Mental Game Forum

Hey Ching,

It's pretty common that a player solves a problem such as this in one style of poker, but those improvements dont' automatically show up in another.  Typically I've talked about it happening when players move from NL to PLO, or from HU to cash games, but the move from online to live is the same thing.  Plus when the improvements are assumed to be solid enough, you aren't going to pay attention to trying to work on them as you did before.  So you're unprepared for the reality that you haven't learned the improvements playing live, and then have even more trouble because it doesn't make sense why it's still a problem.

The first way to achieve consistency is to own up to the reality that you're going to have to put in some solid focus into integrating the improvements you made into your live game.  Since playing live also mean having a good time with your buddies, I think you have to come a clear decision on what's more important – enjoying your time, or improving your game.  In the short-run you can't do both.  You need the attention to improve, and you need the attention to enjoy – otherwise you're multitasking – trying to do two things at once, and you end up doing both half assed. 

Does that help?

Best,

Jared