Mastering the mental game in poker

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I have seenn those videos from stakemetoplay and they are good and inspiring.

But as a mtt player I believe most of it is for cash game.

Is there any mental training for mtts out there.
 
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I do not think you can find good free poker video about psychology..

But now you can find a lot of books about psychology and motivation ...
 
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I have seenn those videos from stakemetoplay and they are good and inspiring.

But as a mtt player I believe most of it is for cash game.

Is there any mental training for mtts out there.

With a thread title like this, I can't help but recommend that people read Jared Tendler's book: The Mental Game of Poker :) Covers all sorts of poker0related situations.

You can check out my review here: http://cardplayerlifestyle.com/poker-book-review-the-mental-game-of-poker/

Also, if you're interested, just did an interview with Jared himself over on the Top Pair Home Game Poker Podcast: http://cardplayerlifestyle.com/top-pair-interview-mental-game-poker-author-jared-tendler/
 
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wsop is mtt. watching some of those could help.
 
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Biggest plan in the making for me is working on player tendencies, their range & that's been helping with the particular style certain player have as well.
 
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With a thread title like this, I can't help but recommend that people read Jared Tendler's book: The Mental Game of Poker :) Covers all sorts of poker0related situations.

You can check out my review here: http://cardplayerlifestyle.com/poker-book-review-the-mental-game-of-poker/

Also, if you're interested, just did an interview with Jared himself over on the Top Pair Home Game Poker Podcast: http://cardplayerlifestyle.com/top-pair-interview-mental-game-poker-author-jared-tendler/

"Too often, as poker players, we attribute our failures at the felt to bad luck, random happenstance and being on the wrong side of variance. Surely, most losses we endure are as a result of bad beats, suckouts, and lucky fish having their way with the deck at our expense. Rare are the players who understand that the solution to their poker problems lie not in poker itself but rather within themselves". I read your review and I agree with thought process 100% from the quote I copy and pasted from your review. I am going to purchase this book and hope to absorb the information. I post in forums that actually are a diary of sorts to myself. Additional note taking on myself, this might further my learning at a greater pace thank you for that review. Glad to meet you and hope everything is going well.
 
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If I was you I would check out "The Poker Mindset: Essential Attitudes for Poker Success" by Matthew Hilger. It was the first book I ever read about poker and It's the best poker book I have ever read. It's a poker book but it doesn't have any hand examples or strat or probabilities. It focuses entirely on the mental aspect of poker. Based on your title it is exactly what your looking for.
 
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"Too often, as poker players, we attribute our failures at the felt to bad luck, random happenstance and being on the wrong side of variance. Surely, most losses we endure are as a result of bad beats, suckouts, and lucky fish having their way with the deck at our expense. Rare are the players who understand that the solution to their poker problems lie not in poker itself but rather within themselves". I read your review and I agree with thought process 100% from the quote I copy and pasted from your review. I am going to purchase this book and hope to absorb the information. I post in forums that actually are a diary of sorts to myself. Additional note taking on myself, this might further my learning at a greater pace thank you for that review. Glad to meet you and hope everything is going well.

Thanks for the kind words - I'll be sure to share your remarks with Jared! Hope you enjoy the book.
 
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With a thread title like this, I can't help but recommend that people read Jared Tendler's book: The Mental Game of Poker :) Covers all sorts of poker0related situations.

You can check out my review here: http://cardplayerlifestyle.com/poker-book-review-the-mental-game-of-poker/

Also, if you're interested, just did an interview with Jared himself over on the Top Pair Home Game Poker Podcast: http://cardplayerlifestyle.com/top-pair-interview-mental-game-poker-author-jared-tendler/

Thank you very much Robbie.

I have been reading some of this already, but there are reading stuff for many hours and I am looking forward to read it all.
 
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Thank you very much Robbie.

I have been reading some of this already, but there are reading stuff for many hours and I am looking forward to read it all.

Yup - took me a month to read the book. Takes a lot of concentration; not like reading a John Grisham or Michael Crichton novel, haha.

Enjoy
 
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There are a lot of books about mentality of online poker,but the best school of poker metality is own is practice,of caurse.
 
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Yup - took me a month to read the book. Takes a lot of concentration; not like reading a John Grisham or Michael Crichton novel, haha.

Enjoy

Hi again Robbie

I now have both books as audiobooks and I am almost through listening to the first one.

But I feel like I am missing out on graphs and sheeds etc.

Would I gain more from the books by getting the hard copy to or is it possible to get hands on all the stuff I am missing some other way.

I am so close to buy both ebooks too, to make sure I am getting all the action.

By the way great book I really feel like I am improving even though I still got more then a whole book to get through.
 
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Hi again Robbie

I now have both books as audiobooks and I am almost through listening to the first one.

But I feel like I am missing out on graphs and sheeds etc.

Would I gain more from the books by getting the hard copy to or is it possible to get hands on all the stuff I am missing some other way.

I am so close to buy both ebooks too, to make sure I am getting all the action.

By the way great book I really feel like I am improving even though I still got more then a whole book to get through.

Good question - some people learn best by listening while other learn best visually. I honestly don't know how to answer that question for you. Perhaps consider reaching out to Jared on Twitter @jaredtendler - he's a good guy.... you can tell him "I sent you" :)
 
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There's also the book "The Poker Hero" by Florian RoBner and all the Alan Schoonmaker books. Mastering tilt is very important as you can run off your entire bankroll in one sitting through "trying to get even" with some maniac
 
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