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| The post tournament depression that set in for a day reminded me of
how I used to feel after getting knocked out of the 10k online poker
rooms in years past. It used to be a one year wait for your next 10k
tournament after the online poker rooms. Now there are many 10k
tournaments. But there is only one 25k. The thrilling highs and the
brutal lows of big buy-in tournament poker are addicting. I, for one, am
hooked. Perhaps the differences are explained by the ways that each organization were conceived: the online poker rooms, by a group of actual players who brought the idea to an enthusiast who had money versus the online poker rooms, created by the chairman of an entertainment company whose idea was probably born in a board room. In no way am I trying to vilify Lyle Berman. Berman is a business man that took an idea that he had and turned it into a hit television series, but that is all that the online poker rooms is... a hit television series... and by no means poker's answer to the online poker rooms. While the online poker rooms is no online poker rooms, the poker community does owe Berman and company a big thanks. Berman, along with the other networks that have been airing poker tournaments, have taken professionals that were once only known by other players and turned them into TV celebrities and celebrities can yield power. Hopefully, this new found power will be used to band the poker playing community together and, like that group of New York golfers, will form a new organization... one that puts the money into the pockets of those that deserve it "Revenue streams" is a catch phrase of our times. Having revenue come in via diversified means is a positive thing. It mitigates against problems should one of your revenue streams get temporarily or permanently blocked. Winning poker is all about revenue streams, a few big ones and many, many small ones. Bluffing is a good because it is, or should be, one of your diversified revenue streams. You should make money by successfully bluffing and by people calling you because they think (or pathetically hope) you are bluffing. But again, bluffing is the vegetable of revenue streams. The "bet the winning hand and get called" stream is a lot less stressful. Bluffing unnecessarily, or recklessly, or foolishly, is turning a good thing into a bad one. Eating your spinach or cauliflower is better for you than having a candy bar. Look at bluffing as something you must do, not as something you enjoy doing or particularly want to do. If each time you play you go into your session thinking "I gotta eat my share of vegetables today", you should come out a happier and healthier poker player. |
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