Book Announcement: Real Poker Psychology by Mason Malmuth
12-08-2015
, 01:08 AM
12-08-2015
, 06:20 PM
12-10-2015
, 12:10 AM
Super nice cover. It says on the back cover that its already available as an eBook. I will be the first Two Plus Twoer to buy Real Poker Psychology at the Kindle Store. Its December 9 now, I'll be at the Kindle Store at the strike of midnight.
12-10-2015
, 01:41 AM
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When I went to the Amazon "Kindle Store" and typed 'Real Poker Psychology', I saw the book. It said that the release date is December 10.
Super nice cover. It says on the back cover that its already available as an eBook. I will be the first Two Plus Twoer to buy Real Poker Psychology at the Kindle Store. Its December 9 now, I'll be at the Kindle Store at the strike of midnight.
Super nice cover. It says on the back cover that its already available as an eBook. I will be the first Two Plus Twoer to buy Real Poker Psychology at the Kindle Store. Its December 9 now, I'll be at the Kindle Store at the strike of midnight.
My best guess on when the kindle will be available is about three weeks.
Best wishes,
Mason
12-10-2015
, 01:44 AM
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02-02-2017
, 10:05 PM
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Hi Everyone:
I'm currently writing a new poker book called Real Poker Psychology and this will be the first book I've been an author on since 2004. We expect to release it around the end of the year.
Also, since I'm a mathematician and know little about psychology, this should make me uniquely qualified to write this book.
Here's the Table of Contents.
Best wishes,
Mason
About Mason Malmuth v
Acknowledgements vii
Introduction 1
Part One: Them Fluctuations
...Introduction 3
...Variance 4
...Variance is Your Friend 5
...A Mathematical Model of “Tilt” — Cause and Cure 9
...More on Tilt 14
...More Still on Tilt 18
...An Excuse to Lose 20
...A Note on Steaming 22
...Poker is Counter-Intuitive 26
...Rushes 28
...Running Bad and How to Handle It 33
...A Little More on Fluctuations 35
...Luck Versus Skill 38
...A Band-aid or a Cure 40
Part Two: How’s Your Poker Game? 41
...Introduction 42
...Play Your A Game — Why Wouldn’t You? 43
...Handling Pressure 45
...Being Unaware 48
...Craving Action 50
...Playing Too Many Hands 52
...The Maniac 54
...Evaluating Yourself and Your Opponents 57
...How to Become a Great Player 60
...Is It Better To Be Lucky or Good? 62
...10,000 Hours 65
...Low-Limit Hold ’em and Players Who Are Unaware 68
...Poker Magic 72
...Psychological Strength 76
...Mental Toughness 81
...Selecting the Best Game 85
...Thinking Fast 87
...What’s Not Important 90
...Why You Lose 93
...Being a Tournament Star 96
Part Three: Image 99
...Introduction 100
...Where Did My Image Go? 101
...Appropriate Image 104
...When Is a Dynamic Image Good? 108
...It’s How You Are Perceived 111
...Weak Tight Opponents 114
...What Your Opponent Thinks 117
Part Four: At the Tables 121
...Introduction 122
...No-Limit Hold ’em: Is it Too Irritating? 123
...Some Losing Concepts 127
...Suggestions for Professional Players 130
...Too Many Bad Players 133
...Why Do the Best Players Sometimes Go Broke? 136
...Why There Are So Few Great Players 139
...It’s Not What You Eat 142
...Danny Robison 145
Part Five: Tells 147
...Introduction 148
...The Value of Tells and Positive Reinforcement 149
...Visual Cues 152
Part Six: Other Topics 159
...Introduction 160
...Observations 161
...Staying Broke 164
...That’s What She Said 167
...The World’s Worst Player 170
...The Worst Plays in History 173
...Throwing Money 176
...Bankroll Management 179
...What Happened to the Superstars? 186
...Jackpot Games 189
...How Many Winners are There? 192
...Focus 194
...Fight or Flight 196
...Apathy 197
...Self-Confidence 199
...Over-Confidence 201
...When Running Bad, Some Players Take Shots at You 203
...Getting Your Nose Open 204
...Sucker Privileges 207
...Blackjack Card Counters Don’t Tilt 208
...Ideas From Dr. Feeney 209
Part Seven: Silly Ideas 215
...Introduction 216
...Self-Weighting Hand Histories 217
...Having the Best Hand 220
...Recent Erroneous Concepts 223
Conclusion 241
Index 243
I'm currently writing a new poker book called Real Poker Psychology and this will be the first book I've been an author on since 2004. We expect to release it around the end of the year.
Also, since I'm a mathematician and know little about psychology, this should make me uniquely qualified to write this book.
Here's the Table of Contents.
Best wishes,
Mason
About Mason Malmuth v
Acknowledgements vii
Introduction 1
Part One: Them Fluctuations
...Introduction 3
...Variance 4
...Variance is Your Friend 5
...A Mathematical Model of “Tilt” — Cause and Cure 9
...More on Tilt 14
...More Still on Tilt 18
...An Excuse to Lose 20
...A Note on Steaming 22
...Poker is Counter-Intuitive 26
...Rushes 28
...Running Bad and How to Handle It 33
...A Little More on Fluctuations 35
...Luck Versus Skill 38
...A Band-aid or a Cure 40
Part Two: How’s Your Poker Game? 41
...Introduction 42
...Play Your A Game — Why Wouldn’t You? 43
...Handling Pressure 45
...Being Unaware 48
...Craving Action 50
...Playing Too Many Hands 52
...The Maniac 54
...Evaluating Yourself and Your Opponents 57
...How to Become a Great Player 60
...Is It Better To Be Lucky or Good? 62
...10,000 Hours 65
...Low-Limit Hold ’em and Players Who Are Unaware 68
...Poker Magic 72
...Psychological Strength 76
...Mental Toughness 81
...Selecting the Best Game 85
...Thinking Fast 87
...What’s Not Important 90
...Why You Lose 93
...Being a Tournament Star 96
Part Three: Image 99
...Introduction 100
...Where Did My Image Go? 101
...Appropriate Image 104
...When Is a Dynamic Image Good? 108
...It’s How You Are Perceived 111
...Weak Tight Opponents 114
...What Your Opponent Thinks 117
Part Four: At the Tables 121
...Introduction 122
...No-Limit Hold ’em: Is it Too Irritating? 123
...Some Losing Concepts 127
...Suggestions for Professional Players 130
...Too Many Bad Players 133
...Why Do the Best Players Sometimes Go Broke? 136
...Why There Are So Few Great Players 139
...It’s Not What You Eat 142
...Danny Robison 145
Part Five: Tells 147
...Introduction 148
...The Value of Tells and Positive Reinforcement 149
...Visual Cues 152
Part Six: Other Topics 159
...Introduction 160
...Observations 161
...Staying Broke 164
...That’s What She Said 167
...The World’s Worst Player 170
...The Worst Plays in History 173
...Throwing Money 176
...Bankroll Management 179
...What Happened to the Superstars? 186
...Jackpot Games 189
...How Many Winners are There? 192
...Focus 194
...Fight or Flight 196
...Apathy 197
...Self-Confidence 199
...Over-Confidence 201
...When Running Bad, Some Players Take Shots at You 203
...Getting Your Nose Open 204
...Sucker Privileges 207
...Blackjack Card Counters Don’t Tilt 208
...Ideas From Dr. Feeney 209
Part Seven: Silly Ideas 215
...Introduction 216
...Self-Weighting Hand Histories 217
...Having the Best Hand 220
...Recent Erroneous Concepts 223
Conclusion 241
Index 243
This book has actually been in the works since 2009 as I found a thread which has a post by Mason from that year where he talks about Real Poker Psychology.
02-11-2017
, 09:27 PM