Mental Game Forum

In my February Newsletter, I asked these questions:  

Is improvement a habit that you do constantly? How effective are you at it?

The current state of poker is rewarding players who are able to learn/adapt faster. In the spirit of helping each other stay ahead of the game, post the ways that best help you to learn.

Here are the four tips I share in the newsletter:

• Assess the full range of your game, from A-game to your very worst. Read articles, watch videos, post hands, and get coaching, already knowing what you need to improve in your game. You may not know what you need to know, but this at least makes you more active and efficient with your learning.  

• Develop a proven warm-up that clears your mind of outside distractions and readies you to play your best.

• On days that are super hard, for any reason – tilt, bad variance, fear, tired – make sure that you avoid making your worst tactical or mental mistakes. Period.  

• Rest. Yes, rest is productive for many reasons. An important one is that you need rest in order to train skills to the level of Unconscious Competence.