I had a cracking 72 min session this morning, picking up a little over $300... coming, primarily, from two hands where my sets held up against aggressively played flush draws. I then started another session this evening, with the intention of putting in 2 or 3 hours of 4-tabling. When I quickly went $180 up and the prospect of winning over $500 in the day became likely, I started to think to myself that it might be better to bank a good win rather than chase the rakeback. This unconciously caused me to tighten up quite considerably and after an hour or so I realised that I was actually playing not to lose rather than to win. Definitely time to stop for the day anyway.
This is something I obviously have to deal with and get straight in my head before I start a session... playing scared is playing scared, no matter what the reason and playing scared is always bad.
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I am sometimes guilty of the same thing mate. I get up decent in a session and then tighten up as to not lose the money I've made.
I guess it's a psycological thing all players must get over.
Have you tried thinking in your chips being points rather than being actually money. It does help to some degree.
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