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 Originally Posted by Robb
 Originally Posted by spoonitnow
 Originally Posted by Hal
I've been tuning my game recently (dropping lots of hands from earlier position I was playing) and I find myself looking very often at my VPIP figures etc.. Do you think this is a bad thing to do while trying to "tighten up".
Admittedly I' m also heading to the cashier regularly which is prob more what you're referring to - and it's something I guess I should try preventing myself from doing.. but what are the *main* reasons you are aiming to not be results oriented..? I' m assuming it's a "If you're playing well it doesn't matter if you win or lose - and if you don't care you won't let emotions change your play". But what if these emotions (when you're winning) actually *help* you play more confidently?
Being results oriented and playing good poker don't mix well in any situation for any reason. If you take the time to look at results or the cashier while you're playing, that's taking your focus from the game which is always -EV.
Ditto what Spoon said.
I'll add one thought. I have my HUD display some stats on me that I' m tracking (you can set it to show different stats for you than for the rest of the table) , but I don't often look at them until nearly 1k hands into a session. I wait for a lull and check them out.
But here's the problem. I've played the same style for 50k hands and know I open 17/15 or thereabouts in general. But after 100 hands at 3 different tables, it's not unusual to see as high as 30/25 on one table and 7/6 on another. You can be card dead or card rich. I glance at those numbers to see what my image at the table is, but I don't get wound up about them. Most of these numbers only make sense over 5k or 10k hands, minimum.
Standard.
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