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Coping strategies ( Bad Beats)
There has been many a thread started by people who say they are leaving or giving up poker due to the “rigged” site, or run bad when suffering bad beats.
I would like to get folks ideas on how to cope with bad beats , I think the more that post the better as it will show the individuals who get disillusioned with the game that it really does happen to us all.
I have been guilty in the past of thinking “ Why on earth is he even in the hand with that garbage”
The way I mostly overcome this thought process is turning it round to “ I have a good hand, do I want a better hand than mine calling my raise” The answer is obviously not, so if that’s the case when I do get beat by a worse hand ( pre flop) I can justify my own play, I can do nothing about how others decide to play, they have paid the same entry fee as I and can play how they like.
Another way I have coped with others “peculiar” play is I go over the hand with my 1 year old grandson, he offers the sage advice of “ ga ga ga” which always makes me smile, hence taking away any stress caused by improbable beats.
It’s a fact of poker “life” that bad beats WILL happen, if people were given the tools to help themselves overcome any negative actions I feel that poker will be more enjoyable for all concerned.
I would like to get folks ideas on how to cope with bad beats , I think the more that post the better as it will show the individuals who get disillusioned with the game that it really does happen to us all.
I have been guilty in the past of thinking “ Why on earth is he even in the hand with that garbage”
The way I mostly overcome this thought process is turning it round to “ I have a good hand, do I want a better hand than mine calling my raise” The answer is obviously not, so if that’s the case when I do get beat by a worse hand ( pre flop) I can justify my own play, I can do nothing about how others decide to play, they have paid the same entry fee as I and can play how they like.
Another way I have coped with others “peculiar” play is I go over the hand with my 1 year old grandson, he offers the sage advice of “ ga ga ga” which always makes me smile, hence taking away any stress caused by improbable beats.
It’s a fact of poker “life” that bad beats WILL happen, if people were given the tools to help themselves overcome any negative actions I feel that poker will be more enjoyable for all concerned.
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