Does positive attitude thinking help you at the poker tournament table?

Does the law of attraction work at the poker tournament table?

If you expect poor cards, bad beats and bad luck, does it happen?

If you expect good cards, hands that stand up, and good luck, do those things happen?

According to the law of attraction, YES, they do.

Let's see if we can apply it to poker tournaments.

The law of attraction takes five steps.

Step 1: Know what you want. Replace negative thoughts with positive thoughts about what you want and you will get those things. Expect good things to happen to you. You will catch good hole cards. You will hit the flop. You will trap the raiser.

Step 2: Think big. Decide what your goal is. Ignore the roadblocks and think about what you want. Concentrate on the goal and the steps to get there. Write your goal on a card, and keep it with you. This will spur your your subconcious to influence you toward your goal. You will make the bubble. You will make the final table. You will win the tournament.

Step 3: Clear all negative or limiting beliefs. Once you find a negative belief, confront it. Clear it from your mind, and replace it with a positive thought, one based on the idea that you are capable and worthy of achieving your goal. Replace "Poker Lotto players get lucky and beat me" with "Poker Lotto players are losers and when I beat them I get their chips". Find other examples of your negative thoughts and then find a positve thought to replace them.

Step 4: Feel what it would be like to win the hand, the table, the tournament. Visualize it. Feel it. Sense it. Visualizing your goals and desires can set the process in motion, and create reactions that can help you get what you want. If you look like a winner, then you must be one. Other players will pick up on this, and may avoid playing against you.

Step 5: Let go as you act on your intuitive impulses and see the positive results. Put it all together at the poker tournament table, and let your subconcious instincts work for you. Play the hands with the confidence of a winner (unless you are trapping, of course)

When you play poker, maintaining a confident positve demeanor will improve your play. Other players will sense this about you and respect your game when they play against you. If you come across as a skilled and savvy player, you will certainly do better than if you are perceived as a weak and inexperienced. Playing scared will not win a tournament. Playing confidently will!

Does the law of attraction work at the poker tournament tables? It just seems like common sense to me that it will. Find out for yourself by trying these steps. And let me know the results.