The Making of a Poker Player – A Telling Factor –Agent Joe Navarro Applies FBI Techniques to Poker

By Leonard Finkel

I must admit that some time I used to allocate to golf is now devoted to poker.  I’ve read quite a few books including “Read’em and Reap” by Joe Navarro.  In his book, Navarro, a former FBI agent whose specialty was interrogation and the ability to read people and tell if they were lying or telling the truth, now teaches poker players how to observe and interpret behavior at the poker table.  While he continues to train FBI agents, Secret Service agents and security personnel worldwide, his new avocation also includes seminars and private tutoring of poker players including the likes of 13- time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth. Read more…

Positive Attitude & Poker – Cause-and-effect

 By Leonard Finkel

It’s said that over the course of time, all players are dealt the same number of good hands and bad hands and luck, good and bad, equals out. Good players maximize the value of their wins and minimize the cost of defeat. There are those that believe a positive attitude, what in effect some call “the Secret” can affect one’s bottom line. I’d like to share a story of events that occurred to me recently at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas that illustrates what a positive attitude can do for your results. Read More…