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Mastering the ego can be a professionals greatest challenge.

Goal: neutralize all positive and negative feelings that originate from results.

Neutralize = remove all judgement from your emotion. What you feel simply is, and has no impact on decisions.

Originally Posted by Micro2Macro

Mastering the ego can be a professionals greatest challenge.

Goal: neutralize all positive and negative feelings that originate from results.

Neutralize = remove all judgement from your emotion. What you feel simply is, and has no impact on decisions.

you spending much time on mental game these days?

Originally Posted by Micro2Macro

Update: Recently just final tabled a hot $75 w/ 700 players. Placed 3rd. Pretty happy with how I played rather than the result itself

but enjoy the result too i reckon

Originally Posted by Micro2Macro

Lately Ive been spending more time working on my deep game in attempt to move up and crush higher levels of zoom in addition to the other games I play.

given all the cap you've played and the study associated with that game, do you feel like you have a stronger capacity to identify and utilise decent pre-flop and flop range frequencies than most of your opponents?

Originally Posted by daven

you spending much time on mental game these days?


but enjoy the result too i reckon


given all the cap you've played and the study associated with that game, do you feel like you have a stronger capacity to identify and utilise decent pre-flop and flop range frequencies than most of your opponents?

I spend a lot of time on mental game. I don't consider just reading Jared tendlers books and coaching sessions contribution to it - keeping up with workouts, training Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, meditation, and artistic expression all contribute to refining the mental game of poker. Lately I have been working on performance more - i.e getting into the zone/flow state more often. The art of learning by josh waitzkin provided a good story for inspiration here in addition to highlighting a few key ideas on the subject of mental performance.

regarding your cap question, yeah. I think it's been ingrained into me not to make spewy preflop plays ever - yet when I play other games I see people do dumb shit like 3bet me oop with q6 off suit. I don't fold to 3bets ip much so I think I make a lot of money off those guys who don't have a solid preflop strategy that does well vs anyone.

sorry for taking forever to get to this. I tend to check for in between grinding and running out the door so often forget to write here