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[mchilger]

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, outthink 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.


Chapter 1 – Introduction

Chapter 2 – The Poker Mindset - Identifying the core mental attitudes a poker player needs to succeed.

2.1. Understand and Accept the Realities of Poker
2.2. Play for the Long Term
2.3. Emphasize Correct Decisions over Making Money
2.4. Desensitize Yourself to Money
2.5. Leave Your Ego at the Door
2.6. Remove All Emotion from Decisions
2.7. Dedicate Yourself to a Continuous Cycle of Analysis and Improvement

Chapter 3 – Overcoming Your Instincts - A discussion in how your instincts and life experience may lead you astray in poker.

3.1. Actions and Reactions
3.2. Setting Goals
3.3. Is “Average” Acceptable?
3.4. Risk Aversion
3.5. Greed
3.6. Woolly Thinking

Chapter 4 – Bad Beats and Losing Big Pots - How to cope with losing a big pot or suffering a bad beat.

4.1. What Happens When You Lose a Big Pot?
4.2. Reaction to Losing a Big Pot
4.3. Applying the Poker Mindset
4.4. Bad Beats

Chapter 5 – Downswings - What downswings are, how to handle them, and what pitfalls to avoid.

5.1. Running Badly
5.2. The Reality of Downswings
5.3. Common Bad Responses to Downswings
5.4. Dealing with a Downswing
5.5. Staying in Control
5.6. Downswings and the Poker Mindset
5.7. Improving Your Game
5.8. Downswings and Your Bankroll

Chapter 6 – Tilt - Identifying, managing, and avoiding different types of tilt.

6.1. What Is Tilt?
6.2. Why Do Players Go on Tilt?
6.3. Different Types of Tilt
6.4. Preparing for and Avoiding Tilt
6.5. Detecting Tilt
6.6. Combating Tilt
6.7. Tilt in Tournaments

Chapter 7 – Looking after Your Bankroll - Bankroll considerations with a psychological slant.

7.1. The Biggest Mistake in Poker
7.2. Determining Your Bankroll Requirements
7.3. Why Do Players Go Wrong?
7.4. Moving Up Limits
7.5. Moving Down Limits
7.6. Cashing-out Strategies

Chapter 8 – Into the Minds of Your Opponents - Evaluating your opponents’ tendencies, motives, and levels of thinking.

8.1. The Importance of Observation
8.2. Categorizing Your Opponents
8.3. Different Types of Players
8.4. Getting into Your Opponents’ Heads
8.5. Levels of Thinking

Chapter 9 – Advanced Topics - Miscellaneous topics concerning poker psychology.

9.1. When to Quit
9.2. What about Upswings?
9.3. Tilt and Your Opponents’ Mindset
9.4. When Sub-optimal Is Optimal
9.5. Probability in Action
9.6. Internet and Live Play
9.7. Professional Poker
9.8. Non-Profit Motives

Chapter 10 - Poker and Life - Integrating poker with the rest of your life.

10.1. The Missing Component of the Poker Mindset
10.2. Life Beyond the Poker Table
10.3. Bankroll Separation
10.4. Emotional Separation
10.5. What Can You Learn from Poker?

[osmosis21]

sounds great...I can't wait to read it.
Sign me up for a copy

[therivierakid]

I am really looking forward to this. Although I'm a fan of Zen and the Art of Poker it doesn't quite deal with the realities of the online game. I'm confident that this book will and hopefully help me to mend one or two glaring holes in my game.

Plus both authors have a very good writing style IMO - for a poker book, an absolute must!

[Fumseck]

This will be quite interesting. Really looking forward to it.

[krazytxan]

Ohhhhh...it's gonna be a goody!!

Love it so far.

KT

[BernardDogs]

Very nicely done. In this day and age, it's becoming tougher and tougher to put out a unique book that is also well written.

You've definitely covered the first part of that equation. Given what I've seen from both of you, you'll no doubt nail the second part as well.

BD

[rdeadmoneya]

Can't wait to get it!!!

[Richie(UK)]

Sounds like a 'must buy' already!

(Any idea yet as to the likely price?)

[Piemaster]

You can preorder on amazon for $16.47

http://www.amazon.com/Poker-Mindset-Mat ... F8&s=books

Not on Amazon.co.uk yet for some reason

[therivierakid]

I assume it will be in the ITH Store at the earliest opportunity?

[jeffnc]

Nice job, good luck.

[Primitive]

Yummy

[Piscivorous]

Another important addition to the bookshelf above my computer.

Looking forward to it.

[cybrarian]

Yummy

Every good book deserves a good cover design. This one has both in spades, if you'll pardon the pun.

[55er]

This book looks very good.I have read alot of Pie's articles and always found them to be an easy and informed read.Looks like it will be quite a unique book.
Cant wait.