Stop beating yourself up

Stop beating yourself up after the hand is over. We have all experienced times when we have not made the best move at the best time. The form of poker can definitely magnify that kind of mistake. No Limit Texas Hold'em is the most lethal form of poker because there is instant elimination or loss of bankroll should you make a major mistake. Limit games the worst you can do is lose a pot although Pot Limit you can lose a significant amount of bankroll on one hand.

More to the point is that we all make mistakes. The difference between really good players and amateurs is that the really good poker player make fewer mistakes in the same span of time. The fact of the matter is that no matter what your poker "status" you cannot change the outcome of the hand. It's no fun realizing that you made a mistake after the fact but it also doesn't make a whole lot of sense beating yourself up about it either. Learn from it and try not to make that mistake again.

Be good to yourself because the game of poker is hard enough as it is.