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Women Poker Tournament – Bicycle Casino Sunday
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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."PokerStars Hosts Women Qualifiying Events for USLPC
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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 More→A Message from Poker Champ Ashira Lavine
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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 More→
The Face of a Poker Champion
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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.)A Poker Lesson from Facebook
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"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 More→
Poker Life Lesson – Excellence beats Perfection
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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 More→Wise Counsel from Poker Coach’s Coach
Posted by: | CommentsEven 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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