The Mental Game of Poker - A Workbook Approach

[DaveShoelace]

Aw shucks thanks for the kind words Tikay.

We do indeed have it on Kindle, I know because I was really resistant to it at first, I thought it was just going to open the floodgates to piracy. As it happens, not the case, far from it. Most people would rather pay for the convenience of not having to go through piracy sites and it outsells softcover 2-1.

Hows things going with your own book btw Tikay?

[DaveShoelace]

Jared and I are currently working on book number 2, its all different material

 

Sneak peek, to give you an idea



(Thats the end of my spamming btw Mark, continue)

[VBlue]

Barry - great to have you have on the thread and a very kind offer to help with questions.

Just to give a background to the work I have done with Jared - I have attended a 'live' online training session which I have a recording of (not available for copies so please do not ask) where I got to ask questions and get some individual replies.  Also, I have had individual responses from Jared through another training site (I won't spam either so won't promote who that was with).  To get this kind of 1:1 for free or next to free has been amazing and really helped me with such things as Confidence & Motivation (two big subjects in TMGOP) and setting up things like a Process Model to ensure I have a routine for Pre-Game, and Post-Game Evaluation & Analysis (more on this as I come to it in the book).

Thanks to all who have shown an interest.  I am going to be taking on a lot of different training in this first month of 2013 alongside some longer-term training and the ongoing approach to improving Mental Game.

[tikay]

Aw shucks thanks for the kind words Tikay.

We do indeed have it on Kindle, I know because I was really resistant to it at first, I thought it was just going to open the floodgates to piracy. As it happens, not the case, far from it. Most people would rather pay for the convenience of not having to go through piracy sites and it outsells softcover 2-1.

Hows things going with your own book btw Tikay?

Painfully slow.

I also lack an adequate vocab range to write a book well, which I'm trying to cure by using a Thesaurus a lot in my everyday stuff. Bit hard to learn new stuff (& retain it) at my age though.

[DaveShoelace]

Aw shucks thanks for the kind words Tikay.

We do indeed have it on Kindle, I know because I was really resistant to it at first, I thought it was just going to open the floodgates to piracy. As it happens, not the case, far from it. Most people would rather pay for the convenience of not having to go through piracy sites and it outsells softcover 2-1.

Hows things going with your own book btw Tikay?

Painfully slow.

I also lack an adequate vocab range to write a book well, which I'm trying to cure by using a Thesaurus a lot in my everyday stuff. Bit hard to learn new stuff (& retain it) at my age though.

Some of the best books I've read were very simple and direct with the vocabulary, nothing puts me off a book more than someone tripping over their words showing off (Case in point, I'm a massive Derren Brown fan, but put his biography down after three pages for that reason).

IMO just write the thing out and then refine it afterwards.

[VBlue]

Just got the Derren Brown autobiography too (that means a book what someone writes about their own life for Tikay's reference) and tickets for the new show, Infamous in March.

[DaveShoelace]

Just got the Derren Brown autobiography too (that means a book what someone writes about their own life for Tikay's reference) and tickets for the new show, Infamous in March.

His tricks of the mind book is excellent, but the Bio, good luck with that.

Live show is amazing, high recommended.

[VBlue]

Very apt post on this subject.  Just a 'bonus material' type link - http://jaredtendlerpoker.com/blog/making-new-years-resolutions-stick/

[Sulphur man]

Jared and I are currently working on book number 2, its all different material

 

Sneak peek, to give you an idea



(Thats the end of my spamming btw Mark, continue)

New book looks excellent. Topics covered are quite intriguing.
What timescale are we looking for the release?

[Rod]

I have just got around to actually starting to read this boo. Any advice?

Read it from cover to cover first then go back and work on the process model etc?

[Sulphur man]

I have just got around to actually starting to read this boo. Any advice?

Read it from cover to cover first then go back and work on the process model etc?

Either way works. Its not that difficult to read cover to cover first
then go back to parts you wish to review. some interesting concepts within.

[Tal]

Aw shucks thanks for the kind words Tikay.

We do indeed have it on Kindle, I know because I was really resistant to it at first, I thought it was just going to open the floodgates to piracy. As it happens, not the case, far from it. Most people would rather pay for the convenience of not having to go through piracy sites and it outsells softcover 2-1.

Hows things going with your own book btw Tikay?

Painfully slow.

I also lack an adequate vocab range to write a book well, which I'm trying to cure by using a Thesaurus a lot in my everyday stuff. Bit hard to learn new stuff (& retain it) at my age though.

I spoke to my old chess coach about this as he has written a few books in his time. He states the obvious: who are you writing for?

People who know who you are will have seen you on TV and will be expecting that persona to come through, so writing ebulliently (but not necessarily writing the word "ebulliently") is all that your audience might want.

The people who don't know you from Adam might not be fussed about having to have a dictionary to-hand.

[Tal]

I hasten to add I didn't speak to my old coach about you, Tikay; it was a year or two ago, when I was thinking of writing a few articles and submitting them to local newspapers.

Barry's articles are a good case in point (Barry, look away now if your posterior prefers being smoke-free): they are written in a way even the most recreational of players can take something out of them* but you know very quickly that this is an intelligent author who is comfortable and confident in his subject matter.


*my take on it is the technical side tends to come from a real-life experience or a relatable problem the audience will likely either have encountered or can easily imagine. The story drags them in and makes them more receptive to the technical info that follows - tell me if I'm wrong tho!

[VBlue]

I have just got around to actually starting to read this boo. Any advice?

Read it from cover to cover first then go back and work on the process model etc?

Advice number one is stick with this thread as I start to work through the elements of my mental game I want to improve.

I have done some work on setting up a Process Model, looking at getting a Preparation routine in place, a post-session Evaluation, and thinking about what Analysis I want to do each week in between sessions.

Preparation - How do you prepare? What do you do before you start a session playing poker? Physical preparation and/or mental preparation? Inspirational - listening to a piece of music/reviewing goals? Setting session goals? Reviewing hands?
 
Evaluation - How do you evaluate your session performance? When do you do this (straight afterwards is Jared's recommendation)? What elements of your play do you evaluate (I have introduced a scoring system evaluating Concentration, Focus, Session Goals, Tilt, Decision Making).  I don't know how this is going to help me yet though.
 
Analysis - How much time do you spend in between sessions? What do you evaluate? How does it help? What tools/forums/etc do you use?
 

[DaveShoelace]

Jared and I are currently working on book number 2, its all different material

 

Sneak peek, to give you an idea



(Thats the end of my spamming btw Mark, continue)

New book looks excellent. Topics covered are quite intriguing.
What timescale are we looking for the release?

It should be released in April, we have almost finished writing it.