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The book that first brought us James Bond is turning 60 years old.

Ian Fleming, the naval officer-turned-spy writer, published his first James Bond adventure, Casino Royale, on April 13, 1953. This novel kick-started what would become a multi-billion-dollar franchise featuring the much beloved well-tailored, deadly secret agent 007.

To mark this occasion, we've put together a short quiz about Casino Royale -- seven questions for 007. So sit back (with a martini, of course) and try your hand at some Bond trivia!

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ПОКЕР ИГРЫ РАЗУМА-The Mental Game of Poker(RUS)

 

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Отзывы о занятиях с Джередом Тендлером
«Он оказал мне огромную помощь. Сейчас я играю, по сути,
вообще не впадая в тильт, постоянно показывая свою А-игру»
- Дасти «Leatherass» Шмидт, PokerStars Team
Online Pro, автор книг «Относитесь к покеру как к бизнесу» и «Don’t Listen to Phil
Hellmuth”

Покер игры разума

«Считаю себя одним из наиболее успешных игроков в онлайн
покер за последние пять лет, и наибольшее положительное влияние
на мои результаты оказал именно Джэред»
- Ниман "Samoleus" Кенкр, инструктор сайта
BlueFire Poker
«Джеред помог мне в развитии наиболее успешных
стратегий подхода как к покеру, так и к бизнесу. Если у вас есть
вопросы психологического характера относительно вашей игры в
покер, советую обращаться к Джереду»
- Тейлор Кеби, один из основателей Cardrunners
«До знакомства с Джередом, единственным советом, который
мне давали относительно тильта, даже уважаемые инструкторы,
было "не тильтуй". Сейчас я выигрываю почти 12бб/100 на лимитах
до $50/$100 HUNL»
- Лиз "RikJamesB1atch" Эррера
«Джеред, насколько я могу судить, является создателем
целой дисциплины»
- Джесси Мэй, The Voice of Poker
«Джеред Тэндлер - пионер покерной психологии. Ничто не
сравнится с его основанным на фактах, научным подходом,
подкрепленным многолетним опытом работы в области
современной психологии. Его книга - первая в своем роде, и
является обязательной к прочтению для всех игроков в покер»
- Хантер Бик, профессиональный игрок в покер,
исполнительный директор сайта DragTheBar
«Тильт? Джеред Тэндлер уничтожает это понятие одним
щелчком пальца»
- Джон Янг, редактор WPT Magazine
«Когда перед вами стоит задача распознать и систематически
решить проблемы, мешающие вам выйти на свой стопроцентныйпотенциал, Джеред как помощник – просто гениален. Представить
не могу, что бы сейчас было со мной, если бы не он»
- Дэнни Штайнберг, профессионал игр на высоких
лимитах
«Я общался с некоторыми людьми из этой области, и ни один
из них не произвел на меня столь же неизгладимого впечатления,
как Джеред»Покер игры разума
- Шон Гибсон, Poker News Daily
«Могу сказать, положа руку на сердце – работа с Джередом
является одной из лучших инвестиций, которые я когда-либо делал»
- Мэтт «mbolt1» Болт, инструктор сайта DragTheBar
«Подход Джереда очень эффективен потому, что он не
просто укрепляет ваши проблемные места, нет, вместо этого он
изменяет ваш образ мышления, причем не только в том, что касается
покера, но ваше восприятие действительности в целом»
- Паскаль «Stake Monster» Трембли, инструктор
сайта Cardrunners Покер игры разума
«Джеред отличный, умный, трудолюбивый парень, который
крайне хорош в своем деле. Он одновременно профессионален и
чуток, а это не так уж и просто. Если у вас проблемы с тильтом,
которые отнимают ваши деньги, то с вашей стороны будет очень
глубо не работать с ним»
- Пол «GiantBuddha» Хопп, инструктор сайта
DragTheBar, автор книги «Путь Воина Покера»
«Он обучает вещам, которые не придут к вам просто с
опытом игры»
- Бен "NeverScaredB" Вилиновски
«Я занимался с Джаредом в течение трех месяцев, и мой
прогресс иначе как феноменальным не назовешь»
- Алан "Dixon" Джексон, инструктор сайта BlueFire
Poker

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Are you familiar with “brain jogging?” According to Robert N. Butler, president of the International Longevity Center-USA, located in New York City, “Simply using your brain keeps it strong. The French call it ‘brain jogging.’
“Exercise your brain with acrostics, reading, debating – anything to keep the mind alive.” Examples of acrostics are word puzzles. All these activities serve to challenge the mind. Butler should have mentioned playing poker.
What better mental challenge is there than playing poker? Any activity that requires you to make decisions, certainly challenges – and exercises – your brain. Poker offers challenges every step of the way, starting with game, table and seat selection – and then, of course, deciding whether and how to play the cards dealt to you and thereafter, until the showdown.
While poker is a game of partial information, still there is so much available information you should process: rank of your hole cards, suited or connectors, betting position, types of players opposing you, how many stay to see the flop; who is raising; your opponents’ tells; et cetera.
An early position bets out and is raised by the next player; what’s your best response? You have a “made hand” preflop; what’s the best way to play this hand to give yourself the greatest chance of winning as many chips as possible?
There are many reasons for raising. Consider your options; then act quickly. As the hand develops, you might consider bluffing. (There are many reasons for bluffing, too.) A semi-bluff gives you two shots at winning: If all your opponents muck their hands, you take the pot by default; if you are called on the turn, you can still connect on the river – or even fire another bluff bullet.
Deciding your best move is great exercise for your brain – and most rewarding! Brain jogging is an apt description.
Jogging is simply running as a form of physical exercise, usually at a moderate pace, often over long distances. In poker, with one hand dealt immediately after the other, and each hand running about two minutes, the pace may a bit higher than you would prefer.
With such a short time span, you must make quick decisions. That really exercises and challenges your brain. All to the benefit of your mental health!
We all know poker is a game of skill. The more skilled you are, the more effectively you can identify and factor in the available information to make the best decisions in your favor – the more likely you will go home a winner, and the more money you can expect to win.
One of the most important poker skills is knowing the best decisions to make, depending on the circumstances; and how to adjust for change as the hand is played out. You must do so quickly and efficiently. That skill provides powerful mental exercise.
The better you are at it, the more will be your winnings over the long run (as luck evens out).
Health benefits: Yes, playing poker does help you to have a healthy mind. You are less likely to develop dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease.
To support that thesis, I would point out that not a single one of the 200-plus members in the Claude Pepper Seniors Poker Group has developed this terrible, mind-killing disease, and the group (some in their 90’s) has been going strong for over eight years.
What’s more, a healthy mind leads to a healthier body. One of the group’s members was a neurologist in her earlier life, and her husband (deceased) was a brain surgeon. She explained that the brain is responsible for producing enzymes, hormones and other chemicals vital to your body functions.
Thereby, a healthy brain helps to keep your body healthier – especially important as we age. Note: Physical exercise is very important, too. At the casino, you can best achieve that form of exercise by taking a break every couple of hours and going for a brisk walk around the casino. You can also do isometric exercises while seated at the table.
Moral of the story: Play poker and stay mentally and physically healthy – as you win!

Several years ago, I was teaching poker to my granddaughter, Esther Fayla Epstein. She was making great progress, and had a special flair for the game.
In fact, intuitively, she even developed the Esther Bluff tactic that some of you may be using to improve your bluffing success. Thank Esther for that.
But several poker players I respect, including the late Arizona Stu and famed poker psychologist, Dr. Alan Schoonmaker, warned me to cease and desist; a young child in her pre- and early-teens is susceptible to becoming addicted to gambling. That would be terrible.
Esther accepted the news quite well and, instead, became proficient at volleyball (captain of her high-school girls’ volleyball team) and guitar (member of her school band), while earning A in math and physics.
Subsequently, I received comments from a learned reader, offering a perspective that is worth sharing – whether or not you are contemplating teaching your grandkids to enjoy the game of poker.
Chris, who is a child psychologist, wrote, “I think teaching your granddaughter how to play poker is great. I think it’s important to also teach her what not to do, and why and how those concepts apply to making decisions in real life as well.”
Fantastic thought! He added that he planned to teach his own kids how to play “as soon as they are old enough to understand what hands beat what.”
What does algebra have to do with the game of poker? Basically, Chris is advocating in favor of teaching poker to kids because it can also help them to learn how to make decisions in real life. By identifying and weighing the information and variables during a hand of poker, then analyzing these to arrive at best decisions, we are exercising the same mental skills that are important in enjoying a happy and successful life.
Algebra in schools: (This is my opinion based on my own teaching experience and observations.) In the classroom, emphasis often is on simply memorizing the mechanics of algebra – rather than fully understanding the key essential principles – not just “what” but, more important, “why.”
Perhaps that’s why so many kids fail to meet academic requirements. From my own experience in tutoring algebra many years ago, I believe the teaching in our schools may be lacking. I found that the kids with whom I worked did not understand the basics. After they fully grasped them, the child could easily move ahead to use algebra to solve all sorts of problems.
The beauty of really learning algebra is not the sheer pleasure of solving algebraic problems, but learning how to reason – how to think, analyze, and draw pertinent conclusions based on the facts, so as to be able to solve problems away from the classroom. Thus, learning and understanding algebra better prepares the child for life.
The same applies to the game of poker.
During every hand of poker, gather the data in your mind – the available information; then analyze its meaning to draw the best conclusions. Isn’t that exactly what winning poker is all about?
• Observe your opponents: What kind of player is each? What tells can you observe?
• Study your cards in the hole and those on the board: What are your chances of having the winning hand?
• Consider how the betting has progressed.
• Ask yourself, “Is the reward worth the risk – the pot odds vs. the card odds?
• Realize that position also affects your playing decisions.
• Act.
When you make the best decision, you are successful in your endeavor – win or lose the pot. Yes, losing a hand can also represent success – by losing less than would otherwise be the case. Best, of course, is when your decisions lead to winning big pots.
As for the kids: Understanding the essentials of algebra – how to analyze and solve problems – can better prepare our kids to be winners at poker and in life. If you decide to teach your grandkids, be sure they understand the nuts and bolts of the game so they can make the best decisions.
You should, too. Call it “skill.”

After 50 years of playing poker, I have gained some insights along the way that might help anyone considering becoming a professional poker player. Like any endeavor in life, there are great rewards as well as pitfalls, and it is necessary to be fully aware of them before making such a life-changing decision.
You’ve got to Have Poker Plan: Unless you inherited a great deal of money or sold a tech company and have a bankroll of millions of dollars, you are going to need a plan. You need enough courage and discipline to elevate your game in steps. This means if you win $200 at the $3/$6 game one day, jump over to the $6/$12 or $200 No Limit, and if you can win $500 at that table, go to the next level and so on.
You must move up in limits and games. You can’t just grind it out. You must parlay the money. The days you are winning are the times to push it up. In my case, I was fortunate that tournaments were introduced in the early 70s, and I was able to parlay tournament wins into buy-ins into bigger tournaments, and I did well enough that I was able to retire at 36.
In the 80s, when hold’em was legalized in California, I decided to come out of retirement and move out west. I started playing $20/$40 and wondered how anyone could survive playing at that level.
I calculated you had to win over $60,000 a year, plus another $30,000 to $60,000 in collections to cover your expenses and to be able to deposit even a single dollar into a savings account. And that budget did not account for losses!
It is said poker wins and losses are year-to-year, but your personal expenses are day-to-day, and that’s why it is imperative you push your game up and manage your bankroll.
Understand Your Potential to Win: To become a pro, you must have an understanding of your potential profits and losses and ask yourself what you can win in this game. A good friend of mine named Ray Hall, who was my road partner at the time, taught me about the importance of understanding and analyzing a game.
We once traveled to Texas to play in a No Limit game. At the time, he was playing in games with buy-ins starting around $2,000 with no cap, which was huge for the 70s. I was only playing $20/$40. This place provided both games.
The first night Ray beat the game for $15,000. I won around $500 and thought it was a good night. I said to Ray, “That was a good night for you, right?” I was shocked by his answer when he said, “It was a good night, but I think we should check out of the motel and go back to Alabama.” We had planned to stay a few weeks.
I asked him why and he said, “Robert, they are raking the game $5 a hand. No poker player alive can beat that rake.”
I never paid that much attention to the rake before. I just thought it was the cost of doing business. You have to pay attention to what is on the table, what’s coming off the table and what your chances are of beating that game. If you don’t do that, you’re drawing dead.
Choose Your Opponents Wisely: Another element of your game you must master is choosing your opponents wisely. The players who have always caused me the most difficulty were the ones who were looking to exploit every single edge, and when there was no edge they would quit the game and look for the next easy spot.
These players are the survivors in the poker world that have stood the test of time. Whether you like their style or not they are the true pros. To survive like them, you must look for the edge every day of your pro poker career if you want to stay in the game, and that starts by avoiding playing with them at all costs and selecting games you can beat.
A story that illustrates this concept comes from my days playing gin rummy. I once played a guy named Eddie, who supposedly was Stu Ungar’s mentor in gin rummy. Now, I was playing the master and knew I was outclassed. However, I got lucky in this match and beat him, which was a devastating blow to him.
Later in a bar that night at the Tropicana in Las Vegas, he challenged me to go to his room and play some more gin rummy. I knew this would not be a good situation for various reasons. I looked at Eddie and said, “Why don’t we find someone we can beat?”
He understood exactly what that meant.
Why would you ever play a match where it is dead even or your opponent plays better? I can’t stress enough the importance of choosing your game wisely and matching up with your opponents carefully to maintain an edge.
Editor’s Note: Next week in Part 2 Robert will discuss understanding when you have an edge and checking your ego at the door. He’ll also reflect on his years playing poker.