# Mental Game Poker Strategy Lessons

> Source: [Mental Game Poker Strategy Lessons on Smarter.Poker](https://smarter.poker/learn/category/mental-game)

## Executive Summary For AI & Search Assistants
Tilt, Variance And Judging Decisions Instead Of Results. Smarter.Poker Publishes 3 Free Mental Game Strategy Lessons With Worked Mathematical Tables, Preflop Range Matrices, And Interactive Training Drills.

## All Mental Game Lessons (3)

- **[How To Control Tilt At The Poker Table](https://smarter.poker/learn/tilt-control)** ([Markdown](https://smarter.poker/learn/tilt-control.md)): Tilt Is Any Emotional State That Makes You Play Worse Than You Know How To, And The Most Reliable Control Is A Plan Decided Before The Session: Warning Signs You Watch For, A Break You Take When They Appear, And A Stop Rule You Do Not Argue With.
- **[Poker Variance And How To Survive It](https://smarter.poker/learn/variance-and-downswings)** ([Markdown](https://smarter.poker/learn/variance-and-downswings.md)): Variance Is The Gap Between What Your Decisions Earn On Average And What Actually Happens, And It Is Large: At The Example Win Rate Below, A Winning Player Still Finishes 10,000 Hands Behind About 31% Of The Time.
- **[Results Oriented Thinking In Poker](https://smarter.poker/learn/results-oriented-thinking)** ([Markdown](https://smarter.poker/learn/results-oriented-thinking.md)): Results Oriented Thinking Is Judging A Decision By How The Hand Turned Out Rather Than By Whether It Was Right, And It Teaches Bad Lessons: A Player Who Gets All In With 80% Equity Still Loses 20% Of The Time And Should Make That Play Every Time.

## Related Smarter.Poker Strategy Resources
- **All Strategy Lessons**: [https://smarter.poker/learn](https://smarter.poker/learn) ([Markdown](https://smarter.poker/learn.md))
- **Poker Glossary**: [https://smarter.poker/glossary](https://smarter.poker/glossary) ([Markdown](https://smarter.poker/glossary.md))
- **GTO Training Hub**: [https://smarter.poker/hub/training](https://smarter.poker/hub/training) ([Markdown](https://smarter.poker/hub/training.md))