Leatherass on Poker Podcast 4/14/11: Going Mental

On our most recent LeatherPod, we talk with mental game coach Jared Tendler, a fellow DTB instructor and author of the much-anticipated new book, “The Mental Game of Poker.” A brilliant guy, he helps answer many of the burning between-the-ears questions listeners have been sending me since the inception of the podcast.

Early in his career, Jared worked with golfers, so he’s perfectly qualified to comment on the psychology we saw on stage at this week’s Masters and relate what poker players can learn from it.

From there we talk about these topics:

*Distinguishing variance from poor performance

*The characteristics all winning poker players have, and what all losing players have in common.

*Developing the winning skill

*Rationalizing variance, particularly as stakes go up and dollars increase.

*Making the decision to play through or stop when you’ve got something less than your A Game working

*Compartmentalizing a losing day so you can enjoy the rest of your life.

To find out more about Jared, go to jaredtendlerpoker.com

Here’s the podcast. If you’d like to have this podcast emailed to you in MP3 format, please just send us an email at info@imagine-books.net.

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