Ben "bencb789" Rolle, the CEO of Raise Your Edge and a high-stakes online tournament poker player, goes deep on why mindset matters – on the felt and off. Ben and Jaime share valuable lessons learned about having a poker community, managing your own happiness, and tapping into your triggers and repressed emotions so you can have a better understanding of your reactions. Listen in to hear Ben's advice for finding inspiration – and learn a common mistake people make when trying to build and lead a team.  

Time Stamped Show Notes:

• 00:00 – 06:00 – Online poker news, live poker news, big wins, what partypoker is doing to support their live dealers, and the Phil Galfond challenge against VeniVidi on Run It Once.
• 06:00 – 15:00 - Introducing Ben, his journey of discovering poker, his biggest lessoned learned, and the impact other people have had on his game.
• 15:00 – 22:00 - On managing your own happiness, being careful about who you bring into your circle, how he worked with others to improve together, and his mental game philosophy.
• 22:00 – 32:30 - The inspiration behind Raise Your Edge, why the mindset trainings can be used for more than poker, and why it's so important to train your mind, not just your strategy.
• 32:30 – 40:00 - On tapping into emotions, growing the Raise Your Edge empire, the importance of having the right people on your team, and what most people do wrong with their team.
• 40:00 – 46:30 - Ben's inspirations, his shortcomings, his advice for how to find and follow the people you look up to and get inspired by, and the JS Poker Hero results of the week.

3 Key Points

• Make poker friends!
• You're in control of your own happiness.
• Mindset training is for more than just poker.

Contact/Resources

partypoker

Ben's Instagram

Raise Your Edge