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Recognize and Eliminate Poker Tilt

Jared Tendler in his incredible book on poker tilt, The Mental Game of Poker, defines tilt as anything that takes you away from playing great poker.  This is such a broad definition that we necessarily…

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Poker Tilt Control with Logic Statements

We all know that the variance in poker is something you can’t control, but what you can control is how you react to the negative variance you encounter.  Having a good attitude towards variance will…

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Improve Your Poker Game – Inchworm and the Process Model

The Inchworm Concept was popularized within poker by Jared Tendler in his timeless book, The Mental Game of Poker. The inchworm moves by planting it’s back foot, stretching forward, grasping with the front foot then…

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Poker and Your Unconscious Competence

Jared Tendler’s book, The Mental Game of Poker, discusses a learning theory called the Four Stages of Competence.  This theory was originally developed by Noel Burch in the ’70s.  It’s a model for how we…

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3bet Resteal Poker Challenge

I’m subscribed to the mailing list of TransformMyPoker.com, and the coach behind the site, Nick Wealthall, recently sent out a poker 3bet re-steal challenge he called ‘Re-steal for the Win.’  I decided to take him…

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Poker Math – Break-even %

Poker math can be daunting for some people, but with practice it will become second nature even to the ultra math-impaired.  A very beneficial poker math calculation is the Break-even %. The Break-even % (BE%)…

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