I haven’t updated my poker blog in forever. I’ve started a new blog over at AndyFerg.com for anyone interested in productivity, life hacking and physical fitness I recommend you check it out. I’ve been putting a decent amount of volume in at the tables of late, but am also in the process of acquiring a new business with someone I met through poker. It’s an exciting prospect, but a slow one tha requires a lot of [...]

I’ve been reading a few productivity books lately and have become inspired to use my time more efficiently as I have become a bit wayward in it’s management in recent times. Something that I read about and mulled over how it applied to poker is the notion that it takes 15 minutes of total focus on something until you are in ‘the short zone’. The definition of  ’the short zone’ is an uninterrupted state of productivity if you [...]

Having confidence when you play poker won’t ensure that you’re a winning player, but when coupled with a good technical and mental game can make a tremendous difference to your win rate. Not only that, but feeling confident about your abilities will make you a happier poker player who’s willing to grind more hours. It will also have flow on effects to other parts of your mental game that will make you more tilt-proof during [...]

One of the key areas I’ve been working on in my recent sessions has been eliminating distractions while I am playing. A few years ago, when I was at the peak of my game, I found it very easy to put in long hours without being distracted by things on my phone, Skype, Facebook, Twitter, browsing the web, looking at my hold ‘em manager or cashier all the time. In the last year as the [...]

Hey everyone, I just wrote a brief guide to Zoom Poker on PokerStars over at LifeFish.net! I’ve been playing Zoom religiously since it was released in late March and feel I’ve developed enough knowledge to share my experiences. Zoom makes poker more convienient and a lot more fun and I hope to see the game grow to a point where high stakes Zoom becomes a reality! Here is an extract… Know Your Table Your table [...]