Psychology in poker

Psychology in poker
By: Ian Johnson

Accordingly to the known in poker world sentence that the poker rules are very simple, but we have to master the game an entire life  we are able to learn basic rules of the poker within 5 minutes, but difficulty of that game lies somewhere else. What takes an entire life to master then?

For the beginners it is good to know a few strategy tips, such as hand ranking, the position role in poker, basics of mathematic – odds. If the basic rules are behind us we should ask ourselves what makes poker player a good poker player? And what is the differ between weak and good player?

Poker psychology is the key in this case. Understanding rules of the psychology is very important in poker. Weak poker player can play as long as his emotions will allow to do so, however a bigger loss can break him totally and he won’t be able to play further. Discipline is the skill, which will put our emotions under control.
Poker is this kind of game, which wakes our emotions up – the positive and the negative ones. This requires a huge self control. We should know our weaknesses and try to control them, otherwise we’ll get into poker tilt loosing our chips within a few seconds. Everyone has the moment during the game, when he’s fed up with playing – the best thing to do is to leave the table for a while, even if it is a tournament.

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Poker is a game with a chance element as well, so our good decisions can be influenced simply by bad luck. We shouldn’t get mad as we can not have control over everything. There is no way we’d like to get our money back from the opponent who just beat us. This is the blind end – our weak psychological abilities. Loosing the money triggers our negative emotions. We should step back, understand our emotions from the distance and stay focused and calmed.
Don’t start the game if you’re already in a bad mood. If someone made your day miserable. You won’t forget about it during the game and it can badly influence your play.

Another thing is controlling the time. We have to know for how long we’d be able to play on our best. It could be 1 – 2 hours play with a half an hour break. Within the play it is the best to stay focused, so we could get the most out of the game. This is the individual case. We can prolong our game if we know our opponents are weak giving their money away easily. We should take a seat only when we well prepared. Playing when we’re bored or we have a few moments of our spare time is just another mistake, which can cost us money.