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[QUOTE="Schatzdog, post: 588467, member: 5833"]
There are two very good books to help get the ego out of your play. The first is a book called "The Power of Now", by Eckhart Tolle and the second, which may not be particularly accessible to poker players is "Trading in the Zone", by Mark Douglas.
 
The first book is more on the nature of the ego, how it manifests, its basic qualities etc...but he does give a good idea of how to stop acting out of your egoic mind. This is a bit of a spiritual text so if that turns you off then don't worry about this book. 
 
The second book is geared for financial markets trading but is a brilliant take on what is happening in your mind when you trade/play poker. It also has an explanation of how your beleif system works and how it prevents you from acting from a probabalistic perspective. Alot of this is relevant for poker as it really cements that the game is about probabilities and edges in the long run. When this is firmly set in your mind, as working beliefs, you'll find yourself much calmer at the tables. Douglas talks about great traders being able to enter "the zone" and this is basically a Zen like state. The beleifs he gets you to create are conducive to getting into "the zone". 
 
What is common to both books is the idea of staying rooted in the present moment. Douglas also states that he has never met a trader who didn't need to learn to stay in the present, as it is a mind function that most people never think about or master.
 
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