For most of my career I wanted the pride and glory of doing it all on my own. I had a big ego (and still do). We all want to be the hero, to be the best and have everyone say how awesome we are. I thought that I actually did succeed on my… Read more »
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The Downsides of Positivity in Poker
Are there negative side effects to having positive thoughts during a poker session? I realize it seems like an odd question, but I think it’s an important one. What I’ll be doing in this article is laying down the arguments against being positive, posing an alternative and asking important questions. The arguments are: 1)… Read more »
Choices in Poker
I don’t think any choice we make happens in a vacuum. I think every time we make a choice it affects the choices we make in the future. If for example, we don’t do something or don’t do it well because we are tired or lazy, I think we’re likely to make that same choice again… Read more »
2013 Will Be a Very Difficult Year For You
2013 Will Be a Very Difficult Year For You: How to Achieve Your Goals Through Mental Toughness This year will come with a lot of setbacks, obstacles, and frustrations in poker and in life. I know that's a very negative way to start a article but it's the truth (well, for most of us anyway)…. Read more »
Advanced Poker Terminology: Range, Bluff Catcher
This is part 2 of my Advanced Poker Terminolgy series. In this part of the article I'm going to explain the meanings and ideas behind the basic and important concepts "range" and "bluff catcher". Let's begin. Range – Range is what hand reading is all about. Range refers to the various hands you… Read more »
Advanced Poker Terminology: Merge, Polarized, Equity
In the poker world there is a lot of weird lingo that can be hard to understand and sounds really weird. For example someone saying " I have a polarized three bet range because he's either shoving or folding " or " I need to merge here to balance my value range" can sound like… Read more »
Poker and Happiness
So I decided to make a poker article about happiness. It might not seem like an appropriate subject, but if you think about it everything you do in poker in the end is really just to increase your level of happiness. Whether you say you're in it for the money, the fun of it, the… Read more »
Analyzing Your Game: Are you Outplaying the Table?
In this article we will talk about a very important concept: knowing when your outplaying someone. This involves honest , critical self analysis which is never a easy thing. It seems like a simple straightforward concept but as you will see it is very easy to delude yourself into thinking you are outplaying someone when… Read more »
Making Reads in Poker Tournaments
In my video series, TPE Theory: Exploiting Tendencies, I spoke about how you can take advantage of your opponents when you have reads on them. In this article I will show you some subtle things your opponent does that can provide a lot of insight into how they play and form those reads . Picking… Read more »
Moving Up Stakes
This isn't going to be an article telling you specifically what amount of buying you need before you take a shot. I don't know enough about kelly criterion and besides that the subject has been covered a million times already (including RonFezBuddy's article MTT Bankroll Management Guidelines and Game Selection Tips) . I will… Read more »