Get Inspired
What get’s your blood pumping? Fires you up? Inspires you? Being inspired is often the fuel that leads some people and players to achieve things greater than they could have imagined. As it relates to...
View ArticleTracking Your Progress
Tracking your progress is the seventh and last part in my goal setting series(Congratulations, you’re almost there!) This step doesn’t take long to do, but it’s really helpful when you’ve set long-term...
View ArticleKeeping Your Sanity [Long]
For the last three plus years since I’ve been in poker, the threat of online poker going away has been a fear that I’ve talked about with many of my clients. Mostly, we were talking about it because it...
View ArticleExcerpts of the Fear Chapter
In one day, the biggest mental game issue went from being tilt to fear. In light of what’s going on, I’ve posted 18 pages from the Fear chapter of the book. Hope it helps. Open publication – Free...
View ArticleSession with James Atkin: Decreasing Laziness
About two months ago, Barry had me contact a friend of his in the UK who was looking for some help making SuperNova Elite. James Atkin is a guy who is really easy to like, and after talking with him...
View ArticleDrugs in Poker
Last week, we ran a contest on facebook and twitter, asking for suggestions for a blog topic. The winner was Donna @floptopset on twitter, who asked for our take on performance enhancing drugs in...
View ArticleSuperNova Elite Client Session: Motivation and Volume
About three months ago, Barry had me contact a friend of his in the UK who was looking for some help making SuperNova Elite. James Atkin is a guy who is really easy to like, and after talking with him...
View ArticleMagic.Poker.Fear
What does Magic The Gathering (MTG) have in common with Poker? Fear. For Kar Yung Tom, an expert MTG player, and owner of one of the top online resources for MTG in the world, fear ultimately affects...
View ArticleMentally Transitioning to Live Poker
Moving from 20 tables to 1 Transitioning to live is a topic that was written about a lot even before Black Friday. Since then, it’s been written about even more, and nearly every training site has...
View ArticleHandling Bad Beats
Some players can handle bad beats better than others. Some are highly skilled complainers and tell stories constantly, even though they know full well that no one else gives a shit. George is one of...
View ArticleAre You The Biggest Tilter?
Have a tilt problem? Is tilt a big issue in your game? Want free coaching with me? I’m looking for The Biggest Tilter and the reward is a minimum of 4 hours of free coaching and a signed copy of The...
View ArticleConfidence Coaching Session
A few hours ago, I finished up a coaching session with a contest winner from the poker forum Cardschat who was having some issues with confidence and tilt. Though as you’ll hear in the session, the...
View ArticleSession with Dr. Giggy
Martin Fournier the BlueFire Poker Coach. Last week I did a session with him where we talked about Tilt and Motivation. It’s a really interesting session, that occasionally throws in some golf talk,...
View ArticleMental Game Tips for November Nine
The November Nine successfully played their way past 6854 players, and now to become champion, they need to successfully navigate the next few months. I’ve coached professional golfers to handle the...
View ArticleAnswered Your Mental Game Questions
As I promised yesterday, I took to my webcam and answered all the questions that came in through twitter, facebook, and my blog. Let me know what you think. If you like what you see, I’ll do more of...
View ArticleTraining Mental Toughness
There’s a great article in the NY Times today about elite tennis players training mental toughness. This quote epitomizes what the article is about and is something I’ve been pushing poker players to...
View ArticleWebinar: Conquering Tilt and Bad Beats
Tilt is the most destructive force in poker. Players who are unable to control tilt face a significant disadvantage. Especially with the poker more competitive than ever, even subtle tilt issues can...
View ArticleGive it 102%
The old adage, “give it a 110,” is wrong. Pushing yourself that much isn’t possible at one time because research has proven you can only give it 102%. This NY Times article highlights the research that...
View ArticleBook Buyer Client Session
A few weeks ago I offered a free session on 2+2 to someone who had bought the book, and had questions about how to best implement the material. Matt, aka MJM on 2+2, posted these questions, which I...
View ArticleBook Excerpt: Inchworm
Despite its odd name, Inchworm is fast becoming one of the most popular sections in the book. Recently, Lex “RaZsi” Veldhuis, PokerStars Team Pro, mentioned in this interview, referring to him coaching...
View ArticleNY Giant Doubt
I’m a NY Giants fan. In the run up to the NFC Championship game, I’ve been paying closer attention to what the players and coaches have been saying in the media. Gives me a chance to get a glimpse into...
View ArticleVideo Interview with EVHero
Last week I recorded this video interview with Jeremy “EVHero” Sibthorpe. After you get by the initial intro, I answer a ton of questions from his YouTube followers. Lots of great of great stuff. Also,...
View ArticleFull Coaching Session: Confidence/Fear
The winner of the “Win a Kindle/Coaching” contest was nice enough to post the full recording of his coaching session in the hopes that it would help others with confidence or fear problems. When...
View ArticleMake Constant Improvement
If you’re not improving, you’re falling behind. If you’re falling behind, winrate/ROI drops, variance increases, and you risk becoming just another player complaining about bad variance who really...
View ArticleOverconfidence Is a Silent Killer
You’ll often hear it said that confidence is needed for success. But is that really true? As with many things in the mental game, the truth emerges once you better understand the nature of confidence....
View Article10 Push-ups
Last month I decided to start doing 10 push-ups everyday, for 30 straight days, as a way of getting back into shape. 10 was easily doable, I wasn’t that out of shape, and I figured that just the act of...
View ArticleInterview with Phil Hellmuth & Maria Ho
Today on The Mental Game radio show, I had the pleasure of interviewing two big names in poker: Phil Hellmuth and Maria Ho. They’re in Ireland for the inaugural iSeries Live event where they’ll...
View ArticleInterview with Hunter Bick
Today on The Mental Game radio show, Hunter “BeachJustice” Bick from DragTheBar.com joined me for an in-depth discussion on poker learning. Having been winning player for 7 years, a stellar coach for 4...
View ArticleHow to Mentally Prepare for the WSOP with Jared Tendler
Check out this instructional interview with PokerListings.com: The WSOP is the most grueling grind in poker so we spoke with esteemed mental coach Jared Tendler about how to cope with the weight of the...
View ArticleWSOP Prep: Avoid the Biggest Mental Mistakes
This will be my fourth World Series of Poker, and as a mental game coach, I find each one more fascinating and exciting than the last. The WSOP truly is one of the greatest sporting spectacles in the...
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