Emotion in poker is bad. Emotion hinders any situation where you are trying to use limited information to make an informed decision. When I first started playing I would find myself making bad decisions and immediately scolding myself. You often year someone claiming they're beat, they call and throw up their hands like see, I knew it! If you knew it why'd you call? At times it might be worth calling when you know you're beat to get information. More often you call because you imagine how great it would be to win. Or you rationalize your terrible hand and convince yourself they're bluffing. You call and your terrible hand loses. As the saying goes when you stop yourself from losing chips it's like you won those chips.
Emotion clouds judgement and makes situations harder to decipher. The previous example is true but there is another kind of emotion one must keep at bay; feeling bad about your play. Whenever you make a mistake you can sulk and think about all your rotten luck for ages to no end. Bad beats are tough to but it means your doing something right, it means you will win that hand most the time and if you continue to put yourself in those situations you will do well.
The point I am trying to make is that by getting too upset about losing and not focusing on doing better next time the game becomes dull and emotionally exhausting. To get better and stay consistent you have to learn from mistakes, fill your bag of tricks with experiences and every time you screw up you will get better. Learn to release yourself when you fail.
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