A Message from Poker Champ Ashira Lavine
July 8th, 2010 | 
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This morning when I opened my email, I was welcomed by a mass of well wishes and encouragements for Ashira Lavine after she busted out of the WSOP Main Event on Day 1C. What happened next, touched Ashira deep in her soul and convinced her that there are blessings in every loss. Let me tell you how this came about. Read the rest of this entry »
The Face of a Poker Champion
If you ever wondered what the face of a poker champion looks like, just take a look at that winning smile on Ashira Lavine's face. You may not have heard of her yet, but you will. Soon! (Pronounce her last name La-vine' like grape vine.)Poker Wonder Woman
At 6'5" tall, people often called me The Poker Amazon, but I don't really see myself clad in a short, leather toga carrying a bow and arrow. Rather, I see myself more like Poker's Wonder Woman, decked out in that red, white and blue costume.
Sure, the outfit is sexist, but, on a more practical note, I don't know if I still have the legs for those short shorts. Read the rest of this entry »
A Poker Lesson from Facebook
"What is your biggest challenge at the poker table?" is frequently how I first connect with a new friend on Facebook. You see, I'm doing research for my book, Life Lessons from Poker™, and I find that people share amazing insights when I simply ask.
I find lessons everywhere. Below is a particularly telling conversation with a special woman that started out about poker, and then naturally moved to life. Read the rest of this entry »
Poker ABCs – E is for Energy
Everything is energy. From science to science fiction, most people now get it, and paying attention to your energy at the poker table may be a surefire way to stop losing and start playing winning poker. Read the rest of this entry »
Poker Minds Turn to the WSOP
"At the 2007 Main Event, Day 1, first hand, Evelyn Ng sat to my immediate left… Ah crap! comes to mind." Donna Blevins
This time of year, poker minds turn to the World Series of Poker®. Whether this is your first or 15th time playing, you likely have the same nagging question in your mind. Read the rest of this entry »
Poker and Abundance Thinking
After more than a decade of interviewing poker winners and losers and hundreds of hours coaching poker players, it is perfectly clear that the line between winning and losing has very little to do with the cards. Sure, at the showdown, your cards have to hold up, however, Read the rest of this entry »
Poker Life Lesson – Excellence beats Perfection
Have you ever found yourself stuck in a project because you felt it was not good enough? Or, stuck in your poker game or at a point in your life because you felt you were not good enough? Well, I certainly have. Read the rest of this entry »Change Your Mind, Change Your Poker
Just posted this on Facebook in response to someone talking about worry:
"Winning at poker is about learning how to deal with loses and failure… what are the lessons within a loss, and what are the blessings?"
Blessings in a loss… you may say I am a crazy women! Read the rest of this entry »
Wise Counsel from Poker Coach’s Coach
Even though I'm in training for this summer's WSOP® Main Event, my poker coach did not accompany me to last Saturday's tournament. After busting our early, I desperately needed to hear his reassuring voice.
You see, besides being my poker coach, he is also my life coach, mentor, best friend, and husband. Despite the fact that he only stands 5'3" on a tall day, he is one of the few people I truly look up to… I call him Gregory the Great!
He had not gone with me to the tournament because he was deeply involved in a project with a short-term deadline. Certainly, I understood, but I still missed the grounding and perspective he provided during and after a game.
I always hate to interrupt him when he's working on a major project, but I so needed to hear his voice. After driving for nearly an hour and a half, and becoming more and more frustrated, I called Gregory. Fortunately, he said it was perfect timing. He, too, needed a break and a change of pace.
After explaining to him all the major hands I played during this tournament, he reassured me that I had played every hand correctly. As he says, sometimes, you just get snapped off. Even when you lose multiple hands in a short time frame where the odds are dramatically in your favor, that's still just part of the game.
Sure, I know that. I teach that. However, it does not make me immune to what I call the Double D's… and no, guys, don't go there… the Double D's are the Doubt-Demons.
Gregory reminded me that the main objective in poker is not to win every hand you play, but to make the correct decisions, not just some of the time, now just most of the time, but all of the time.
After going through our traditional debriefing process, we both knew that I had made the correct decisions, each and every time. That's what counts, really counts in poker… making correct decisions.
Perseverance in the long run will prevail… God, I love that man!
Remember…
If you can't raise, don't call.
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