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• Rejected By 2012 WSOP: No Press Pass For Me (2011 Redux)

  by JACK WELCH April 2, 2012
  We were somewhere over the desert on the edge of the city when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like, “I feel a bit lightheaded…” My suitcase looked like a mobile pharmacy. I had two bottles of painkillers, one envelope of blood pressure medicine, a few s...
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• The Untelevised WSOP

  by JACK WELCH July 5, 2011
  We were somewhere over the desert on the edge of the city when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like, "I feel a bit lightheaded..." My suitcase looked like a mobile pharmacy. I had two bottles of painkillers, one envelope of blood pressure medicine, a few sheets of h...

• The Mental Game Of Poker - Jared Tendler

  by JACK WELCH June 4, 2011
  As I began to study - the content is too valuable simply to read -  The Mental Game Of Poker, I found my thoughts sounded like blurbs in a movie ad.  "Dense, intense and worth the expense," came to mind.  "Raises the bar so high for poker mindset books, other thinkers may not b...

• Helpful, Non-Fictional Advice To A Young Pro

  by JACK WELCH May 14, 2011
  "My mind races. I’d like to make it stop but I’ve accepted I’ll be like this my whole life."  That's what he tells me.  This is what I tell him.   This is limiting self-talk.  Change takes work and time and awareness.   Add five minutes to the end of...
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• Surf The Tsunami

  by JACK WELCH April 20, 2011
  Don't try to stop the waves of events and emotions; surf them. Allow upheaval and unhappiness, and you reduce their power.—Martha Beck   I play Internet poker.  I am married and my bills are paid.  I am a veteran, a senior citizen, a tax-payer, an informed voter...
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• Get Uncomfortable

  by JACK WELCH April 11, 2011
  Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. - Anais Nin I was talking to a successful young pro.  He has come a long way since Grandmama taught him to play, those many years ago at the cabin in the woods by the lake. He is winning comfortably, the bankroll is grow...
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• Deciding To Decide

  by JACK WELCH April 7, 2011
  Gary Ryan Blair has a no-nonsense roadmap that will allow you to fulfill your purpose. For more than 20 years, Gary has helped professionals in many arenas manage their time, set their priorities and build sustainable competitive advantage.  Here is Mr. Blair's first rule of success: Be D...

• A Boy And His Dog...

  by JACK WELCH March 19, 2011
  He was bringing his puppy to the vet’s for the dog’s first checkup.  I was bringing my wife’s dog to be put down, although I didn’t yet know that.  His dog was eight weeks old, mine was over 12 years old.  I was impressed with the differences but cognizant of...

• Money Is Just A Tool

  by JACK WELCH March 6, 2011
  The day my new website - PokerHeadRush - launched, my computer exploded.  That's how I roll.  After returning from the computer emergency room, I used my down time to tidy up my office.  I came across a note I'd made almost 40 years ago.  Gives you some idea of t...

• Hole Card Confessions

  by JACK WELCH February 22, 2011
  Full disclosure.  I edited Hole Card Confessions.  I must have read every sentence five times or more.  In the process, I could actually, literally, truly, feel myself improving as a card player.  Here's a snippet of the work. - JDW Owen Gaines has released his second boo...
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