Poker books for mental aspects

Elements of Poker - Tommy Angelo (by far the best book on this subject)

The Mental Game 1 & 2 - Jared Tendler (pretty decent as well)

Both of them have good podcasts as well on the subject, Tommy on DeucesCracked and Jared on QuadJacks.

Good Luck.

get a minimum wage job at mcdonalds. that will teach you not to punt off stacks.

not even joking.

I didn't learn for 17 years (currently finishing masters degree), to flip burgers. I would do it, if it was the only option, but currently Im content where my career is headed. And money isn't the reason why I'm concerned of tilting, but because it makes me play -EV and take spots which I should not and its slowing down the rate of improvement. Heck, I don't even play for the money, but rather for the rush, for the adrenaline, for the feeling when you outplay someone - money is super nice obviously, but not the main reason.

The Poker Mindset (Ian Taylor & Matthew Hilger) isn't bad from what I've read of it

Jared Tendler - the mental game of poker 1 - and try to do everything he says you need to do, don't skip tasks, and don't rush to finish the book
also, try to face poker as a sport ( even I don't think it is a sport ), eat well, sleep well, have a routine, and do whatever you need to do to increase your performance and your mental issues every day

The poker mindset - thats all you need to know

On November 22 2013 10:12 napoleono wrote: Heck, I don't even play for the money, but rather for the rush, for the adrenaline, for the feeling when you outplay someone - money is super nice obviously, but not the main reason.

Poker is not a game that benefits from these types of raw emotions; too much emotion, positive or negative will effect your conscious thought process and put you on a form of tilt.

You should read "The Mental game of Poker" by Jared Tendler - http://jaredtendlerpoker.com/thementalgameofpoker/

The "Mental game of Poker" is great like most of the people above suggest. I would also recommend books on Buddhism which certainly helped me a lot in the tilt department. However I would caution that there is kind of a side effect, the main one being that your desire for money becomes greatly diminished so it is hard to find the motivation to spend your time grinding poker. This is good and bad I guess. Much better than going crazy tilting obviously.

just read neilly's blog to learn the importance of not tilting

Lol chris. ^^

Its not like im monkey tilting or playing 10x the BI im used to or just shove randomly. I just feel it puts me off from my game that I played till then. Will read the ones suggested above. Thanks guys.

watch eithfold path to poker enlightenment on DC, angelo's book is a lot about table poker good if you play it not so much when you dont.

POker mindset is a staple.

Tendler's book seems to complicated to actually do it practically tho without getting bored?

Also I find motivational universal stuff helpful like meditation and some self help programes (Jack Canfield's on self esteem is good - pretty much accept the past, accept who you are, do the things you fear, be positive kind of thing. lot of it sounds as BS but listening to anything positive strengthens your mindset and refills your attitude canister(tm))