Dan "Jungleman" Cates

GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO!Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/junglemanPhilip Sternheimer is a Partner at one of the oldest and most successful private equity firms, Hellman & Friedman. He also plays some of the highest stakes poker cash games and tournaments, often facing off against Jungleman around the world. Philip is fluent in English, German, and French and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business. He currently resides in London.Here is what you can expect on this week's show:IntroductionA nice child has many nicknamesThe world of private equityParallels between business and pokerChoosing between finance and pokerMixed GamesInvestment adviceBurning ManDan challenges Philip to a "chest-off"Connect with Philip Sternheimer:Twitter: @TheMannheimInstagram: @sternhepFollow "Jungleman" Dan Cates on social:Websites: https://www.wtgol.comInstagram: @wtgolpodcast@thedancatesTwitter: @junglemandan

GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO!Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/junglemanThe globe-trotting Iranian-South African beauty is a serial entrepreneur with a successful property portfolio and other business interests. She is also a global poker player having recently won her first WSOP online bracelet for the grand prize of $239,180, quadrupling the previous biggest score of her career. A qualified personal trainer and a self-taught magician now based in Cape Town, Melika feels strongly about championing women empowerment in South Africa and around the world.Here is what you can expect on this week’s show:IntroductionCards, magic tricks, and pokerPoker in South Africa and beyondOrganizing a venture filled lifeThe world of International Beauty PageantsSpeaking out against Iran's unjust political regimeEmpowering women and youthI hope you find this episode as fun and informative as we have. Melika Razavi is winning the game of life!Please let us know your thoughts about the episode!Connect with Melika Razavi:Twiiter: @melika_razaviInstagram: @melirazaviiConnect with Dan Cates:Websites: https://www.wtgol.comhttps://www.dancatesfoundation.com/Instagram: @wtgolpodcast@thedancates

GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO!Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/junglemanBritish-born Chinese comedian Ken Cheng has been snagging laughs and rave reviews with his unique brand of dry, analytical, story-based humor for over a decade. Finalist in the 2015 BBC New Comedy Awards and nominee for Amused Moose’s 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Best Show, Cheng is one of Comedy Central Online’s Ones to Watch, BBC’s 2017 Hot New Talents, The Guardian’s 2018 Pick of The Fringe, and the winner of the coveted 2017 Dave Joke of The Fringe. His past performances have included a critically acclaimed, sold-out run at the Edinburgh Festival.Along with his comedy career, Ken is a professional poker player and had pursued the game full-time before being inspired to enter the comedy world after watching Chris Addison perform. He’s received viral attention for some of his jokes and sketches, including his fictional persona Mark Liu, and a 2017 Twitter thread insulting the flag of every country in the world. Cheng directed the 2015 Cambridge Footlights International Tour Show, which held events in multiple continents, and wrote and starred in his Chinese Comedian series, nominated for Radio 4’s Pick of The Year. Outside of standup, Ken has appeared in several shows and shorts, including The Now Show, Dave’s Advent Calendar, Celebrity Eggheads, A Good Read, and Russell Kane’s Evil/Genius Podcast. He also presented the BBC Radio documentary, Game Over, Humans. Fans can look forward to attending upcoming live comedy dates after enjoying his latest role as the host of E4’s The Hangover Games.Here is what you can expect on this week’s show:IntroductionCheng’s Brand of comedy and finding your nicheHow to become a comedian and writing jokesFame, or lack thereof, and its pitfallsNetworking horror storiesComments on Poker’s latest cheating scandalCheng’s poker careerSocial deduction gamesMaking positive social impact with comedyHow Poker prepared Cheng for comedyLove and dating – it’s complicatedI hope you find this episode as fun and informative as we have. Ken Cheng is winning the game of life!Please let us know your thoughts about the episode!Connect with Ken Cheng:Twitter: @kenchengcomedyInstagram: @kenchengcomedyConnect with Dan Cates:Websites: https://www.wtgol.comhttps://www.dancatesfoundation.com/Instagram: @wtgolpodcast@thedancates

GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO!Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/junglemanNate Silver is a leading statistician and founder of FiveThirtyEight.com, an award-winning website focused on statistical analysis of politics, sports and science.As a former syndicated columnist for The New York Times, Silver first gained national attention during the 2008 presidential election, when he correctly predicted the results of the primaries and the presidential winner in 49 states. A diehard baseball fan, Silver is also credited with developing PECOTA (Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization Test Algorithm), a statistical formula for predicting a player’s performance.In addition to serving as editor-in-chief of FiveThirtyEight.com and an on-air commentator for ESPN, Silver is the author of numerous books on baseball statistics. His book, “The Signal and The Noise: Why Most Predictions Fail – But Some Don’t” is a New York Times bestseller. Silver has written for ESPN, Sports Illustrated, Slate and The New York Times. He was recently named one of Fast Company’s 100 Most Influential People in Business.Before Silver built a media empire, however, there was a time when he was a professional poker player and Nate can still be found on the poker circuit, playing in a number of live tournaments, with highlights including a runner up finish at the World Series of Poker.Here is what you can expect on this week’s show:Observations on poker from a statisticianBetting on sportsBaseball talk and asking who the real homerun king isTrends in deception – sabotaging trust and the misinformation ageCOVID responses and political partisanshipPolitics and missing the mark on the 2016 electionWhat’s the over/under on nuclear war?Different people – different brainsA New World OrderDoes poker help in other areas of lifeA universal consciousness beyond mathI hope you find this episode as fun and informative as we have. Nate Silver is winning the game of life!Please let us know your thoughts about the episode!Connect with Nate Silver:Website: https://fivethirtyeight.comTwitter: @NateSilver538Instagram: @realnatesilverConnect with Dan Cates:Websites: https://www.wtgol.comhttps://www.dancatesfoundation.com/Instagram: @wtgolpodcast@thedancates

GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO!Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/junglemanTony Dunst, a high-stakes pro and one of the most unique personalities in the poker industry, joined the World Poker Tour as host of the WPT Raw Deal segment for Season IX. Dunst beat out hundreds of other contestants in a nationwide search to capture the coveted slot and spent seven seasons strategically analyzing some of the most pivotal hands from World Poker Tour events. When Mike Sexton announced his retirement from the WPT commentary booth, it was only natural for Dunst to be promoted into the role starting with Season XVI.Dunst has always been an avid player of World Poker Tour events. In Season XII, he was able to etch his name on the venerable WPT Champions Cup™, winning WPT Caribbean and $145,000. Later that season he nearly became a two-time champion, but ultimately fell in third in the WPT World Championship, earning $452,729.A successful online pro, Dunst began playing poker in home games with friends in college. After visiting Australia to play in the Aussie Millions tournament in 2005, he left the U.S. to move Down Under. He returned to the States a year later and played in his first World Series of Poker, where he established himself as a young force in the poker world, finishing 198th in the 2006 Main Event.One of the most consistent posters and moderators at the TwoPlusTwo forums, as well as hosting one of the most popular blogs in all of poker, Dunst has written articles on dozens of topics both within and outside of poker. With his candor and oversized personality, Dunst quickly developed a loyal following of fans and more than a handful of critics, becoming a lightning rod in the poker community.In 2016, Dunst added another marquee title to his poker résumé when he won a WSOP gold bracelet in a $1,000 no-limit hold’em event. Dunst defeated a field of 2,452 entries to earn $339,254 in that tournament.Here is what you can expect on this week’s show:· Introduction· Tony Takes on tennis· Living and playing poker in China and Australia· Challenges of living out of a suitcase· How poker is different in different parts of the world· A more diverse and richer history abroad· Tony’s poker style and putting your money where your mouth is· The attention economy· Reporting on pokerI hope you find this episode as fun and informative as we have. Tony Dunst is winning the game of life!Please let us know your thoughts about the episode!Connect with Tony Dunst:Twitter: @tonydunsttvInstagram: @tonydunsttvConnect with Dan Cates:Websites: https://www.wtgol.comhttps://www.dancatesfoundation.com/Instagram: @wtgolpodcast@thedancates

GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO!Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/junglemanKahle Burns may be Australia’s best kept secret. He has been collecting tournament cashes across Australia and the world for over a decade and has amassed more than $13 million in live tournament earnings during that stretch. His first major result came in the 2013 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific main event, where he pocketed $211,392 for a fifth-place finish. In the summer of 2016, he won the Sydney Championships for $226,295 and weeks later won the Western Classic Poker Championship in Perth for another $55,674.It was at that point that Burns started becoming a more familiar face on the high roller circuit and in 2020 was second on the all-time money list. His most recent notable wins include a first-place finish in the75k NLH Triton Super High Roller Series in Cyprus, a second-place finish in the 50k NLH European Poker Tour in Barcelona, and another second-place finish in the 25k NLH WSOP Super High Roller Championship ONLINE.Burns has been a dominant cash game player, steadily moving up the stakes ever since he entered the poker world after high school. Traveling around Australia, or to Macau and the United States, Burns is always on the lookout for a good game and the opportunity to compete against high-level competition.Here is what you can expect on this week’s show:· Solvers – to use or not to use· Philosophical questions around poker· Decisions to make when trading one of life’s commodities for another· Insomnia and going 7 days with no sleep· Dan Challenges Kahle’s black and white world view· More on sleep deprivation and trading life’s commodities· To be nice at the table or not to be nice at the table· Juggling life’s commodities and what to keep in the air· Optimal poker strategies, computers, and AI in pokerI hope you find this episode as fun and informative as we have. Kahle Burns is winning the game of life!Please let us know your thoughts about the episode!Connect with Kahle Burns:Twitter: @ROFLshoveFacebook: @KahleBurnsConnect with Dan Cates:Websites: https://www.wtgol.comhttps://www.dancatesfoundation.com/Instagram: @wtgolpodcast@thedancates

GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO!Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/junglemanDylan Weisman is a professional poker player and executive performance coach. He has been playing poker professionally in some capacity since he was 16. While studying probability theory at the University of California Santa Barbara, Dylan became more in tune with the non-game theory aspects of what it takes to be a solid poker professional, such as self-knowledge, self-care, emotional control, and life sustainability. Most recently, Dylan has grinded from $2/$4 to $10/$20 online, and he’s played in the largest live PLO cash games in Las Vegas. Recent notable wins include the U.S. Poker Open 25k and a 2021 WSOP bracelet. On the business side of things, after graduating with a degree in financial math and statistics from the University of California Santa Barbara, Dylan started his career in analytics and has done it all from project management and operations, to large-scale product developments. Throughout his career, Dylan was drawn to problems relating to operational efficiencies - in other words, human-centered problems. Poker was all about using analytics on people and he was using those skills into business. Today, Dylan focuses his time on product development and executive performance coaching. His clients range anywhere from CEOs of mid-level startups, Esports athletes, and managers at fortune 500 companies. Additionally, he consults with his portfolio companies on operational efficiencies, hiring practices, and digital analytics infrastructure.What you can expect to hear on this episode:What you can take from your poker game and apply to building and executing a businessWhat winning the game of life is really all aboutDeveloping the superpower of empathy to find success and change the worldSearching for solutions to a poker feudDifferent coaching for different types of poker playersHiring and running a team and how it relates to pokerAre poker players built for business?I hope you find this episode as fun and informative as we have. Dylan Weisman is winning the game of life!Please let us know your thoughts about the episode!Connect with Dylan “Dr. GTO” Weisman:Website: https://www.dylanweisman.com/Instagram: @dr.gtoTwitter: @Dweisman13Connect with Dan Cates:Websites: https://www.wtgol.comhttps://www.dancatesfoundation.com/Instagram: @wtgolpodcast@thedancates

GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO!Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/junglemanTommy Angelo is a top-tier writer, coach, and philosopher. His playfulness and creativity is singular in the poker universe. During his decades of grinding, Tommy staged a revolt against the pain. The pain of losing, the pain of playing bad, the pain of bad luck, bad people, bad nights, bad food, bad sleep, to be done with the pain, to distill his life down to its most enjoyable, profitable form. That was his quest, and he got there. Then he made books and videos to share his wisdom on how to play the game of poker, and the game of life, with grace.What you can expect to hear on this episode:Reducing unhappiness to play better pokerCreating a meditation practice that has transformational powerBad times. suffering, and finding enlightenment in life and pokerBringing joy to others as the real reason for self-improvementApplying Buddhist principles at the poker table to winI hope you find this episode as fun and informative as we have. Tommy Angelo is winning the game of life!Please let us know your thoughts about the episode!Connect with Tommy Angelo:Website: https://www.tommyangelo.com/Twitter: @TheTommyAngeloConnect with Dan Cates:Websites: https://www.wtgol.comhttps://www.dancatesfoundation.com/Instagram: @wtgolpodcast@thedancates

GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO!Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/junglemanBrandon Adams taught undergrad economics courses at Harvard for nine years in game theory, behavioral finance, and international macroeconomics. He’s a regular in the biggest poker cash games and tournaments, and has appeared on Poker After Dark, High Stakes Poker, and multiple televised final tables. He was the lead research assistant for Michael Lewis’ The Big Short, and he has self-published several books. He enjoys fantasy sports, and has a website dedicated to daily fantasy sports analytics.What you can expect to hear on this weeks episode:Getting into Harvard as a poor studentWhat makes your college years a powerful time in lifeThe Poker House as an equivalent to college for poker playersStress and the role it plays in performanceWhat hyperbolic discounting is and how it affects our decisionsGame Theory and pokerThe podcasting worldEconomics and contributing expertise to The Big ShortUtilitarianism – the dangerous forceI hope you find this episode as fun and informative as we have. Brandon Adams is winning the game of life!Please let us know your thoughts about the episode!Connect with Brandon Adams:Websites: http://brandonadams.co/https://www.advancedsportsanalytics.com/Instagram: @brandonadams78Twitter: @badams78Connect with Dan Cates:Websites: https://www.wtgol.comhttps://www.dancatesfoundation.com/Instagram: @wtgolpodcast@thedancates

GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO!Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/junglemanHailing from West Virginia, USA, Jason Koon is one of the most successful poker players of all time, specializing in high roller tournaments.He began playing poker in college, being taught the rules of the game by a roommate, and quickly realized he had an aptitude for cards and that he could even make a career from it!Koon is 9th on the All Time Money List, with over $38M in live tournament cashes, including one WSOP bracelet, multiple high roller tournament victories in Triton Poker Super High Roller Series and World Poker Tour high roller events. He is also an experienced online poker player, with much success in tournaments played on the digital felt.Here is what you can expect on this week’s show:Street poker and lessons learnedTalking fitness and cold plungesTaking personal pain and putting it to work towards successBusiness endeavors and a life beyond pokerI hope you find this episode as fun and informative as we have. Jason Koon is winning the game of life.Please let us know your thoughts about the episode!Connect with Jason Koon:Instagram: @jasonkoonTwitter: @JasonKoonConnect with Dan Cates:Websites: https://www.wtgol.comInstagram: @thedancates@wtgolpodcast