Michael Trivett

"hey men" and they are pigs 😭😭😭😭

Poker players used to want to hide how good they were so they could get action, and many cash game players still do. Tourney players are different, and wanting to be seen as a winner feeds the ego. Tourney players seek validation while most cash game players seek money. “I play for money. My kids eat” -Joey Knish Why else would you care what people thought of your game, if not for ego? Wouldn’t it be financially beneficial to you to be underestimated? Why would you care if people thought you were a loser? It’s ego. The more fragile your ego, the more you care. And I say this from personal experience as a tourney player for three decades. In my 20’s I cared too much about what others thought, to my own detriment. In my 30’s I didn’t think I cared as much, but I still did. Once you enter your 40’s and beyond, hopefully you get past that and gain the freedom of not caring at all what others think about your play. With age comes wisdom. If I said to you, “I think you are a losing player” and it bothers you, ask yourself why? Why do you care? Why does it trigger you? If you take a deep look at the “why”, you will likely find some deep seeded insecurity and/or imposter syndrome. **** One of the things I admired most about Vanessa Selbst was she was fearless and made plays her peers may mock; but she never conformed. She did her own thing, and while some of her peers did mock her, she just kept winning. **** Phil Ivey has never said he was the GOAT at any point- his peers did. He didn’t play for validation, he played to break you mentally and win all the money.