Episodes
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173 - Monika Hrabec - Streaming vs. Studying: The Hidden Cost of Poker Content Creation
In this episode Monika shares how she shifted from a promising pharmacology/science path into poker because it felt more merit-based and rewarding long-term skill over connections, with supportive family conversations and a "plan B" degree behind her. She credits her biggest leap to pandemic-era...
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172 - Dr. Bryce Appelbaum - Why Poker Players Lose Focus & the Vision Skill That Fixes It
In this episode Dr. Bryce Appelbaum examines neuro-optometry as a performance discipline, reframing vision as a brain-based, trainable system rather than simply eyesight. Bryce shares how functional vision influences attention, pattern recognition, emotional regulation, fatigue, and…
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171 - Mateos Norian - Finding Safety in Your Own Inner Alignment
In this episode, Mateos shares his journey from casual COVID-era home games to playing poker professionally, emphasizing that his growth came not from a single breakthrough but from years of obsession, trial and error, and learning how to learn. He discusses how active deliberate study replaced...
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170 - Jay 'JWIN' Nguyen - Rethinking Downswings
In this episode, JWIN shares his journey from corporate success to life as a high-stakes professional poker player. He explains why leaving a secure career wasn't as reckless as it seemed and how mindset, not luck, determines long-term success in poker. Jay reflects on overcoming major…
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169 - Vlastimil Pustina - Vlastimil on Mastery, Mindset & Meaning
Vlastimil, a former law student turned professional poker player, shared his journey from accidentally discovering poker during law school to becoming a dedicated cash game player. He discussed the challenges of transitioning from low to high stakes, emphasizing the importance of lifestyle…
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168 - Samuel Mullur - Sam's Rise Through Mindset, Mentors & the Mental Game
Meet Sam, a 27-year-old poker player, shared his journey from gaming to poker, highlighting his meteoric rise from casual play to high-stakes tournaments. He emphasized the importance of networking and mentorship, noting a pivotal realization that collaboration accelerated his growth. Sam…
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167 - Stephen Baker - A Game Poker Office Hours Webinar
A Game Poker Office Hours Webinar w: Stephen Baker on October 17th
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166 - Henrik Johansson - From Poker to Real Estate
Today's guest is Henrik Johansson. Henrik, a former high-stakes poker player, discussed his early poker journey, starting at age 13 and progressing to playing at the highest levels. He emphasized his strategy of shallow stacking and the mentorship from "Luck 123," which focused on bankroll...
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164 - Andrijana Gligoric - The Cash Game Queen
Meet Andrijana Gligoric, known as "Lija," a professional poker player from Serbia, now living in Malta. Her poker passion started in university while studying electrical engineering, playing in cash games with friends. After college, she moved to Malta, began streaming her gameplay on Twitch, and...
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163 - Dara O' Kearney - From Ultra-Marathons to Poker Mastery
Dara O'Kearney, born on June 17, 1965, in Ennis, County Clare, is an accomplished Irish ultra runner and professional poker player. He has won several ultra running events and claimed the title of Irish 24-hour running champion in 2007. In poker, Dara won the 2008 European Deepstack Poker...
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162 - Michael Loncar - From Tilt to Triumph
Since 2007, Michael Loncar has excelled in poker, becoming the top online 6-Max Sit & Go player by 2010. Post-Black Friday, he shifted to live games, winning significant tournaments like the Ante Up NorCal Classic Main Event twice. Loncar joined ACR's Team Pro in 2020 after a major win in 2018....
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161 - Alex Fitzgerald - The Winning Edges
Alex Fitzgerald, a renowned poker pro from the USA, has earned over $3.9 million across live and online games, including notable wins in the WCOOP and SCOOP. Known as "Assassinato" online, his expertise shines in major tournaments like the WPT and EPT. Turning pro in 2006, Fitzgerald has adeptly...
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160 - Andy 'Greekfish' Andreou & Misha Van De Kar - A Vision for Poker and Peak Performance
Today's podcast features Andy 'Greekfish' Andrew and Misha van der Kar from Universal Poker. They share insights on how their unique affiliate service reduces stress and variance for all poker players, whether professional or recreational. Highly recommend checking out Universal Poker for anyone...
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159 - Martin Jacobson - All In: The High Stakes of Building a Poker Career
Martin Jacobson, from Stockholm, has made a significant mark in the poker world. He started playing poker at 18 and went on to win the WSOP Main Event in 2014, with a prize of $10 million. Recognized for his talent, in February 2015, he was honored as Player of the Year by 'Poker.se', a title…
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158 - Alec Torelli - Life Lessons from Poker
Meet Alec Torelli, aka Traheho, a renowned professional poker player hailing from Orange County, California. With over $2,200,000 in tournament winnings, Alec stands as one of the most respected figures in high-stakes poker. His strategic brilliance became evident when he secured second place in...
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157 - Elliot Roe - A Game Poker Office Hours Webinar
Elliot Roe Poker Mindset Webinar August 4th.
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156 - Alexander Beldarion - Changes and Challenges in Alex's Career
Alexander Beldarion is a highly successful poker coach who founded Team BAS alongside RYE coach Asaban. Alexander has been coaching and mentoring poker players to help improve their overall expected value, as well as gaining a better understanding of the game. Not only has he been playing...
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155 - Bryan Paris - Crushing Online MTT's
Bryan Paris is a professional poker player, who is focused on playing online MTT. He was the second player ever to pass $10 million for career cashes online, and is now streaming his higher stakes MTT's multiple times a week on Twitch. In this episode, we'll talk about how Bryan got started, his...
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154 – Yves Dubois – The Importance of Fitness to Optimize Performance
Yves Dubois is a former high stakes cash game player who transferred to being an online nutrition and fitness coach for high-performers such as entrepreneurs, high-stakes poker players, and other professionals in high demanding work environments. Knowing the ins and outs of the fitness industry…
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153 - Rory Young - Mindset for Poker and Business
Rory Young is a serious high stakes cash games player, who has also reaped significant tournament cash prizes. Rory is also well known for high profile sports bets as well as having founded a high level poker software company. We discuss his poker and business careers as well as the mindset that...
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152 - Anton Wigg - Holistic Performance in Poker
Anton Wigg is a professional poker player from Sweden, who has racked up over $11 million in combined live and online MTT cash events. Apart from the headline figures, his longevity in the game is truly remarkable. Beyond his achievements in poker, Anton has created a group of elite tournament...
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151 - Sylvain Loosli - Career of Consistent Excellence
Sylvain Loosli is a french elite poker professional who is currently living in London. He comes from Toulon (France), earned a masters degree in business studies and currently lives in London. Sylvain has been playing Poker professionally since 2011 with total live earnings of almost $ 8 Mio. In...
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150 - Ana Marquez - Inside the Mind of Ana
This week's guest is Ana Márquez, a professional poker player from Spain. She began playing poker during her time in college, initially playing cash games in Atlantic City. Before she joined Americas Cardroom in 2022, she was a member of Team PokerStars as well as Team 888poker. Ana has been…
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149 - Stephen Baker - Mindset Coaching, the Subconscious Mind and Leveraging Novelty
This week's guest is Stephen Baker, former courtroom lawyer and entrepreneur, who made it as a professional poker player and mindset coach. In this episode, we will talk about the subconscious mind, how to work with it in order to achieve your best performance, what leveraging novelty means and…
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148 - Patrick Howard - A Data-Driven Approach to Playing Poker
This week's guest is Patrick Howard, lead strategy developer at Poker Detox, an elite coaching and staking company for poker players, joins the show to discuss a data-driven approach to playing poker. We'll discuss how he got started with poker and how his background in physics helped him to...
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147 - K.L. Cleeton - Find His Way Through Poker
This week's guest is K.L. Cleeton, a professional poker player and entrepreneur, who shares his experiences with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1 as well as the mindset that is needed for overcoming challenges and impacting other people's lives. We talk about how he got started with poker and the...
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146 - Blake Eastman - The Truth About Poker Tells
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145 - Matthew Jarvis - From November Nine To Venture Funded
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144 - Rory Young - Introducing Odin Poker
Rory Young is a high-stakes professional poker player with experience in live cash games as big as $1000/$2000 NL. As someone who used solvers as the backbone of his study, Rory grew increasingly frustrated with the tedious and expensive process of running sims, and he decided to find a better…
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142 - Jon Van Fleet - GTO Informed Street Poker
>> Click Here To Save $999 on Elliot Roe's AGPM and Patrick Leonard's Pads on Pads Course With nearly $20,000,000 in online MTT cashes, Jonathan "apestyles" Van Fleet has long been considered one of the top players in the game. Recently, he's allowed the poker world to peek behind the curtain…
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141 - Patrick Leonard - AGPM & Pads on Pads Summer Sale Q&A
This special episode is brought to you by the Run It Once Training Summer Sale, where you can now get Elliot Roe's A-Game Poker Masterclass and Patrick's Pads on Pads course as a bundle for 50% off the regular price. In addition to that huge discount, you'll also get 6 months free of Elliot's...
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140 - Vanessa Kade - The Power of Putting It All Together
As a self-taught coder, Vanessa Kade started her career in the video game industry. She discovered poker at the office, where her co-workers would regularly play a quick sit-and-go during lunch. After years of grinding live games, Vanessa switched to online in order to give Twitch streaming a…
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139 - Paul Otto - From Poker to Crypto
Paul Otto built one of the most respected coaching teams in the game and has now moved on to using the skills he learned in poker to take on the cryptocurrency world. He currently runs F5 Crypto Capital and is paving the way for regulated cryptocurrency funds in Germany. In this episode, Elliot…
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138 - Shakti Chauhan - The Treasure Hidden in Your Network
>> Start Your 7-Day Primed Mind Free Trial There's gold waiting for you in your poker network, and it's not just in the money you win at the tables… When poker pro Shakti Chauhan started hosting games to fuel his gambling habit, he realized the rich opportunity hidden in the relationships he...
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137 - Robbie Strazynski - The Poker Writer
Improve Your Poker Mindset. >> Start Your 7-Day Free Trial To Primed Mind Plus Motivated by his passion for poker, journalist Robbie Strazynski started writing about poker for fun through his blog and newsletter at CardPlayerLifestyle.com. As his audience grew, Robbie transitioned his passion...
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136 - Peter Clarke - The Philosophy of Poker
Whether you're a seasoned player or just getting started, your biggest leaks at the table come from emotional decision making. Do you bring awareness and intention to every hand? Or do you make automatic plays based on your subconscious habits? Know the science. Know the numbers. Balance with...
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135 - Wayne Yap & Nick Howard - Beyond Poker
What comes after a successful poker career? Because of the high variance and limited economy the game offers, many players seek to diversify into business. Some want to leave the daily grind behind and transition out of the game. Nick Howard and Wayne Yap are solving this problem with Beyond…
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134 - Melissa Burr - Mental Health in Poker
Despite making poker history by becoming the first woman to final table the Poker Players Championship in 2014, Melissa struggled with the pressure and expectations from the sudden notoriety. After hitting rock bottom in her personal life last year, Melissa decided to follow her happiness and is...
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133 - Michael Acevedo - Humanizing GTO
Think GTO is about playing like a robot? Michael Acevedo wants you to reconsider… Yes, solvers have had a controversial place in poker history, but the application of them in gameplay has evolved since they arrived on the scene, and Michael wrote a whole book called Modern Poker Theory: Building…
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132 - Incze Zoltan - The Poker Mindset
At 21 years old, Incze Zoltan walked into the hospital for a quick surgery to remove a swollen node from his face and walked out with a dreaded diagnosis: cancer. But he decided right then and there that he would be a survivor. He battled and won and then realized he didn't want to go back to his...
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131 - Marle Cordeiro - Poker Punchlines & Playing for Houses
Click Here To Try Elliot Roe's Primed Mind For Free When Marle Cordeiro was invited to sit down at one of the most elite cash games in Vegas, she decided to take her big shot and play for mortgage-sized pots. Marle also happens to be a creative who puts out a lot of content. She's dabbled in…
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130 - Adam Neal - The Pressures of Becoming a Poker Personality
Click Here To Try Elliot Roe's Primed Mind For Free Poker and rap? You'd better believe it. In fact, Adam "IT5PAYDAY" Neal scored himself not just one but TWO huge poker opportunities with his music. After winning a contest with his rap video, Adam put his life in England on pause to fly out to…
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129 - Kristen Bicknell - Expectations VS. Reality of Winning Big
Click Here To Try Elliot Roe's Primed Mind For Free What's it REALLY like to win big in poker? The excitement, the thrill, the sleepless nights… Is it all it's cracked up to be? With three bracelets under her belt, Kristen Bicknell certainly knows a thing or two about it… She's one of the top MTT...
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128 - Tadas Peckaitis - Focus on the Fundamentals
Are you a low-stakes player thinking about taking your game more seriously? You need what's inside this episode! Tadas Peckaitis of MyPokerCoaching.com joins us in a conversation detailing the road map to long-term success in poker. Early in his career, Tadas wasted a lot of time and energy by…
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127 - Ranno Sootla - Getting Out of Your Own Way to Success
After a disappointing runner-up finish in the 2018 WSOP $1500 bounty event, Ranno decided to make some changes—big ones. Over the next two years, Ranno gave up smoking weed, he healed anger issues he learned from his family, and he completely revamped his mindset by working with Poker Mind Coach...
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126 - Benjamin Rolle - Climbing to High Stakes and Keeping a Beginner's Mindset
Bencb worked his way up from the micro stakes after going broke three times… Want to know how he did it? He says it's all about consistency, especially with all the boring stuff. It may not be as sexy as a huge win at the tables, but a long-term winning mindset means putting in the time and…
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125 - JackStack99 - Riding the Emotional Rollercoaster
Click Here To Enroll In Elliot Roe's A-Game Poker Masterclass After Black Friday, JackStack99 took a life gamble… He left his home in Queens, NY for Montreal to focus on playing online poker professionally. Following his success in high-stakes spin-and-go games, Jack co-founded Team 651, his…
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124 - Johannes Mansbart - From Professional Sports to Pokercode CEO
Click Here To Try Elliot Roe's Primed Mind For Free This week's guest is Johannes Mansbart, the CEO of Pokercode, Fedor Holz's poker training company and online community. Johannes didn't start his career in the poker world. He had a passion for soccer, trained for many years, became a...
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123 - Fedor Holz - The Comeback, GG Poker, and WSOP Online
Click Here To Try Elliot Roe's Primed Mind For Free After his legendary run on the Super High Roller scene in 2016, Fedor Holz shocked the poker world with his announcement that he was retiring from the game. While he did play the occasional live High Roller tournament, he has mostly stayed off…
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122 – Mark Herm – Hypnotherapy For Poker Players
Click Here To Enroll In Elliot Roe's A-Game Poker Masterclass Wondering what hypnotherapy for poker players can do for your A-game? Mark Herm has been working with Elliot Roe for over 3 years, and he asked if he could come share his experiences with you on the show. When Mark started working on...