Posts Tagged ‘Women in Poker’

Poker Humor and Poker Mindset

When I opened my email this morning and saw this cartoon, I almost peed myself laughing. This was the caption: "Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused."
Have you ever wondered what the other poker players at an online poker tournament look like? I know I have. Read the rest of this entry »

PokerStars Hosts Women Qualifiying Events for USLPC

PokerStars qualifying events start today for the US Ladies Poker Championship (USLPC), which is scheduled for September 4-5, 2010, at the Golden Nugget Casino Grand Ballroom in Downtown Las Vegas. Read the rest of this entry »

A Message from Poker Champ Ashira Lavine

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.)
 
Today, at noon, Ashira begins her 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event Championship journey during Day 1C. Two hours prior to that at 10am Las Vegas time, we meet with her by way of an Internet interface for a 1-on-1 poker coaching strategy 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 m y 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 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 »

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.

Donna Blevins
Poker Coach

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Poker Coach Stills Needs Her Personal Coach

On my lonely, two-hour drive home from a women's poker tournament on Saturday, I realized that I was on post-game-tilt. That's what I call it when I allow my head trash to drown out my sanity and reason.
 
It's our human tendency to mistrust our decisions and to look for fault. Regardless of how confident you are or how correctly you play, you can still have doubts and garbage that undermine your game.
 
Before I had my poker blog, I never openly admitted it. Now I welcome the opportunity to shout out to the world, "I still need my poker coach to debrief me!"
 
I'm fortunate because I married my poker coach. He's my life coach, mentor, best friend, and business partner, and we are on this journey together. However, I was reluctant to call during the drive home because he was working on a project for us.
 
He had stayed home to concentrate on the next lesson for our coaching program. Since he is a linear thinker and single-minded when he focuses on a task, I didn't want to break his train of thought. A 5-minute phone call can destroy 6-hours of work.
 
However, I finally realized that since I'm already in training for the 2010 WSOP® Main Event Championship, this is business, not weakness. Regardless of the size of the buy-in or how insignificant the payout, I always play with the seriousness and conviction of the Main Event. Since I needed perspective and grounding, I finally called.
 
It never ceases to amaze me how a simple phone call and his voice of reason settle me down. We spent a few minutes working through our debriefing process about whether I had made the correct decisions throughout the tournament, and then, I could let it go.
 
Sure, it's more fun to win, but in the process, we must embrace the lessons within our losses. My lesson on Saturday… even tho' I'm the Big Girl of Poker and I leave my skirt at home when I play, I still need my own poker life coach. That's not needy, it's just good business and smart poker.
 
Remember, until next time…
 
If you can't raise, don't call.
 
Donna
 
Donna Blevins
Poker Coach
 
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Poker Coach Learns Lesson

Even though I am a professional poker player and poker coach, I continue to learn every time I sit down at a poker table. That is my intention… to become a better poker player with every outing. However, yesterday, I was reminded once again just how subtle poker lessons can be.
 
High Heels Poker Tour sponsored a women's poker tournament at The Silks Poker Room at Tampa Bay Downs in Florida, and I drove the two hours to play. Well, that is not exactly how I think of it… I actually drove the two hours to win.
 
Winning poker is about making correct decisions, and in my mind's eye, I won.
 
The jaded people out there may say that I am too much of a Polly Anna for the poker world. However, there can only be one first place in any poker tournament. In order to win at poker in the long run, you have to embrace your losses. You must learn the lessons your losses bring, and, then, move on to the next hand and the next game.
 
How did I bust out? It doesn't matter. I lost the last hand I played, pure and simple.
 
Does it matter that within the span of 90 minutes, I got pocket Kings cracked twice and busted out with pocket Aces? No… not unless I played them incorrectly, or not unless it put me on tilt.
 
What does matter is that I made the correct decisions throughout the entire tournament. When I took a beat, I took a moment to reflect and evaluate, and then moved on to the next hand.
 
So what was that subtle lesson? It was that I still need my personal poker coach to debrief effectively, and I'll tell you more about that tomorrow.
 
Until next time,
 
Remember…
 
If you can't raise, don't call.
 
Donna Blevins
Poker Coach

 
 

Today – Women’s Poker in Tampa

 Event Notice – High Heels Poker Tour Women Only Event – WSOP Qualifier

Are you in the Tampa Bay area? Do you yearn for a chance to enter the World Series of Poker® Ladies Event but just don't have the cash. Then, this is a fantastic, affordable opportunity to win your way into this year's Women's Event in Las Vegas.
 
However, you must get on your horse and get there TODAY!
 
Date: Saturday, April 24, 2010
Time: 3:00pm – 11:55pm
Location: Tampa Bay Downs, Tampa, FL…The Silks Poker Room
 
WSOP LADIES EVENT QUALIFIER
 
Buy-in = $125
Starting Chips = 10,000
 
1st place = Seat to the WSOP Ladies Event + $500 travel expense
2nd place = Seat to the WSOP Ladies Event + $250 travel expense
 
Rest of the prize pool will be distributed after the top prizes have been paid out.
 
Even though there is a minimum of 50 players, as of 9:30am Eastern today, there were 53 confirmed on the High Heels Poker Tour events page on Facebook.
 
Remember my motto:
 
If you can't raise, don't call.
 
Donna Blevins
Poker Pro and Poker Coach
 

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