Poker can rely on your current ‘state of mind’ “ nonsense” I hear you cry, well many players will agree this can ultimately give you the edge.
So how do you get to that place? well that’s a question of personal preference, but I will share the wealth my poker lovelies; brace yourself; you are now about to gain access to one of world’s most inconsistent volatile poker minds:
Welcome to my world – Pokerville Pimp style:
Do not tilt
What is tilt? many people think of tilt as a just a poker term, but tilt happens every day in our life’s: Tilt is an argument over who unloads the dishwasher, tilt is a parking fine, tilt is missing the last train home, tilt is your ex- girlfriend getting a boob job after she has left you, tilt is a text message from Vodafone offering a service you will never buy, tilt is the twenty fifth pizza flyer of the day through the letter box.
Make sure your ipod is fully juiced; the last thing you want is a flat battery when you have some numpty chatting about his latest poker saga. I tend to have a mixture of beats for all occasions; I gotta have the good east coast hip-hop; A tribe called quest, DJ Premier, Pete Rock and CL smooth. All good players listen to hip-hop; Kirk Morrison, Jeff Madsen, even Phil Hellmuth – well if it’s good enough for the ‘Poker Brat’….
Good down tempo is essential too; the chilled beats of nightmares on wax, Kruder and Dorfmeister are listed in my ‘favourites’, you’ll even find the Pimp bopping his head side to side at the classical harmonies of Ennio Morricone.
Musically, some professionals go to extreme lengths to find that perfect consciousness; take Michael Binger a man that cashed seven times at the last World Series. What was Mike listening to? Take That? Vivaldi? Led Zeppelin – no alpha beta frequencies. The sounds enhance deeper concentration and clearer thinking. Nerdy – but f*cking genius.
Stay clear of:
Bullshitters, arse holes, arse holes that hang around with bullshitters, story tellers, boring people, people who like the sound of their own voice, wannabe comedians, wannabe mathematicians, and wannabe professionals, players with bad breath or bad body odour.
Etiquette
Win with class, don’t celebrate a suck out with an impromptu can-can on your chair, say “nice hand “ where appropriate. Don’t show any emotion whether your strong or weak …go to another place (avoid Burnham-on- Sea, its shit).
Read a good book
Whilst I would recommend any of the books by Dan Harrington. One many will overlook is the brilliant ’forty eight laws of power’ by Robert Greene. Not strictly a poker book, This five hundred page epic distils wisdom from the Worlds greatest thinkers; Sun Tzu, Machiavelli, Carl Von Clausewitz (I didn’t make that name up I swear). Many of the title chapters speak for themselves, take Law fifteen ; ‘Crush your enemy totally ‘ or law twenty one ‘play a sucker to catch a sucker or the appropriately named law thirty nine ‘stir up waters to catch fish’. Essential reading folks.
Don’t try this at home; play your own game
Time and time again amateurs lose money and chips whilst bluffing. Jamie Gold can afford to bluff, he was fairly well ‘wedged’ before his big win; launching the career of several big stars including James Gandolfini…enough already douche bag!.
Being an agent Jamie gave the sales pitch of his life at the World Series of Poker 2006. A master class of how to ‘close’ was demonstrated by Gold over the eight days, his skill in sealing the deal was the major factor to capturing the 2006 main event crown – what’s my point? If you want to get cute on the patter make sure you have the skills to see it through.
So you have looked around my small but compact poker mind hope you enjoyed the tour see you next month for more poker wisdom…
So how do you get to that place? well that’s a question of personal preference, but I will share the wealth my poker lovelies; brace yourself; you are now about to gain access to one of world’s most inconsistent volatile poker minds:
Welcome to my world – Pokerville Pimp style:
Do not tilt
What is tilt? many people think of tilt as a just a poker term, but tilt happens every day in our life’s: Tilt is an argument over who unloads the dishwasher, tilt is a parking fine, tilt is missing the last train home, tilt is your ex- girlfriend getting a boob job after she has left you, tilt is a text message from Vodafone offering a service you will never buy, tilt is the twenty fifth pizza flyer of the day through the letter box.
Make sure your ipod is fully juiced; the last thing you want is a flat battery when you have some numpty chatting about his latest poker saga. I tend to have a mixture of beats for all occasions; I gotta have the good east coast hip-hop; A tribe called quest, DJ Premier, Pete Rock and CL smooth. All good players listen to hip-hop; Kirk Morrison, Jeff Madsen, even Phil Hellmuth – well if it’s good enough for the ‘Poker Brat’….
Good down tempo is essential too; the chilled beats of nightmares on wax, Kruder and Dorfmeister are listed in my ‘favourites’, you’ll even find the Pimp bopping his head side to side at the classical harmonies of Ennio Morricone.
Musically, some professionals go to extreme lengths to find that perfect consciousness; take Michael Binger a man that cashed seven times at the last World Series. What was Mike listening to? Take That? Vivaldi? Led Zeppelin – no alpha beta frequencies. The sounds enhance deeper concentration and clearer thinking. Nerdy – but f*cking genius.
Stay clear of:
Bullshitters, arse holes, arse holes that hang around with bullshitters, story tellers, boring people, people who like the sound of their own voice, wannabe comedians, wannabe mathematicians, and wannabe professionals, players with bad breath or bad body odour.
Etiquette
Win with class, don’t celebrate a suck out with an impromptu can-can on your chair, say “nice hand “ where appropriate. Don’t show any emotion whether your strong or weak …go to another place (avoid Burnham-on- Sea, its shit).
Read a good book
Whilst I would recommend any of the books by Dan Harrington. One many will overlook is the brilliant ’forty eight laws of power’ by Robert Greene. Not strictly a poker book, This five hundred page epic distils wisdom from the Worlds greatest thinkers; Sun Tzu, Machiavelli, Carl Von Clausewitz (I didn’t make that name up I swear). Many of the title chapters speak for themselves, take Law fifteen ; ‘Crush your enemy totally ‘ or law twenty one ‘play a sucker to catch a sucker or the appropriately named law thirty nine ‘stir up waters to catch fish’. Essential reading folks.
Don’t try this at home; play your own game
Time and time again amateurs lose money and chips whilst bluffing. Jamie Gold can afford to bluff, he was fairly well ‘wedged’ before his big win; launching the career of several big stars including James Gandolfini…enough already douche bag!.
Being an agent Jamie gave the sales pitch of his life at the World Series of Poker 2006. A master class of how to ‘close’ was demonstrated by Gold over the eight days, his skill in sealing the deal was the major factor to capturing the 2006 main event crown – what’s my point? If you want to get cute on the patter make sure you have the skills to see it through.
So you have looked around my small but compact poker mind hope you enjoyed the tour see you next month for more poker wisdom…
