A common thing that many players experience: Maybe you’ve had a good amount of success, and maybe you even worked really hard to get it. But no matter what happens, you always still feel like you’re not really the person that you’re making yourself out to be. You feel like an imposter. The problem: Working …
A couple days ago James Clear (Who’s a habit guru and has nothing to do with poker) tweeted out this gem: As King Schultz from Django Unchained might say, “That’s a BINGO!” When I first started playing cards professionally in 2004 on Suncruz Casinos, I was definitely not smarter than the folks I was playing …
If strategy and execution got into a fight, who would win? Read More »
I have a very short but important message for you today: Thank you. There’s no shortage of folks who have been beaten down by 2020 and I’m no exception. Any way I slice it or dice it, it’s been a rough year. The one thing that’s made it special has been producing the Chasing Poker …
No, no, no … not a tool like fans of the Jacksonville Jaguars or Nickelback. (NOTE: If you’re a Jaguars or Nickelback fan, I promise I’d never actually call you a tool…. Because that’d imply you’re actually useful. ZING! To give you a chance to defend your honor, reply with your best “Coach Brad’s from …
As the game of poker grows, so does the baseline level of knowledge. Edges start getting harder to find. And to be the best, you’re going to have to go places where others are not. Once you’re good at the game, what’s going to separate you from the pack is going to be how tapped …
I have great respect for Nassim Taleb’s diamond-like mind. If you’ve never heard of him, he’s a 60-year-old scholar and author of books like “The Black Swan”, “Fooled By Randomness”, and “Antifragile”. A couple of years ago he went on “The Tim Ferriss Show” and said something that has since been burned into my brain: …
As you may be aware, I have banned myself from suggesting or even reviewing any of the unregulated poker platforms you may be tempted to play on. That’s going to change today with my BetOnline review and the reasoning is simple: You’re going to do whatever the hell you want regardless of what I say. …
After going through poker’s Black Friday back in 2011, you’ll have to excuse me for not being ultra amped about celebrating a day of the year pop culture also refers to as Black Friday. It just feels a little bit gross, knowwhatimeanVern? Thank goodness the poker community didn’t call April 15th 2011 “Christmas” because that …
Today I’m gonna talk to you about a common topic in the poker world: Axes and Armor. When you think of the word Axe what do you see in your mind’s eye? Now what about armor? Because there are many different types of Axes and Armor, I promise your imagination took you to a totally …
The largest 3-letter word in the poker dictionary… Read More »
A bit of advice: If you want lasting success in this game, you’re gonna have to learn to weather those stretches where everything goes to shit. Where you lose confidence. And where everyone starts to look like a crusher. It’s in those moments––not the times when money is being sucked into your life no matter …
