One thing the on line poker player doesn't have to worry about is what effect his show of emotion is having on his game. There is no one to react to your outbursts or your inability to maintain a "poker face". You neither have to hide or fear expressing how you feel about the progress of the game. Indeed you can express the full range of emotion, and even pound on or break those items that may be close at hand in your moment of anger. And presuming you are playing at home you can do it with immunity.
The only thing that is off limits is your computer. Surely people and pets who share the living space with an online poker player have learned to give the player a wide berth. If they haven't got that message they ought to be fair game.
The advantage however is a tricky one and may turn treacherous and dangerous for your mental health. Many believe that containing your emotions is bad for you as a person and as a player: the more you abstain from expressing frustration, the more likely that accumulated frustration is to influence your decisions and might eventually result in a tilt.
Recalling their negative feelings of "flashes of anger", "blind rage" or even going "totally berserk" many players admit guilt. They like to point to the Japanese experience where rubber dolls are given - representing management- and employees use these to alleviate their feelings of frustration.
Before we accept this solution wholesale, however, we need to recognize that the Japanese culture differs greatly from ours, and as a result psychological make up also is radically incompatible simple duplication. Despite the rubber doll stress relievers, and a very liberal view to things such as porn and simulated violence, the Japanese, especially in the marketing sector of the middle class have an alarming incidence of suicide.
In this context, the validity of taking out your frustration on immediate inanimate objects is questionable. Many experiments strongly suggest that the expression of frustration through violence in relation to inanimate matter does not alleviate stress. In fact, the result is often the reverse.
Viewed from a rational position one concludes that the real cause of our frustration is not alleviated, and indeed may be further advanced by the repeated pounding of a rubber bag --- the pounding encouraging anger rather than easing the stresses. Further, when the relief is not evident as a result of implementing the method imposed by his superiors, even greater frustration is likely to be felt.
Applying this to the poker player, it is safe to say that a player who is using such a method of outward expression of frustration is greatly distracted from the game, probably even more so than if they chose to quietly fume. All emotion that reaches excess negatively impacts intellectual capacity, especially in those areas that are responsible for the outbursts in the first place. Fear can thwart purpose and creativity can be stunted by excessive joy.
While clearly not alluding to the swallowing of lifetime frustrations like lack of appreciation or unrequited love, the ability to contain anger during a game should be sought, as it will prove instructive to gaining poise and discipline for the player. With practice this restraint should become easier with time. If it fails to do so, take a break. Quit the game that is proving to be the worst of your life, or even abandon playing poker for a time.
The only thing that is off limits is your computer. Surely people and pets who share the living space with an online poker player have learned to give the player a wide berth. If they haven't got that message they ought to be fair game.
The advantage however is a tricky one and may turn treacherous and dangerous for your mental health. Many believe that containing your emotions is bad for you as a person and as a player: the more you abstain from expressing frustration, the more likely that accumulated frustration is to influence your decisions and might eventually result in a tilt.
Recalling their negative feelings of "flashes of anger", "blind rage" or even going "totally berserk" many players admit guilt. They like to point to the Japanese experience where rubber dolls are given - representing management- and employees use these to alleviate their feelings of frustration.
Before we accept this solution wholesale, however, we need to recognize that the Japanese culture differs greatly from ours, and as a result psychological make up also is radically incompatible simple duplication. Despite the rubber doll stress relievers, and a very liberal view to things such as porn and simulated violence, the Japanese, especially in the marketing sector of the middle class have an alarming incidence of suicide.
In this context, the validity of taking out your frustration on immediate inanimate objects is questionable. Many experiments strongly suggest that the expression of frustration through violence in relation to inanimate matter does not alleviate stress. In fact, the result is often the reverse.
Viewed from a rational position one concludes that the real cause of our frustration is not alleviated, and indeed may be further advanced by the repeated pounding of a rubber bag --- the pounding encouraging anger rather than easing the stresses. Further, when the relief is not evident as a result of implementing the method imposed by his superiors, even greater frustration is likely to be felt.
Applying this to the poker player, it is safe to say that a player who is using such a method of outward expression of frustration is greatly distracted from the game, probably even more so than if they chose to quietly fume. All emotion that reaches excess negatively impacts intellectual capacity, especially in those areas that are responsible for the outbursts in the first place. Fear can thwart purpose and creativity can be stunted by excessive joy.
While clearly not alluding to the swallowing of lifetime frustrations like lack of appreciation or unrequited love, the ability to contain anger during a game should be sought, as it will prove instructive to gaining poise and discipline for the player. With practice this restraint should become easier with time. If it fails to do so, take a break. Quit the game that is proving to be the worst of your life, or even abandon playing poker for a time.
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