how the **** did you know

missing variable in your post,,,

I'm in tears after reading about MFN's "least productive" day

I was like, "who mentioned porn?", and then realised how brilliant the post was, lol.

I really enjoyed taking tid bits of every inspirational and mentally engaging quote on here. So little is there talk about the mental aspect of poker... many people can possess the technalities and odds. But when do players engage in mental conditioning? Thanks for bringing this up; it really changes the shift and aspect of poker for the good!

galfond replying to db

pure gold

Confirmed gold

Very good read. Thanks PG, and Napsus for sharing!

Did someone say porn?

e: ^^very good

What is galfond responding to?

Doorbread's situation. Check out the thread in HSPLO, it's really good.

funny how much more confident plo player i have lately become just by realizing how many leaks and shortcomings i have in this game.

I think as PLO players in general we tend to analyze our games more just for the sheer fact we go thru more swings/variance than those at holdem. Because of this it keeps us on our toes and helps us become better players as we begin to find leaks in our games which in turn we find those same leaks in our opponents which we now can exploit.

It definitely is a great feeling finding something wrong with the way you think or are playing. My confidence always goes thru the roof after session reviews, best thing ever.

Confidence is key esp in PLO.

Since I love quoting myself, I'll just say: "the essence of tilt is insecurity". Confident players rarely tilt, since they usually know whether the play they made was optimal. Poker is all about optimal play, the rest is just variance.

yes sir, couldn't agree more!

love that song....back into a cop car the other day, but he just drove on by, sometimes lifes ok.

"If everyone else is such an idiot, how come you aren't rich?"

http://www.businessinsider.com/if-re...#ixzz1fWeLrprV

(took this from Taylor Caby's twitter, you should follow him if you have a young entrepreunial mind, great tweeter and very driven guy)

Lao Tzu quotes:

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

Nature is not human hearted.

The words of truth are always paradoxical

To see things in the seed, that is genius.

To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

my favourite tao quotes:

1- He who knows does not speak, he who speaks does not know
2- Muddy water when settled becomes clear

^ solid, one of my fav authors

have you guys tried searching your "optimal creative/efficient window", meaning the time of the day when you are most effective (poker wise, for you who play for living)?

this is obv a problem for anyone who works 9to5 since changes are that the creative window is not in that time period. I'm all for the idea that there should not be any mandatory working hours but that everyone could do they jobs whenever they want, as long as they do it. obv this is ideal, but would be quite cool. don't know how i would change my working hours, except that i would work less hours since i work very effectively when i actually do work.

i think for me the optimal efficient window is from about 7pm to 12pm (with breaks obv),. i'm a complete zombie in the mornings but force myself to be effective those times as well. anytime i try to play poker in the morning, it usually ends up in a cluster **** where i lose a many BIs and feel ****ty for the rest of the day.

now the trouble with current situation is that i use a lot of energy being efficient when it's not my optimal efficient window, and when it the window actually starts i don't have the energy to execute.

thoughts on this concept, whether or not you have found your optimal time window for grinding/other stuff? or do you think this is jibberish?

chi/jing/flow

higher when awake
higher as time passes from last orgasm

relates to metabolism, exercise increases, sleep increases, food increases, hydration increases, caffeine increases, coke increases, meditation increases, desire increases,

most of these are in your control,

body clock hormones decrease/increase it, but we all know the window is not before sleep or after waking, window is after food exercise and water. Window weakens after stress or lots of brain use.

if you schedule a grind say 6pm to 9pm

also schedule a preparation at 5.45pm-6pm

which is getting a glass of water, making sure there is some nuts or some chocolate or something, tidying work area, meditating, some light excercies to get blood flowing, affirmation of A game.... ect

helps alot

very true...my pre-game routine is to write down my c-game characteristics, how to avoid and my long-term goals. puts me on the right mindset

ima try apply this one to see if i can reduce my stress at work and at poker as well

the article is the standard rosy and glory story but i think there is some truth in this one as long as you read this (and all the others i've posted) critically.

http://zenhabits.net/100-days/

Definitely somewhere around 3am-8am.

I'm a complitely ****** when I play at mornings (3pm-8pm). Trying to avoid that nowadays. Also for some reason I play (or at least have had some good results) after coming back from bars. When I'm drunk enough I tend to play more solid and not make any stupid moves. When starting to drink and playing simultaneously it's the complite opposite. I usually play quite passive game pre, but when I have had fhew beers I'm the worst aggro monkey ever.

Wow,

This is exactly what i was looking for! I used to be a huge grinder when i was in school, was kinda decent at NL 6max and PLO, but after i finished i kinda got worse and worse.. (I know its funny)

I guess what i started to miss out on was balancing life and poker, as all i do now is sit in front of my computer,eat junk food/dont eat at all/smoke/ drink coffee.

I live in country side, so theres not many options to do really, im getting really sick of this and since today i'll make a schedule of what i can do to make this BS whats happening into real life.

Im not a fulltime player, but i have work which is very much related to serving players, so im really stuck all day long..

I guess i could use more time on analyzing my sessions/just talking/ walks/working out.

Think everyone's been there, just have to say ''enough'' one day and start a new page in your book.,,


All of what i wrote has allready been written and i actually just did it for myself, a little easier to motivate myself

Cheers guys