You see I believe that you can relate so many things that are a part of poker to real life situations. I’m willing to bet in most cases that an aggressive gambler who plays a lot of pots, raises with garbage, pushes all in with a draw has pretty much the same traits away from poker. He/she is probably a no nonsense type of person who likes to keep busy and stimulated most of the time. They push the envelope in different area’s of their lives and can get addicted to many things, good and bad.

I’m also willing to bet that a patient player who plays a low % of hands, waits for good opportunities only and doesn’t ‘gamble’ that much is the same sort of person away from the game. For example I would guess that this is the type of person who has safe investments for his/her money. I would also guess they are a very organized neat person that goes by the motto ‘a place for everything and everything for a place’, yup neat and organized.

In life like in poker you can change. You can keep the positive/good traits you feel you have and work on eliminating and minimizing the bad. There are good and bad traits to both of the situations I mentioned above. There are exceptions and many fall in between. I decribed the 2 above because they represent both ends of the spectrum.

You do much the same thing in poker. You have strong points to your game and weak ones. You try to eliminate or minimize the weak and use the strong to your full advantage. Its an ongoing process. One I believe I will be working on the rest of my life.

For me, working or trying to improve my poker game has opened my eyes to things I should/am trying to improve in my life. I believe in a sense of karma if you will. I believe that if you do good things it will come back on you. This is another process I will be working on the rest of my days.

Where are you on this spectrum, in poker and in life ??