Dealing with the Losses
As with most things in life, the way that we deal with failures ultimately determines our overall success. Mental game applies to much more than just your mind state during play. It’s about your overall attitude and macroscopic viewpoint on the game. Since poker is a game of variance, we can make all the right moves and still lose—in fact, given enough time, this is pretty much a guarantee. Even if you’re an overall winning player, you’re going to have to deal with many losse
Paying Close Attention
When you’re at the poker table, what do you do when you’re not in the hand? Do you often check your phone? Read a book? How about listen to music? We often see people partake in these distractions during the game’s extensive ‘downtime.’ After all, if you’re playing a reasonable range of hands, then you’ll be involved in less than half of all the pots played. But you came to play, right? Who wants to just sit around and watch the action? Maybe, you think, to prevent yourself f
Bringing Your A Game
Even if you’re a great poker player who knows the math, studies hard, and can pull off great plays, that doesn’t mean anything if you’re off your game. What we mean to say is that context is everything. Take a look at your play, and ask yourself what your A game, your B game, your C game, and your F game call look like. What’s it like when it feels like you’re playing to the best of your abilities? What’s it like when you feel off? Closely tied with mental game, bringing you’
