thetallpaul: Yeah, thats a good question Cookie. I'm talking about larger than poker. Especially vs my key mental game goal of not attacking myself all the time and trying to be thankful or enjoying my life.
As it comes to poker the short answer is using the rating system from Mental Game of Poker at the end of a session. The long answer is watching for some of the tilt issues I have when my mental game is not doing well.
Examples of this include but are not limited too...
Redline trending up for a few hands after a bad loss as I try to avoid getting sucked out on and miss value.
Checking back clear river value bets after I have ran into the nuts the previous orbit.
Opening too loose when I'm winning.
Opening too tight when I'm losing (basically deviating from my ranges for any reason other than exploit).
Calling river triple barrels with AQ on A high brick run outs.
This is good
Have you read MGOP2? IMO that is FAR mroe valuable for mental game. It's is focused on getting in the zone and getting back there when you have fallen out. My game atm is at it's highest level ever given my study BUT my C game was still soooo poor because I've never worked extensively on my mental game. I just wanted to see what you did to track your mental game as it's what I'm doing atm.
What is working for me so far:
Having and tracking my warm up (noting down in a journal so that if I reach the zone or play bad I can see what I did before the session and either repeat for zone or stop for C game)
Taking notes during my session focussed 100% on my mental game. So these are "Feeling a bit angry after bad bluff- injecting logic and back to normal quick" or "in the zone and feeling: relaxed, mental capacity at optimum, mood & energy at 7/10, very focussed, very clear idea of my mental game & skill level"
Then after having a cool down where I review my game, my mental game and my sessions goals.
Sounds LOADS but now I don't see how anyone plays without this setup :') Like I go into each session at a higher level, rarely tilt, always work on playing my best and reaching the zone which is where our most EV is. I think it will prove to be biggest thing I have ever done to get an edge in the games