Poker With Presence

Presence gives you the ability to find the plays that you need and want on a moment by moment basis.

Positive thinking can be beneficial, but it becomes a big problem if you use it as a way to not face and accept all possible outcomes.

When you complete a task or reach a goal, the element of feeling a felt sense of appreciation is what will complete the feedback loop and let you move forward as a stronger version of yourself.

Learning how to tap in to the feeling of whether you're genuinely happy to be at the table or not is a skill that will bring you clarity and happiness over time.

Presence is an edge that few have mastered at the poker table, which means those who get in early will benefit exponentially more than those who jump in later.

We're constantly learning and taking in information—whether we know it or not. Presence lets you tie it all together and apply it with ease.

It's rarely the first "thing" that happens that determines the quality of your experience—it's how you respond to it that matters.

Let go of the idea that simply being better than the people you're playing with is good enough, and focus on your own level of performance each day relative to what you're fully capable of.

Get yourself lined up properly, and your subconscious will take it from there.

Poker offers you an endless amount of information—but you can't see it clearly if you can't end the cycle of projection inside yourself.

Presence lets you makes the distance between you and the answer you're looking for as short as possible.

The value of having experienced success before is that in future spots you can relax into the moment, knowing you've done it before—but it's feeling that can be created even if you haven't.

If you want to learn how to access your intuition in tough spots, you've first got to create a healthy relationship with the unknown.

If you want to let go and play your best in big moments, you need to first get completely present to all possible outcomes, good or bad.

Traits and accomplishments have nothing to do with how confident you feel. Instead, it's all about how well you can get out of your head and relax into the moment—meaning, you can generate more confidence anytime you want it.

High performance seems to require different skills for live and online poker, but master the common element of presence and you can be one of the few who excels at both.

Your play will get a whole lot better when you enter into the state of "what wants to happen" rather than "making it happen."

Learn how to use your intuition at the table in the same way that a great chef uses all their senses when cooking up a meal.

Being fully present doesn't mean that you can't anticipate what might be coming—in fact, the more present you get, the more you'll be able to see the whole picture in a way that's smooth and relaxed.

The worst feeling in poker isn't just losing—it's feeling like you're trapped.

There are thousands of different ways people try to manipulate their thoughts—but only one way to directly make your nervous system feel better.

Everyone understands that tournaments and cash games require different technical skillsets, but few can tell the difference in terms of the performance skillset required in each format..

The moment where you're most uncomfortable is the moment where you have the most power to grow into the version of yourself that you're looking to become

When you go back and review your biggest mistakes, it's likely that right before the spot came up you disconnected from presence and flow—and from there, became prone to playing below your skill level.

When you stop resisting what is happening, you free up your ability to find creative solutions to the problems you need to solve