Stay Young Play Poker

ABOUT THIS BOOK
Do you worry about getting old and "losing it?"
When you see an older person who seems confused or “lost,” do you wonder, “When will I get like that?
Have you often:
• Lost your keys? Your wallet?
• Missed appointments because they slipped your mind?
• Walked into a room and not known why you came there?
• Forgotten a neighbor’s name?
• Agonized over your own mental decline?
• Been scared when you saw a once-sharp retiree fall apart?
If you’re worried about “losing it,” you NEED this book.
You’ll learn a simple, enjoyable way to stay young longer. Nothing can prevent aging, but playing poker frequently will delay the inevitable, and playing it the right way will be particularly helpful.
Research clearly proves that mental exercises can delay your decline. The more mental exercise you do, the longer you’ll remain sharp. It’s the same principle for physical and mental exercise, Use It or Lose It!
POKER IS BETTER THAN MOST MENTAL EXERCISE PROGRAMS.
Perhaps you’ve considered taking various programs. Poker has several advantages over them:
Most programs require doing things you don’t like or won’t do for more than a few minutes such as work on puzzles. But millions of people enjoy playing poker for hours.
Good training programs include score-keeping systems. They measure progress to keep you motivated. Because it’s played for money, poker has an exceptionally powerful score-keeping system. You’d much rather win money than get a good puzzle score.
Poker is a social game. You can’t play poker by yourself. Isolation is deadly. People who don’t interact regularly with others lose their sharpness, become unhealthy, and even die more quickly than those who relate frequently to others. To play in a live game, you have to get off your butt, leave home, travel to a game, meet people, and relate to them.
Poker combines mental stimulation and social interaction. If you want to win, you can’t just play your own cards. You have study your opponents, “get into their heads,” figure out what cards they have and how they think, feel, and want to play those cards. The harder you work, the better you will play, the more money you’ll win, and the longer you’ll stay young and sharp.
POKER CAN SAVE YOU MONEY.
You may feel guilty or your family may complain that you’re “wasting time and money by playing poker.”
All recreation “wastes time,” and golf, skiing, boating, traveling, etc. can be much more expensive than poker. If you play for affordable stakes and poker helps you to stay younger, sharper, and healthier, the time and money spent are bargains. And, if you apply this book’s lessons, you can win money.
A WORD TO YOUNG PEOPLE
You probably don’t think much about health or aging. But, as an ailing Mickey Mantle once said, “If I’d known I’d live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.” He learned a belated, painful lesson: It’s never too early to start taking care of yourself.
DIET, EXERCISE, AND SMART POKER REINFORCE EACH OTHER
If you don’t exercise, eat too much bad food, and play poker on auto-pilot, you will age more rapidly and damage your health and poker results. Conversely, if you exercise frequently, eat sensibly, and maximize stimulation while playing, you’ll play better, have more money, feel better, age more slowly, stay healthier, be smarter, and live longer.
It’s not rocket science. You just need the discipline to apply a few simple principles. That’s what this book is all about.

George Epstein is 89: “Hundreds of seniors have taken my Poker For Seniors courses, and I believe not one of them has developed Alzheimer’s or dementia.”
Jack Cohen is 90: “I play poker to keep my mind sharp.”
Mike Dunne is 75: “Poker has helped me to concentrate and focus much better and slowed down my memory problems”
Tyrone Chen is 72: “I play poker to keep my mind active and prevent Alzheimer’s.”
Lynn Layton is 66: “I started playing poker to keep my mind active. It’s also a great way to