And it s this: Poker is very much like a No-Holds-Barred Street Fight! Whoa! Now, what the hell has street fighting got to do with you learning how to win at Texas Hold em? Glad you asked. The answer is simple: Here s something that you may not know about winning a street fight: All things being equal, the guy who pummels his opponent into a quivering, whimpering mess on the ground is 99.9% of the time the guy who Knew He Was In A Fight Before The Fight Started ! You see, when a street fight kicks off (not that I ve ever been in one, but I ve learned a lot from a good friend who is a martial arts high level black belt who runs his own self-defense school) your body goes through something called: Stress Shock Phenomenon . You experience an adrenaline dump that if you have not trained your body to control it will send you into panic mode making it all but impossible to win against any opponent who has learned to control and channel their own adrenaline dump. Like I said, all else being equal, 99.9% of the time, the guy who has trained his mind to go into fight mode before a fight starts is the guy who Pummels His Opponent To The Gro...