Psychology

Guys I have a problem As soon as I begin to approach the prize in a tournament, I start to worry and worry about stack, more simply trying to see out even minimal - to prizes. Can anyone help or advice book advise how to read. Thank you in advance.

Marcwantstowin said:

Hi Nastena. If I were you I'd try either David Sklansky "The theory of Poker" or Phil Gordon's "Little Green Book". Both I have read and I felt they helped me to understand more about "Why people play like they play" rather than "How to play".

I think Sklansky's books are the best, but no doubt others will tell you different. Gl and see you on the felt.

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Taking action soon Thank you

I would set your goal as the final table in every tournament and disregard the minimum cash. Don't even look at it, you may miss some good spots around the bubble but until you can have no anxiety about cashing just don't even consider it. For you the money starts at the final table there is no cash before that just tell yourself that.

Are you practicing good bankroll management? It's easier to forget about the min-cash and just focus on the final table if you aren't playing outside your proper stakes. Remember that you want to have about 100 buy-ins minimum if you're playing MTTs.

Since you mention psychology and it is not all about strategy the best book there is available in my opinion is The Mental Game of Poker: Proven Strategies for Improving Tilt Control, Confidence, Motivation, Coping with Variance, and More by Jared Tendler. There is an audiobook version of this too. Good luck.

Read the middle Zone, by annie duke.