Poker can be a very lucrative game that offers mental challenge and competition. It is also a game based upon imperfect information. Most of your decisions will be borderline or based on pieces of incomplete information. It is your job to collect all of this data, organize it, and act accordingly. There are so many variables in play that mistakes are going to happen. If mistakes did not happen, the game of poker would not exist. The ability to move on after making a mistake distinguishes the average player from the world-class player. While the average player yells out, complains, or sulks about having tough times, the great player is learning where he made mistakes. The great player recognizes that he will make mistakes every single day at the table. In order to learn, you have to initially make a lot of mistakes and correct them as they come up. Your simple perspective of make mistakes will allow you to stay positive after the hand is over.

Tell yourself right now that you are not perfect and will make hundreds of mistakes. You will lose to worse opponents, make terrible bluffs, horrendous calls, and weak checks. To sum it up, you will make so many mistakes at the poker table you won't even be able to count. Rather than complain about making mistakes, learn from them. Why did you make the mistake? How can you work on your game so you will not make the same mistake again? Expect the unexpected and you will be prepared for anything. Most people have the false belief that they can play perfect poker. It is this false belief that impedes the learning process. Everytime you make a mistake, analyze what was going on inside of your head. There must be something you can adjust so that mistake will rarely occur again. Expect to make mistakes and you will be one step ahead of every poker player at the table.

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