Sometimes I feel like no matter how hard I study at poker, watch vlogs, read books, study pre and post flop ranges, when I'm in the heat of the moment at the live table it is difficult to calm my mind enough to be able to remember to call up all of the concepts that I've learned. Later on, when I'm reviewing hands, it's easy to call upon the concepts I couldn't remember during the live game.
I'm thinking perhaps I should have a smaller number of "focuses" that I go into a game planning to work on, like "today I will make sure I calculate SPR for every flop I'm involved in and make a decision on bet size for remaining streets from there," or "today I'm going to focus on a balanced 3-bet range," etc. My hope is that maybe putting more focus on fewer concepts will help me instill them as habits in future games.
Has anyone else experienced this? What have you done to calm yourself at the table and call upon the knowledge you've learned and would ordinarily have no issues remembering in a non stress environment (e.g. analyzing hands after the game is concluded)?
Thanks!
I'm thinking perhaps I should have a smaller number of "focuses" that I go into a game planning to work on, like "today I will make sure I calculate SPR for every flop I'm involved in and make a decision on bet size for remaining streets from there," or "today I'm going to focus on a balanced 3-bet range," etc. My hope is that maybe putting more focus on fewer concepts will help me instill them as habits in future games.
Has anyone else experienced this? What have you done to calm yourself at the table and call upon the knowledge you've learned and would ordinarily have no issues remembering in a non stress environment (e.g. analyzing hands after the game is concluded)?
Thanks!