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 Originally Posted by Razvan729
this is serious for me, cause i have some problem with self control.
how do you manage 40k-60k hands runs where you know you played good and you really did, but still you're losing or at best you're breaking even? i mean,mentally speaking,how do you manage these periods?
I'm more inclined to hold myself at least somewhat accountable for 50k+ BE runs. There's always bad play in there and if you don't believe that you're lying to yourself about your ability. Negative variance is going to contribute, but it almost always affects people's play as well.
I would sometimes remind myself that I can beat these games by looking at lifetime graphs. Dropping stakes, reducing tables, shorter sessions, studying more, more focus can also help rebuild confidence when you're on a sustained bad run, but you should really use it as motivation to study your ass off and become awesome at the game instead of wasting energy convincing yourself that you're the unluckiest player that's ever lived.
Originally Posted by chatzilla
If you met someone who had no knowledge of poker with a sound mind, good discipline and above average intelligence. Who lacked direction/passion in there hobbies/career. Would you ever recommend they strive to become a amateur/professional poker player?
rarely, but the people best suited to it are smart young guys with gambol in their blood and nothing to lose.
Originally Posted by daviddem
Do you think there are legitimate reasons in poker to pass on some marginal +EV opportunities in order to reduce overall variance?
If yes, list some. If no, why not?
As poker players we are taught to take every edge we can. That being said, some people with bad tilt issues could consider player a lower variance game if they start playing like crap everytime they tilt over dropping 2 BI in a session or something, but that's really just a band-aid over the gaping wound that is supertilt. The tilt must be dealt with at its root if this tiltmonkey ever wants to really succeed at the game.
Originally Posted by rpm
do you believe that NLHE will remain the most popular and widespread form of poker for the next 10, 20, 40 years? or do you think the tide will recede as it did with draw, stud, LHE etc?
Who knows...humans are notoriously bad at predicting the future so I won't even bother adding to the plethora of stabs in the dark about what the future holds.
I will say that I don't think NLHE is going away anytime soon, and any trend towards a new dominant game will occur more gradually than abruptly.
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