Psychology

Previously in The Mental Game of Poker: The Tilt of Not Wanting to Lose, Competitiveness, Losing Money 5.4.3 Thinking You Can Win Every Hand Although it is difficult to accept, logically, that...

Previously in Mental Game of Poker: Stories of Bad Beats, Jealousy 5.4 The Bridge of Unwillingness to Lose Losing is a part of every competitive environment. And in poker, it's a normal part of...

Previous part of the book Mental Game of Poker: the desire to control the situation, justification for not wanting to learn 5.3.7 Bad Beats stories Bad beats stories are a prime example of a bridge of injustice. This is the first example of a...

Previously in The Mental Game of Poker: Incompetence and Desire 5.3.5 Desire to Control Variation Although it may seem illogical, the desire to control variation is something that, deep down,...

Previous: The Mental Game of Poker: the Tilt of Injustice 5.3.1 Failure to see the good variation Players, especially when under emotional pressure, tend to remember their failures more than their moments...

Previous: Focusing on Results, Creating Wins 5.3 Bridge of Injustice After the 100th cooler, bad beat and bad river in one day, it seems...

Previous: The Mental Game of Poker: The Tilt of Bad Cards 5.2.1 Focusing on results over quality Poker has evolved at a tremendous pace in the last decade. Partly as a result...

Bridge = Anger + Bad Play (2) 5.2 Bridging is so common when dealing poor hands for extended periods of time...

Previous: Bridge = Anger + Bad Play (1) Winner's Bridge The reason for bad play after winning a lot of money is not...

Previous: Additional Strategies for Solving Problems Bridge = Anger + Bad Play The traditional definition of bridge is too broad. Sometimes bridge is simply...