The Mental Game of Poker 2: Proven Strategies for Improving Poker Skill, Increasing Mental Endurance, and Playing in the Zone Consistently by Jared Tendler & Barry Carter

Author:Jared Tendler & Barry Carter [Tendler, Jared & Carter, Barry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Gambling, Guides, Non-Fiction, Poker, Psychology
ISBN: 9780983959755
Google: DmDriGFHk8sC
Amazon: 0983959757
Publisher: Jared Tendler, LLC
Published: 2013-04-21T00:00:00+00:00

CLIENT’S STORY

Matts Quiding

Midstakes Limit Hold’em

“My biggest learning problem was accepting the reality of my level. I didn’t know it at the time, but I was learning a lot of things only to the level of Conscious Competence. Then, the bottom would fall out and I would be back to my C-game without even realizing what happened. This cycle was slowing down my learning process. I was spending too much time focused on parts of my game that I already knew really well, rather than training the things I didn’t know well. I realized the reason I was cutting my learning short was related to being a perfectionist. I would become overly emotional and fearful of failure when I didn’t know something. That compelled me to overthink situations and end up playing in a safe and predictable way—not using any moves that weren’t mastered. Now, I’m working in a much more process-oriented way. I can see the overall plan for learning and this takes away all the stress. I have much more trust in my decisions, even when I’m not certain they’re right, because I have a process for finding and fixing any mistakes. That allows me to learn a lot faster and keeps me focused on improving the consciously competent parts of my game until they become mastered.

I’ve found that keeping a written journal really helps a lot. (Now I make video journals because they’re just as effective and take less time.) The journal keeps me constantly aware of my weaknesses and my A-game, so I always know what I’m working on—especially in the weak parts of my game. I use the mental hand history to think deeply about the cause of my mistakes and to search for good strategies for eliminating them from my game. I like how it digs deep below the surface to uncover the real reasons why problems show up. When I can understand the problem at a deep level, I automatically feel at ease and never need to overthink it.

I’m not perfect; sometimes I still get a little lazy when it comes to working on my mental game. Recently, I was annoyed by a poor run and started to miss a lot of bets, which is a huge mistake in Limit Hold’em. In the past, this setback would have led to mistake tilt. But instead of getting annoyed and making bigger mistakes, I was able to analyze the situation and see the real problem: I was tired. I had started a demanding new schedule and wasn’t giving myself enough breaks. Awareness is the most important thing for me. When I know the enemy better, he’s easier to defeat.”

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