You're about to meet a poker player who might have the strangest pre-game routine I've ever heard of. Global Kenny (@globalkennypoker on Instagram) has some absolutely wild theories about nutrition, energy, and cognitive performance that honestly sound crazy until you see his results. This guy went from complete unknown to playing some of the biggest pots on the West Coast, and his approach to preparation is... let's just say it involves some unconventional choices that most poker pros would nev...
Jul 25, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 145
Xuan Liu just detonated one of poker’s longest-standing glass ceilings—busting a 200-event streak with the first female title in Triton history , taking down the $25 000 WPT Global Slam in Montenegro (155 entries, $860 000 up top). I had to know how she did it, so we sat down to trade war stories: her Yukon bankroll challenge that started with two grand total (flights included), the cliquey staking webs that freeze most women out of 25 Ks, and why she thinks “marketing yourself” is the truest ed...
Jun 27, 2025•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 144
GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO! Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/p/jungleman DESCRIPTION Alright, so I sat down with French OG for this episode of Winning The Game Of Life. This guy's got a wild background – went from grinding poker tables, understanding odds and variance, to coaching guys through the even more complex and sometimes brutal game of modern dating. We didn't waste time on fluff; we jumped straight into the deep end, applying strategic thinking an...
May 23, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 143
GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO! Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/p/jungleman This week I'm with Wayne Yap, who literally dominated the Asian poker scene as the former #1 in Singapore, stacking up over $1.3M in tournaments and $3M+ in cash games before making a hard left into business. Seriously, why would someone leave crushing it at the tables? We dug into applying hardcore poker thinking – the EV, the polarization – to the business world, and turns out, most...
May 16, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 142
GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO! Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/jungleman/ What is justice if we let cheats slide? John Dorsey and I architect the poker justice system... a council sworn to expose fraudsters and hold everyone (including us) accountable. We debate membership criteria, Supreme Court-style verdict drops, and specialized squads to tackle every flavor of wrongdoing But we’re not all capes and gavels...we also talk Shuffle & Shred, the 60-day, ...
May 02, 2025•29 min•Season 1Ep. 141
GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO! Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/jungleman/ What if the game isn’t solved? What if the best player alive right now… is a 25-year-old Brit who just soul-read me on the river with ace-queen high? In this episode I sit down with Owen “Pr0digy” Messere—aka possibly the #1 heads-up no limit player in the world—and dig deep into the real layers of high-stakes poker. We talk population exploits, psychological warfare, the art of range ...
Apr 18, 2025•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 140
GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO! Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/jungleman/ Ever wondered what it takes to crush the toughest poker games on the planet? Dive deep into the mind of Alexander Kostritsyn, a legend who's banked over $10 MILLION playing online poker! Alexander pulls back the curtain on his incredible journey, revealing:Unorthodox study methods that CRUSH solvers. Why he QUIT No-Limit Hold'em (and what you should do). How to exploit *human* weakness...
Mar 27, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 139
GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO! Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/jungleman/ Ever wonder what poker's iconic voice, Norman Chad, really thinks about the biggest controversies shaking the game? Well, I sat down with the legend himself to unravel exactly that. Norman, famed for his razor-sharp wit and signature humor, opens up about the shadowy corners of poker, including his brutally honest take on online poker scandals, the fine line between justice and vengean...
Mar 06, 2025•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 138
GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO! Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/jungleman/ In this episode, I sat down with Mateos Norian—better known as 2cardtito—a 23-year-old grinder living with his parents while chasing his poker dream. This guy’s story is incredible. He started playing poker in his friends’ basements during COVID, worked his way up from $0.01/$0.02 stakes, and now he’s playing $20/$40 live games with a $90K bankroll. But it hasn’t all been smooth sailin...
Feb 06, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 137
GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO! Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/jungleman/ This week I’m sitting down with Niels Herregodts, the mastermind and founder behind GTO Lab and someone who’s deep in the trenches of poker security. We’re talking about the biggest threats in online poker—collusion, bots, and ghosting—and how Niels is crafting the tools to fight back. It’s not just about catching cheaters though, we’re diving into high-level ICM strategy and how it ca...
Jan 16, 2025•52 min•Season 1Ep. 136
GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO! Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/jungleman/ What’s it like being a woman in a game where 95% of the players are men? Olga Iermolcheva knows. And trust me, it’s not what you’d expect. We talk about how she deals with guys who think she’s an easy target at the table (spoiler: they regret it), the wild story of how she almost won a high-stakes tournament she didn’t even plan to enter, and why overthinking at the table cost her more...
Jan 10, 2025•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 135
GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO! Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/jungleman/ Join me as I chat with John Dorsey (IG: @goob_u2), a relentless crusader on a mission to expose scams, take down predators, and shine a light on the dark corners of the fitness world—and beyond. From calling out 5D energy coaches waving hands for $400 an hour to uncovering influencers with more Photoshop than honesty, John shares the bold, hilarious, and sometimes heartbreaking stories...
Jan 02, 2025•1 hr 47 min•Season 1Ep. 134
GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO! Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/jungleman/ What's up everyone, Jungleman here with another episode that's gonna blow your mind about how gaming and poker are literally connected in ways you wouldn't believe. I brought together some of the sickest minds in both worlds - from Ninja who dominated Halo to Elky who crushed it in Starcraft before becoming a poker beast. We dive deep into how gaming skills translate to poker mastery, ...
Dec 13, 2024•45 min•Season 1Ep. 133
GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO! Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/jungleman/ What separates a crushing defeat from a defining moment? In poker, as in life, it's not about the cards you're dealt - it's about how you play them when everything's on the line. Join 10 of poker's most iconic players as they reveal their darkest hours and greatest triumphs. From million-dollar losses to sleeping on floors, from crypto hacks to Black Friday devastation - these aren't j...
Dec 06, 2024•36 min•Season 1Ep. 132
GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO! Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/jungleman/ Join The JungleVerse and sharpen your skills in a community built for winners: https://enterthejungleverse.com/ This episode is absolutely wild. You know those stories that sound made up? Like, who actually stitches their own face between rounds? Or bets on a 24-hour cycling challenge when they can barely ride a bike? Meet Lincon "Bad Boy" Rodrigues. Ex-underground fighter turned menta...
Nov 27, 2024•2 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 131
GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO! Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/jungleman/ When I booked this chat with Espen, I had NO IDEA he'd won the WSOP Main Event (legit didn't know lol). But what he revealed about winning $10M was NOT what anyone expects... Turns out winning millions can actually be a curse? The PURE TRUTH about what happened in those first 6 months (spoiler: he couldn't even access the money), the CRAZY people who came out of nowhere, and a SHOCKING...
Nov 21, 2024•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 130
GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO! Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/jungleman/ Caitlin Comeskey, she's not your typical poker player. NYU drama grad turned stand-up comedian who's been secretly crushing poker while making viral content roasting everyone (including me lol). Just copped the Global Poker Awards Short Form Creator of the Year and signed with PokerStars... not bad for someone who started in $100/day burlesque shows. We dive into some crazy shit: Why s...
Nov 14, 2024•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 129
GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO! Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/jungleman/ This week I sit down with Blake Eastman from The Nonverbal Group, who's analyzed over 550,000 poker player blinks and is probably the world's top expert on human behavior. Most of what people think about reading tells is complete BS - Blake breaks down what actually works, why your "gut reads" are probably wrong, and how trying to hide tells often makes you more readable.We go deep int...
Nov 07, 2024•1 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 128
GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO! Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/jungleman/ Join The JungleVerse and sharpen your skills in a community built for winners: https://enterthejungleverse.com/ Got my Hustler nemesis @MarianoPoker in the JUNGLE today. This guy went from delivering pizzas to running PURE EVIL BLUFFS against me for 50k+ (still thinking about that hand bro). Now he's got 163k YouTube subs and is playing in games with 800k pots... pretty nuts. We're get...
Oct 31, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 127
GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO! Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/jungleman/ Join The JungleVerse and sharpen your skills in a community built for winners: https://enterthejungleverse.com/ Pete Clarke, better known by his online alias "Carrot Corner," is a professional poker coach and strategist renowned for his unique approach to teaching the mental game of poker. Specializing in low- to mid-stakes poker, Clarke has built a reputation for helping players devel...
Oct 24, 2024•55 min•Season 1Ep. 126
GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO! Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/jungleman/ Join The JungleVerse and sharpen your skills in a community built for winners: https://enterthejungleverse.com/ Veronica Brill, known for her courage in the poker community, is a professional poker player and analyst who became a pivotal figure in exposing one of the most notorious cheating scandals in recent poker history. Her commitment to transparency led her to confront Mike Postle...
Oct 17, 2024•1 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 125
GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO! Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/jungleman/ Join The JungleVerse and sharpen your skills in a community built for winners: https://enterthejungleverse.com/ Dominik Nitsche, a renowned poker professional and entrepreneur, has carved out a niche in the poker world with his pioneering approach to game strategy and tech integration. Known for his expertise in leveraging advanced poker solvers and real-time strategy tools, Nitsche co...
Oct 15, 2024•1 hr 47 min•Season 1Ep. 124
GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO! Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/p/jungleman Join The JungleVerse and sharpen your skills in a community built for winners: https://enterthejungleverse.com/ Veronica Brill, widely recognized for her role in exposing one of poker's most notorious cheating scandals, is a professional poker player, commentator, and whistleblower. Known for her fearless stance in uncovering the Mike Postle scandal, Brill brought attention to the fra...
Oct 15, 2024•44 min•Season 1Ep. 123
GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO! Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/jungleman/ Join The JungleVerse and sharpen your skills in a community built for winners: https://enterthejungleverse.com/ Lynne Ji is a high-stakes professional poker player known for her success in private games and staking ventures. Based in the United States, she has gained recognition for navigating the complex world of high-stakes cash games, particularly in exclusive private circles. Throu...
Oct 15, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 122
GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO! Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/jungleman/ In this episode, Jonathan Little, a prominent figure in the poker world, shares his insights on resilience, poker strategy, and his extensive coaching experience. Jonathan reveals how he began coaching at a young age, the mindset needed for success, and his approach to writing poker books. Whether you're a poker enthusiast or someone looking to understand the game better, Jonathan's va...
Oct 15, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 121
GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO! Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/jungleman/ Bart Hanson, a seasoned professional poker player and esteemed coach, has established himself as a leading authority in the realm of live poker. With a deep understanding of Game Theory Optimal (GTO) strategies, Hanson has successfully transitioned from being a full-time player to mentoring others through his specialized training platform, Crush Live Poker. He focuses on exploiting liv...
Oct 15, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 120
GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO! Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/p/jungleman Sergii Levchenko, also known by his online alias "Jayser1337," is a highly skilled professional poker player and coach from Ukraine. Specializing in Game Theory Optimal (GTO) strategies, he has made a name for himself in the world of high-stakes online poker. Over time, he transitioned into coaching, where he helps players sharpen both their technical abilities and mental approach to ...
Sep 05, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 119
GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO! Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/jungleman/ Chris Hunichen, also known as "Big Huni," is a renowned professional poker player from the United States, recognized for his exceptional skills in both online and live tournaments. With a background in online gaming, where he quickly rose to prominence, Hunichen has amassed millions in earnings, making him one of the most successful online poker players in the world. His transition to ...
Aug 29, 2024•58 min•Season 1Ep. 118
GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO! Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/jungleman/ Check out Winning the Game of Life on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/winning-the-game-of-life/id1646986805 Daniel Dvoress is a professional Canadian poker player known for his exceptional skills in high-stakes tournaments and cash games. He has made a significant impact on the global poker scene, particularly in events like the Super High Roller Bowl and the Worl...
Aug 22, 2024•58 min•Season 1Ep. 117
GTO Wizard - The best way to learn and practice GTO! Use this link to sign up: https://gtowizard.com/p/jungleman Matt Berkey, born on January 29, 1982, in Leechburg, Pennsylvania, is a prominent professional poker player known for his expertise in both cash games and tournaments. With a career that began in the early 2000s, Berkey has earned millions in live tournament winnings, including notable finishes at the World Series of Poker (WSOP). Renowned for his strategic depth and ability to naviga...
Aug 16, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 116
