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| The Plan for Success | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction | |
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| How I Won $4 Million Playing Poker | |
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| The Event that Led Me to Change | |
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| Home Alone | |
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| My First Milestone | |
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| Why I Kept this Book Simple | |
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| Treat Your Poker Like a Business | |
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| Poker is a Game of Skill, Not Luck | |
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| Comparable Professions | |
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| Are you in or are You Out? | |
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| 7 Commitments You Must Make | |
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| Creating Realistic Expectations | |
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| Making a Very Detailed Business Plan | |
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| Calling a Meeting | |
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| Knowing What's Best | |
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| Forgoing Temptation | |
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| Being Proud of What You Do | |
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| Being the Toughest Boss You've Ever Had | |
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| 4 Strategies to Get Your New Business Up And Running | |
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| Dedicate Yourself to One Game | |
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| Set Studying Goals (And Limits) | |
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| Be Patient and Start at the Stakes Where You Belong | |
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| Remember that you are in Business | |
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| Assigning a Value to Your Time | |
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| Practicing Effectively | |
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| 4 Ways to Maximize Your Practice Time | |
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| Watch Videos Actively | |
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| Simplify | |
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| Use Forums Effectively | |
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| Organize Groups | |
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| Managing Your Bankroll | |
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| Knowing Your Margins | |
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| Metrics that Matter | |
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| Dealing With Variance | |
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| How $ (Ev Adjusted) is Calculated | |
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| Don't Look at the Cashier | |
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| Know Your Risk Tolerance | |
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| Designing a Strategy for Success | |
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| 4 Ways to Tell if a Fish is at Your Table | |
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| You are a Regular in Your Games and You Don't Recognize a New Opponent | |
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| You Have that Player Marked As Weak | |
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| You Notice an Opponent Whose Stack Size is Greater than 20 Big Blinds, But Less than 100 Big Blinds | |
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| You Notice Someone Limp in Preflop to Open the Action | |
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| Time for Expansion | |
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| Determining Your Style | |
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| A Simple Approach to Adding Tables | |
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| Knowing Your Expenses | |
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| Protecting Your Capital | |
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| Managing Your Emotions | |
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| Why Psychology Matters | |
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| 8 Things to Learn From Poker Psychology | |
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| The Tilt Opportunity | |
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| Variance Happens | |
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| Making Progress | |
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| The Zone Isn't Random | |
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| Being Ceo | |
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| Rise of the Emotions | |
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| Moving Up | |
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| Life and Poker | |
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| Becoming a Grinder | |
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| 7 Characteristics of Grinders | |
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| Dedication | |
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| Drive | |
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| Endurance | |
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| A Willingness to Be Pushed | |
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| Getting Rest | |
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| Being Automatic | |
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| Removing Mental Mistakes | |
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| The 10 Most Overlooked Mistakes | |
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| Premature Realization of Skill | |
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| Missing the Small Positives | |
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| Pressure to Improve Fast | |
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| High Expectations | |
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| Blaming Emotion for Poker Mistakes | |
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| Confusing Winnings with Earnings | |
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| Being a Baller in Your Own Mind | |
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| Bluffing Yourself | |
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| Quitting Instead of Tilting | |
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| Mistakes Fix Themselves | |
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| A New Set of Results | |
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| 9 Factors in Defining Your Results | |
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| Pressure Can Be Good | |
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| The Importance of a Good Diet | |
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| Having a Successful Relationship | |
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| "So What Do You Do for a Living?" | |
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| Understanding Poker as a Career | |
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| Getting Through the Tough Times | |
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| Spending Time Together | |
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| Turning Poker Off | |
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| Setting Goals | |
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| Staying Disciplined | |
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| To Chat or Not to Chat | |
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| Location, Operation & Game Selection | |
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| Hours of Operation | |
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| Tournaments or Cash Games? | |
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| Taxes, Record Keeping and Your Bankroll | |
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| Equipping Your Computer for Maximum Profit | |
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| Don't Listen to the Critics | |
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| Must Reads | |
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| How Will I Know I'm Good Enough? | |
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| Telling Them What You Do for a Living | |
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| Poker Strategy | |
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| 10 Common Situations & How to Play Them | |
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| Playing Drawing Hands in Position | |
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| In Position with a Draw to the Nuts | |
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| In Position with a Draw to a Flush or Straight | |
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| Playing Drawing Hands Out of Position | |
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| Out of Position with a Draw to the Nuts | |
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| Out of Position with a Draw to a Flush Or a Straight | |
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| Playing Small Pairs in and Out of Position | |
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| Handling Aggressive Preflop 3-Bettors | |
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| Keeping the Pot Small Preflop | |
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| Utilizing Position Postflop | |
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| Don't Give Up Easily on the Flop | |
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| Force Your Opponents to Tighten Up Preflop | |
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| Run More Multi-Street Bluffs | |
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| Value Bet Thinner on the River | |
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| Utilize Turn Raises to Get to Showdown | |
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| Finding Good Board Textures to Steal the Pot on the Flop | |
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| When to C-Bet as a Bluff and When to Give Up | |
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| My Philosophy on Bluffs | |
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| Playing From Early Position | |
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| You Will be Out of Position to Any Opponent Who Calls you Preflop Except the Blinds | |
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| Play Tight From Early Position Unless the Table is Soft | |
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| Respect Your Opponent's Reraises | |
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| Don't Fall in Love with Small Pairs | |
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| Bluffing Gets More Credit | |
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| 5 Effective Plays that are Underutilized | |
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| Checking with a Chip | |
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| Weak Leading to Induce a Raise | |
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| The Killer Blow | |
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| The Delayed Continuation Bet | |
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| Shoving When they can't Have it | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Three Key Points | |
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| Manage Your Bankroll Conservatively | |
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| Make Peace with Variance | |
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| Set Process-Oriented Goals | |
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| Inspiration for a Better Life | |