Overcoming Fear and Anxiety at the table

[Flower]

Fear and anxiety can hold you back from making good decisions and not playing your best game. These emotions should also be acknowledged and eliminated.by a player to improve his poker performance.

How can a beginner overcome fear and anxiety at the table.

 

[Bawse]

Play low/micro stakes, and don't move up until you comfortably dominate those levels. You can also start with freerolls, and get some practice for free with a chance to win real money. I wouldn't play for play money because any experience you gain from those tables would be invaluable.

 

[fdk]

Even though the idea of playing freerolls or micro-stakes is a good one, you also have to consider that generally the players that are playing at these tables are either low-skilled or just don't particularly care and so don't really tend to "play good poker" as such. What I mean by this is, they are not generally a good "feel" for playing normal poker.

If you migrate from playing solely freerolls into cash-only games, you will fast find you're lost. This will probably lead to even more anxiety, if you're already prone.

 

[uptrendfinancialsignal]

Play low/micro stakes, and don't move up until you comfortably dominate those levels. You can also start with freerolls, and get some practice for free with a chance to win real money. I wouldn't play for play money because any experience you gain from those tables would be invaluable.

Yes! You ought to start with low stake games while building your confidence and decreasing the level of anxiety. That's how it works!