Chasing Poker Greatness

The first real deep dive into the unrealistic expectations that people have for scientifically navigating a career as a live player. It comes down to how much you trust yourself. If you're not someone who's not comfortable navigating on intuition, live is probably not a career that's ever going to offer you the security you're looking for. To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.comPoker Detox: https://learn.pokerdetox.comNew CPG Cash Game Courses!Preflop Bootcamp: https://bit.ly/Preflop-BootcampFish in a Barrel: http://bit.ly/fish-in-a-barrelNeutralize Flop Leads: https://bit.ly/2OkN8Yt

17 Jun 202050min

Today's show features a consultation with Nick Howard where the guest is a family man who is heavily considering transitioning away from his IT job into playing poker.Is this a reasonable thought and how can he test the waters without diving fulling into the deep end of the pool?Find out in today's episode.To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.comNew CPG Cash Game Courses!Preflop Bootcamp: https://bit.ly/Preflop-BootcampFish in a Barrel: http://bit.ly/fish-in-a-barrelNeutralize Flop Leads: https://bit.ly/2OkN8Yt

16 Jun 202034min

In today's episode our guest is a passionate live player who's very open about his insecurities from the start. Because of his openness, we're able to find a clear answer to his (common) risk averse/bankroll issue. We're then able to move on to solving a common fear/misconception that horses have around being backed and after that we get to his core fear (Which is extremely common).All in all it's a nice clean progression that cuts straight to the heart of the problem. To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.comhttps://learn.pokerdetox.com -- Poker DetoxNew CPG Cash Game Courses!Preflop Bootcamp: https://bit.ly/Preflop-BootcampFish in a Barrel: http://bit.ly/fish-in-a-barrelNeutralize Flop Leads: https://bit.ly/2OkN8Yt

15 Jun 20201h 17min

Welcome to a brand new series on Chasing Poker Greatness called "Aspirants" ... they are conversations with folks who aspire to achieve longtime success on the green felt.These episodes are going to be a little different than what you're used to hearing on Chasing Poker Greatness and, if they aren't your cup of tea, they will be labeled as "Aspirant" in the show title so you can just skip them when they show up in your feed.If you listen to today's show and think to yourself, "Oh man, I'm an ASPIRANT ... I NEED THIS!", check out: https://enhanceyouredge.com/guest and sign up. The fee is $100 and, after our conversation, you're added to an exclusive "Aspirant's Only" slack group with other folks just like you who are chasing their own version of poker greatness. The slack group is also highly important so that I can check-in and follow-up on the Aspirant's and give them feedback whenever they hit any snags.Today's aspirant is Doc and she's going to share her personal story of how she fell into the world of cards and what it would mean for her to find success.So sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.comNew CPG Cash Game Courses!Preflop Bootcamp: https://bit.ly/Preflop-BootcampFish in a Barrel: http://bit.ly/fish-in-a-barrelNeutralize Flop Leads: https://bit.ly/2OkN8Yt

12 Jun 20201h 4min

Today’s guest is longtime live tournament CRUSHER Shannon Shorr.Shannon has over $8,000,000 in live tournament cashes in his 15 year career with some highlights including:$960k and $247k victories at the Bellagio Cup in Vegas.A bronze medal in one of the toughest tournament fields in poker, the $10k WSOP 6-handed event.And a 5th place finish at the WPT 5 Diamond Classic for a cool $408,000.Shannon and I, despite never having met one another before this show, but having a ton of mutual friends including former Chasing Poker Greatness guests Jesse Yaginuma and Jonathan Little, hit it off right away and I had a BLAST in our time together.In today’s episode you’ll learn:- How Shannon kicked off his poker journey.- An all-too-common pitfall of the poker scene Shannon has dealt with that is simply not talked about often enough.- How Shannon manages to stay grounded and connected on a day-to-day basis *HINT* It involves having an awesome significant other who always has your back.- And much, much more!So, without any further ado, I bring to you the GPI ranked #19 player in the world Shannon Shorr.To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.comNew CPG Cash Game Courses!Preflop Bootcamp: https://bit.ly/Preflop-BootcampFish in a Barrel: http://bit.ly/fish-in-a-barrelNeutralize Flop Leads: https://bit.ly/2OkN8Yt

9 Jun 20201h 31min

To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.comToday’s guest is PartyPoker pro and the current #7 GPI ranked player in the world Kristen Bicknell.Kristen has over $5,000,000 in live cashes to go along with $3.7 million in online earnings which is, as Larry David might say, “Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good”.There was a hand Kristen played recently that I stumbled across on Twitter that shows you why she’s one of the best in the world:With blinds at 15k/30k and a big blind ante of 30k, former CPG Guest Dara O’ Kearney min raises from UTG with KK sitting on a 2.9 million chip stack.A loose passive rec that covers flats on the button, Kristen (Sitting on a 1.38 million chip stack) comes along from the SB, and the BB folds.With 240k in the middle, the flop is Kd7h5c. Kristen checks, Dara checks, the rec bets 115k, Kristen calls, and Dara overcalls.The turn is the 2d putting up a backdoor flush draw and with 585k in the pot, Kristen leads 220k into Dara and the rec.Dara smooth calls with top set (the nuts) and the rec folds.The river is the 7 of diamonds, completing the backdoor flush and pairing the board, Kristen bets 650k (leaving herself with 350k), Dara shoves, and Kristen folds getting 6.5-1 (Needing to be right only 13% of the time in order to profitably call).Her hand, pocket 5’s for a full house.I VERY MUCH wish we could have had the opportunity to discuss her thought process in the hand but, alas, I didn’t know of it’s existence until after we had finished recording.However, I will give my thoughts and they’re fairly simple: Dara is simply NEVER bluffing here and Kristen doesn’t beat ANY of his value (K7, KK, or Quads).The best hands Kristen beats are AA and AK, which are never shoving the river, and because Dara didn’t cbet the flop we can heavily discount his backdoor diamond draws (And, to be fair, he probably shouldn’t be shoving AdQd even if it is in his range).So, the next time you get annoyed that folks aren’t folding enough in the games you play, try to at least be a little grateful that they aren’t Kristen Bicknell who is capable of correctly folding a full house getting 6.5-1 on the river.In today’s episode, you’ll learn:Why Kristen HATES selling her own action and would never want a full-time backer.Why asking for help and being vulnerable takes you way farther in life than always trying to be a stone cold killer.Kristen’s thoughts playing the final day of the Shooting Star Classic, the last tournament before we were all sent to our rooms without a key.And MUCH more!So get ready, strap in, and get prepared for the perpetually GREAT Kristen Bicknell.New CPG Cash Game Courses!Preflop Bootcamp: https://bit.ly/Preflop-BootcampFish in a Barrel: http://bit.ly/fish-in-a-barrelNeutralize Flop Leads: https://bit.ly/2OkN8Yt

2 Jun 20201h 47min

To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.comToday’s episode features the highly requested round 2 with “Sessions” podcast host DGAF.DGAF is a good friend of mine who I have battled with many times. He’s one of the good guys in poker that genuinely cares about the human beings he interacts with on the felt.We’re going to jump into the Jungleman saga and why neither one of us really care, the pitfalls of online poker, and why I have come to hate ALL of the US facing operators.So without any further ado, I bring to you my conversation with the man, the myth, the legend DGAF.New CPG Cash Game Courses!Preflop Bootcamp: https://bit.ly/Preflop-BootcampFish in a Barrel: http://bit.ly/fish-in-a-barrelNeutralize Flop Leads: https://bit.ly/2OkN8Yt

31 Mai 20201h 47min

To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.comToday’s episode features one of my good friends who I have mentioned many times in previous episodes of Chasing Poker Greatness, Olympic gold medalist, elite performance coach, and author of “The Responsibility Ethic” Adam Kreek.Adam is an absolute wealth of knowledge on the subject of high performance and, despite having almost zero experience with the world of poker, somehow still managed to blow me away with poker relevant greatness bomb after greatness bomb.If you have some free time on your hands and want to sprinkle some inspired motivation to your day, I highly recommend you check out Adam’s Ted Talk titled “I Seek Failure” linked to in the show notes.In today’s episode you’ll learn:- How to leverage the adrenaline dumps in your poker session to enter a state of flow.- The not-so-pleasant yet ultra important way to reset your body’s metabolism on a regular basis.- Why being a “feel player” is absolutely not a bad thing.- How the power of belief can have positive benefits to your poker game.- And much, much more.So without any further ado, I bring to you world class performance coach and Olympic gold medalist, Adam Kreek.New CPG Cash Game Courses!Preflop Bootcamp: https://bit.ly/Preflop-BootcampFish in a Barrel: http://bit.ly/fish-in-a-barrelNeutralize Flop Leads: https://bit.ly/2OkN8Yt

26 Mai 202057min