The 3 DEADLY Sins that RUIN Poker Careers

[@midnightcasino]

This is probably one of the most important poker videos anyone could ever watch. Well done

[@zamanski7094]

Awesome vid really needed to see this cause I’m on a big downswing and all this is me rite bow. Wanna win and don’t wanna lose and nothing is going my way so it just makes it all worse

[@woodbee56]

This content is pure gold Pete. This hit home like a MFer. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and insights.🙏🏽

[@kogumasenpai]

I'm feeling like the video is talking directly to me! Everything he says describes literally how I am thinking and reacting. Especially when he talks about the fight or flight in a big pot because I want to end the stress. Just Wow 🤯

[@toddfromwork8931]

Interesting to hear someone discuss the evolutionary survival mechanisms involved in poker psychology vis-a-vis the physiological effects on the body

[@Fr00gi]

Amazing video. I already knew about this rule/idea, but did not actually use it in game. However you clarified it brillliantly with examples and a new point of view. If our mental game suffers, then none of the strategy concepts will matter.

[@MultiChaim]

thank you for all this awsome content Peter, you puttin out great vids lately !! keep crushin mate !! ))

[@MrHHVV]

Always seem to get the right video from you at the right time. Thank you Pete.

[@sensiv]

Thank you for this video! Needed to hear this.❤ The sick thing about the AT hand, is that if you would actually play A4 like that , villian would check back 99.9% of the time 😂

[@gkb1973]

This message really hit home today. I play live for a living and have been on a downswing since October 1st, which in the grand scheme of things isn’t that long. However, I’m committing every one of these sins currently.

[@wachtwoord5796]

Everyone that plays is does all the time. The goal is to minimize it as much as possible. Eliminating these fully isnt realistic.

[@DmitriiRomanovskii]

Thank you Pete for such a great video! I would like to see more content from you on this topic. I want to build a healthy poker player mindset, to learn how to "think" poker.

[@gabb5483]

That graph is not just variance. Swings can be really sick but not this sick unless you re doing something very wrong on the downswing and something very right on the upswing. At least according to PrimeDope this is impossible

[@kristoffernilsson6043]

This is a graph of someone that probably plays abit to high for their skill level and also overplay their all in situations, constantly going all in to light and overbluffing for sure. But im sure some here will disagree strongly 😉

[@3frogman]

@@kristoffernilsson6043 I expect its someone who thrives on running well and starts playing awesome with confidence and at the other extreme tilts hard and loses way more than they should when cards and runouts are going against them - thus explaining the extreme swings in both directions

[@DJM3KS]

I agree 100%. I’ve been playing online for 17 years and I’ve never had more than a 20-30bi downswing and I was probably tilted for a part of that downswing

[@hooley9855]

That graph makes me not want to try and make Poker a side income 😂

[@dantonkull6491]

Poker is no longer a “side income” thing. It’s too competitive to be able to win just playing casually on your free time. You need to commit fully or not touch it.

[@johngriller4997]

@@dantonkull6491that’s very true for online on most sites these days, but live it’s not the case. It’s free money on the live felts

[@Ohrami]

@@dantonkull6491That is completely false. I am a full-time professional gambler, but only a small fraction of my time is dedicated to poker, exclusively live. It's a fun supplement to my income that brings me in something like $50k extra per year. While $50k might not seem like a lot, it adds up if you do it every year on-top of your main income.

[@dantonkull6491]

@@Ohrami ok bot

[@betadecay6503]

​@@Ohrami 50k is an insane amount of money to over 90% of people. Stop humble bragging. It makes it sound like you're either lying, or a dick. Most people reading your comment can only dream of making 50k a year, let alone from poker. While I agree with the sentiment that poker can absolutely be worthwhile doing part time, you negate your input by sounding like an out of touch knobsack.

[@neutralups]

Great video Pete. I needed this, I'm currently taking a shot at 100nl, still so relevant! Can we have the name of the intro background music?

[@_MMWWMM_]

Do you guys think Peter will give us a graph of his results at 100rnc at some point?

[@WorldsPhattestMan]

Don't think it's really relevant to be honest. Pete admits he struggles to put volume in and his mental game is an issue. If he's a winning player at 200NL great, if he's a losing player at 200NL...doesn't mean we can't watch his videos and learn from them. Sir Alex Ferguson was a very average CF but he helped transform Cristiano Ronaldo into the most deadly CF in world football.

[@mikey22355]

I always expect people that make poker channels to be crushers. I suppose it doesn’t really matter. I always think if they have enough advice to create all these videos and still not a winning player, then is it really even possible to beat variance?

[@titfortat5606]

3 biggest causes of tilt....winning losing and breaking even!

[@Charlie_Echo]

Really interesting video and your points definitely make sense to me, but it's hard to remain objective when you want to make an income from poker and you're trying to build a bankroll and downswings keep stopping you from doing that. I'd be interested in your thoughts on managing this mental stuff, and the bankroll, while trying to get to a sustainable income.

[@oldhamer111]

Love the conveyor belt mindset strategy. Cheers!

[@taav2518]

Great video, tks a lot man, keep it up!

[@thomasschronce3992]

Thanks I needed that

[@BruceShee]

Excellent vid. Needed a checkup.

[@NewEnglandFish]

the second reason is why I quit the session 90% of the time if I'm down more than a few buyins. better to reset and move onto the next session/day rather than deviate from your game because you're stuck and/or tilted.

[@ryanonvr2267]

"Imagine if lawyers were thinking about money every time they made a decision or took an action" - Yeah. That would be CRAZY!!!!!

[@dagreco]

I think the biggest sin was that we checked the river. Bet/folding 30-40bb on river > check/calling river in my book. After checking, I agree tho that we should fold. This guy flatted you from HJ, so it's very likely his ranges are all over the place. We can still get value, although I would agree it's thin.

[@jasminepainter1897]

I appreciate the lawyer analogy for not putting a price tag on every decision we make.

[@DJM3KS]

I’m up over 60 buy ins so far this month. I probably needed this reality check. But in a lengthy career in poker I’ve never come close to a 100+ bi downswing 😂. That student is 100% donking off playing badly for long stretches. Idgaf about variance.

[@blackopal3138]

?? Poker is NOT still poker when played without money. It's not even poker if the amount of money isn't a risk to you. Poker is about managing risk. Just like investing, just like life.

[@dklurf]

That hand felt like a set. He just flatted pre and then all the way. What’s his VPIP vs cbet frequency? I get the bluff catcher thing but how do you know that guy bluffs. Some players just can’t bluff, while others just can’t help it. Balanced players are a special breed. Why are you damn cool mr carrot man?

[@bulmer69JR]

Pokers a great side income, not a career. I make an extra 20k a year and thats cool with me

[@ChatterboxAleman]

First sessions today played 10nl was about 1 buy in over 5 hours. But losing 3 buys ins annoyed me. So decided on a second session but only planned to play briefly for 20 minutes hoping to win 2 buy ins. Anyway played for hours and started to feel nervous. Slow played Aces and lost another 3 or 4 buys maybe made some back at the end. Not good to play simply for the sake of of it when the fun stops... yes stop

[@gabrielboily2641]

The thing is a graph like this and a downswing of that magnitude can lead to tilt which can lead to playing worse so can this be attributed to only variance? I don't think so. I think most humans unless you're a stoic will react negatively and might unconsciously change their game and lose confidence. Not focusing on your results is a key component to success according to James Clear who wrote Atomic Habits. To yield better results one should focus on system optimization and look for small improvements that compounds over time lije the British indoor cycling team.

[@ncannavino11]

Great video pete

[@terencehill3972]

Millions of years ago, they talked about “Sklansky-Dollars”…

[@Ohrami]

Poker players, and really professional gamblers in general, ought to embrace the philosophy of Stoicism, a philosophy which worships logic. The Stoics hold that if something is in one's control, then one should take action to ensure that it goes in their favor. If one has no control over something, then one should spend no emotional or physical effort or resources on caring or worrying about it. While the philosophy is simple (though it has a few more tenets than the version I've described here), actually executing on it is extremely difficult. If your car breaks down on the way to a tournament, and you miss your entry, it sucks. But did you have control over it? If your car broke down because you were failing to maintain it, then treat it as a lesson learned to take better control over the few things in life you can control. If you serviced your car regularly and took a reasonable amount of precaution against failure, and it just happened unexpectedly, then you had no control over the outcome. Why should you spend any time in emotional turmoil or distress, then? The better you get at ignoring these emotional responses, the better you will be at applying logic and reason in all circumstances, which is the only methodology you have available to you to ensure the best possible outcomes you can actually achieve will in fact be achieved. Some of the greatest Stoics, such as Marcus Aurelius, could maintain their calm through extreme loss, such as the deaths of their own children or their closest friends and allies. In poker, you have no control over whether or not you will be dealt a good hand. You have no control over whether or not you will win a pot. You have no control over whether or not your opponent will overbet the river into your marginal bluff-catcher, and no control over whether or not your opponent will call your bluff all-in. What you do have control over in each poker hand is the decisions that you make regarding your action and your bet size. The only thing that you have available to you to help you make better decisions regarding what actions to take and bet sizes to use is logic, reason, and your own personal understanding of the game. Therefore, you should do the only thing available to you to optimize your result: Apply logic and reason to the maximum. Abandon the emotions of disappointment when facing a loss, the insecurity of being seen as a weak player, or the shame of having your bluff caught by a marginal or even very weak hand. These are not in your control. Focus on what is, and you will be not just the best poker player you can be, but the best possible version of yourself as a person that you can be.

[@jasongill772]

Wanting to win is a demon. I tell myself, look you have no problem folding 72o pre-flop UTG--you aren't sitting there committed to the hand trying to force your way to the pot. So why are you blowing up 3 bet pots in horrible EV spots just because you've invested in the hand already? A losing spot is a losing spot and just get past it. Still the desire to win a pot is my #1 enemy if I am tired, lazy or tilted

[@quintenfranks8024]

This is an unpleasantly accurate video about cognitive bias in otherwise intelligent decision making. It is all too easy to fool ourselves sometimes.

[@Phoenixglj]

hate to be a rigtard, but got dealt AA 3 hands in a row (chances of this is a miracle on its own)... 120bbs to out, vs KK KQo, 95o,

[@brewdir]

I fucking love you Peter McPetey

[@HighStakesPokerReplays]

New vid !! LETS GOO

[@sibbesen]

TLDR: Earning money is a byproduct of good poker decisions.

[@blackopal3138]

Why would you not want to lose a hand? Shouldn't you be thinking, 'I don't want to lose money/chips?'

[@giuxss]

The point is not to hold onto wanting to win the hand at all costs, because sometimes, no matter what you do, you just can't control the fact that you can't win the hand, and if you fight against that you're going to lose more than necessary,

[@Mind_controL27]

Gold

[@caroldance169]

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