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Epiphany time

edited December 2009 in Poker Chat
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  • edited December 2009
    Taken from tommy angelo's "The eightfold path to Poker Enlightenment" Video series on DeucesCracked

    "All of my good streaks and all of my bad streaks of every legnth and depth have had one thing in common. They did not exist in your mind. They only existed in my mind. And this is true for everyones winning and losing streaks. None of them actually exist. They are all mental fabrication, like past and future. Everything that ever happens, happens in the present tense. But how can you have a streak in the present tense?

    You can't. And therefore, if you are in the present tense, which, in fact, at this time, you are, then at this moment there is no streak in your life. There is no inherent existance to streaks. The streak is there when you think about it, and when you stop thinking about it, it goes away. It blossoms and withers, all in your mind. And when your mind invents a streak, you believe it exists, because you believe what your mind tells you. but the truth is there is only the hand you are playing"

  • edited December 2009
    nice one, tis a good reminder to live (and play poker) in the present. Shame it's easier said than done.
  • edited December 2009
    So true ladyfingers.  Ive tried to explain this to ppl in live games.

    They will say, wow, he is running hot, and I will say , no, he has been running hot.  Or when one seat in the casino has seemed to be getting all the hands, they call it the hot seat and they want to be there etc.   Wrong, it has abeen a hot seat up too this point.

    Its a fine line between this type of thinking and superstition imo, and I am 0% superstitious.
  • edited December 2009
    Even though it's cold, I suddenly have an overwhelming urge to streak.

    It's possible that I've missed the point of this lesson entirely.
  • edited December 2009
    In Response to Re: Epiphany time:
    Even though it's cold, I suddenly have an overwhelming urge to streak. It's possible that I've missed the point of this lesson entirely.
    Posted by FlutNush
    www.purgetheurge.com for you flutnush
  • edited December 2009
    In Response to Re: Epiphany time:
    In Response to Re: Epiphany time : www.purgetheurge.com for you flutnush
    Posted by OMahonyO
    OK, I've perused the odd dodgy website in my time, but that's just worrying. Compelling, but worrying.
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