In my last post I told you of the Luckalyzer software we have installed here and how it analyzes your luck.

Let’s see how it relates to playing poker. Luckalyzer tracks your three primary life cycles, Intellect, Physical, and Emotional. You can read more about it here.

All three of these have to do with poker. If you play long hours (usually associated with all-nighters or tournaments) then you will want to include Physical cycle into your analysis.

My playing style is usually 2-4 hours and then I’m off to enjoy the finer things in life. Because of this.. I ignore the Physical cycle.

The other two cycles I do use. Intellectual is very important because you always are making decisions and they need to be the correct ones. Emotional is also important as they can control how you play. Ever hear of the term “tilt”? Many players have lost all their bankrolls by getting a bad beat and then letting their emotions (frustration, anger, etc..) run their card playing. Greed is another emotion you need to watch out for, but we’ll post on this another time.

Back to our Luckalyzer results. If you take a look at the Monthly report you’ll see the days broken down into GOOD, VERY GOOD, BAD, etc.. What I do is to look for when my Intellectual and Emotional are both in the green (good or very good). Those are my lucky days for playing poker and those are the days I really score big!

Now if you can eliminate Emotional from the equation (some folks have great discipline and can avoid emotions) then just play on days Intellectual is green.

I have had success and have come out profitable while playing when Intellectual was green and the other cycles were red. However, my profit per hour was a lot less than when playing when Intellectual AND Emotional were both green.