before. Or, turn $250 into $3000, or $10,000, not just $1,250. Then, write about what I obviously DO know.

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