Anyway, I thought I would write a post about my own experiences instead of deferring you to others’ articles as I have been doing quite frequently as of late.I went to play in a holdem tournament at Meskwaki Casino, and it was the first time I’ve played in the better portion of two weeks. Typically, poker for me is like a sport for anyone else - if I don’t play for a period of time, I’m rusty, and it takes a bit of time to shake the rust off. However, this time, not only was I rusty, I wasn’t pumped up to play. Poker that night was just “something to doâ€.If you are ever in this kind of mood, just walk away from the table. If poker doesn’t interest you very much on a given night, DON’T PLAY! To make a long story short, I busted out of the tournament after playing 2 or 3 hands willingly (I still managed to last over an hour), and I don’t know if I played any of those hands correct. Hindsight is always 20/20, but I just don’t feel like I had that killer instinct required to excel in poker tournaments.
If today is a day that has got you down, defeated, or just downright tired, take a night off from poker, because if that killer instinct and the willingness to win isn’t present in your game, you will lose, guaranteed.
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