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World Series of Poker Season

Once upon a time, the World Series of Poker was a single day event. Now, it’s a series of poker tournaments that draw enough poker players to Las Vegas to create a busy season for the entire town. From the last week in May to the middle of July, all the best poker rooms are filled to the brim most hours of the day… and dreams are made and broken with nearly every shuffle and deal. Although the…

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The Write Way to Learn Poker

Note: This post contains affiliate links to books I created. As an affiliate, I earn additional monies from qualified purchases. Thank you for your support. I believe one of the positive guarantees we have in life is that the more you learn, the more you earn because (at the very least) you have gained knowledge if not wisdom. I created the video below to give you a quick overview of the…

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Lets Talk About Poker Tells

As a low stakes player, I highly value poker tells. Beginners often have no idea that their behavior is giving them away. Slightly more advanced players sometimes pretend to react like a beginner and reveal themselves none the less. When up against someone who has studied up and is well practiced at applying GTO strategy, it would be a much smaller factor, but it could still apply. Do you…

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Building a Bankroll from $0

Did you hear about the poker pro who took on the challenge of trying to build a bankroll from zero (while live streaming 24/7) last month? His name is Kevin Martin. He is a GGPoker ambassador and, according to Hendon Mob, his total live earnings are $473,357. I think it is safe to say that he is far more skilled than the average micro stakes poker player. Still, he was unable to turn $0 into…

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Manifestation Self-Science Study

If you were to write out the action for a poker hand in advance, then shuffle and deal while asking the deck to show you what cards led to you winning the hand as written, how often do you think you would successfully deal cards which make you the winner? What percent of the time do you think the cards would make sense with all the poker action as pre-written? Would you believe that repeatedly…

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How to Play Poker Vlogs

To help those studying Texas Hold’em with the My Poker Game Journal and anyone else just beginning to learn poker, I’ve created a series of poker vlogs. Click to watch and learn the basics (including rules you need to know before heading to the casino, the best starting hands, ways poker players cheat, and the role of skill vs luck in the game).

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Universe = Uni (One) + Verse... THE Word?

As soon as I posted my deep thoughts about in + formation = information I realized… The universe is The Word; the one “verse”. The universe is God – omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent – the reason we are one. Then, for just a few moments, last week while on my way to work, I found myself stopped in the single tiny spot on my commute where I can catch a glimpse of The Sphere. I turned to see…

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How Long is the Short Run?

Many poker players believe that, thanks to the fact we have computer programs which can determine the best way to play every poker hand in order to increase the odds you will profit in the long run, following this Game Theory Optimal (GTO) way to play means that you can rest assured you made the correct decision no matter what the short-term outcome is. Of course, people rarely offer a…

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Scientific Proof Tarot Works

When I first began to see signs in the cards while playing poker, I couldn’t understand why God would want me to use the skill in that way. I wasn’t comfortable ignoring the logical, mathematical approach to the game and couldn’t forget the fact that the book which taught me the meanings of the cards says that you should not use the deck of playing cards which you use for tarot to play games. I…

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in + formation = information

Note: This post contains affiliate links. I earn from qualified purchases on Amazon. Once upon a time, I believed all spiritual information outside of the words of the Bible is not to be trusted. Not so long ago, I became brave enough to explore the ideas of Quantum Physics and began to see things in all new ways; having flashes of insight that feel like revelations I need to share. I had just…

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The AWEsome Tarot Journal by Rachel Hoyt

As an Amazon affiliate, I earn from qualified purchases. I wanted to take a moment today to tell you a bit more about my latest publication: the AWEsome Tarot Journal. It’s a guided journal for anyone interested in practicing fortune telling with playing cards. It contains two poems that I wrote so I could “rhyme to remember” the tarot meanings of each playing card and features images from the…

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Do You Believe in Miracles?

More than a year ago, I said I was going to start posting here more regularly – sharing more of my spiritual thoughts even if they weren’t as well articulated as I might like. I made it through three posts before beginning to keep most of my thoughts to myself once again. I have a habit of putting more on my to do list than I can possibly achieve… but lately I’ve been wondering if the reason I…

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Meet the MY POKER GAME Journal

Surprise! I published a book – a poker journal. I have experimented with multiple study methods for improving my poker game, but I couldn’t find a great way to take notes on the information I was trying to absorb. I have long enjoyed the act of taking notes on paper and now know there is research that shows it enhances the learning process. So, I created something that can empower improvement of…

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Rainbow Life: The Las Vegas Arts District 18b

Click here to learn why I wrote, "Maybe it's just because I'm surrounded by rainbows, but I have a sneaking suspicion that I'm sitting on a pot of gold." #LasVegas #art #writerslife

“If they offer you a bad deal at lease renewal,” I told myself, “something better is coming that will make it worth the effort to move.” My head knew the statement to be true, but my body was exhausted just thinking about the work that relocating would require. I was about to put the finishing touches on a few exciting new things for my business and didn’t want to put my projects on hold, but my…

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Book Review: Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz, MD, FICS

Check out my first brief book review! I've mentioned Psycho-Cybernetics a few times already within the essays on my blog and decided I wanted to say a bit more about the impact it had on me.

Note: This post contains affiliate links. I earn from qualifying purchases on Amazon. I’ve decided to start posting brief book reviews here featuring the titles that have had the biggest impact on me and I can think of no better place to start than Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz, MD, FICS. To date I’ve listened to the book three times, read the paperback once, and wrote a series of poems to…

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How Saying "I Can't" Can Lead to "I Can"

An essay about riding with my scooter group around Las Vegas... and how to "never" let your fears stop you.

“I wasn’t sure you were going to be able to do it,” my friend said, relieved to learn that I had become brave enough to drive my new Vespa-like motor scooter to work and back home (a 30-minute commute each way) within days of the first driving lesson he gave me. I admitted I was a bit worried about that too because I was feeling so afraid in this new, much more vulnerable driving position… and…

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How to Win an Unbeatable Game

I started hiking again recently... and I hurt myself but learned a few things because of it. Click below to read the whole story. #artistlife #lasvegas #hiking

Every so often, I can’t help but wonder if I’m trying to win an unbeatable game. Have I set myself up for failure? Is my plan for my life more than I can possibly accomplish? On a scale of one to ten, how crazy am I really? (Don’t answer that.) Is it bad to have a constantly growing to-do list? Isn’t that normal? A few weeks ago, when I decided to go try out the nearby hiking trail without doing…