European Spa Music and Platinum Star

Posted by icemonkey9 on Apr 24, 2009 in 6max | 0 comments

I'm not sure what the hell European Spa Music exactly is, but I sure know I really like it.  I mentioned in the last entry that I was listening to this tranquil music and I really like how it calms my mood and allows me to focus on the flowing nature of playing through a session without getting swept away in the rollercoaster of emotion that each hand has the potential to bring.  I've listened to my wife's European Spa Music CD about 7 times and finally decided to look into some more, and found some songs for $0.99 on Amazon (each song is like 20 minutes) that weren't "up to par" with the original CD but decent in its own right.  Anyways, I am highly recommending to you tilters out there (that means everyone) to look into meditation type music during your gameplay and try it out. I love it.

I have been enjoying my approach and had a very insightful discussion about some serious poker theory with ChuckTs.  To be frank, I've never really had such an in-depth poker discussion before and realize I have to exert more mental fortitude to take my game to the level I want it to be.  Fortunately, I am pretty sure I have the capacity, and am  trying to soak in a lot of great knowledge.  I am finding that turn/river value plays are really a big part of what I need improving on and a few adjustments in the last few days has meant some better played hands.

I really don't want to get attached too much to goals, since my only goal is to play each hand to the best of my ability, but I am finding myself very compelled to reach Platinum Star.  I've wanted to hit it for 4 months but fortunately didn't force the goal on myself during my bad stretch.  It looks like it'll be close, but given the free time coming up this weekend it just might happen.