Fedor Holz put together one of the best year’s in modern poker history in 2016. The 23-year-old wunderkind accumulated over $16,000,000 in tournament earnings and left every peer in his wake as he racked up victory after victory. Then, he was gone.

Jared Tendler has been a driving force behind the rapid advancement of theories and strategies surrounding poker’s ‘mental game’ over the past five years. His books, The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, have been a vital resource to many poker players struggling to overcome tilt issues, striving to achieve peak performance, or simply […]

Testing Yourself and Staying Motivated for Poker One of the most common issues suffered by players who reach a certain point in their poker career is a fluctuation in motivation or passion for the game. Poker can be a cruel game from time to time, and we all experience periods where variance hits us a […]

No matter the context of your poker involvement – whether it’s as a recreational player, a ‘serious amateur’ or semi-professional, or a professional poker player making your living by grinding your way through the games, there’s a process attached to the way you play the game.

Learning to Trust Your Instincts In a variety of walks of life, we often hear the phrase “trust your instincts”. Whether it’s in sports, relationships, business, the arts or anything else, there seems to be an innate recognition of the role of ‘instinct’ in success at almost any level of almost any discipline.

Turning Your Weaknesses into Strengths Frequently one of the first parts of the poker coaching process involves the coach asking the student about their perceived strengths and weaknesses. There are two common trends in this area – number one, their perceptions in both categories tend to be guided by their own feelings or opinions rather […]

Eliminating Your Poker Pain Threshold Recently, I was lucky enough to interview high-stakes live cash pro Matt Berkey for a podcast over at Tournament Poker Edge – one of the most interesting interviews I’ve been a part of to date. He raised an interesting concept, using terminology that isn’t really part of the traditional poker […]

How to Implement Changes in Your Game It’s one thing to take a look at your game and figure out what changes you need to make, but it’s quite another to actually implement those changes effectively. Many people stumble during the process – they know what it is they need to change, but trying to […]