Just after Greg Raymer won the 2004 World Series of Poker® Main Event Championship, I met him at the Bicycle Casino in
After talking with Greg for just a few minutes, he put me completely at ease. He is down-to-earth and a real gentleman. When I asked him what counsel he had for people learning to play poker, he said that players often feel they must use fancy moves to win at poker. When, in fact, ABC poker will usually get them much further, especially in tournament poker.
With that in mind, I've put together some Poker ABC's, which also include life tips. For me, life and poker go hand in hand. Within each poker lesson, there is a life lesson.
The poker table is a place to have fun and potentially make some money, and it is also a place were you could work through personal issues. Now don't get me wrong. I'm not talking about a therapists couch. I'm talking about a place where your focus is diverted from your everyday situation and turned into a linear world of one action right after another. Your world is simplified, less complex. The poker table is clearly a stress reliever for many people, while at the same time, it seems to bring out the brat and bully in others.
Over the next few month, I'll post my Poker/Life ABC's. Check back daily for your update.
When I first put these together, they were as tweets on Twitter. When I finished the alphabet, I realized that it had taken me 28 days to get through the 26 letters. I'm still wondering, which two did I tweet twice?
Until next time, remember my motto:
If you can't raise, don't call.
Donna Blevins
Poker Strategy Coach
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I look forward to reading those life and poker tips. I know nothing of poker except you play for money. I will add you to my rss feed and look forward to learning something new.
There are actually some very good places you can play poker for free, Bruce, however, poker is like life. The implications of having something on the line of value encourage you to make better decisions. When we have nothing to lose, we often are careless and throw caution out the window.
How fun that you tied poker and life all together. No wonder you are so good at poker. You have strategy!
Thank you Kathryn! It never ceases to amaze me how poker and life mirror each other. Whenever I’m struggling with something in life and can’t quite figure out why, I look to see where I am having challenges at the poker table. Often it is just about discovering where the blocks are, like learning how to ask the right questions, then the answers come naturally.