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  Passion is a great thing. Without passion neither Valentino nor Fabio would have had much in the way of careers. The problem is when passion becomes misplaced and drives a person to some seriously irrational behavior. It is this sort of misappropriated passion that makes a person cut off their own ear over a case of perfectly normal puppy love. While the chances are pretty low that anybody at the poker table will be performing ritualistic self mutilation as a way of expressing their feelings about a bad beat, becoming too emotionally attached to the occasional disaster at the river can result in a big chunk of your bankroll being sliced off.



  Revenge is as much a part of the human experience as war and reality television. If somebody victimizes us with the sort of bad beat that would send Phil Hellmuth into a kicking, screaming, and swearing tirade, our natural inclination is to want to get back on them. This road leads to madness and really small stacks of chips. If your motivation for staying in a hand involves putting the hurt on another player, then the smartest thing you can do is put down your cards and take a breather from the game.



  When you are on the wrong side of a bad hand, let it go. Unless you have found a way to defy physics and go back in time, you can never play that hand again, and losing more money trying to get your chips back as well as some righteous payback won't help you. Poker games are generally marathon events and there will be opportunities to take some chips from everyone at the table. Locking on to a particular player is a good way to start sending yourself off on world class tilt.