"Form" - discuss

[Dingdell]

nice post dingle - sort of on the same lines as i am thinking

You think we should have a blonde mantra?!?! 

[RED-DOG]

Blonde mantra,  Nice here innit?......Nice here innit?.....Nice here innit?

[vampitup]

Pascal also said something interesting - he strongly believes that his mind can influence the outcome of the flop, turn and river (all be it for a few seconds) - by this he meant, if he was behind and thought he was going to outdraw the other person, he almost always did - and visa versa with people outdrawing him

Interesting theory which I myself find hard to believe but tend to agree!! 

As odd as it seems I also find this true - when I am all in with AJ-AK pre flop and the guy turns over a worse ace I seem to know I am gonna miss and he is gonna hit, and it's so often true. 

As far as form is concerned, my mate always says that you don't need good luck to win tournaments, you just need to avoid bad luck.  I think this is also true.

[thetank]

Avoiding bad luck is good luck. If you get your money in as a 2/1 favourite 3 times. The odds say you'll lose once.

As for the power of the mind influencing the cards that come, that's just nonsense. See the thread titled "faith" in the internet poker section for a discussion on something similar. Believe in the math.

[M3boy]

Tank, i know its nonsense, but can you honestly say you havent had that "feeling" either when behind or in front that you or the other person is gonna hit?

[thetank]

While I have experienced a sense of foreboding on the turn of an important card, the sense of relief when I successfully dodge makes me forget I ever had it. When the card turned is a bad one there is no such distraction and the lasting memory is that I "knew it would happen."

So yes I do get the feeling, I just choose (as I'm sure most of you do aswell) to ignore it.

[thetank]

Pascal also said something interesting - he strongly believes that his mind can influence the outcome of the flop, turn and river (all be it for a few seconds) - by this he meant, if he was behind and thought he was going to outdraw the other person, he almost always did - and visa versa with people outdrawing him

This could part of a cunning web of deceit that Pascal weaves so as to get people to believe he buys into illogical superstition and that he is not as strong a player as he actually is.

Then again, he could just be French.

[doubleup]

One point about form and being confident is that I tend to be more aggressive when in "form" e.g raising with a draw when an opponent might have missed the flop - less confident I might just call and hope he checks the turn to give me a free card.

[jezza777]

So you breed you own form by your play then ? If you are flying and become aggressive you will pick up pots without ever needing to hit your draws. If you have been bashed a few times you become tight weak .

[Dingdell]

Blonde mantra,  Nice here innit?......Nice here innit?.....Nice here innit?

I will be wearing stillettoes on Monday at Luton - they will not be white - just be very careful..........