The road to excellence (Part I)
How do I become a master player in poker? Let's take a closer look. As poker players, we all have one goal in common: improving our skills. The definition of mastery is quite misleading because...
How do I become a master player in poker? Let's take a closer look. As poker players, we all have one goal in common: improving our skills. The definition of mastery is quite misleading because...
How do most people watch video? They sit idly, listen to the filmmaker speak and are "out" somewhere until they hear or see something spectacular or...
And so we come to another important learning idea: repetition. Specifically, detailed, complex repetition. This concept suggests that when you learn something new, you don't just...
There are many differences between poker and Minesweeper. One of them is that a poker player is not forced to start playing with a blank table. We have access to...
We have previously discussed how the mind is organised into neural networks. The connections formed between neurons are strengthened by repetitive actions and weakened if not activated. Thus,...
The next topic is learning. We all have a white sheet in our heads when we first start playing poker. No one was born knowing how to identify a SA/WB, read a preflop or...
Most of your poker sessions will start near or at the A level. Being in top form means 1) that you are fully aware and actively using your...
So far, we have looked at all aspects of the mind from top to bottom, but we have never analysed the actual experience of playing poker. So, let's pierce the veil of a real poker session...
If you suddenly tell a stranger in the middle of a conversation that you're a professional poker player, you'll probably get a familiar reaction. He'll usually start talking about his friends' sister's exes who play...
While most poker players make the mistake of hiding behind their limits, there are only a few who consistently go beyond them (a sin we all commit from time to time)....