The Mindset Advantage Poker Podcast

Rob Tinnion is best known for winning the Sunday Million outright twice and has been one of the most consistent online MTT winners over the last few years with over $650,000 in total profit.

He is also a manager and coach for the backing group Pocarr, and founder of the MTT training site Max-Value.com.

Rob's rise to the top of the MTT world is a great case study on how far hard work and a strong mindset can get you in poker. He began his career in the tough post-Black-Friday environment and didn't have a huge score early to jump start his career.

Instead, he grinded a low ABI and worked incredibly hard on his game. After a rough streak, he joined Pocarr as a backed player and used their library of resources to further improve his game.

After winning the Sunday Million twice in 5 months and owning a large share of Pocarr, Rob continues to serve as a manager and coach.

Sean Kapul is a mid-high stakes PLO cash game pro who has been winning at the game since 2008.

Sean decided to take a shot at going pro after hearing his older friends constantly complaining about their conventional jobs. A 2nd place finish, for $50,000, in a 1k Venetian 1k MTT during his last year of university gave him the buffer he needed to take the plunge.

In our interview, Sean talks about how his poker career is just one piece of his plan to live his dream life. This is why he decided to move to Buenos Aires, and travel the world, even before US players were forced out of the country by Black Friday.

He also coaches PLO cash games, with a focus on helping NL players make the transition to PLO.

If you're interested in learning more about his coaching, you can visit his site: www.plomastery.com

You can often find Matt Berkey sitting in the biggest game in Ivey's room, where six, and even seven, figure pots are regularly contested.

His poker career started as just a way to fund his dream of making a Major League Baseball roster.

After playing four years of college baseball, Matt set off on the road traveling between pro tryouts along the East Coast and in the Mid-West.

In between tryouts he would find the local casino and play $5/$10 NL to support his travel.

In 2006, he made the switch to a full-time poker pro, and he quickly climbed the ladder to the biggest cash games in the world.

He credits his success to the many hours he's spent studying game theory and opponent tendencies.

Matt runs the exclusive Solve For Why Academy, a poker camp created to take players from good to great.

Each camp is restricted to 9 attendees who receive hands-on training from Matt and his team of coaches.

To learn more about the camp and see if you qualify to attend visit:

http://solveforwhyacademy.com

Adam Sherman is an online MTT pro turned Wall Street Trader.

His first major score came in PokerStars' Wednesday Quarter Million event in January '10 for $58,200. He followed that up with a victory in the Stars $150k Guaranteed for $41.1k and also has a first place finish in the Nightly Hundred Grand for $22,700.

One of his largest online tournament cashes came courtesy of a victory in the PokerStars SCOOP-22-H ($3,000+150 NLHE 4-max) for $210,000. Less than a week later, Adam placed 2nd in the SCOOP-31-H ($2,000+100 NLHE Cubed 1r+1a) for $173,000. Those scores came only one month after he took down the Sunday 500 for $89,500.

In April 2012, Sherman chopped the PokerStars Super Tuesday and cashed for $69,000. In August 2013, Sherman was back at it, finishing second in the PokerStars Sunday Million following a four-way chop for $150,000. In May 2015 Adam won the PokerStars Sunday 500, taking home $76,000.

In 2014 he made the move to New York to take a job in a Wall Street trading firm. In our interview, we discuss the similarities he's found between his two professions, and what poker players should do if they want to stock trading.

Ryan, aka "YourDoom", is a successful NLH cash game pro, video producer and coach.

Over his last one million mid-to-high stakes cash game hands, he has maintained an 11bb/100 winrate.

Before poker Ryan obtained a Master's degree in Secondary Math Education, and worked as a math teacher.

He has translated this teaching ability to YourDoomPoker.com, a poker training site for high level players.

• The tasty treat that could potentially boost mental performance
• Why so many pro poker players are unhappy
• How to overcome the mental road blocks holding you back from being your best
• The massive difference that good game selection can have on your winrate
• The 3 things YD does before he plays a poker session
• How to make your fold button a weapon

In part 1 of our interview with Olivier Busquet, we covered an incident that sparked his motivation to become the best HUSNG player in the world, how he started to learn deep poker theory and what he's done to improve his tilt issues.

In part 2 we dive into his strategies for dealing with downswings and discuss his upcoming high-stakes MMA prop bet vs. J.C. Alvarado.

• How a properly timed nap can boost your study efforts. • How to recognize when you're playing bad so you can quit and reset. • If you should drop down in stakes when on a downswing. • How Olivier found himself fighting another pro in an MMA match for six figures. • How Olivier is learning to develop the discipline that eludes most poker players.

Olivier Busquet:

• Olivier Busquet (@olivierbusquet)

Dr. Tricia Cardner:

• @DrTriciaCardner
• DrTriciaCardner.com
• Positive Poker
• Excelling at No-Limit Hold'em

Olivier "livb112" Busquet is known as one of the most successful heads up SNG players in online poker history.

In recent years, he has branched out to live MTTs, where he has quickly racked up $6,857,078 in earnings.

Olivier's passion for greatness was sparked when he was berated for his losing HUSNG SharkScope graph early in his poker career.

A desire to get that graph even quickly transformed into making the games his full-time grind and he could be found near the top of the HUSNG profit leaderboards for many years after.

Olivier has been very public about his issues with tilt, most notably his epic chat blow-ups, and in this interview we take a deep dive into how he's worked through fixing them.

• Whether having a few drinks to calm your nerves helps or hurts your game? • Why you should never berate the weak players in your game, especially by pointing out their losses. • How Olivier made the shift from using "brute force" to win to gaining a deeper theoretical understanding of the game, and why everyone needs to make that change if they want to stay competitive in today's games. • Why a serious study practice is essential if you wish to make a living at poker. • How your circle of poker friends is quickly becoming an important factor in having an edge in poker. • Why Olivier self-banned his online poker chat. • Why Olivier believes being mentally strong is a requirement to be a long-term winner.

Olivier Busquet:

• Olivier Busquet (@olivierbusquet)

Dr. Tricia Cardner:

• @DrTriciaCardner
• DrTriciaCardner.com
• Positive Poker
• Excelling at No-Limit Hold'em

Carlos Welch has been playing and studying the game of poker for over ten years.

He is a writer for various poker media outlets and has been a frequent guest on several poker podcasts.

He plays small to mid-stakes tournaments and is well known for his extreme frugality - most notably his decision to live in a van.

Although he travels the world playing poker, he is not quite a professional poker player. He considers himself more of a professional poker student.

You can keep up as he lives his dream by watching his Twitch channel at www.twitch.tv/carloswelch and following him on Twitter at @HipHop101Trivia.

• The two activities you can use to boost your happiness and reduce depression
• How Carlos got a room for just $350 per month in Vegas for the WSOP
• How your overall life happiness should be factored into the games you play
• How to be a successful player without becoming jaded
• Why the "expense" side of poker profitability is just as important as "revenue"

Paul "Internet" Otto got his start in poker at the play money tables and worked his way up to being a mid/high-stakes 6-Max NL pro. He is also a highly regarded coach and video maker, producing content for IveyLeague.com.

Paul is the owner of PokerMarket.com, a website where you can sell and buy both tournament action and poker content. You'll also find an active forum and rakeback deals on the site.

In this episode you'll learn:

• The two food types that can prevent you from getting a good night's sleep
• How you can disconnect from the value of money while you play, so you can make the best decisions each hand
• The mindset you need to be successful when switching between Online and Live cash games
• How to approach improving your game, no matter what format you're playing
• How to move up to mid/high-stakes once you've been successful at low stakes
• Why everyone should use math to improve their game, even if you think you're "just a feel player"

Fedor Holz is a 22 year old player from Germany, now residing in Vienna Austria. In his short career Fedor has won several tournaments including the WCOOP Main Event 2014, he plays the high roller circuit now and placed 25th in the 2015 WSOP Main Event.

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