I've decided to take a two or three week poker break. I probably won't last that long, but I need to give it a try. My game is just "off" lately and I'm not sure why.
I talked about this with a friend and co-worker who had an interesting analogy. She likens our brain neuro pathways to a nice straight road. When we start to think about something too much or try too hard to do something right, our nice straight road ends up with a hole in it. Over time, this hole grows to become a rather large ditch, thus making it quite difficult to just keep moseying down the road. We have to climb down into the ditch and struggle up the other side and it's just a lot of work. We get worn out. We get irritable. We are "off".
As we stop trying too hard or thinking too much about something, the ditch suddenly starts to begin filling up again and the road becomes a lot easier to travel. I really like thinking about it this way. So, I am going to stop struggling in and out of that ditch for a little while and let my road flatten out a little. I think I'll watch a bunch of baseball!
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Taking a break can be a really good idea. Hope it works for you.
Just read your comment about mucking the best hand. That is awful. It almost happened to Miguel last night against me, he thought he was beat (he was, badly until the river) when he caught his two outer. He did the same thing, but caught it in time.
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