Treating Poker Like a Sport

Open publication – Free publishing – More mental game Treating Poker Like a Sport The poker climate is getting tougher, there’s no doubt about it. Game selection is now essential if you want to maintain a stable winrate and knowing your push/ fold ranges from your PSR (pot to stack ratio) is a must. Whether [...]

WPT Mag: Returning to Poker

September 2011, WPT Magazine Column Open publication – Free publishing – More poker

You Need Rest

World Poker Tour Magazine, Issue 92 You Need Rest To Be The Best If you want to reach your peak mental performance you need to take regular breaks. Jared Tendler explains why rest is such a key factor in poker. Poker players often get caught up in their hourly win rate or their $$ per [...]

WSOP Prep: FOCUS

World Poker Tour Magazine, Issue 92 WSOP Preparation: Focus, Focus, Focus For many players, especially those from an online background, the experience of playing poker for 15 hours straight is a daunting task and one that can put a strain on your skills. This month Jared Tendler explains how to stay focused and maintain your [...]

Don’t Think, Just Do It

World Poker Tour Magazine, Issue 91 Poker skill is entirely about making quality decisions. In the long run in poker, the player who consistently makes the best decisions comes out on top. While this fact is obvious, players generally fail to understand the decision making process. Decision making is the most important thing you do [...]

Who’s Afraid of the Sharks

World Poker Tour Magazine, Issue 90 In my previous articles I’ve covered the major mental games issues that may be affecting your game, including tilt, confidence and motivation. In this article I’m going to explore the largely overlooked issue of fear. The general definition of tilt assumes that it is anything that causes you to [...]

Old Dogs Can Learn New Bluffs

World Poker Tour Magazine, Issue 89 With the learning curve in poker becoming ever steeper, it can be tough keeping up with the latest trends. Even modern-day poker editors can find themselves languishing on the sidelines, while the young guns leave them stationary. This month I’m going to focus on how we actually learn as [...]

Taking the Next Step

World Poker Tour Magazine, Issue 88 [Click to read PDF] Moving up the poker ladder not only means your skill on the felt has to improve, but your overall strategy for getting better as a player has to step up. Making the jump in stakes is not simply a matter of coping with the increased [...]

Staying Motivated

World Poker Tour Magazine, Issue 87 [Click to read PDF] Getting motivated to achieve all the goals you set out to achieve is easy when you first start out in the game, but once the game becomes a grind you can easily find yourself becoming demotivated and losing money. With his new book, The Mental [...]

Dealing with Overconfidence

World Poker Tour Magazine, Issue 86 [Click to read PDF] A little confidence can go a long way but too much self-belief can have a devastating effect on your game. This month Jared Tendler turns his attention to a much misunderstood issue in the poker world. (Read More)

Controlling & Improving Tilt

World Poker Tour Magazine, Issue 85 [Click to read PDF] My first two articles narrowed down the definition of tilt, help you create a tilt profile, described the seven types of tilt, and provided a framework for you to begin controlling tilt at the table. This article is all about helping you take more control [...]

7 Types of Tilt

World Poker Tour Magazine, Issue 84 [Click to read PDF] God decreed the 10 commandments, Ghandi outline seven principals to a happy life and now Jared Tendler is on hand to breakdown the seven types of tilt. In last month’s article we took a common explaination of tilt, refined it and firmly rooted it within [...]

Solving the Tilt Equation

World Poker Tour Magazine, Issue 83 [Click to read PDF] The first of my monthly articles! In game where variance can pummel you like a heavyweight boxer it can often be difficult to keep your emotions in check. Going on tilt is the bane of poker players across the world and has caused more than [...]