The Mindset Advantage Poker Podcast

In This Week's Episode:  Fernando Habegger, known online as “JNandez87”, has been a professional poker player since 2011. His main game is $10/$20 Pot Limit Omaha and has accumulated over $100K in online tournament winnings. After being an elite coach for Run It Once for over 2 years, Fernando started his own brand “JNandez Poker” and began streaming PLO live on Twitch. In 2015, he ran a challenge to turn $20,000 into $100,000 in 100 days and succeeded on day 96. Earlier this year, Fernando switched to YouTube as his main content creation platform, where he mostly makes videos about both, live and online poker, mindset subjects and traveling vlogs. As the sole Pot Limit Omaha instructor on Upswing Poker, he just launched his second product called the PLO Lab, where his goal is to empower more poker players to follow in his steps, rise up the stakes and gain personal independence. In This Episode You'll Learn:  Why Fernando chose the “Burn All The Bridges” approach to starting his professional career rather t

For past episodes of the Mindset Advantage Podcast visit: https://www.pokermindcoach.com/tmapodcast/ In This Week's Episode:  WCOOP is online poker’s biggest tournament series and runs from Sept 3-26th this year. It includes 81 events and features a wide range of game type and formats, and is sure to bring out the best players in the world. To compete for your share of the $60,000,000 guaranteed during WCOOP you’ll need to bring your A-Game every day. In this special episode of the Mindset Advantage Poker Podcast, Elliot and Adrienne share their secrets for success in WCOOP and other big MTT festivals. In This Episode You'll Learn:  How your time zone can give you a huge edge when you make a WCOOP final table. This is why some pros fly halfway around the world to play WCOOP, even if poker is legal in their home country. The one thing you must do to prevent burnout during WCOOP. Do this if you want to give yourself the best shot at winning the biggest prize pools at the end of the series. A short work out bef

For past episodes of the Mindset Advantage Podcast visit: https://www.pokermindcoach.com/tmapodcast/ In This Week’s Episode: Before Scott Blumstein sat down for Day 1C of the WSOP Main Event, he had never entered a tournament over $3,500. On Day 4 he finished 8th in chips. After 7 grueling days, he entered the final table as the chip leader with 97,250,000 chips... And in hand #246 of the final table, he 3-bet shoved Ah2d and was called by Dan Ott’s Ad8s. The board ran out Js6s5h7h, and just as it looked like Ott would double, the 2h landed on the river, giving Scott Blumstein the WSOP Main Event tilt and $8,150,000. During the two day break between the end of Day 7 and the start of the final table, Scott brought in Elliot Roe to mentally prepare him for the biggest 3 days of his poker career, saying: “Honestly, with the 48-hours I thought the mental game was more important than any technical stuff I could learn at that juncture.” In this Episode of The Mindset Advantage podcast, Scott Blumstein joins Elliot

For past episodes of the Mindset Advantage Podcast visit: https://www.pokermindcoach.com/tmapodcast/ About This Week's Guest:  Jared Tendler wrote the book on The Mental Game of Poker, in fact, he wrote two. His best-selling books The Mental Game of Poker 1 & The Mental Game of Poker 2 have introduced thousands of player to the mental game, and have been instrumental in growing the interest for poker mindset content. Jared was first introduced to the game when he met poker-pro Dusty Schmidt on the golf course. After hearing about the trials and tribulations Dusty went through in poker, he felt that his mental game coaching program would be a great fit for poker players, and he started working with Dusty to test this theory out. When Dusty achieved SNE and saved thousands of dollars in broken computer equipment, Jared felt confident that he had something of value to share with the poker world. From there he created content for Stox Poker and went on to write his two books. Jared’s clients include WSOP Nove

In This Week’s Episode: Ari Meisel is an author and entrepreneur who's books include: Idea to Execution and Less Doing, More Living. He's also the co-founder of Leverage, an upscale Virtual Assistant Service. Ari's philosophy of Less Doing is all about optimizing, automating, and outsourcing life's daily tasks to free yourself to do what you're most effective at.   In This Episode You’ll Learn: How Ari’s team is able to accommodate any (legal) request, even if it’s getting a photo of you riding on a grizzly bear while holding a bald eagle. How technology can take your bad habits and make them substantially worse. The “Liberty Paradox” that causes poker players to get less done even though they have unlimited freedom. How to figure out what daily tasks you can outsource to someone else. How to transition from “Professional Poker Player” to “Startup Founder.” Links: Ari Meisel: Leverage Virtual Assistants Twitter Books Youtube Adrienne Rowsome: Watch and Subscribe to Adrienne’s Twitch Channel Twitter Faceb

In This Week’s Episode: Over the last few weeks, there has been a buzz about the new app being released by Fedor Holz and our own Elliot Roe. This week, Fedor joins the show for a 3rd time to reveal all the details on the project.   Primed Mind is a mobile app designed to make mindset coaching accessible to the entire world. They do this by providing bespoke mindset sessions for the most important aspects of your life, and guided sessions for growing every aspect of your mindset. The app is now available on iOS and Google Play, and you can learn all about it on their website >>> https://www.primedmind.com/ In This Episode You’ll Learn: How Fedor stays ahead of the curve, even though he’s “retired” down to 10% of his old volume. Why Fedor believes discipline is an essential skill for players of all talent levels. What you must to surpass opponents who started the game before you, and have a head start in skill level. A step-by-step guide to forming your poker “inner circle.” What is this Primed Mind thing eve

Kevin Martin is a professional MTT player, Twitch Streamer, PokerStars Pro and Reality TV Superstar. After a 9th place finish in Big Brother Canada Season 3, he returned in Season 5 and went all the way to the end, facing off with his biggest rival in the final competition of the season. While his opponent crumbled under pressure, Kevin’s experience in high-pressure final tables showed, and he was able to win easily. This allowed him to vote out his only competition and win the show, and $150,000, by a 9-0 vote. Even if you’ve never watched Big Brother, you’ll still want to give this a listen, as Kevin lays out a road map for what it takes to accomplish those huge goals you have in life. In This Episode You’ll Learn: How Kevin’s diligent study habits took his poker game to the next level and eventually allowed him to win Big Brother. What it’s like to live in a film studio for 3 months with no privacy and a camera pointed at you for 24 hours a day. How using mediation in the house allowed him to overcome the

This week is going to be a bit different. Over the last few episodes, you've probably heard about the recently launched Poker Mind Coach Academy. It's a community of ambitious poker players all trying to reach their full potential in the game. One of the benefits of being a member is a bonus segment from the podcast called "Afterthoughts." After we record an episode Elliot, Adrienne, and the guest all need to hang out while the recordings download. There's always a great conversation during that time, so we decided it was a waste not to record it. Usually, these conversations are only available to Academy members, but this week we'll be sharing the Afterthoughts from last week's episode with Matt Berkey as a sneak peak into the Academy. For more info on all the other benefits just visit PokerMindCoachAcademy.com

In This Episode You’ll Learn: How Matt went from a break even online MTT player to crushing the highest stakes in just 6 months. Why Matt was one of the few poker pro fist pumping when Black Friday happened. What happened when Matt lost $5.5mm in the 300/600/1200 and was down to his very last buy-in for the game. Why poker is rooted in failure, and how using that knowledge can help you not to take the results personally. How asking “why” can help you escape the learning curve and start your journey to hitting your ceiling in poker. Links: Matt Berkey: Solve For Why Academy Twitter YouTube A Gambler's Fallacy Adrienne Rowsome: Watch and Subscribe to Adrienne’s Twitch Channel Twitter Facebook

Lex Veldhuis is a Dutch professional player and a member of PokerStar’s Team Pro Online. Lex made a name for himself with his hyper-aggressive play in televised cash games like High Stakes Poker and The Big Game. With roots in online gaming and e-sports, Lex’s true home is on the online tables. Over the last year, he’s dedicated himself to growing his Twitch.tv following and has one of the biggest streams in poker. One of his goals is to build a bridge between the poker and e-sports world, and he will often stream other games as well as host (and be hosted by) large gaming streamers. In This Episode You’ll Learn: How Lex bribed his opponents into teaching him mixed games. What Lex did to get branded as a fish, how that got it invited to huge private games, and why he’s done a complete 180 and wants to be viewed as a great player. What Phil Galfond, Sauce123 and Jungleman do that keeps them at the top of the game. How to prevent burnout during SCOOP and other large MTT series. How Lex uses his uses his anger

In This Week’s Episode: Doug Polk is known as one of the (if not THE) best Heads Up No Limit Holdem players of all time. In addition to making a name for himself on the tables, he made waves in the poker community by not being afraid to speak his mind and call out other players. He’s also had success in the live poker arena with two WSOP bracelets and over $5 million in earnings. Since starting his training site, Upswing Poker, he’s become one of the most popular personalities in the poker world with one of the top viewed Twitch Stream and YouTube channels in poker. In This Episode You’ll Learn: What Doug did when he lost 90% of his net worth and had to decide between giving poker one last go, or finding another path. How to prevent your ego from getting in the way of being honest about your opponent’s strengths and weaknesses. The most important mindset to embrace if you have trouble with tilt. What you should do when you notice your confidence slipping after losing 30+ buy-ins. How Doug worked his way back

In This Week’s Episode: Since his appearance on the first ever TMA Podcast episode, Daniel “Oxota” Dvoress has taken the live poker scene by storm. Since then he’s amassed over $3,000,000 in live tournament earnings, and become a staple in the High Roller/Super High Roller scene. Daniel joins us to share how the ups and downs of making the transition from online to live, and how he uses mindset work to gain an edge on the field. In This Episode You’ll Learn: Why preparation, play and study for live sessions is so much different than online. How learning a new game or format can boost your motivation. The exact routine Daniel uses before playing a high roller. How Daniel leverages high-pressure situations to run over a table. The correct way to use live-tells to enhance your technical decision making. How to gain an edge when you’re not a naturally gifted player.

In This Week’s Episode: In Tommy Angelo’s new book, Painless Poker, he approaches teaching the mental game from a new angle. The book focuses around 7 fictional poker players, all archetypical characters representing the pain we experience while playing, who are attending Tommy’s “Painless Poker Clinic.” Rather than teaching mindset with the typical textbook approach, you get to follow along with the story and see the changes the characters make in their own game. When you buy the print book directly from Tommy’s site, he’ll send you an autographed copy as well as a free digital download. In This Episode You’ll Learn: Links: Why Tommy decided to use a fictional story to teach mindset concepts. Why all poker players should start meditating today. The point in your poker career you should start working on your mental game, and why most players start way too late.

In This Week’s Episode: Jon “Apestyles” Van Fleet has been one of the most successful and profitable online tournament players of the last decade. With $8,000,000 in lifetime cashes, he’s won some of online poker’s toughest tournaments, including Pokerstars’ $1,050 Super Tuesday and Sunday Grand, and he has the highest average cash of the top 20 players on Pocket 5s’ all-time earnings leaderboard. His most recent achievement, in January, was the largest Triple Crown recorded by Pocket 5s since 2013, featuring wins in the 888 Super XL High Roller and the Party Poker Super High Roller. Jon credits his success to staying a student of the game, constantly adjusting, not being afraid to try new strategies, and prioritizing mental/physical health alongside study. He’s a contributing instructor on Cardrunners, a co-author (with Rizen and Pearljammer) of the book Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand at a Time, and has worked with hundreds of students as an online MTT coach since 2011. In This Episode You’ll Learn: How

In This Week’s Episode: Big news this week!  Dr. Tricia Cardner has decided to focus on other pursuits and will no longer be co-hosting the show. We’d like to thank Dr. Cardner for her contribution to the show and for her dedication to helping poker players improve their mindset. You can follow along with her work by visiting her website: http://www.drtriciacardner.com/ Taking over co-hosting duties is none other than Adrienne “Talonchick” Rowsome. Adrienne is a member of PokerStar’s Team Pro Online and runs one of the top Twitch.tv streams in the poker directory. Her experience in poker and work as an Occupational Therapist gives her a unique perspective, and we are excited to have her on-board. You can watch Adrienne play on Twitch Every Monday, Friday and Saturday. Please check out her steam and support her efforts by subscribing to the channel:  https://www.twitch.tv/talonchick In this week’s episode, we are joined once again by 2x Sunday Million winner Rob Tinnion. Rob runs Pocarr.com, one of the largest

Kurt “kurt23x” Fitzgerald has been an MTT pro for the last 10 years. After Black Friday he briefly gave live poker a try but was lured to Costa Rica by some poker friends. His initial run while living there did not go well, and he moved back home with that plan to get a conventional job and go back to school. After getting a taste of this life, he decided to re-dedicate himself to the game and gave Costa Rica another run. This mindset shift changed everything, and Kurt has been able to maintain his position as a top pro ever since. He recently started a Twitch channel with the goal of raising money for hurricane victims in Costa Rica. Please check out his channel and donate to the cause if able.

Kristy Arnett first made a name for herself in the poker world by reporting on the game. She started playing poker in university, and in 2006 made the move to Las Vegas to work for Card Player. After accomplishing everything she wanted in the poker journalism world, she made the switch to full-time player. She used the added freedom this gave her to focus on self-development. That has led her to become an Emotional Intelligence Coach and to start the “WTF Am I Doing With My Life” podcast. In This Episode You'll Learn: The simple tweak that got 200% more study participants to exercise at least once a week. The reason that Kristy gave up a comfortable job as a poker reporter to play the game full-time. How Kristy uses poker to become a better person. How to decide if a risk is essential to take or if you should avoid it at all costs. How having a vision can help ensure that you are never just drifting through life. Why it’s important to be a decent human being to your fellow poker players.

In this week’s episode, Simon Jonas shares how being a poker pro has given him the freedom to travel the world and explore his passions. You'll hear how the praise he got from becoming a great player made him question if there was more to poker than just getting to the top, what he discovered after reading 120 books in 2 years, and the one thing he’s sure is more important than mastering math and theory if you want to be good at poker and actually enjoy playing. If you’ve ever felt like you’ve lost your passion for poker or that the game wasn’t as fun as when you first started, you’ll enjoy listening to Simon’s story. If you’d like to hear more stories and tips from Simon check out his PokerSprout Blog. In This Episode You’ll Learn: How to ignite the passion you once had for the game. Why you need to think twice before moving into a grind-house. Why you'll learn more watching a 10-minute poker video than a 90-minute one.  The reason why most player’s approach to study ends up in a dead-end. How to play outsi

Dan Heskett was a successful high-stakes HUSNG professional, but after one private coaching session with Elliot, he was inspired to take his life in a new direction. In episode 52 of The Mindset Advantage Podcast, Dan shares the result of that session and why it led to him getting qualified in Hypnotherapy. He also discusses his journey as a professional poker player, and his new direction to help pokers players and men improve their mental game at the table and in the ‘dating’ scene. In This Episode You’ll Learn: What ‘interleaving practice’ is and how it can improve the effectiveness of your study. The one exercise Dan does before every podcast, poker game, and interaction with women that makes him feel ‘unstoppable’ The 3 skills you need to succeed with poker, women, and life that you’ll never get from school. The difference between playing VS. practicing (why the players who ‘make it’ ‘practice’ more than they ‘play’) What to do if you have confidence issues when talking to women How to use Hypnotherapy

The Mindset Advantage Guest Run-Good continues as Eric Crain recently took down DraftKings Millionaire Maker. He also placed 3rd, 4th, and 12th in the contest and totaled $1,350,000 in winnings on the day. He returns on this week’s episode to talk about what it was like to sweat the final minutes of the game and how the score will impact his career. He also shares valuable insights on what it takes to play Daily Fantasy Sports for a living, and lays out a framework for anyone looking become a profitable player. In This Episode You'll Learn: The strategy Eric used to go from losing DFS player to multi-million dollar winner in just one year How to transition from poker to DFS, and why poker players are so successful moving over How winning a major DFS tournament is different from a big poker score Why Eric is in no rush to buy a house after his big win How being a huge sports fan can actually hurt your chances of winning at DFS