I recently have been reading
“The Mental Game of Poker”, by Jared Tendler. Im about 2/3
through the book right now and it is quite eye opening. It makes you
realize just how important the mental game is in poker, no matter how
strong you think yours is.
I am in town for exactly 7
days before I head out to San Diego for the end of the Circuit event
down there. As usual for me I am going to set a goals list for the
week to help me keep focus. I have some fun events this week such as
Seahawks vs Cardinals game and UFC on Fox in Seattle, as well as
catching up with friends, but I still plan on playing a decent amount
of poker while in town.
Develop a poker warm-up
plan and follow through with it before every session.
Any athlete or
business professional before a big meeting has a routine they go
through to get themselves prepared for the work ahead. Poker
should be no different.
My routine will
involve workout in gym, 30 minutes of video review, review of
goals and mental game notes.
Focus on my mental game
throughout the week.
There are a many new
ideas, theories, and concepts that have been brought to my
attention this week. While I don't plan, or is it possible, to
have a perfect mental game in a week, just like poker I plan on
working bit by bit to improving my mental game.
Finish the book
Go through the book
a 2nd time and work through the excercises
Develop a “Cool Down”
routine to objectively evaluate my mental and poker games.
30 hours of live play
in cash games.
6 workouts this week.
Video of the week.
If you enjoy Hip Hop you
check out Macklemoore, he is based out of Seattle and is getting
popular quick. Any Seattle Mariners fan should notice the 3rd and last song from last season.
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