To Win in Poker, We Must Learn to Lose!

As basic as it may seem, poker is a game where the odds of winning are mathematically some as high as those of losing. Of course the probability of failure with Aces against 7-2 are very low, but by no means reduced to 0%.

Taking the example of tournaments, elimination is often compared to a 'little death'. It is excluded, it has failed.

Pride and pride can not tolerate being left out. You must leave your chair and still have to bear the compassionate eyes of your opponents that you deem as a weak additional.

An image reinforced by the media

Magazines, television ... the objective is to promote poker.

Who would want to try the card game most popular in the world after seeing a professional stock lost half of his bankroll in one night before leaving with tears in their eyes?

The stars and fairy tales keep the myth. Chris Moneymaker, amateur qualified for $ 39, won the WSOP Main Event in 2003 and a check for $ 2.5 M.

The slogan is simple to make: "I am an amateur and I won the greatest tournament in the world and will no longer have any financial problems until the end of my life, so why not you? "

Poker brings the dream. Bracelets, mountains of paper dollars, the pretty girls and luxury villas. It is the image of a poker winner, but the image of a poker business.

The financial factor

At one table you play your own money. One of the rules is to play with a complete detachment. The money that you play must be seen to act as money lost. Otherwise you will move with fear in the stomach, the unpleasant feeling that your small economies soar.

To not make your loss even more bitter, follow these few basic guidelines.

Failure is always hard to cash. However it is a mandatory step in learning the game's success is visible in the long term. Losing forces you to constantly challenge you.

Always remember that poker is "a minute to learn and a lifetime to master."