Four Lessons I’ve Learned From Free Poker

I’m not a great poker player but I’ve learned so much from it. Having a poker mindset is so useful in real life. After playing poker for a while and really understanding the basics of the game, I  began to see the difference.

The game trains you to make critical decisions, read body language, understand people much better, spot opportunity, handle failure, improve math skills and much more.

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1. You will definitely improve your emotional control and become immune to stressful situations. You will know how to control the anger better and manage the aggressive reactions. It is important to recognize when the emotions are influencing your decisions in the game, so you need to focus, concentrate and calm down before you do or say anything because the biggest losses in the casinos have been done, thanks to the emotions that interfere in the game. You can work better on your emotions, meditate or workout in order to improve the emotional control. You can also control the breathing while you are at the poker table because this can help a lot.

2. You will learn to discover your weaknesses in whatever situation you are trying to handle in your life just by playing the poker game. Maybe you have been too much aggressive when it comes to the pocket pair, or you are too fast when is your turn to play, so often you make mistakes. Fixing that will help you to improve the game and in your life as well.

3. It is easy to blame the cards or the luck in the game when actually you are the one who is playing with the cards. You need to learn how to play with the cards that are given to you and give your best in order to win the game. Some people spend a lot of energy complaining about the cards they have been dealt with, instead of focusing on the game. Do not worry about the things you can’t change and go with the flow of the game. Instead of wanting better cards or better things in life, just focus on what you are given.

4. You learn to cherish the present, not the past. The poker has the different outcome every time, so do not rely on the previous winnings or losses, because every next time you will have different results. If today you have won a game, tomorrow you might lose everything, and this is the way the game works, so do not rely on the past experiences and results, just pursue the future ones.