Quote Originally Posted by Robb
Second, a lot of us lack the "pro" mentality.
That's fine too. What bothers me is people who continually jump around stakes and bitch about it later, or who stick to good bankroll guidelines and grind up a $50 deposit to $500 or so and then "take a shot" at 600nl and go busto in half an hour.

Quote Originally Posted by Robb
For an example of a "losing player's mentality", I told the wife this morning that "I won $73 last night." It's true, sort of. I ground out 1k hands of NL10 and was up 7 BI afterwards. But you know what? I really just won my typical 6 ptBB/100. And when I drop 3 BI in a session, I'm really just earning my typical 6 ptBB/100. Every hour I play, if I play optimally, I'm just earning my historic win rate / 100 hands. Hopefully, I'm doing slightly better if I'm learning to play better. But too many people focus on the $$/session and not how well they played.
I couldn't agree more. This is something that probably every player who is serious about poker to any degree faces, and I think it's perfectly natural to feel this way at first since poker is very anti-intuitive in terms of results with respect to how well you play. It's just another one of those things you'll eventually adjust to.