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...
Jun 15, 2020•1 hr 18 min
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 A...
Jun 12, 2020•1 hr 5 min
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 frien...
Jun 09, 2020•1 hr 32 min
To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.com Today’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...
Jun 02, 2020•1 hr 48 min
To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.com Today’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...
May 31, 2020•1 hr 48 min
To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.com Today’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...
May 26, 2020•58 min
To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.com Today’s guest is the author of the most recommended book by guests on the pod “The Mental Game of Poker”, Jared Tendler. It was a genuine thrill catching up with Jared and learning how he’s personally coped with the Covid crisis, what his plans for the future are (Here’s a hint, there are more “Mental Game of …” things headed your way), In today’s episode, you’ll learn: - How Jared, who is NOT a poker pro, found himself mixed up in the ...
May 19, 2020•1 hr 9 min
To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.com Today’s guest is tireless elite poker coach and course creator Matt Hunt. Matt is one of the head coaches for two of my favorite poker training entities SolveForWhy (Founded by past Chasing Poker Greatness guest Matt Berkey) and PokerDetox (Founded by multiple time Chasing Poker Greatness podcast guest Nick Howard). Going into my conversation with Matt I didn’t really set any specific expectations for how things would go. Outside of Twi...
May 12, 2020•1 hr 43 min
To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.com Today’s guest is one of the foremost authorities on poker coaching and one of the founders of Red Chip Poker James “Splitsuit” Sweeney. James has been in the poker coaching and training business for over a decade and it was easy for me to see why … helping guide folks in their poker journey lights him up like the fourth of July. As a man who has seen and heard about his fair share of shady coaches and, quite frankly, bullshit spewing in...
May 05, 2020•1 hr 44 min
To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.com Today’s guest is the always tenacious and thoughtful Veronica Brill. Veronica has been in and around the poker world for over a decade and was, of course, recently thrust directly into the spotlight for blowing the lid off of the alleged Mike Postle cheating scandal. While we do touch base on the Mike Postle scandal, I wanted to make a conscious effort to avoid a conversation fully focused on a man who has done so much harm to the poker...
Apr 28, 2020•1 hr 51 min
To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.com Today’s guest is Swedish poker BEAST Anton Wigg. At just 33 years of age, Anton has managed to rack up $10.8 million in combined online and live MTT cashes. Some of his career highlights include: - A $672k EPT main event victory in Copenhagen in 2010. - Victories in the Sunday Milly and Sunday 500 on Stars. - And recently vanquishing past Chasing Poker Greatness guest Ari Engel at LAPC back in the good ole days of February when live pok...
Apr 21, 2020•1 hr 54 min
To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.com Today’s guest is someone the entire poker world ought to be thankful and grateful for, one half of the 2 man crew who wrote Rounders, a movie near and dear to the hearts of all poker players, Brian Koppleman. Brian and his writing partner David Levien are also the men behind films like Knockaround Guys and Oceans Thirteen as well as the critically acclaimed Showtime series “Billions”. (Which ramps back up for season 5 in a month or as o...
Apr 17, 2020•44 min
To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.com Today’s guest is one of the GOATs and a man I have looked up to for many years Andrew “LuckyChewy” Lichtenberger. Andrew has racked up over $10 million in live MTT winnings as well as being one of the foremost crushers of all-time in any form or setting or poker he decides to dive into. Just a few of his MTT career highlights include: 5 WSOP final tables, including a bracelet earning victory in 2016 for $569k. Winning the $100,000 entry...
Apr 14, 2020•1 hr 16 min
To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.com Today’s guest is author and teacher Zachary Elwood. If you’ve ever been interested in diving deeper in the art of reading and interpreting physical tells, this is the show for you. Zach is a former professional poker player and the author of the “Reading Poker Tells” trilogy (That has now been translated into 7 languages) as well as the man behind the uber popular and valuable Reading Poker Tells YouTube content. In our conversation tod...
Apr 10, 2020•59 min
To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.com Today’s guest is a man who has never been shy about following his bliss, Carlos Welch. Carlos is an MTT grinder and poker coach who exemplifies the phrase, “Dance to the beat of your own drummer.” In our conversation you’re going to hear all about Carlos’s journey from being a high school math teacher who had “all the things you’re supposed to have” (House, car, job, relationship) to traveling around the country and living a life that’s...
Apr 07, 2020•1 hr 9 min
To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.com Scott Seiver is a man infused with so much greatness that he needs no introduction. New CPG Cash Game Courses! Preflop Bootcamp: https://bit.ly/Preflop-Bootcamp Fish in a Barrel: http://bit.ly/fish-in-a-barrel Neutralize Flop Leads: https://bit.ly/2OkN8Yt...
Apr 01, 2020•51 min
To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.com Today’s very special guest is online and live tournament crusher David Lappin. In David’s 13 year career he has racked up over almost $4.5 million in online and live MTT cashes with, more importantly, over a million dollars in profit. He’s also the co-creator of the GPI award winning podcast “The Chip Race” with previous CPG guest Dara O’ Kearney. Currently David is hard at work helping pub games and home games stay together in the curr...
Mar 31, 2020•1 hr 33 min
To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.com Today’s guest is one of the all-time beasts in both the online and live poker realm Ari Engel. Ari has over 7 million dollars in live tournament winnings, was the number 1 ranked online player for tournaments in 2006, and is currently the 35th ranked tournament player in the world according to the global poker index. Coming off of a scorching hot LAPC with 2 wins and 2 runner-ups, Ari is showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon. In...
Mar 24, 2020•1 hr 41 min
To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.com Today’s guest is high stakes cash game LEGEND and BEAST Sean Snyder. Sean is, in his own words, one of the “poker misfits” who regularly plays the biggest mixed games stakes spread in his home city of San Diego. Sean was suggested to me by one of my favorite humans in the poker world, DGAF, and you’re going to see straight away that birds of a feather flock together. Sean is brutally honest and forthcoming about his journey playing card...
Mar 20, 2020•1 hr 9 min
To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.com Today’s very special guest is PartyPoker US and Borgata sponsored poker pro Katie Stone. Katie has been a mainstay battling in the poker tournament world for over a decade from Texas, to her home turf the shores of New Jersey, to the fabled online haven of Rosarita, Mexico. In our conversation today we’re going to dive into Katie’s journey from growing up immersed in competition (whether it be chess or any and all kinds of sports) to be...
Mar 17, 2020•1 hr 27 min
To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.com Today’s guest is a LEGEND in the poker media arena Norman Chad. Before we jump into the conversation, I want you to take a second to imagine a time when NO poker was on television and it wasn’t even a given that the WSOP would continue on a year-to-year basis. It was in this environment that Norman was asked to be a commentator for a thing that he or almost anybody else on the planet even knew needed commenting on. Luckily for the poker...
Mar 13, 2020•1 hr 27 min
To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.com Today’s special guest is K.L. Cleeton. Born with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1, K.L. Cleeton of Southern Illinois, has played poker at some level for the last 10 years and has considered himself a professional for the last 2 1/2. In 2017, he won a contest from Daniel Negreanu and lived his dream of playing in the WSOP Main Event, ultimately cashing for $16,000. For the last year he has been coached by one of the best in the industry, f...
Mar 10, 2020•1 hr 20 min
To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.com Today’s guest is currently the 26th ranked player in the world (According to the Global Poker Index) James Romero. If James isn’t a familiar name to you yet, it’s only a matter of time. Over the last 4 years battling in the live poker arena, James has racked up a ridiculous $4.7 million in winnings including a $1.9 million score at the WPT 5 Diamond Classic in 2016. In our conversation today, James and I will cover his poker journey fro...
Mar 06, 2020•57 min
To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.com Today’s guest is a 4 time WSOP gold bracelet winner with more than $5.6 million in live tournament winnings Jeff Madsen. Jeff has been a known entity in the poker world for what seems like forever, beginning with his scorching hot start on poker’s biggest stage as the 2006 WSOP player of the year. In 2006 Jeff won more than $1.4 million, 2 WSOP bracelets, while also becoming the youngest person to EVER win a bracelet at the ripe old age...
Mar 03, 2020•1 hr 39 min
To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.com Today’s special guest is the inimitable Dara O’ Kearney. Dara got into poker at a later age than pretty much anybody else I know. As a matter of fact at the age he was getting into poker (40) I will have been in the game for 20 years .. which is, quite frankly, shocking to me … where does the time go? But poker is a game that can seduce folks at all ages, from all walks of life, and across all borders and languages around the world. To ...
Feb 28, 2020•1 hr 53 min
Today’s guest is the host of the recpoker podcast Steve Fredlund. More than anything wants to help people live their most fulfilling lives. For him, this has meant leaving the corporate world after 25 years to pursue speaking, coaching, and consulting while allowing time to play poker and further develop the RecPoker podcast. The RecPoker podcast has nearly 170 episodes and gained acclaim from many guests, media outlets and listeners. The focus is on strategy for the recreational player, but wra...
Feb 25, 2020•1 hr 16 min
My guest today is Alexander “Assassinato” Fitzergald who has cashed for over $4 million in online and live tournaments, is the author of 2 poker books (Exploitative Play in Live Poker and The Myth of Poker Talent), and has almost certainly done more private coaching lessons than anyone else on the planet. Alex has accomplished all of this despite a self-professed “Lack of natural poker talent”. How is that something you can overcome, you might ask? Grit, hard work, finding your tribe, and always...
Feb 21, 2020•1 hr 43 min
I am joined with Nick Howard to discuss as of 2/18/20 the current results of the "Galfond Challenge" (-$900k). We discuss all things Galfond Challenge with our main focus being on mindset. What will Phil do moving forward? Are the early results of the Galfond challenge more likely variance or a giant miscalculation? Taking out all other considerations, what do we think Phil's next move should be in a vacuum? Enjoy. New CPG Cash Game Courses! Preflop Bootcamp: https://bit.ly/Preflop-Bootcamp Fish...
Feb 19, 2020•1 hr
Six years ago professional poker players Grant Denison and Jonathan Levy uploaded their first videos onto YouTube as the “Hand of the Week” guys. Little did they know “Hand of the Week” had been trademarked by a former “Chasing Poker Greatness” legend of poker who wasn’t exactly a big fan of their brutally honest, pull-no-punches analysis. They quickly decided to change the name of their show and “The Poker Guys” was born shortly thereafter. In the following conversation we’re going to go throug...
Feb 18, 2020•1 hr 36 min
Today’s guest is the only 4-time WPT champion on the planet, the one and only Darren Elias. Darren has over $7.5 million in career live cashes to go along with a pretty, pretty, pretty good $3.8 million in lifetime online career winnings … all despite being a low-volume player. His career highlights include: - The aforementioned FOUR WPT titles, including: the WPT Bobby Baldwin Classic, 2017 WPT Fallsview, season 16 WPT Tournament of Champions, and (Darren’s personal favorite win) the 2014 WPT B...
Feb 14, 2020•1 hr 19 min
