Part 2 – The Law of Attraction and the Importance of Battling Negativity

We have discussed in part 1 of this feature how you can use the law of attraction to put yourself in a position where all of your energies are correctly channelled towards achieving what you want to achieve from online poker games<. Not only are you in a good frame of mind but your game is not thrown sideways by random acts of bad luck that would otherwise derail what is a winning poker game you have developed.

Often it is not a bad beat in poker tournaments that cause you to bust out but your reaction to them and play in future hands. You fail to recover from the hand that would have seen you become chip leader and you are mentally unable to make the correct decisions to work your short stack back into contention in the hands immediately after this. You then make a rash decision and are eliminated, I can think of many times earlier in my poker life where this happened. Having this happen to you can stop you from making a comeback in a situation where you may have recovered.

Using the law of attraction forces you to visualise positive outcomes and therefore subliminally prepares you for success. When you expect success you are not demoralised by a single act of bad luck as you view this as a blip on the road to success. Politicians face a lot of criticism on the streets as they campaign for votes. Having conviction that they can win means they are not hurt by comments, they respond well to adversity. Study their persona and you will see what I mean, they are very difficult to draw a reaction from and their control comes from their confidence.

Poker players need to develop a thick skin like a politician and a similar belief that you are following the correct poker strategy and whilst things may not always work out on one hand you have confidence following a similar strategy in the future is the right thing to do. You maintain optimal poker strategy and therefore maintain a high chance of success despite short term failure. The law of attraction promotes both a confidence in your poker game and a confidence within yourself.

If a player is obviously suffering at the poker table opponents will take strength from this outward weakness. Similarly opponents feel less confident if they feel a player is very confident. You can plant the seeds of doubt in your opponent’s mind by using the law of attraction to manifest a positive feeling inside you. They will not understand why you are confident but they must assume there is foundation to this belief and this will affect their initial perceptions of your play. Even if you are a moderate player in terms of ability you can appear more dangerous than perhaps you are by exuding an air of absolute confidence in your poker game.

Consider now if you appear outwardly nervous and you are telling players that you are new to tournaments or talking in the chat box about how badly you run. They may look upon you as a weak player believing you are scared money. However they reach the decision to raise your bluff causing you to fold you do not want to feed them any information that makes this decision more obvious and less scary to them. Your negativity therefore breeds less than desirable results in poker as well as in life.

Force yourself to be positive and research the law of attraction. It will not make you unstoppable straight away but you will be in a good place mentality with the belief that you are heading towards a goal that will greatly enhance your life and feelings of achievement. When things go well you have the satisfaction of knowing it is a job well done and when things are going less than fantastically you can take a long term view, maintain your positivity and get back to making good poker decisions quickly. This is far better than tilting and you will start winning again sooner than if you let the negative thoughts grow inside you.

That is the power of using the law of attraction in Poker; you are open to victory all of the time and you let nothing get in the way of you reaching that victory.

By Malcolm Clarke