Wednesday, 1 August 2012

Mental Game Fish

I am reading Jared Tendler's book 'The Mental Game Of Poker' and have quickly realised I suffer from many of the mental defects Jared claims make you a mental game fish, even though I am not a massive fish in strategy terms (except for problem #2 below). Here are the first five things I could think of out a massive list I made, that hinder my game and give me problems:

  1. Changing proven winning strategy to try and counteract run-bad
  2. Trying to win every hand
  3. Thinking that certain cards are 'bound to come'
  4. Schooling other players
  5. Feeling frustrated when bad players win more

     I am using pre game preparation and post game evaluation to try and combat these problems the Tendler way, along with regular hand analysis. The work is similar to cognitive behavioural therapy and it feels good to be proactive and working on aspects of the game that I may be able to apply elsewhere too. My long term aim is to move up in cash game stakes so I have stopped playing heads up and multitable donkaments for the time being.

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