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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