A graduate from the University of Dayton with a degree in chemical engineering, Justin Saliba had aspirations of playing professional soccer before pivoting to poker. He moved to Vegas in Jan 2019 to start playing more live games cash, which he hated, and after covid hit played online mostly until 2021.

In 2020, Justin got the MTT bug and played full time MTTs before travel aspirations and the draw of bigger tournaments pulled him into the live tournament schedule. Since then he has won 2 online WSOP bracelets, a PokerGO Cup win, and a PokerStars win. Justin's biggest win was $690k in the 60k Triton London.

In addition to his success at the table, Justin is a Poker Coach for PokerCoaching.com where he has been since receiving an internship there in 2017.

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

0:00 Introduction

0:48 Poker's Encouraging Future

5:02 From Soccer Star to Poker Star

6:42 The Viability of Poker as a Profession

9:02 An Internship at PokerCoaching.com

16:10 Managing a Stable of Poker Coaches

18:13 Justin's Unique Approach to Big Games - Global Frequencies

27:23 How Important is Future Game?

33:26 It's All About Real Life and Not About the Solvers

40:09 Deviations From GTO

46:46 A Subtle Leak Seen Often

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Website: https://www.pokercoaching.com

X (Formerly Twitter): @Justin_Saliba

Instagram: @jalib1

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X (Formerly Twitter): @junglemandan

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