Phil Galfond explains how discomfort at the poker table can be used in your favor (and to exploit other poker players!) in this poker mindset strategy video.

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“What do taking the escalator and poker have in common?”

Long time high stakes poker pro Phil Galfond is here with advice for how to exploit discomfort (and comfort) at the poker table.

Whether you’re playing low stakes live poker or you are trying to jump into high stakes online poker games, you’re going to find poker players of every level or game format have degrees of comfortability at the poker table (including yourself!)

It might seem counterintuitive, but playing comfortably at the poker table and searching out comfortable lines is a common thought process poker leak that might be stunting your growth (and bankroll) as a poker player (and that other poker players can exploit!)

As Phil Galfond says in this poker mindset strategy video - humans often opt for the more comfortable path, even at the detriment to their own health (or to the detriment of their poker strategy!)

It’s commonly understood when you’re looking for emotions to exploit at the poker table that fear can lead to big folds, excitement can lead to huge over plays and big gambles, while comfort is often ignored.

Phil Galfond believes that comfort leads to more emotional mistakes at the poker table than fear or excitement, especially for competent poker players.

While competent players won’t make the common beginner poker mistakes of huge over folds or wild gambling calls, competent poker players often make comfortable plays that are just a little bit easier than the alternative.

For that reason, Phil Galfond believes that comfort is the NUMBER ONE poker leak creator amongst the emotions that we have at the poker table.

It might not be clear why from this description but will be clear after watching the video, but behind discomfort is where you find growth and the ability to plug huge leaks in your poker game.

Like the Austrian poet Rilke (almost) said, “Our deepest fears are like dragons, guarding our coolest poker plays.”

Through the rest of the video Phil has excellent advice for how to face discomfort, how to exploit comfort and discomfort in other poker players, and how to stop the pattern of playing comfortably being exploited against you.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Why Comfort is Your Biggest Poker Enemy
00:20 Story Time: Vancouver Walks
01:36 Opting for the Comfortable Path
01:53 Mistakes caused by Emotions
02:51 When does Comfort or Discomfort Cost You Money
04:45 How do We Use this for Our Advantage and Improve?
06:45: Apply this to Poker and Win More