Kategoria BISAC: Games & Activities >> Gambling - General (see also Self-Help - Compulsive Behavior)

We are a nation of gamblers: pari-mutuel wagering at horse tracks; blackjack in Las Vegas; the NCAA basketball office pool; even day trading on the internet. Gambling is both our national pastime and our predominant cultural metaphor -- play the field; beat the odds; take a chance on love. Yet gambling poses serious risks to individuals and to society as a whole.

Neil Isaacs -- sports historian, licensed clinical social worker, English professor, and a gambler himself for more than fifty years -- seeks to shatter the myths interfering with our understanding of gambling addiction, its...

An outrageous tale of fast cash, pretty women, dirty politics and extravagant greed in the Bayou State

Louisiana is our most exotic state. It is religious and roguish, a place populated by Cajuns, Creoles, Rednecks, and Bible-thumpers. It is a state that loves good food, good music, and good times. Laissez les bons temps rouler -- let the good times roll -- is the unofficial motto. Louisiana is also excessively corrupt.

In the 1990s, it plunged headlong into legalized gambling, authorizing more games of chance than any other state. Leading the charge was Governor...

Lorsque vous Etes dans la zone, vous prenez les bonnes dEcisions, savez de faCon instinctive lorsqu'il faut bluffer, et restez impassible lorsque vous perdez une main. Vous Etes A 200 % et vous vous sentez imbattable.

Il est frappant de voir A quel point de nombreux joueurs de poker se trompent sur ce qu'est cet Etat d'esprit. Ce sentiment d'euphorie liE au fait de jouer dans la zone et de se sentir invincible les quitte souvent aussi rapidement qu'il est arrivE. Ils essaient alors de faire tout leur possible pour atteindre de nouveau cet Etat, mais ils n'y arrivent pas....

Imagine the edge you would have if you could consistently play poker in the zone. In the zone you make all the right decisions, instinctively when to bluff, and are unfazed by a losing hand. You're locked in and feel unbeatable.

It's shocking how many poker players stumble into this elusive state of mind. As quickly as that euphoric feeling of invincibility arrives, it's gone. And no matter how hard they try, they can't get back there. Until now.

In The Mental Game of Poker 2, author and renowned poker mental game coach Jared Tendler breaks down the zone and delivers...

O jogo mental pode ser mais importante no poker do que em qualquer outra forma de competiCAo. E um dos Unicos jogos no mundo, onde vocE pode jogar perfeitamente, e perder repetidamente. Centenas de jogadores de poker se voltaram para a abordagem revolucionAria do treinador de jogo mental Jared Tendler, que os ajudou a jogar o seu melhor, independente de quAo ruins fossem as cartas. Neste livro, vocE encontrarA instruCOes simples, passo-a-passo e tEcnicas comprovadas para corrigir, permanentemente, os problemas como o "tilt," lidar com a variAncia, com o controle emocional, confianCa, medo...