Why Hellmuth does what he does
Raging your way through your emotions and berating others in public to create presence might get the job done, but there's definitely a better, more respectful way.
Aug 09, 2021•5 min
Poker With Presence
Get out of your head and into the zone
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Why being right does not equal winning
When your need to be right becomes the most important thing, you start to reach—and you lose the ability to stay centered and unaffected by results.
Aug 06, 2021•7 min
How to use fear to your advantage
You can't make fear go away—it's an essential part of the human experience. But, once you accept this and recognize it as soon as it comes, you can use all the energy that comes with it to take your play to higher levels.
Aug 05, 2021•6 min
You can't prepare for everything
No matter how much you study, exercise, and meditate, poker will always bring you into contact with a spot you've never seen and a feeling you've never felt. Presence is what allows you to navigate the unknown and take you from good to great.
Aug 04, 2021•6 min
A huge hidden success factor
To perform up to your full potential, you'll need to build out your internal and external environments to support you in being completely comfortable being yourself and enjoying success.
Aug 03, 2021•6 min
Why "focus on the process" isn't enough
It's not enough to build out a process and focus on it—you've got to personalize it to your own tastes, otherwise you're not going to stick to it.
Aug 02, 2021•6 min
How to end self-sabotage
The key to being able to end all self-sabotage in your poker game and life is all about learning how to use presence to catch yourself as it's happening.
Jul 30, 2021•6 min
Nick Howard speaks on presence
Yes, playing poker with presence will get you more success at the tables—but it can't be the only reason why you're doing it.
Jul 29, 2021•6 min
Go with what's happening
When you're present and locked in, the whole game opens up. The question then becomes: how can you more consistently recognize you're in this place versus one of disconnection?
Jul 28, 2021•6 min
Bankrupting the Venetian
When you display supreme confidence that's not grounded in connection, you'll likely be the last to know.
Jul 27, 2021•6 min
Create your "secret menu"
Presence gives you the ability to find the plays that you need and want on a moment by moment basis.
Jul 26, 2021•5 min
3 steps to presence
Mastering a few critical concepts is far better for your performance than trying to learn and implement a hundred new things.
Jul 23, 2021•6 min
The diet soda of poker
When you go straight to the mental reframe in times of stress, it's not actually giving your nervous system what it needs to calm down so you can get back to playing your best.
Jul 22, 2021•6 min
Don't do this with your friends
If you want your friends and family to start living with more presence so they can live happier lives—show, don't tell.
Jul 21, 2021•6 min
How the best separate from the rest
Once you've done the work to become a skilled player who is consistently working on your game, there's one final element you need to add to go to the top—you.
Jul 20, 2021•5 min
Why overthinking ruins your winrate
Studies show that the more you get into your head, the more you become susceptible to performing below your standards.
Jul 19, 2021•5 min
The phrase that kills us
When you routinely fall into the trap of "next time will be different" you fail to account for how you are the common element in a life where you're not getting what you want.
Jul 16, 2021•6 min
The Seinfeld school of cards
Sometimes you might as well just do the opposite of what your mind is telling you. The key is figuring out when you're in one of those times.
Jul 15, 2021•6 min
Strike while the iron is hot
If you want to win as much as possible, you need to learn how to get out of your own way—and not let fear dictate your decisions when things are going amazingly well.
Jul 14, 2021•6 min
The truth about success in poker
The biggest winners aren't the smartest or most knowledgable people—they're the ones who can continually press their advantage without others catching on and adjusting, a painful and expensive lesson I had to learn in my early years.
Jul 13, 2021•7 min
Why stoplosses are hard to follow
When you create an agreement with yourself from one state of mind, it's going to be hard to enforce it from a completely different one. To bridge those two states, you need presence.
Jul 12, 2021•6 min
3 signs you're about to punt
Get familiar with these experiences at the table and you'll be able to save yourself a whole lot of pain, frustration, and money.
Jul 09, 2021•6 min
Everything is always on the line
The way that you approach small decisions that have very little consequence either way determines how well you're going to be able to stay connected and solid when you find yourself facing a very big decision that will matter a lot.
Jul 08, 2021•6 min
The donkey smuggler
Presence can take you far beyond making more money at the poker table. And once it does, you'll make even more money at the poker table.
Jul 07, 2021•6 min
The Oreo cookie test
Depending on what state you're in, you might be seeing what's actually there, or you might just be making up a whole bunch of stories in your mind and then acting on them.
Jul 06, 2021•5 min
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
When you don't feel respect your opponents as human beings, you can't understand where they're coming from, and worse—you lose your ability to deal with the variance that comes with playing against them.
Jul 05, 2021•6 min
Prop betting with presence
The key to winning in any game is always staying one step ahead
Jul 02, 2021•6 min
Crushing the trash talker
It might look like they're doing a lot of different things, but it's really just one.
Jul 01, 2021•5 min
The boredom trap
When you think you're bored, it's likely that there's much more going on behind the scenes.
Jun 30, 2021•5 min
How to improvise effectively
Before you can play with creativity and flow, you need to generate a feeling a true acceptance of reality inside yourself.
Jun 29, 2021•6 min
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