CFP WEEK 14 – Weekly Review
Hello everyone,
This week I didn’t update my blog as often as I used to. The reason is that I couldn’t find a point to do it, since there was not anything new to say. The days are the same actually, since I’m focused on what I’m trying everyday to achive. So I will write some realisations again.
So my day is pretty much a grind, and as boring as it may sounds, I like that I’m doing it. Because this made things clear. I have specific goals, that all of them define a bigger goal. To become a poker pro.
To become a professional poker player, and this is something that I realise day by day, is way more difficult, but way more valuable than I thought. Difficult, because, seriously I don’t know if there are many proffessions that test our character so hard. In both ways. Gordon says that poker is a great school of life(or smth like that) and this is why I thing that it’s valuable.
It teaches you so many things.
1) It sharpens our brain.
By thinking ranges, opponent styles, numbers, equities and most important STRATEGY. Different approaches, it makes us to “download” different ideas. It teaches you to analyze data, to think LOGIC. I mean, seriously how can you not be a smarter person if you think like that?
2) It makes us responsible (very important, because most of people are responsible when they work for others, but poker teaches you to be responsible for you), and this is a very big value. It teaches you to care more about your self, something that nobody tough us to do. And it actually gains more value if you think that when you care more for you, you are actually better person, and by being better, then you can help other people more effective.
3) It teaches to learn our selfs.
For me, this is by far the most important thing I learn from poker, and by being on BPC. When you approach this game, with a proffesional attitude, it automatically means, that you put your self out of your comfort zone(+1). You realize that your ego is going to destroy you if you let it(+1) and that you alway ask ” Why I felt like this?” “Why I did that”? “Why I still behave like that”? And you are searching for answers, because you are trying to find solutions for your tilt! There is not such a thing that “nobody 3bets me, i will 4bet any two and I will show this motherf*** who is the boss here” . That’s ridiculus! You learn how your brain/emotions work and then, your put your brain to do the work (you have to!!) . You don’t let it control you. That’s why I told “When you approach this game, with a proffesional attitude” . Only then you can have control over your mind/emotions. Otherwise you’re pretty much busted. Sooner or later you’re going to bust your bankroll, and welcome the failure once again. By being a member of BPC I surround my self with people that have the same approach, so I don’t have a choise. I cannot let my self tilt and do monkey moves when my fellow students don’t do that and that was my 1st step to a proffesional approach. I force my logic to work and I let my emotions to the side. Since emotions are not good for poker. And In generall it’s not really good to act BASED on our emotions, especially when a situation gets bad. When you take a step closer on learning your self, a “bad beat” doesn’t affect you. Fear becomes “smaller” , negative emotions appear less because you changed your approach, and you focus on things that you can actually control. Luck is not one of them, so what if opponent sucks out on the river? You know if you’re good or not. If one board runout makes you depressed for the rest of your session, the chances are that you’re propably suck. Don’t blame luck. But I believe that the most important thing that a person gains, by learning himself is ” Piece of Mind ” . And ofcouse, you become the best version of your self, so you become happy. What else do you need ?? 😀
4) It makes you to thing in long terms.
So you are actually good for business. Thats a very basic skill that is required for business imo
I believe that by not being in a rush, to achieve every goal, makes you more effecient aswell. Which is actually another step on being happy.
5) You learn how to handle really difficult and hard situations.
The fear of failure, the feeling that we get, when we realize that we’re outclassed, the bad mood after a bad session and all the work you need to do in order to overcome variance. The ego that HAS to be crushed, and it’s so difficult, because we grew up with this damn thing. The doupts that even some of the best pros have, when the variance and the bad game strike. You all know, what I’m talking about. This build us a much stronger and stable psychology.
6) We learn how to work hard
Hard work is required. And working hard (sometimes) in the face of adversity is really difficult. That combo teaches not to give up. When we play, we have a couple of bad sessions in a row, and we must keep playing, or keep studying, that something that only a winner can do.
There are so many thing to write but the text is already long.
So in generall, poker can make us or break us. It’s our choise how we’re going to approach that game. But what I’ve really realised , is that if you’re a longterm winner with a proffesional attitude at this game, (not by being a talented genious) you will sooner or later become a winner in life aswell. Because all these “gifts” from poker, come out with the right approach.
And a graph for this week – Better volume, pretty much break even results.