In chapter 4 of The Mental Game of Poker, Jared Tendler explains that emotion isn’t the enemy of good poker—misunderstood emotion is. He reframes feelings like anger, fear, low motivation, and overconfidence as signals that reveal what needs to be fixed in your mental approach. Emotion as a Symptom, Not the Root Cause Tendler argues…
In chapter 3 of The Mental Game of Poker, Jared Tendler introduces the Process Model, a simple structure that organizes everything you do as a poker player so that improvement becomes steady, measurable, and repeatable rather than random. What the Process Model Is The Process Model divides your entire poker life—single hands, sessions, months, and…
In chapter 2 of The Mental Game of Poker, Jared Tendler introduces the Inchworm model to explain how real, lasting improvement in both poker skill and mindset actually happens over time. The Range of Your Game Tendler starts by pointing out that every player has a range of performance. Some decisions are made at your…
In chapter 1 of The Mental Game of Poker, Jared Tendler explains how improvement—both in poker skill and in mindset—follows a predictable learning path, which he calls the Adult Learning Model. The Four Stages of Learning Tendler lays out four stages that every skill moves through: Unaware of weakness – At first, you don’t even…
In the introduction of The Mental Game of Poker, Jared Tendler argues that strong poker performance isn’t just about technical skill—it also depends on having a clear, repeatable method for handling the mental side of the game. The Mental Game Is Predictable, Not Random Tendler pushes back against the idea that playing “in the zone”…
