| The Poker Mindset: Essential Attitudes for Poker Success |  | Authors: Matthew Hilger, Ian Taylor
Publisher: Dimat Enterprises, Inc.
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 280
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 0974150231
Dewey Decimal Number: 795.412
EAN: 9780974150239
ASIN: 0974150231
Publication Date: April 5, 2007
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What "secret" separates top poker players from poker wannabes? Is it zen-like mind-reading skills, a computer-like brain or thousands of hours of play? No. It is a series of established approaches and behaviors that enables these experts to bring their "A" game to the table session after session, regardless of short-term results. In this groundbreaking book, Taylor and Hilger lay bare the secrets of the Poker Mindset: seven core attitudes and concepts that ensure you have the optimal emotional, psychological, and behavioral framework for playing superior poker. The Poker Mindset deeply explores vital topics that most poker books only touch upon:
- Tilt: What it really is, why and when you are most prone to it, and how you can avoid it.
- Bankroll: A complete examination of bankroll management from a technical, but more importantly, from a psychological and emotional viewpoint.
- Opponents: How to determine your competitors' mental and emotional processes so that you can dominate, out think and outplay them.
- Downswings: Every poker player experiences them, but you will truly understand and be armed against low ebbs when they occur.
- Bad Beats: The Poker Mindset will enable you to overcome the trauma of bad beats and losing big pots. Poker is a fun game, but it is even more fun when you win. The Poker Mindset may be the most valuable poker book you will ever read. Embrace its concepts and you can overcome the unseen obstacles that are limiting your success at the table. When you make the Poker Mindset your mindset, you will take control of your game and walk away a winner.
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 Worth the read covering a different aspect of poker July 20, 2010
daddio (TEXAS)
Not your normal how to book, which is good. Its not going to tell you which hands to play or how much to bet. It covers a different subject and causes different thoughts. If your looking for the best books on how to play poker I personally like Harrington, but if your looking for something else this book is a good addition to the poker library. Has some good concepts and lets you know that all players have ups and downs and really helps you understand the downswings or variance in poker.
 good for beginner; not so much for very experienced players May 18, 2010
JoeShmoe
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you are a beginner or intermediate player, then this is an excellent read. It outlines some of the most critical aspects of poker that separate the winners from the break-even/losing players. For me, I have been playing seriously for about 10 years, professionally for more than 5 years, I didn't find any new or very much useful information in the book. The reason I bought this book was because I was having the worst month I have had in a long time and I thought reading something like this might help put me back in the right frame of mind but the information is far more basic than I expected. I was expecting to learn more about myself and other people like WHY our egos sometimes get in our ways and WHY do we tilt from short-term results. The book gives answers to some of those types of questions but not as personal and in-depth as I was looking for.
I highly recommend this book to any new or intermediate player. I wish this book was around when I started playing. Things that took me years and years to learn are printed in black and white right there in this book.
In a nutshell: Don't go on Tilt. If you DO go on tilt, stop playing. April 22, 2010
Keekles (Vancouver, Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm the type of player who doesn't get angry or aggressive after a series of ridiculous bad beats, but who gets tighter and weaker. According to this book this is also a form of tilt. I always thought I was a fairly non-emotional player and I would secretly smirk with a sense of superiority at those who had berserk meltdowns (and then consequently losing all their chips). But after reading this I can see that I do have my costly flaws to work on as well. I wouldn't say this is the greatest poker book ever written, but it does offer some interesting advice for a poker players who have already have a solid grasph on the technical side of poker and who wish to control their tilt tendencies a bit better.
 Excellent Book for Understanding the Poker Mindset April 1, 2010
Dennis Osgood
I found this book very useful and informative concerning the mental part of poker, aside from the mathematics, etc. It gave me new insights into how I play and how I can be better prepared mentally when I sit down at the table. Poker is a whole lot more than odds and luck.
This book introduces the reader to the many other aspects of playing winning poker and what to do with your mindset when things do and do not go your way. It has excellent material on surviving tilt and establishing a philosophy for play that can keep you balanced and clear headed.
 Nothing new March 29, 2010
Mauro Pablo Blanc
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
You don't need a book to know that you will get bad beats plyaing poker. It's just part of the game and you have to accept it.
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