The Mindset Advantage Poker Podcast

In This Week's Episode: Ivan Stokes, also known as “ILS007,” is an English professional poker player who has been competing since the age of 18 and has been a two time Supernova Elite player as well as a successful coach. Coming from a “study-minded” standpoint due to his experience with chess, this mindset has benefited Stokes’s poker career from the start. In this episode, he speaks about how keeping a positive, productive mindset helped him become a better poker player, and offers tips on how you can improve your poker game. In This Episode You'll Learn:  04:19 - Ivan’s beginning experience with poker 05:23 - Ivan’s connection between poker and chess 06:36 - When poker became more competitive and how becoming skilled at poker is up to hard work 08:28 - How Ivan dealt with the stress of competing in Supernova Elite 10:02 - Poker pros vs. gamblers—the similarities and differences 12:10 - Mindset’s effect on Ivan’s success over the years 13:11 - How Ivan mentally prepares to play at the table 15:20 - Why a negative mindset leads to a lack of productivity 17:53 - The struggle of moving up in stakes and how it can impact decision making 19:54 - How Ivan takes on goal setting after Supernova Elite 22:35 - How collaboration helps with motivation 23:29 - Ivan’s advice for getting into poker in 2018   Keep Up with Ivan Stokes:  Professional Poker Videos Coaching Series  Adrienne "Talonchick" Rowsome: Watch and Subscribe to Adrienne’s Twitch Channel Instagram Twitter Facebook     ***If you've enjoyed this episode of The Mindset Advantage podcast, please subscribe and leave us a review over on iTunes to help spread the word about the show. Thanks!***

In This Week's Episode: YourDoom is a US-based NLHE cash game pro and owner of the training site YourDoomPoker.com. He takes a different approach to the game than many players, choosing to play low volume to ensure that he’s always playing his A-Game. Using this approach, he’s been able to maintain a high win-rate and strong profit numbers only playing 12 hours per week. If you’re interested in learning more about his approach, he has offered a sizable discount to listeners of the show. When you use the code MINDSET, you can save 33% on his Expert Cash Game Play course or 20% off any other courses on the site. In This Episode You'll Learn:  (1:25) Why Ryan believes playing just 12 hours per week maximizes his profitability and enjoyment of life. (3:27) The difference between poker as a lifestyle and poker as a job, and why success depends on which you choose. (6:33) Why Elliot completely changed his mind about the future profitability of online poker. (10:29) Why “Downswings,” as most poker players view them, are a complete myth, and one that can completely ruin careers. (26:20) Ryan’s “silly little trick” for messing with your online opponent’s heads. YourDoom Graph and Results YourDoomPoker.com Facebook Twitter YouTube Adrienne "Talonchick" Rowsome: Watch and Subscribe to Adrienne’s Twitch Channel Instagram Twitter Facebook   ***If you've enjoyed this episode of The Mindset Advantage podcast, please subscribe and leave us a review over on iTunes to help spread the word about the show. Thanks!***

In This Week's Episode:  Maria Konnikova is a contributing writer to The New Yorker, and author of the best selling books The Confidence Game and Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes. Maria gained notoriety in the poker community when she won the 2018 PCA National Championship for $84,000, plus a $30,000 PSPC Platinum Pass. What makes Maria’s story so fascinating is that a year before her victory, she had no clue how to play poker, and admittedly didn’t even know how many cards were in the deck. Maria’s books focus on psychology, and it’s application in the real world. She chose poker as the subject of her next book, The Biggest Bluff, to try to understand the nature of luck vs. skill and figure out if we can learn how to tell the difference. To research the book she chose to fully immerse herself in the game and attempt to make it on the live tournament circuit. With the help of Erik Seidel, her story has been one of outstanding success, and she’s going to continue with the journey at least until next year when she’ll play the $25,000 PSPC at the 2010 PokerStars PCA. In This Episode You'll Learn: 10:52 - How Maria landed Erik Seidel as a coach before she ever read a poker book (and why she targeted him as her ideal coach). 26:36 - The high leverage skill that Maria learned through poker which she now applies to her most important decisions. 28:11 - The 3 reasons why Maria achieved rapid success even though Erik Seidel labeled her as "not naturally suited to poker." Resources:  Maria Konnikova: MariaKonnikova.com Twitter Instagram The Confidence Game Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes Adrienne "Talonchick" Rowsome: Watch and Subscribe to Adrienne’s Twitch Channel Instagram Twitter Facebook

In This Week's Episode:  Jon “apestyles” Van Fleet has long been considered by many to be the greatest online MTT player of all time, and his accomplishments in 2017 only served to cement that legacy. In 2017 he won the Party Poker Millions Main Event for $1,027,000, the Party Poker Power Fest Main Event for $153,000, and the PokerStars $700 Super-Sized Sunday for over $82,000. Jon joins Elliot and Adrienne to talk about his incredible year and how you can study under him in his Elevate Group Coaching Program on Max-Value.com. In This Episode You'll Learn:  [3:37] – How on the final day of the Party Poker Millions Jon was able to set aside the enormous amount he was playing for, make peace with whatever happened, all while remaining confident that he was going to win. [6:45] - The specific Yoga discipline that high-stakes poker players are using to improve their mental and physical performance. [12:13] – Why Jon stopped trash talking other player’s games even though he consistently finds leaks in their games and doesn’t believe anybody is very good. [14:20] – The mindset that Jon uses to maintain his passion for improving his game, even after grinding online MTTs for over 13 years. [21:14] – Learn about the Elevate Program that Jon runs on Max-Value.com and how you can apply to be a member and learn his system. Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet Apply For Jon's Elevate Program Max-Value.com Twitter  PocketFives Profile Adrienne "Talonchick" Rowsome: Watch and Subscribe to Adrienne’s Twitch Channel Instagram Twitter Facebook

Want to get your hands on some of Elliot's best poker mindset content for free? From December 26th-29th he is hosting The Poker Mind Coach Academy Open House, to celebrate the opening of public enrollment to the Academy. Over 4 days you'll get 9 video "Sneak Peeks" of Academy content, and be able to attend a free live webinar with Elliot on the 29th. To register for this free event just visit:   http://www.pokermindcoachacademy.com

In This Week's Episode:  Nick Howard returns for Part Two of his interview. If you haven't already please listen to Part One first. In This Episode You'll Learn: Exactly what you should do if you’re a low stakes player who feels like they’ve missed the boat, but still wants an opportunity to make it in poker. (7:52) Why Nick chose to start a coaching for profits group that ONLY accepted losing players. (11:37) The most devastating form of tilt and how Nick “punted his life off” for 8 years straight because of it. (17:46) What to do if you’re putting in 7-12 hours of study each week but still not seeing results (18:31) The key mindset shift between Nick's students who got stuck in the micros and those who are now earning $30-$50k per month at high stakes. (20:51) Nick Howard PokerDetox.com YouTube Channel Run It Once Blog Twitch Adrienne "Talonchick" Rowsome: Watch and Subscribe to Adrienne’s Twitch Channel Instagram Twitter Facebook  

In This Week's Episode:  Nick Howard has been a professional poker coach for eight years. As a former RunItOnce.com coach, he became known for teaching practical simplifications of well-balanced play. I️n 2015-2016, he documented a notable amount of success on Ignition High stakes in his Run it Once Blog “Achieving Higher Balance,” where he developed many of the independent learning strategies he uses today. Nick Howard is the founder and CEO of Poker Detox, an NLHE training company that launched in May 2016. In its first year, Poker Detox produced three major public courses, and Nick began a side project attempting to train a selection of losing players, using a team-training format. By Fall of 2017, that “losers” team had proven itself successful, and Nick had been able to refine his coaching methodologies to a point where he was ready to expand. Poker Detox now functions as one of the most elite application-based staking companies in the industry, containing a crew of mind coaches and language-optimization experts that work to provide a full support system for students. The company achieved a high enough level of methodology that it became possible to tailor the Detox training system for players of different native languages and even different learning types. The result is a powerful combination of training exercises that highlight the necessary concepts while empowering the learner to choose their path toward integration. Applications for new team members are accepted several times per year, and in 2018 Poker Detox became the first training organization to offer guaranteed salaries to its players. In This Episode You'll Learn: How chasing the GTO dream caused Nick to hit rock bottom and nearly give up on the game. (3:56) The two-step process for creating poker strategies that are both easier to implement and more profitable than GTO. (7:54) The hyper-aggressive exploits that have Nick’s student’s moving up so fast that their opponents have no time to adjust. (9:20) The mindset that is guaranteed to limit your progress in the game and kill any possible motivation. (10:36) Why it’s impossible to separate the mental game from the strategic game when trying to analysis hands at the highest level. (12:58) How different culture and language affect playing styles and optimal methods of learning the game. (25:45) Nick Howard PokerDetox.com YouTube Channel Run It Once Blog Twitch Adrienne "Talonchick" Rowsome: Watch and Subscribe to Adrienne’s Twitch Channel Instagram Twitter Facebook

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 than playing it safe What Fernando decided to spend 2/3 of his life roll on the moment he decided to go pro. The mindset Fernando cultivated that allows his to play his best even when he drops down in stakes during a downswing. A two-step process for creating a massive life’s vision that will motivate you to crush it every day. How to go from “socially awkward poker pro” to growing a huge network with friends and connections in every city you visit. JNandez Poker Youtube Facebook Twitter Instagram The PLO Lab Adrienne "Talonchick" Rowsome: Watch and Subscribe to Adrienne’s Twitch Channel Instagram Twitter Facebook

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 before playing has been proven to improve mental performance. Adrienne shares the exact workout she does that takes just 7 minutes. How to NOT blow your entire year’s profit during WCOOP How to decide when to quit chasing a leader board and when to double down. Most players end up chasing points over profits by doing this wrong. What to do when you find yourself close to burnt out just 10 days into a series. Why Adrienne wears the same clothes repeatedly during all of WCOOP. (Yes, she still washes them.)  

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 Roe and Adrienne “Talonchick” Rowsome to talk about winning the most prestigious tournament in poker.   In This Episode You’ll Learn: How a mental blow up on Day 7 nearly cost Scott the entire tournament. Why he chose to prioritize working on his mental game over his technical game during the 48-hour break before the final table. What motivated Scott to win (even more than the $8,150,00 first place prize). How Scott went from a “Mental Game Fish”, who preached that there was no skill in poker to WSOP Main Event Champion. Exactly what it felt like when the 2h fell on river, giving Scott the win and the $8,150,000 first prize. What’s next for the 2017 WSOP Main Event Champ. Links: Scott Blumstein Twitter Adrienne Rowsome: Adrienne Rowsome: Watch and Subscribe to Adrienne’s Twitch Channel Twitter Facebook