Lee Davy dissects the classic Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill and considers how its lessons have lived through the life of a poker player.

Joseph McKeehen leads the November Nine. He is the favorite to win the $7.6m prize. He has also won eight live poker tournaments in the past 15-months. Joseph McKeehen is a man of faith.

I’m not talking about any religious hocus-pocus – although scientific studies suggest that people who have faith outlive those that don’t – what I am talking about his unnerving belief that he can win poker tournaments.

Napoleon Hill believed that faith – the visualization, and belief in attainment of desire – is the second step towards riches. I believe the vast majority of poker players have unencumbered levels of the stuff.