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10-23-2017 , 07:22 AM
I'm not an emotionally strong person but this might motivate others to work on their 'mental game'.

I was playing an online $10 buy-in MTT with ~400 players. Late in the tournament I was 15th of 60 players remaining.

Then I had Kings but, unfortunately, my gf called with some stupid question. So I timed-out on the play while talking to her. I replayed the hand and two bigger stacks went all-in preflop. The winner had AJ on a J9563 board so I missed out on a triple-up because of the phone call.

I basically 'lost it' at that point and started spewing chips, shoving on 3 of the next 6 hands, and busted out at 57th place.

I'm not upset at my gf for her call. I'm upset at myself that I lost control. Maybe my example will encourage others to keep calm under similar circumstances.

But for me, I guess it's just a personality trait. Psychologists: is there's a solution?

Maybe the trick is to forget all history of a game ..'live in the moment' like Buddhists practise.
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10-23-2017 , 07:49 AM
Dude, play poker and go mgtow. Just look at this how a chick can affect your mental state easily. You have been manipulated.

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10-23-2017 , 04:39 PM
You answered your question pretty well with 'control' and 'forget all history'.
The emotionality post-KK probably affecting your judgement/balance. After giant/stressful cash game hands I'll freewheel for a while til I'm calm again.
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10-24-2017 , 04:41 PM
Solution? Play on PokerStars, the flop always come A high.
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10-25-2017 , 03:33 PM
Switch your phone off when you play poker. EZ game.
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10-25-2017 , 05:37 PM
I suppose pic of gf is out of the question?
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10-29-2017 , 04:46 PM
Put your phone on silent when your playing poker.

Last edited by Julio; 10-29-2017 at 04:52 PM.
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