Bennett Onika - Unleash Your Hidden Poker Memory: How to Win at Texas Holdem by Turning Your Brain Into a Poker Tracking Machine

As I write this, I am thinking about all the other prefaces I have ever read, about the person who felt compelled to put his or her thoughts on paper and what a spiritual experience writing the book was, and who wanted to change the world with his or her novel. I am going to be brutally honest. I put together an excellent program that combines the latest information on a brains ability to recall information and my experiences at the poker table. I dont really care about being famous, nor do I really care if you my future opponent put the entire book to work. In fact, my biggest hope is that you buy this book and dont read it, because it will put a few bucks in my pocket from the royalties, and I wont have to worry about a truly difficult opponent the next time Im in Las Vegas. Should you work on your memory as you work on your game, this book will help you to take your game to the next level. Where you previously used instinct to deduce how active a player might be, you will now be able to see players changing gears as if they are driving a bus, make a complete inventory of played hands in specific positions at the table, and instantly recall your win rate for your hand versus any random hole cards your opponent has based on how loosely or tightly she plays.

I would also like to point out that, though this book is basic when it comes to memory techniques, you should have a really good understanding of poker, both tournament and cash play, because the poker game itself will mostly be ignored. This is not a how-to-play-poker book but a book on how to train yourself to instantly recall vast amounts of information about your opponents and up-cards at the poker table. To my knowledge, no book has been written that combines an awakened powerful memory (which everyone has yes, even you!) and how to use it to crush your opponents.

When I first heard of the sharp intellect and record of Stu Ungar, I wished I could be as good as he was. He is widely considered to be the best no-limit tournament player who ever lived and the greatest gin rummy player. He is also my inspiration for writing this book. What separated Stu from the field were his incredible memory skills. It was said he possessed an eidetic memory. Against Bob Stupak he bet he could count his way through a six-deck shoe and tell Stupak what the last card was. Stu won. At first, I thought it was impossible to play as well as Stu, mainly because I didnt have his eidetic memory. I found out later that your memory is like any other muscle in the body the more you work it, the stronger it becomes. In short, if you dont have an eidetic memory, with the systems in this book you can get closer than you ever have. I can now count through a deck in less than two minutes and tell you what the last card is. I can memorize a shuffled deck in order in under nine minutes. With a little work, you will be able to as well.

One final thing this book is a process. Treat each chapter as a learning module and master each one, because each chapter builds on the previous one. Make sure you understand all the concepts in each chapter and know them so well you could do the exercises in your sleep. The better you do this, the more success you will have. Also, if you do read the book cover to cover, dont get discouraged with the amount of information you see; everything I have written in this book is achievable by anyone, so come back and do the work you will be glad you did.

I hope you find the information in this book valuable and profitable. Good luck.