So it has been way long since I last posted here, and last time I was ranting about 6-8 tabling. I changed my tune. The optimal number for me is 3 with 4 happening if the games are just too good to pass up. As you can see from my graph at the 25K hand mark is when I made this choice, not to shabby. As for my last two posts I feel very strongly about the passages and feel they can be applied to the game of poker without a doubt. I will rant more later when my thoughts are in place.

Follow up post

This is a passage that goes hand in hand with the last post I made.

Decisiveness

In life you must make decisions. Be decisive. It is very important. Hopefully you will make more good decisions than bad decisions, but ultimately it is better to have made a bad or poor decision than to have not made a decision at all. When you have made a decision, do not second-guess yourself. If you do there could be no end to it. Just make the best decision you can and then stick with it. If it was a bad decision, then you can learn from it.

In ancient Japan they believed you should have great spirit and determination, and when you need to, you should be able to decide in an instant.

Sound similar to 6 tabling to you? Lately I have been playing 6-8 tables which allows me less time to think so I have to decisive. Once I decide the outcome is irrelevant. I simply do the best i can with the information I have at the time. This has helped immensley with tilt. I have little to no time to feel emotion from a bad beat. My goal is to eliminate all emotions from poker. This is a graph of my session yesterday. Ay not time during the session did I check my results or have an idea wether I was ahead or behind. i know if I am playing poker I am making money and that is all that matters.

Mental edge.

I have decided sporatically i will try and post some theory posts on here. So look for them every now and again. Along those line I have a passage for you to think about. I think this relate to poker extremely well.

Grace Under Fire

In extreme situations, when you are forced to make decisions under pressure, the key is to stay calm and settled down. By doing so you can think clearer and make better decisions. of course, to stay calm and settled under extreme conditions is a difficult thing to do. The way to do it is to not concern yourself with what the consequences will be, and that must weigh into your decision, but you have to look at it as if you are deciding it for someone else. It is liike a lawyer deciding what statements or arguments to make. It could be the difference of wether someone lives or dies, yet he can thing clearly becuase it is not his life that hangs in the balance. Even when things seem overwhelming, stay calm and focused. Eventually you will have things under control.