Seeking Balance

Seeking Balance

By Jared Alderman

Welcome to Seeking Balance, a podcast that delves into the art and science of performance in poker—and life. Hosted by Jared Alderman, a seasoned performance coach with a unique blend of e

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  1. Number 1: The #1 Psychological Leak Costing You Huge in Poker

    Check Out The Seeking Balance App!https://jaredalderman.com/app Learn More About The Coaching Group: https://www.jaredalderman.com Check Out Dylan's PLO MTT Course! https://upswingpoker.com/crushing-plo-tournaments/ 👉 If you found this episode valuable, don't forget to like, comment, share, and subscribe to the newsletter at https://www.jaredalderman.com/ for more deep dives into poker, performance, and personal growth! 🔔 Turn on notifications so you never miss a new episode. Contact Dylan 🌐 Website: https://www.dylanweisman.com/ 📸 Instagram: @dr.gto 🐦 X: @Dweisman13 Host: Jared Alderman Performance Coach 🌐 Website: https://www.jaredalderman.com/ 📸 Instagram: @jared.alderman 🐦 X: @the_jaldermann

    1h 23min
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  2. Number 2: "Job's Not Finished" - How Lucas Jumalon Won the 2026 WSOP Main Event

    This week on Seeking Balance, Jared sits down with 2026 WSOP Main Event Champion Lucas Jumalon fresh off his historic $10,000,000 victory! In this episode, Lucas opens up about the brutal downswing leading up to the series, the pivotal phone call with his dad that kept him in the tournament, and the "if we die, we die" mindset that carried him through a field of thousands. They also break down his 11-day final table prep with Patrick "Pads" Leonard, the psychology behind his "job's not finished" approach, and what he hopes to achieve in poker. Check Out The Seeking Balance App! https://jaredalderman.com/app Learn More About The Coaching Group: https://www.jaredalderman.com 👉 If you found this episode valuable, don't forget to like, comment, share, and subscribe to the newsletter at https://www.jaredalderman.com/ for more deep dives into poker, performance, and personal growth! 🔔 Turn on notifications so you never miss a new episode. Timestamps:00:00 - Intro01:04 - Welcoming WSOP Champion Lucas03:50 - Grinding from Age 12 to College07:07 - Overcoming Heartbreak: "If We Die, We Die"08:14 - Rock Bottom in Austin & The Pivotal Call with His Dad12:30 - Manifestation, Mindset & Day 114:12 - The Day 3 Cold 4-Bet: "This Is My Tournament"21:01 - Psychological Priming & Finding the Zone22:11 - Day 7 Crisis & The 2-Hour Reset28:44 - Sudden Fame & Handling Life-Changing Money32:20 - Why His Dad Is His Rock36:47 - 11 Days with Patrick Leonard: Solving the Final Table39:54 - "Job’s Not Finished": The Kobe Mindset43:14 - Proving It Wasn't a Fluke: Bigger Tournaments & Future Goals46:17 - Becoming the Next Poker Ambassador53:50 - Lightning Round Questions Find Lucas: 📸Instagram: lucasss.jumalone 🐦 X: @LukeJu22Host Jared Alderman Performance Coach 🌐 Website: https://www.jaredalderman.com/ 📸 Instagram: @jared.alderman 🐦 X: @jaredalderman

    1h 1min
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  3. Number 3: Surviving the WSOP Main Event | Brock Wilson

    Check Out The Seeking Balance App! https://jaredalderman.com/app Learn More About The Coaching Group: https://www.jaredalderman.com Coaching with Brock & More: https://pokercoaching.com/ 👉 If you found this episode valuable, don't forget to like, comment, share, and subscribe to the newsletter at https://www.jaredalderman.com/ for more deep dives into poker, performance, and personal growth! 🔔 Turn on notifications so you never miss a new episode. Find Brock: 📸Instagram: @brockwilson44 🐦 X: @BWilson9999 Host: Jared Alderman Performance Coach 🌐 Website: https://www.jaredalderman.com/ 📸 Instagram: @jared.alderman 🐦 X: @jaredalderman

    1h 17min
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  4. Number 4: Corey Eyring & Abby Merk on What it Takes to Build a Following

    Check Out The Seeking Balance App! https://jaredalderman.com/app Learn More About The Coaching Group: https://www.jaredalderman.com Join Our Discord Server! https://discord.gg/mDZuCxcgzv 👉 If you found this episode valuable, don't forget to like, comment, share, and subscribe to the newsletter at https://www.jaredalderman.com/ for more deep dives into poker, performance, and personal growth! 🔔 Turn on notifications so you never miss a new episode. Find Abby: 📸Instagram: @abbypoker 🐦 X: @abbypoker_ ▶️YouTube: @AbbyPoker Find Corey: 🐦 X: @coreyeyring ▶️YouTube: @corey_eyring Host: Jared Alderman Performance Coach 🌐 Website: https://www.jaredalderman.com/ 📸 Instagram: @jared.alderman 🐦 X: @jaredalderman

    1h 24min
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  5. Number 5: How To Adapt Without Losing Your Edge

    This week on Seeking Balance, Jared sits down at the WSOP with Kevin Rabichow and Owen "PR0DIGY" Messere fresh off their matches in the $25K Heads Up Championship. The conversation dives deep into what makes heads up poker uniquely mentally demanding — from how you build an exploitative strategy on a tiny sample, to knowing when a read is real and when you're fooling yourself. Owen breaks down why playing against type is one of the most underrated skills in poker, Kevin shares how an hour of "nothing working" turned out to be his most productive stretch of the match, and Jared crystallizes why the pressure to act on information every hand might be the most common mistake live cash players make. Check Out The Seeking Balance App, Lifetime Access 50% Off! https://jaredalderman.com/app Check Out Kevin's Course, The Heads Up Edge! https://www.kevinrabichow.com/headsup Check Out Owen's Coaching With Guerilla Poker! https://guerrilla-poker.com/ Join Our Discord Server! https://discord.gg/mDZuCxcgzv 👉 If you found this episode valuable, don't forget to like, comment, share, and subscribe to the newsletter at https://www.jaredalderman.com/ for more deep dives into poker, performance, and personal growth! 🔔 Turn on notifications so you never miss a new episode. Timestamps:00:00 – Intro 01:12 – Kevin's $25K heads up match 08:11 – The meta of heads up tournaments: building an exploitative strategy on limited info 14:55 – When to trust a read vs. when it's just variance 28:11 – Is gathering information worth the EV cost? 31:41 – Owen joins 36:11 – Aggression as a data-gathering tool 40:28 – Kevin's plan falls apart in the first 20 hands 41:36 – Playing the WSOP Main: Exploits in Tournaments 49:11 – When to accept a risk vs. protecting your edge 55:00 – Playing against type: how switching it up raises your EV floor 56:44 – Balance, patience, and the politics analogy 01:02:48 – The pressure to act on reads (and why patience is the real skill) 01:03:11 – How Owen accidentally turned his students into rabid dogs 01:05:48 – Owen on coaching: raising ceilings vs. floors, and Guerilla Poker 01:11:11 – What it's like playing against someone who has you in their head 01:22:11 – Decision fatigue and repetition in heads up poker 01:24:30 – Outro Find Owen: 🐦X: @OwenMessere Find Kevin: 🌐: https://www.kevinrabichow.com/headsup 📸Instagram: @krabichow 🐦X: @KRabichow Host: Jared Alderman Performance Coach 🌐Website: https://www.jaredalderman.com/ 📸Instagram: @jared.alderman 🐦X: @jaredalderman

    1h 25min
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