Ben Heath is a British poker player and WSOP bracelet winner with over $12.5 million in career earnings. He studied mathematics at the University of Warwick and graduated with a BSc in 2013.

His bracelet victory came back in 2019, winning the $50,000 High Roller for $1.48 million.

"When I was younger, I was shy and didn't really want to win the bracelet," he told PokerNews. "I would have rather just taken second place. But now that it has happened, it feels great!”

In 2021, he narrowly missed out on a second bracelet after finishing second in the WSOP $250,000 Super High Roller to Adrian Mateos. He still walked away with over $2 million, the largest cash of his career.

Here's what you can expect on this week's show!

0:00 Introduction

0:45 Is Ben still shy?

6:44 Going Broke

11:10 Working with a performance coach

21:30 Distractions, downswings, and upswings

29:35 Why Spain?

36:17 Charity, positive impact, and saving the animals

48:07 Education

1:02:10 Cash games vs. tournament play

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Scotland's top tournament money winner, the man known to most as 'Firaldo' discovered his love for poker while completing his law degree. He has earned over $10m in tournament cashes online and live since he made the decision to pursue poker full time.

Niall Farrell has had a successful career in poker with multiple six-figure wins. In 2013, he began his journey when he competed in the 44th World Series of Poker. He finished in a respectable second place in the $3,000 No Limit Hold'em event. Two years later, he placed 8th in the $111,111 No Limit Hold'em High Roller for One Drop event. The following year, he added another win to his record by taking first place in the WSOP No Limit Hold'em - High Roller event. Throughout his career, Niall Farrell has consistently demonstrated his skill and competitiveness in the world of poker.

Firaldo is university educated and has a degree in Law. He has finished in the money at poker tournaments in 19 different countries. He has lived in Scotland, Canada and briefly in America. His current goal in poker is to win the WSOP Main Event, then spend the entire following summer playing exclusively $250 daily deepstacks.

Firaldo is known for his unique style of play, having once spammed the "goodbye" emoji to an opponent whilst in an all in pot. He also owns a cult twitch stream which spawned over COVID lockdown. Firaldo is also a great karaoke singer, and has a passion for music and singing. He learned to play poker by watching late night poker on UK TV.

One of his most incredible accomplishments is he is one of only 9 triple crown winners in poker history, having won an EPT, WPT and WSOP event.

Firaldo is a GGPoker Team Pro.

Here's what you can expect on this week's show!

0:00 Introduction

0:44 Scottish Perceptions

4:34 Niall's career path

6:09 Drunken stories and the idiot tax

15:05 Mob theory and Jungleman almost joins a cult

21:47 How solvers have changed how you play poker

31:00 Firaldo the ladies man?

36:26 Poker attracts the black sheep

38:52 Firaldo's biggest weakness - football

52:00 Firaldo spins a massive yarn

1:01:10 Creating luck at the table

1:13:30 Taps-Aff - a Scottish Tradition

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Born April 6, 1982, in Colorado, Steve O’Dwyer got into poker after seeing Chris Moneymaker win the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP). A Bachelor of Science in Communications graduate from East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, O’Dwyer worked briefly in broadcasting before making a career for himself in the poker world.

O’Dwyer, who is friends with fellow poker pros Scott Seiver and Isaac Haxton, had more than $31.5 million in lifetime earnings (as of summer 2022) dating back to 2007 according to The Hendon Mob. That includes a career-best of $1,872,580 for winning the 2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) $100,000 Super High Roller.

He also has five other seven-figure scores including $1,811,638 for winning the 2014 APPT Macau Super High Roller; $1,604,972 for taking down the 2013 European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte Carlo Grand Final Main Event; $1,520,565 for placing second in the 2017 APPT Macau Super High Roller; $1,300,000 for taking second in the 2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS; and $1,088,783 for winning the 2017 PokerStars Championship Macau Super High Roller.

O’Dwyer, who now calls Ireland home, has also appeared at three final tables on the World Poker Tour (WPT) finishing sixth in the 2009 WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic for $202,362; fifth in the 2012 WPT World Championship for $192,176; and runner-up in the 2011 WPT Venice for $125,740.

O’Dwyer is known for winning tournaments in countries all across the country, and in June 2022 added Spain to the list when he emerged victorious in the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Europe Main Event in Barcelona, good for a €250,000 top prize.

Here's what you can expect on this week's show:

0:00 Introduction

0:55 A victim of grave injustice - don't fly Lufthansa

10:50 Struggles when starting out in poker

14:54 The journey of a poker tournament

22:37 Known for his hero calls

28:11 The Sheriff

30:50 If your not looking bad often - you're doing something wrong

35:05 Morocco - Escaping a civil war and a pushy customs agent

43:26 - The Irish Open - A most emotional win

45:40 Dublin is better than London

47:34 Speculating on ancient civilizations and a quest to Guatemala to become The Jungleman

55:07 O'Dwyer's Lucky Charms

1:14:58 An unlucky Luxon hat and a magic conch shell

1:20:24 Practical and mystical advice for tournament players

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Felipe "Mojave" Ramos is a Brazilian poker player and GGPoker Ambassador. One of the pioneers of the game in South America having accumulated millions in earnings in the live tournaments, online poker and cash games, Mojave is a poker reference whatever the game is, being amongst the most thrilling and successful poker stories the world has ever seen.

Started from the very bottom coming from a poor neighborhood in Sao Paulo, Brazil, officially in January 2008 when he dropped his career in the Financial Markets and part-time Musician to fulfil the dream of becoming a Professional Poker Player.

Celebrity coach and seminar speaker, creator of the hashtag #PokerLifestyle and the concept "Poker Mentality", Felipe is inspiring new players and poker fans daily over his with his true passion for the game of Poker.

#1 Poker streamer in Brazil and always amongst the world's top (even only focusing on content in Portuguese language), Ramos is also a host and commentator of your favorite Poker Shows, including/historically to name a few the WSOP Main Event and the Super Millions.

In January 2020, Ramos joined GGPoker as their third official Ambassador. Since joining GGPoker, Ramos has enjoyed playing in their Bounty Hunter Series as well as participating in the GGPoker High Roller Week.

Here's what you can expect on this week's show:

0:00 Introduction

0:47 From the slums of Sao Paulo to the top of the poker world

3:33 Charity and how to define one's needs 9:19 Teaching others poker to give them an opportunity for a better life

14:44 Just a regular guy

29:20 Felipe's heads-up match with Jungleman on one of the biggest days of his poker journey

46:12 Opportunities with poker stables

46:55 Spreading a message

53:10 Applying poker skills to business

57:18 Rubbing elbows with football legends and other celebrities

1:05:20 Felipe's future plans

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Jennifer Shahade grew up in a family of gamers. Her brother is IM Greg Shahade is founder of the PRO Chess League and the US Chess School, while her mother, Dr. Sally Solomon (1940-2013), was an avid bridge and poker player. Her father, FM Michael Shahade is a four-time state champion and taught her chess at five. Jennifer did not take to the game right away, gravitating instead to acting and writing. When she got back into it in high school, she fell in love and quickly improved, becoming a National Master at the age of 16, and the first female to win the US Junior Open. She went on to win two US Chess Women’s Championship titles and a Silver Olympic medal.

Jennifer’s joint passion for games and art led to dozens of creative projects through her career, including authoring Chess Queens, which chronicles the true stories of the top women players in history, intertwined with Jennifer’s own life. She’s also the host of two award-winning podcasts, the GRID and Ladies Knight. The show is a game within a game, as Jen fills out the entire 169 grid of possible poker hands, with no repeats.

Jennifer is the MindSports Ambassador at PokerStars and loves to show how games like poker and chess can help anyone make better decisions. Her titles include a Championship belt at the Open Face High Roller Championship in Prague. Jennifer fights to make games more inclusive through her work with US Chess Women, where she helps bring chess to girls, gender minorities and women. She’s also an ambassador for Poker Power, an organization that aims to “flip the table” and teach one million women poker.

Here is what you can expect on this week's show!

0:50 What is a Grandmaster

3:10 Authoring books is kind of a big deal

9:50 Battling Artificial Intelligence

12:54 Does chess have more drama than poker?

15:24 Scandals

32:34 Life skills learned from chess and poker

40:26 Parallels between poker and chess

50:35 Making games and the world more inclusionary

1:01:35 Does poker hold a mirror to rising inequality?

1:09:30 Hula Hooping

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Michael Soyza is a Malaysian poker player from Kuala Lumpur. He first started playing poker in 2008, playing in a $0.03/$0.06 home game as his first introduction to the game. After a three-year foray into the world of investment banking, Soyza jumped into poker full time. After cashing for over $650,000 in 2017, Soyza followed it up with six tournament wins in 2018 for a total of more than $1.5M. In 2019, at the esteemed Triton Poker Series in Jeju, Soyza defeated Sam Greenwood heads-up to win Event #3: HK$500K Six Max for over $1.4 million. He then won the 2019 PokerStars APPT Korea Super High Roller for $157,423. Later that year, he finished fourth in the Triton Super High Roller Series London Main Event for another $1.3 million.

Here is what you can expect on this week's show!

0:00 Introduction

1:04 The culture of gambling in Asia

6:53 From investment banking to poker

11:40 A jump to high stakes

17:35 Buying the APT and a plea for unconventional tour stops

25:25 Stoicism and other philosophies

35:00 Adventures around the world

43:00 Life after poker

52:27 Skateboarding

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Timofey "Trueteller" Kuznetsov is a Russian poker player.

Here is what you can expect on this week's show!

0:00 Introduction

0:36 Poker's latest twitter debate 9:00 Math and poker

15:30 The neuro-divergent spectrum and intense focus

21:18 Russia and the U.S.

23:20 The rhythm of poker

27:58 Jumping into high stakes poker

31:00 Trueteller is a big deal

37:58 Poker and life's cardinal sin

41:38 When to use GTO

45:08 Private game anecdotes

55:57 A well balanced life

1:09:48 Would Truteller fight Jungleman?

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Lichtenberger was born in 1987 in East Northport, New York. He started playing poker online on PartyPoker when he turned 18. However, it took some time for Lichtenberger to reveal his true talents. After playing cash games for awhile Andrew switched to MTTs and emerged as a highly successful tournament player. He eventually stepped into the live tournament arena in 2007. His first deep run in pursuit of a WSOP bracelet came in 2009, finishing as runner-up in a $5,000 Shootout event for over $200,000. Lichtenberger continued to rack up the cashes across the United States in the early 2010s, making more WSOP final tables in the process. The largest cash of Lichtenberger's career came in 2014 when he won the World Poker Tour Alpha8 Las Vegas for $2,104,245 before winning his first bracelet in 2016. In 2019, he narrowly missed out on another WSOP bracelet finishing second in the $50,000 High Roller for $917,232.

Lichtenberger is also a LearnWPT Instructor.

Here is what you can expect on this week's show!

0:00 Introduction

2:23 Heads Up Poker and solvers

3:30 Politics

9:24 How spirituality contributes to success 20:22 Giving back

37:33 Translating personal development into success

42:09 A pilgrimage to India

51:30 The Yoga of Poker

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Adrian Mateos is a Spanish poker player. During his career he has won four World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets, including the 2013 WSOP Europe Main Event. During his career he has also won an EPT Main Event and a partypoker MILLIONS Main Event.

He is a Winamax ambassador, and is widely considered one of the best poker players under 30. In 2017, he became the youngest player ever to win a WSOP bracelet aged just 22.

Here is what you can expect on this week's show!

0:00 Introduction

1:24 What do you do when you win your first million?

4:41 How Adrian found success at such a young age

8:30 Attaining financial freedom with poker

16:45 A transition from online poker to live tournaments

18:13 Reading your competition

39:07 The pitfalls of playing with ego

42:08 Winimax Ambassador and life outside of poker

45:20 Spain

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Mike Gorodinsky is an American poker player. He has won two World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets including the prestigious $50,000 Poker Players Championship in 2015. In that same year, he won WSOP Player of the Year. Gorodinsky was born in St Petersburg, Russia and graduated from Olin Business School at the Washington University in St. Louis in 2009. His first recorded cash on The Hendon Mob came in 2008, with Gorodinsky's cashes coming in a wide variety of tournaments including 8-Game, Chinese Poker, and Pot-Limit Omaha. Gorodinsky made his first WSOP final table in 2012, finishing sixth in the $2,500 10-Game and won his first WSOP bracelet in 2013, taking down Event #5: $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better for $216,958. In 2015, Gorodinsky was named WSOP Player of the Year after a performance that saw him finish second in the $10,000 Razz Championship and win the $50,000 Poker Players Championship 12 months after finishing ninth in the same event. Since 2015, he has been a regular at the WSOP and in High Roller Mixed Game tournaments. In 2018, he won a US Poker Open Pot-Limit Omaha title in 2018 for $179,200.

Here is what you can expect on this week's show!

2:46 Starting out as a PLO player but missing out on the boom

8:58 Mixed games proficiency and strategy

16:10 Side Action Hustles

32:00 Chinese Poker is all about the math

34:37 Surfing and rock climbing to lead a well-balanced life

36:30 A musical duet between Mike and Jungleman

53:00 Don't mess with the Jungleman

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