{"id":2299,"date":"2013-05-01T23:39:22","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T03:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thepokerpractice.com\/poker\/?p=2299"},"modified":"2013-05-01T23:46:07","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T03:46:07","slug":"phil-hellmuth-poker-phil-mickelson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepokerpractice.com\/poker\/phil-hellmuth-poker-phil-mickelson","title":{"rendered":"Author explains why Phil Hellmuth is Poker’s Phil Mickelson"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>With 41 PGA Tour victories and 4 Majors Championships, Phil Mickelson is one of the greatest golfers of all-time. With 12 WSOP gold bracelets, Phil Hellmuth is one of the best poker players in history. And author\/mental coach Jared Tendler has found a way to link both of these greats.<\/p>\n

Tendler, who co-wrote\u00a0The Mental Game of Poker 2<\/em> with Barry Carter, described both Hellmuth and Mickelson as guys who are excellent at their respective games, but have issues when things aren’t going right.<\/p>\n

He told PokerListings<\/a>, “Hellmuth and Mickelson both have more mental game issues than Tiger and Ivey. Both Hellmuth and Mickelson are great champions, won a ton, but I don’t think they have the composure and consistency that Ivey and Tiger show.” He added, “That’s a testament to how good they are when they’re at their best but it’s almost more telling about how good they are at their worst.”<\/p>\n

Tendler also drew a comparison between Phil Ivey and Tiger Woods by saying that they both bring a mental intensity and focus that no other player can match.<\/p>\n

“Like Tiger and Mickelson at their best might actually be equal. But Tiger might be three shots better when they’re both at their worst,” said Tendler. “Ivey might be a full big bet better than Hellmuth, or Galfond or whoever when they’re at their worst.”<\/p>\n

The author also explained one of the biggest concepts in his book, which is being “in the zone.” Tendler stated the following:<\/p>\n

The zone is basically the peak of your mental performance. It’s the space in your own mind where everything just seems sort of easy and natural. You’re making very high-level decisions very easily.<\/em><\/p>\n

If you’re a golfer your golf swing is working out and every shot’s going where you want it and you’re able to visualize the shot very easily.<\/em><\/p>\n

In poker your reads are spot-on and you’re able to make correct decisions easily, sometimes to the point that you’re not even sure exactly why it’s right.<\/em><\/p>\n

Seeing as how poker skills are determined by your drive to learn and ability to focus, it definitely sounds like Tendler’s book could be pretty helpful for players.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With 41 PGA Tour victories and 4 Majors Championships, Phil Mickelson is one of the greatest golfers of all-time. With 12 WSOP gold bracelets, Phil Hellmuth is one of the best poker players in history. And author\/mental coach Jared Tendler has found a way to link both of these greats. Tendler, who co-wrote\u00a0The Mental Game […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1159,1157,282,96,1158,997,1160,1161],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepokerpractice.com\/poker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepokerpractice.com\/poker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepokerpractice.com\/poker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepokerpractice.com\/poker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepokerpractice.com\/poker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2299"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepokerpractice.com\/poker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2305,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepokerpractice.com\/poker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299\/revisions\/2305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepokerpractice.com\/poker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepokerpractice.com\/poker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepokerpractice.com\/poker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}