I’m going to help you get beyond your biggest mental game hangups.

Maybe you suffer from NOT being able to fold overpairs, even when you know you’re beat. Or, maybe it’s the anger that hits you when fish play crap hands and win 3 stacks! Or, maybe mistakes tick you off, and that leads to more mistakes and lots of lost buy-ins.

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Your Hangups?

What mental game hangups do you have? I listed 3 above, but here are a few more to spark your self-analysis:

• Entitlement Tilt: You believe you deserve to win, and when you don’t, anger builds and tilt hits you.
• Gotta Win It Back: You lose 2 buy-ins at 10nl, and you can’t have that. So, you jump up to 25nl to quickly win it back. You lose another buy-in there, so you jump to 100nl to get it all back in one big hand.
• Boredom Leads to Bad Play: You’re a tight player, but when card-dead, you open your ranges and raise/call preflop with poor hand choices (fix this with the Preflop Success Course). You also make bad preflop calling and bluffing decisions because, “I’m finally in a hand, I can’t give up now!”

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Your Mental Game “Truth”

Now, I want you to put your BIGGEST mental game hangup in a true sentence like this:

“I can’t fold overpairs, no matter the board, versus <pot sized bets.”

3 Mottos

A motto is a phrase or sentence that conveys a guiding life principle.

These are 3 of my favorite mottos and they’ll help you get beyond your mental game hangup.

Perception is reality – If I believe you’re trying to cheat me, I’ll stop playing poker with you. I won’t talk to you. I’ll not believe other things you say to me. My perception of your cheating ways (regardless of the truth of it) affects our relationship and becomes our reality.

Mind over matter – Mark Twain said, “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” If you believe you CAN get beyond this, you WILL.

Fake it till you make it – Uncomfortable public speaking? Prepare like your life is on the line, fake the confidence, get up there and do it over and over. The confidence will come as your experience grows.

The New Mental Game Me

Next, let’s turn your mental game “truth” into a sentence you WANT to be true:

“I CAN fold overpairs on flops, turns and rivers because I pay attention to my opponent’s actions and the board, I range them, and I’m able to find the fold when I know I’m beat.”

Use the 3 mottos to make this your new reality:

• Perception is reality: Believe it and live it. It will become your reality.
• Mind over matter: You CAN overcome the bad mental game habits you’ve developed on your poker journey.
• Fake it ’til you make it: Play as if this is your reality, and eventually, it will be.

Take Action

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Write your “New Mental Game Me” sentence on a sticky note and attach it to your monitor.

Live it as you play and ganbatte!

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