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Hey Chris…played with you Sunday until table broke …anyway, very nice blog with plenty of merit. Sometimes easier said than done but overall spot on. Went to Simpson’s website and saw tab how he helped one of his newest clients win $1,000,000 or something to that affect. I can only assume that is you.
Excellent blog entry and so true, in business, poker, and your personal life. As a strict amateur in poker I play happy and improve constantly. When Jason Duvall bluffed me for 75% of my stack in WPT Prague 2013, he had the class to show the bluff and I congratulated him. Happy and with no tilt I kept on playing. More importantly, that bluff taught me a little more about the game.
Thanks for sharing ideas and pointing out that the road to improvement as a person is not coincidentally also the road to improvement as a poker player, businessman, or other “in the zone” professional.
[…] its just all over the place. Read Moormans latest blog post this morning thought id post it here https://www.chrismoorman.com/the-powe…vely-in-poker/ This is pretty much how i try to play all the time and staying in the zone while playing is […]
Well put chris and thanks for sharing. Good luck with everything!
Great blog! Being present minded and focusing completely on the task in hand will make you do that task better. Present minded thinking FTW. We train in every part of our lives (work, gym, qualifications..poker) but spend so little time mental training. A focused player that meditates and looks after their mental health will always have an edge IMO.
As always very cerebral and enjoyable. I used to convince myself that upon losing a massive hand that would ensure a big cash or a tourney win was the other players fault, bad luck or the sites fault. This used to affect my game for days afterwards. However recently after reviewing such hands I can spot flaws in my play and am focusing on how well I played up to that point- and also acknowledging that there are some players out there that are learning and sometimes they win against you….. It happens. Have pre ordered the book from Amazon cant wait!!! 🙂
Good blog. First all the poker players started to get in good shape and realise the importance of fitness for poker, now they are starting to move towards mental game stuff too. Daniel Negreanu did a really good podcast interview with Jared Tendler where they discussed the pros and cons of positive thinking in a show called Positive Poker, link below:
“The power of the mind and positive thinking is something I’ve been trying to focus on more in recent times and I’ve come to the conclusion that positivity in life is strongly linked with success and happiness.”
And this is so important in poker, specially online poker. Given that we online poker professionals have to spend our days / nights couped up in an office, staring at a screen, it’s easy to end up focusing on the negative. Focusing on the idea that everyone at the table is an enemy, out to get us and take our money.
The key, as far as I’m concerned, is to focus on the positives as you said. To relish in the thought that I’m here doing what I enjoy of my own free will. I earn more than most people and have the freedom to work when and wherever I choose. Always putting a positive spin on things improves our quality of life so much.
“At first I really struggled with this because I was more focused on how much was up top in any given MTT versus just playing every hand as optimally as I could.”
I talk to so many poker players who ONLY focus on what’s up top, to the detriment of their games, their happiness, and their hourly rate! Focusing on what is up top is really not something worth thinking about until you’re at the final table IMHO. Playing an $11 buy-in tournament just because there is $5k up top is for many online grinders a waste of time. The real question is, what is my ROI in this tournament? Even if it’s 100%, what are you going to earn on average here… think about it! Spend your time focusing on the games in your normal buy-in rage, keeping your hourly rate high, and keeping your game sharp. Stay in the moment, pay attention to everything, let the bad beats slide off your back like butter falling off a warm knife, and crush 🙂
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Kahn
Great article
i think you’re right. Positivity is essential to being a successful not only in poker but in everything you do. when you start with a positivity, and optimistic everything seems more easier, i didn’t know how but it works like magic. Great Article Chris.
thanx Chris Moorman
really its very immpersive thought..it always succes, the power of thinking positively work in poker game,,,,its work in skill game also.
online poker is very serious and postive attitude game
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