Resilience and Optimization: Winning Poker's Mental Game · S8E6

About this episode

This episode explores the mental aspects of poker, focusing on resilience, tilt avoidance, and performance optimization through mindfulness.

Do you equate the mental game of #poker with tilt avoidance? Then this episode of the podcast will be a huge eye-opener. Sure mental resilience is a critical part of playing winning poker, but there are many other edges you can develop through mindfulness. Directed study moves more concepts into unconscious competence, making decisions faster and more accurate. Creating a flow state will optimize your performance and thus your hourly rate. A solid and complete mental game is the ultimate poker edge. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Introduction: The Mental Game 0:43 Adult Learning Model Explained 1:02 Unconscious Incompetence to Unconscious Competence 5:21 How Tilt Exposes Skill Gaps 7:35 The Inchworm Concept 10:32 Injecting Logic to Combat Tilt 13:47 Recognizing Accumulated Tilt 15:32 Should You Adjust Strategy When Tilted? 17:57 Types of Tilt: Running Bad, Injustice, Mistake Tilt 20:10 Entitlement Tilt and Variance 21:15 Desperation Tilt: When to Quit 22:21 The Zone: Playing Your A+ Game RELATED LINKS - Why Your Poker Mindset Matters: https://www.splitsuit.com/your-poker-mindset-matters - The Exploitative Edge (Book): https://redchippoker.com/the-exploitative-edge - Poker For Human Brains…

People in this episode

Host: Red Chip Poker

Topics covered

• mental game
• poker strategy
• tilt avoidance
• mindfulness
• performance optimization
• decision making

Keywords

• mental game
• tilt
• mindfulness
• poker strategy
• performance
• decision making
• flow state

Mentioned in this episode

Products: The Exploitative Edge

Books & works: Resilience and Optimization: Winning Poker's Mental Game

Places: Discord

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