The difference between live and online
High performance seems to require different skills for live and online poker, but master the common element of presence and you can be one of the few who excels at both.
Sep 20, 2021•6 min
Poker With Presence
Get out of your head and into the zone
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Episodes
Let the answer find you
Your play will get a whole lot better when you enter into the state of "what wants to happen" rather than "making it happen."
Sep 17, 2021•4 min
Passing the smell test
Learn how to use your intuition at the table in the same way that a great chef uses all their senses when cooking up a meal.
Sep 16, 2021•5 min
Using presence to see the future
Being fully present doesn't mean that you can't anticipate what might be coming—in fact, the more present you get, the more you'll be able to see the whole picture in a way that's smooth and relaxed.
Sep 15, 2021•5 min
The worst feeling in poker
The worst feeling in poker isn't just losing—it's feeling like you're trapped.
Sep 14, 2021•6 min
Ten thousand kicks
There are thousands of different ways people try to manipulate their thoughts—but only one way to directly make your nervous system feel better.
Sep 13, 2021•6 min
Tournaments versus Cash
Everyone understands that tournaments and cash games require different technical skillsets, but few can tell the difference in terms of the performance skillset required in each format..
Sep 10, 2021•5 min
Turning discomfort into growth
The moment where you're most uncomfortable is the moment where you have the most power to grow into the version of yourself that you're looking to become
Sep 09, 2021•7 min
The mistake before the mistake
When you go back and review your biggest mistakes, it's likely that right before the spot came up you disconnected from presence and flow—and from there, became prone to playing below your skill level.
Sep 08, 2021•5 min
Acceptance breeds creativity
When you stop resisting what is happening, you free up your ability to find creative solutions to the problems you need to solve
Sep 07, 2021•6 min
The logic tradeoff
The more you go into your head, the less you're able to stay connected to your intuition and subconscious knowledge, which is what's needed to play well in tough, unknown spots.
Sep 06, 2021•6 min
The myth of the "clutch player"
If you always wait till the big moment arrives to focus on being completely present, your overall performance ceiling is far lower, and you end up creating far fewer big opportunities for yourself.
Sep 03, 2021•6 min
Skin in the game
No matter what your journey is, you can always increase your level of effectiveness by increasing your level of investment.
Sep 02, 2021•6 min
Stop hating, start building
Taking pleasure at the sight of someone else's pain is a sign that you've lost connection between yourself and what your own highest goals for your performance are.
Sep 01, 2021•6 min
The 6 month test
If you're looking to grow regularly as one who plays with presence, you need vision and clarity—which come through reflection and anticipation.
Aug 31, 2021•5 min
Pros versus Joes
The more you open to feeling your feelings as they come, the more you'll improve your mental and physical well-being in your life—and your performance capabilities will go higher than ever before.
Aug 30, 2021•6 min
Don't manage your feelings (Re-cast)
Nothing is more damaging to your long term success than avoiding the emotions that come with the swings of the game. To play your best in big moments, you've got to learn how to feel it all as it comes.
Aug 27, 2021•5 min
Crushing the trash talker (Re-cast)
It might look like the trash talker has a million different tricks, but it's really just one.
Aug 26, 2021•5 min
The problem with first impressions (Re-cast)
When we lock in to a read without being open to feedback from our environment, it can often lead to big errors in judgement later on.
Aug 25, 2021•4 min
Thinking versus Feeling (Re-cast)
To reach your highest levels of performance, you need to understand that certain situations require you to stop thinking, and start feeling.
Aug 24, 2021•4 min
Andrew Lichtenberger aka LuckyChewy on Luck
Andrew Lichtenberger joins the show to talk all things presence, such as: what it's like to be perceived by others the way he is, how he's able to blend technical mastery with intuition, and what he meant when he tweeted that luck might be just "another form of skill."
Aug 23, 2021•1 hr 6 min
The brilliance of Breaking Bad
When you play from a place of presence, you're able to tie all the pieces of the story together and substantially increase your ability to get the outcomes you desire.
Aug 20, 2021•6 min
Phil Galfond's lucky dollar
Momentum isn't real in the sense that the cards are ever due to change, but it's very much real in the sense that the way things are going impacts the way we feel, which impacts our ability to perform moving forward.
Aug 19, 2021•6 min
The extrovert's dilemma
Making sure you're always in a good place when you play is a two step process: know what you need in order to recharge your batteries, and create a system that alerts your conscious mind the moment that your system says it needs to recharge. Listen to my interview with Runchuks here: https://runchuks.podbean.com/e/jason-su-on-how-to-build-a-fulfilling-career-in-poker/
Aug 18, 2021•6 min
The key to playing tough opponents
When you start to think that you need to "go above" what you currently are anytime a great player shows up, you end up trying to navigate territory you haven't studied and can't play the game on your own terms.
Aug 17, 2021•6 min
Creating the meditative state
When it comes to meditation, the only thing that matters is for you to find something that reliably creates a calm and focused state inside you.
Aug 16, 2021•5 min
The Hulk's incredible skill
When you understand that every emotion is available to be felt at any time, you become able to flow with what's happening without resistance—a great skill in both poker and life.
Aug 13, 2021•6 min
You can't be in two places at once
If you want to get into someone else's head, first you've got to get out of your own. Do this successfully, and you'll gain a huge performance edge.
Aug 12, 2021•6 min
Why I didn't want to go pro
Humans are by nature terrible at predicting what will make us happy in the future—the best we can do is to get present to what makes us happy now, figure out how to squeeze as much as possible out of it, then see where it goes.
Aug 11, 2021•6 min
Monkey see, monkey do
You can copy a cool play that you saw someone else make at the table, but you won't get the full impact of the brilliance of it unless you channel the same level of presence they had too.
Aug 10, 2021•5 min
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