Let Kobe Bryant Guide You Out of the Micros

If you’ve heard any stories about Kobe Bryant, they’re likely ones about his insane work ethic. Part passion and part obsession, Bryant’s willingness to suffer in the name of self-improvement has transcended the world of basketball and continues to inspire people all around the globe long after his tragic passing. Recently, while listening to former

Gradually, Then Suddenly: The Bust & Boom Of A Poker Life

In the book The Sun Also Rises, legendary author Ernest Hemingway writes one of the most memorable lines in American literature: “How did I go bankrupt? Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” Incredible wit aside, the line not only showcases the most common path to financial ruin, but has incredible applications to the poker life too,

Countertrade Your Poker Self

Anyone who has spent time on financial Twitter X will no doubt be familiar with the idea of “countertrading”. This is a term, often used disparagingly, to indicate taking a trading position in direct opposition to a recommendation from a specific person or group of people. The idea peaked with the recently shuttered Jim Cramer

The Positivity Freeroll II

Welcome to the conclusion of The Positivity Freeroll, the incredible true story of how a late-night encounter with my intuition led me to what was then my biggest poker tournament win. ~ As I fired up the first few tournaments of the day, I felt a type of purpose I had not felt before. Although

The Positivity Freeroll

Early on in my poker career, I got a powerful lesson into the power of positivity in poker, leading to my biggest tournament score to that time. And while the story of how it unfolded may seem dramatized (I sometimes still struggle to believe it happened as it did), I want to assure you that

Marcus Aurelius & The Patterns Of Poker

The Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius once wrote that observing life for forty years was as good as a thousand. If you did live to a thousand, he asked, would you really see anything new? And while Aurelius lived some 2000 years before the advent of pocket computers and Ubers where we can see 14 new

Reparenting Our Inner Poker Parts

There are no bad parts of you, just misunderstood ones. – No Bad Parts The concept of reparenting yourself as a strategy for improving your bottom line at the poker table may sound unconventional, but it offers a powerful framework for understanding and managing the emotional turmoil that high-variance competition so often breeds. According to

The Ideal Poker Self

You may not use these words, but you already know what I’m about to tell you: the real battle does not take place externally, but on the inside – between your ideal and imperfect selves. Every day these two sides engage in a vicious fight to secure control over your mind, spirit and, ultimately, the

Phil Galfond On Why You Should Expect To Lose At Poker

A little while back, I heard online poker legend Phil Galfond say something that I haven’t been able to get out of my head since. Galfond was describing something his poker mentor Tommy Angelo (author of some incredible poker books) said to him that Phil claims completely changed his perspective. After hearing what it was,

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