Last Minute WSOP Mental Training

Last Minute WSOP Mental Training

For many in poker now is the most exciting time of year…the World Series of Poker is upon us. Those of you who are not regulars on the live circuit are very possibly about to take your once-a-year shot at a much event. Perhaps the Main Event, perhaps the Monster...
How to Avoid Falling Out of the Zone

How to Avoid Falling Out of the Zone

In my previous posts I identified a number of ways to get rid of barriers to getting in the Zone. My final tip is about what to do when you are in the Zone, but then fall out of it. I go into much more detail about this in my book The Mental Game of Poker 2, but here...
How to Get in the Zone More Often – Prepare

How to Get in the Zone More Often – Prepare

If I were to define the spectrum for mental game performance in poker, at one end you would have Tilt (and other mental game issues) and at the other you would have the Zone. Tilt and the Zone were respectively the core focus of my two books, The Mental Game of Poker...
What I learned from the November Nine

What I learned from the November Nine

This week the World Series of Poker announced that the November Nine was no more, and instead the WSOP Champion will be crowned in July. The resounding sentiment in the poker world is that this is a good thing, which I am sure it is, but as a mental game coach...