Three Insights From Your Future Poker Self February 16, 2024 Dear poker player I used to be, Hi. I’ve been sent here from the future to teach you 3 things that will lighten your journey, both on and off the felt. The only thing is, neither of the first two will have any impact whatsoever if you don’t accomplish the third, and you have to
Dare To Be Great At The Poker Table February 9, 2024 Theodore Roosevelt said something that completely changed my life, here it is: It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face
4 Poker Stories From 2023 We’re Still Thinking About February 2, 2024 Poker players who have been around for the dozen or so years since the infamous Black Friday in 2011 have had front-row seats to the evolution of the game, particularly in the media. Once vilified and left to the “degenerates,” poker’s recent growth has showcased the resilience of the industry – evidenced by YouTube searches
Why You Should Stop Triple-Barreling (as much) January 26, 2024 Having played the 3-handed jackpot style Sit & Go games since they first hit the market all the way back in 2014, I’ve both seen and made every mistake possible when playing a game with a starting stack of just 25BB. In fact, it would be more accurate to say that I have witnessed the
The Miracle Of Self – A New Year’s Poker Odyssey January 19, 2024 The only reason you haven’t made it yet is that you don’t believe. You don’t believe that it is possible for you to actually reach your dreams. You don’t believe that you can actually play a game for a living. You don’t believe that if you worked hard enough, studied hard enough, sacrificed hard enough
Ordinary Things, Extraordinary Outcomes January 12, 2024 You get extraordinary outcomes by doing ordinary things for extraordinary periods of time. It’s the commitment to the act, not the act itself, that create the outsized return. Alex Hormozi You get extraordinary outcomes by doing ordinary things for extraordinary periods of time. It’s the commitment to the act, not the act itself, that creates
A Simple Tip For Unprofitable Poker Players January 5, 2024 If you are someone who is still putting the pieces of your poker strategy in place, and have not yet turned the corner as far as long-term profitability is concerned, I’m going to share with you one simple tip that has transformed my own poker game and helped simplify my process in a spot that
Rage Tilt The Dragon December 29, 2023 If you know the feeling at all, you likely know it well. Your opponent calls your all in on the turn, flips over a gutshot that had no business being in the pot and hits it on the river to knock you out of the tournament 5 spots from the money. On some days you
This Spiritual Teacher Will Transform Your Poker Game December 22, 2023 I recently heard author Eckhart Tolle speaking on the topic of meditation and one thing he said struck me as applicable not just to meditation, but to all walks of life — poker included. Tolle was discussing how when most people begin meditating, they try to sit in meditation for far too long. When you’re
Why Introverts Make Better Poker Players December 15, 2023 From Phil Ivey to Barry Greenstein to Tom Dwan to Phil Galfond to Isaac Haxton to Fedor Holz, many of the biggest names – and winners – in poker history all appear to fall on the introversion continuum. And while poker is never short on extroverts, the list of those who continue to dominate today
Why Speed Will Kill Your Poker Game December 8, 2023 Judging by the actions of new poker players, one would think speed was a virtue to be admired. However the Ancient Stoics believed in temperance — defined as moderation or, more broadly, self-control as well as patience that were the characteristics to strive for. In poker, as in life, rushing can lead to missed opportunities
Why we love to see Phil Hellmuth lose December 1, 2023 It would seem that the human mind is wired to find joy in the misery of others. The Germans even have a word for it: Schadenfreude. Defined as the emotional experience of pleasure in response to another’s pain or misfortune, Schadenfreude is not as wild – or sociopathic – of a concept as it might