{"id":490,"date":"2013-02-16T18:23:42","date_gmt":"2013-02-16T17:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/holdempokertrainer.com\/wordpress\/?p=490"},"modified":"2026-01-27T20:08:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T19:08:47","slug":"a-poker-players-worst-enemy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holdempokertrainer.com\/wordpress\/a-poker-players-worst-enemy","title":{"rendered":"A poker player&#8217;s worst enemy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been thinking about this and I think I know who it is. It is &#8220;Lack of discipline&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Lack of discipline reveals it ugly face in so many poker situations, it is always creeping behind you and stab you in the back when you least expect it. Right?<\/p>\n<p>Let me give you a couple of examples of when the enemy might attack you:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Play too many hands &#8211; your thinking: &#8220;this is sooo boring, please let me play some more hands&#8221; &#8211; you know it is wrong, but sometimes the enemy defeats you<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t fold when you know you should &#8211; you have a strong feeling that it is bad to call that bet, but you just can&#8217;t help yourself<\/li>\n<li>You play when your tired, drunk or on tilt &#8211; the bankroll you have carefully built up over weeks or months is blown during one night when you shouldn&#8217;t have played<\/li>\n<li>You play on higher levels than your bankroll is suited for &#8211; oh, it is so tempting I know!<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;re not really focusing on the game, you are thinking about other things or surfing the web while playing<\/li>\n<li>You are not in physical shape to play top-notch poker hour after hour &#8211; but it is so boring to go to the gym. But maybe tomorrow?<\/li>\n<li>You do not develop your skills, you don&#8217;t practice poker &#8211; you just play. That&#8217;s more fun after all, isn&#8217;t it?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s just a couple of examples. And you know what, I still loose this endless fight from time to time. But I try to think about it, and I try to not loose to often. Stay tuned and I will share some of my ideas on how to defeat the enemy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been thinking about this and I think I know who it is. It is &#8220;Lack of discipline&#8221;. 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