Successfully Moving Up in Stakes: Part 2
Posted On PartyPoker’s Blog Making a leap up to a higher limit a profitable one, takes more than poker skill and a big enough bankroll. The mental side of moving up in stakes is just as important. My last article, introduced two common mistakes players make, here are three more: Placing Too Much Importance on [...]
Preparing for the WSOP: Part 1
Posted On PartyPoker’s Blog Of the thousands of players who compete in the WSOP main event, just a very small percentage of them are physically and mentally prepared for the gruelling task ahead of them. If things go well, you will be playing consecutive 16 hour days with little time to rest and reset your [...]
Successfully Moving Up in Stakes: Part 1
Posted On PartyPoker’s Blog Moving up to a higher stake is understandably difficult for a poker player. You are putting more money on the line and taking on more risk at the same time. The two most important factors in moving up to a new stake is having enough technical poker skill and a large [...]
Take Control of Tilt: Part 4
From PartyPoker’s Blog Last time I gave you a strategy for dealing with your own tilt issues in real time, today I am going to talk about how to track your progress. Often when players are working on an issue like tilt they will try a strategy that works well in the short term but [...]
Take Control of Tilt: Part 3
From PartyPoker’s Blog In the last blog I told you about a strategy that can be used to help control tilt in real time. Included in that is the use of a statement to ‘Inject the Logic’ as a means of getting you thinking more clearly at a time when tilt starts affecting your thinking. [...]
Take Control of Tilt: Part 2
From PartyPoker’s Blog In my previous blog I narrowed the definition of tilt to playing bad because of anger and then introduced the tilt profile as a way to better understand your own patterns of tilt. Now let’s get into how to use your tilt profile to begin taking control of tilt. There are two [...]
Take Control of Tilt: Part 1
From PartyPoker’s Blog Tilt is one of the most misunderstood concepts in all of poker and a big reason why it is because it is defined too broadly. When someone plays bad you’ll often hear them say it was because they were simply on tilt, but without saying why. “I was playing ok, then I [...]
