Elliot Roe is a mind coach for poker. He has developed a hynotherapy program to help players reduce tilt and improve their focus at the table. He also works with UFC competitors to help them mentally prepare for their fights by improving their focus and confidence.
Elliot has downloadable mp3s for before and after session. You listen to the tape for 15-20 minutes and then play your session. He has tapes for online MTTs, online cash, live MTTs, and live cash. He also does one-on-one hypnotherapy sessions to identify your unique issues at the table: tilt, anger, self-sabotage, low confidence or lack of motivation.
Check out all his programs by clicking here.
Intro: Welcome, we are now on Stitcher Radio!
Steve's busy day at work, Haz Mat call, train derailment. Going to the mail bag; Robbie, Brenden, Tony. Mike leaving the east coast and moving to San Diego, maybe only online poker MTTs for Mike? Helping an ameture player, getting backed for the WSOP, Steve's new poker goals - online MTTs, Mike's run at the Commerce Casino.
Strategy hands
Welcome Elliot Roe - Pokermindcoach.com @ElliotRoe1 - Twitter
What is hypnotherapy? For poker players? Removing emotion and tilt from the game, coaching UFC fighters, EFT and corticies.
Great quotes from Elliot during this interview:
"You can win any hand, because you're either increasing your value, or decreasing your opponents value. That's all the game of poker is."
"You can not win the pot in every hand, but the whole concept of poker needs to be: How can I decrease the value of his hands when he's got me beat, and increase the value of mine when I've got him beat? And that's all the game is."
Mike's strategy hand: 1k entry Playboy MTT Commerce Casino - Lvl 6 150/300 blinds
Villain But raise 700, Hero SB Th9h 2100, BB folds, Villain calls 2100
Flop (4725) Jh 6 2
Hero 2600, Villain 5600, Hero 10000, Villain calls
Turn (24725) 7h
Hero shoves 23000, Villain folds
Steve's strategy hand: $1111 WSOP one drop event, Villain Joseph Cheong, 100/200 blinds
Hero MP KTo raise 525, Villain calls 525
Flop (1350) Kc 9c X
Hero 750, Villain all in 3775, Pot 5875 and 3075 to call - 1.9 to 1
Hero calls and Villain shows 8c4c
Thank you for listening! Hope you enjoyed the show. You can contact us at the links below or email us at headsuppokerpodcast@gmail.com. Have a great rest of the day and we will talk to you next week!
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Jacob is a grinder on Bovada and the Winning Poker Network; he is also a regular in the Tournament Poker Edge forums. He is a math wizard, relying on the numbers to make his decisions. Steve met Jacob about a year ago in the TPE forums, and they met in person out in Las Vegas for the 2014 WSOP.
Intro: Lucky #13! LA tournaments, coached by Marc Alioto, switching to MTTs online, 3bet ranges, small pairs in position, playing on Winning Poker Network, SIGABA, pninwin, TPE poker group, Steve and Jacob at the WSOP, Jacob's study habits, neighbors getting robbed, getting backed online and live, collusion online.
Bet sizing, reshoving ranges - specifically 66, Andrew Brokos value targeting video, Bigdogpkt5s, study habits.
Steve Strategy: MTT 30/60 blinds
(1300) Hero MP TT 240
(660) SB 240
Flop (540) Kc Qs 6s
SB shoves 420
Hero calls 420
SB shows KTo
MTT 100/200 blinds
UTG shoves 1460
Hero AJo 1930 reshoves
Mike Strategy Hand: $225 Sat Rebuy, 45 entries, 13 remaining, 7 handed 400/800 blinds
(45000) Villain Hyjack 1800
(15800) Hero 33 all in
(25000) SB fold
(9000) BB fold
Villain calls and shows KK
Jacob Strategy Hand: Playing against a Brazilian Pro in a live $530 one million garantee MTT
Here is the link to the detailed Hand History
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Steve and Mike bring on Momma Barton for a spot in the show. We talk about getting into poker, how we started playing, and of course some strategy.
Intro: results for the last week, using a HUD online, Mike is improving, learning to quit, Elliot Roe - hypnosis tapes.
Welcome Mom: How has poker been treating you? Tournaments at the Luxor and Excalibur, women poker players, playing with a woman at the table, playing at the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, WSOP seniors event, WSOP daily deep stack events.
Mike Strategy: 5/10 NL
(1500) Hero But 44 raise 35
(1700) SB 85
BB fold
Hero 225
SB call 225
Flop (460) Q 9x 7
SB ck
Hero 250
SB call 250
Turn (960) Kx
SB ck
Hero 475
SB call 475
River (1910) 2x
SB ck
Hero all in 475
SB folds
(1200) UTG 30
UTG2 30
(3000) Hero CO JdTd
(1900) SB 200
UTG 200
UTG2 fold
Hero 850
SB all in 1900
UTG all in 1200
Hero call all in bets 4520 in pot, 1050 to call
Steve Strategy: $55 Bovada Super Stack 100/200 blinds
(7400) Hero AK raise 455
Villain CO rr 1110
Hero calls 1110
Flop (2520) T A 7r
Hero ck
Villain ck
Turn (2520) K
Hero 1234
Villain 2468
Hero all in
Villain calls and shows KK
Thank you for listening! Have a great day and we will talk to you next week! Oh, we are also on Stitcher Radio now :)
Travis Jonas is probably one of the most entertaining guests we've had on the show. He was a professional dealer and poker player before and after the Moneymaker era. Travis has stories of dealing some of the biggest games in Vegas, including Pros such as Johnny Chan, TJ Cloutier, Phil Hellmuth, and Phil Ivey. When he was getting started in his career he was backed by Phil Ivey. Travis won a bracelet in the 2001 Dealers Event in Limit Holdem. He also tells an awesome story of how he took $100 to the craps tables in Vegas and turned it into $68,000 over the weekend! We really enjoyed this interview and we know you will too.
Intro:
Welcome, results from Steve and Mike's Sunday Online grind.
Strategy hands one from Steve and one from Mike.
Welcome Travis:
The LA Tournament - Travis KJ < KT Mike
Travis' start in poker, TJ Cloutier, Minh the Master, 2/4 Limit - 3/6 Limit, Panguingue (PAN), starting as a dealer, dealing for Tony Deeb, Johnny Chan and Frank Henderson, $200,000 pots, winning a bracelet in 2001, Winning a prop bet with Phil Hellmuth and being interviewed by him 2 years later, being backed by Phil Ivey for tournaments and super satelites, watching Phil Ivey play stud for 1 1/2 months at the Commerce Casino, 2004 best weekend in Vegas of his gambling career - turning $100 into $68,000 in a weekend, investments in stocks, winning a degen bet with Layne Flack, and one last strategy hand - pocket sevens in late position.
Steve's HH: 2/3 NL
UTG 3
(300) Villain EP 3
MP1 3
MP2 3
(300) Hero As5s CO 3
SB 3
BB 3
Flop (21) Ac 4c 7s
SB ck BB ck UTG ck
Villain 17
MP1 fold MP2 fold
Hero 17
SB and BB fold
Turn (55) Jh
Villain 25
Hero 25
River (105) 7c
Villain 25
Hero 25
Villain shows AKo
Mike HH: 5/5/10
(1460) Hero UTG AxKd 40
folds around to Villain in the straddle 40
Flop (90) Ax Td 7x rainbow
Villain ck
Hero 60
Villain 60
Turn (210) 8d
Villain ck
Hero ck
River (210) 5d
Villain ck
Hero 200
Villain shoves for 1160 more. Pot is 1770 and it's 1160 for Mike to call.
Hero calls and Villain shows 89o for a pair of eights.
Steve HH: 2/3 NL
(300) Villain UTG 3
MP 3
(300) Hero CO 7c7s calls 3
SB 3
BB 3
Flop (15) 2d 2h Jc
SB ck BB ck UTG ck MP ck
Hero 12
SB, BB fold
Villain UTG calls 12
MP folds
Turn (34) 4d
Villain ck
Hero 35
Villain 35
River (104) 3c
Villain 30
Hero 30
Villain shows 99
Thank you for listening. Hope you enjoyed the show. Have a great week and we will be on next week interviewing Steve's Mom.
Derek "Killingbird" Tenbusch started Tournament Poker Edge in 2010 with his friend and co-owner Diego "Ron Fez Buddy" Lomanto. Tournament Poker Edge, or TPE, is a tournament poker training site with hundreds (if not thousands) of training videos by dozens of professionals in the game. Derek is modest when he says that he's not a professional poker player. But if grinding over 80 hours a week, being a consistant winner in the game, being financially backed, having a poker coach, and running a poker training site doesn't make you pro, then we don't know what does.
Intro:
Saving cats from trees, fist fights at the tables, karma comes back to bink a tournament.
Welcome KB:
Podcasting, getting started in poker, binking a $2500 SNG, starting Tournament Poker Edge, MTTs on Bovada, Winning Poker Network & Merge, Having a poker backer, work ethic = 80+ hours per week, TPE videos, going into the mailbag.
Strategy:
Mike folds KK preflop twice in the last couple weeks, check call, check call, check call line.
Steve HH:
EP 3
Hero QQ 21
MP 50
EP folds
Hero all in 200 effective, MP calls w/ AK
Mike HH: MTT 600/1200 blinds
Hero UTG AKs Raise 3,100
CO shoves 31,000
Hero calls
Steve HH: 2/3NL with a $6 straddle
Straddle 6
UTG1 6
MP1 6
Hero Jc8c MP2 6
CO 6
But 6
SB 6
BB 6
Straddle checks
Flop ($48) Qc 9c 3c
SB ck, BB ck
UTG 81 all in
UTG1 folds
MP1 calls 81
Hero folds :(
Mike HH: 5/5 NL
EP 5
MP 5
(2500) Hero 88 $45
(2045) Villain BB 45
EP 45
MP folds
Flop (145) As Qs 8c
Villain ck
EP 300
Hero 300
Villain 300
Turn (1045) 5c
Villain ck
EP ck
Hero 800
Villain 800
EP folds
River (2645) Xc
Villain shoves 900
Hero calls 900
Villain shows Ac2c for the backdoor flush
Hope you guys like this episode as much as we enjoyed making it. Please leave comments on iTunes and hit us up on Twitter and Facebook. Have a great week and play well on the tables!
It is obvious to anyone who listens to Marc how passionate he is about the game. You can hear it in his voice. Marc is a true American mtt grinder, getting up and playing all the major online tournaments that are available in the USA. Marc offers a unique insight into the level of dedication and amount of work it takes to be a true professional. His work ethic and love of the game is top notch and second to none.
Topics of this episode include (but are not limited to...)
Playing online, warm up routine and meditation, getting a coach, playing out of the small blind and the big blind, sports gambling, being a degenerate, study time vs play time, Elliot Roe - Mental Coach Pokermindcoach.com, Marc's recent score on the Merge Network, being a Sponsored Lock Poker Pro and then losing a metric $hit ton of money on Lock Poker, Online poker in California, tilt, strategy, and being a TPE professional on Tournament Poker Edge.
Hand History: MTT blinds 2000/4000 5 handed, final table bubble
Spree43 (147k) raise 8,500
Hero (170k) QQ reraise 19,999
But (100k) folds
LAchance (83k) 4bet all in 83,000
BB (35k) folds
Spree43 shoves all in for 147k
Hero with QQ???
Hope you guys enjoyed the show. You can get a hold of Marc on twitter, @aznAllin007
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In this episode we interview Jared Tendler, author of The Mental Game of Poker and The Mental Game of Poker 2. Jared is a poker coach that helps players with issues of tilt and any problems they have with their game that revolves around the mental aspect. Jared is not a strategy coach, but a coach for your mental stability at the tables. We had a blast doing this interview and we know you will enjoy it.
If you would like to contact Jared for coaching or order his books, you can reach him at http://jaredtendlerpoker.com/
Jared also has a podcast called The Mental Game of Poker Radio Show. Mike and I have listened to every episode from start to finish, and we would highly recommend it to you as well. Very good interviews with professional players, and a great listen.
Steve's Strategy Hand:
Hero (300) AsTs UTG 13
UTG+1 (200) 13
MP 13
SB (200) 13
BB 13
Flop ($65) Ac Ks 8d
SB ck, BB ck
Hero 25
UTG+1 25
MP folds
SB 25
BB folds
Turn ($140) 5h
All 3 players check
River ($140) Jc
SB ck, Hero ck
UTG+1 30
SB 30
Hero folds
Mike's Strategy Hand:
But raise 65
Hero (1700) SB AxTs 200
BB (2200) calls 200
But folds
Flop ($485) Js 4c 2s
Hero 375
BB 375
Turn ($1235) As
Hero ck
BB 600
Hero shoves 1125
BB calls
Hope you guys enjoyed the show.
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John Vorhaus is a man of many talents: Poker author, screen writer, comedy instructor, and ultimate frisbee champion. John has been writing about poker for over a quarter century, for magazines like Card Player and his own novels. In this episode we pick his brain on the evolving game that we love so much. At the end Steve, Mike and John review a hand from a recent 2/3 NL cash game. Scroll down to see a list of John Vorhaus' books.
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Hand History
UTG 6 - straddle
MP1 6
MP2 6
Hero 6h4h LP 6
SB 6
BB 6
Flop ($36) 4c 4s 9d
SB ck
BB ck
UTG all in 21
MP1 folds
MP2 calls 21
Hero calls 21
SB calls 21
BB folds
Turn ($120) Jh
SB ck
MP2 ck
Hero bets $50
SB calls $50
MP2 folds
River ($220) Kh
SB bets $60
Hero ??? Pot = $280
You can reach John Vorhaus at:
http://radarenterprizes.com
http://johnvorhaus.com
www.amazon.com/author/jv
He is also on Twitter:@TrueFactBarFact
John Vorhaus poker books:
Decide to Play Great Poker - Co-authored w/ Annie Duke
Decide to Play Drunk Poker - the parody
Killer Poker: Strategy and Tactics for Winning Poker Play
Killer Poker Online: Crushing the Internet Game
The Killer Poker Hold'em Handbook: A Workbook for Winners
Killer Poker Online 2: Advanced Strategies for Crushing the Internet Game
Killer Poker No Limit!
Killer Poker Shorthanded (with Tony Guerrera)
Poker Night: Winning at Home, in Casinos, and Beyond
The Strip Poker Kit
Under the Gun
John's Novels:
Lucy in the Sky
Poole's Paradise
World Series of Murder
Steve tries the advice of a poker coach and plays like a complete maniac for an hour, playing every single hand, raising and 3 betting preflop. If he makes it to the flop he then c-bets or reraises every single time without fail.
Mike makes it out to Trader Joe's to put in an application and a few book stores as well.
00:00 - 02:00 Intro
02:00 - 12:00 Free training opportunity at: TransformMyPoker.com - Nick Wealthall
12:00 - 19:00 Reraising with trash / good variance
19:00 - 31:00 Steve hand history
31:00 - 58:00 Mike hand history
58:00 - End Mike's job hunting
Steve's Hand History 1/3 NL
MP $3
LP $3
Hero SB AdAh $12
MP and LP call $12
Flop ($39) Kh Td 5c
Hero bets $22
MP calls $22
LP folds
Turn ($83) Qc
Hero bets $45
MP shoves for $162, $290 in the pot, $117 for hero to call.
Mike's Hand History 5/10 NL
UTG $10
Hero UTG+2 6c6d $10
But $10
SB raise $100, everyone calls
Flop ($410) A 7 6 rainbow
Checks around
Turn ($410) Q completes rainbow
SB chk, UTG chk, Hero bets $250, But folds, SB calls, UTG folds. Heads up to the river
River ($910) 4
SB chk, Hero bets $615, SB pauses for 15-20 seconds and shoves all in. Pot is $3775 and it is $1635 for hero to call.
Thank you guys for listening. Please send us any hands you would like reviewed and leave comments at: headsuppokerpodcast@gmail.com
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In this episode Steve is in Las Vegas staying at his brother Chris' house over the holidays. He's able to sneak away for a few sessions playing at the Bellagio, Binion's, and the Aria. A couple interesting hands come up, one of which is laying down Queens before seeing a flop.
Mike is back in the game and back to his jovial self. He's booked a few winning sessions, and the dynamic duo discuss playing AK from the blinds - in one hand heads up against a pro and the other against a reality tv star.
00:00 - 11:00 Intro, poker in Vegas, catching up
11:00 - 37:00 Steve's Strategy Hands
37:00 - 1:18:00 Mike's Strategy Hands
1:18:00 - End Closing
Steve's Hands: 1/3 NL
UTG+1 ($195) R $12
MP C ($200) $12
Hero But ($300) QQ R $35
UTG+1 shoves $183, MP folds, Hero folds
EP1 ($200) $3
EP2 ($118) CS $3
MP $3
Hero Hyj TcTd R $18
EP1 C $18
EP2 CS $18
MP folds
Flop ($58) - 9s 4s 2c
EP1 & EP2 chk, Hero bets $40, EP1 folds, EP2 calls $40
Turn ($138) - 9d
EP2 cks, Hero puts EP2 all in, EP2 calls and shows Qs7s
Mike's hands: 5/5 NL
UTG (2000) R $30
MP1 C $30
MP2 C $30
LP C $30
Hero (2000) RR $150
UTG C $150
MP1, MP2, LP all fold. Heads up to the flop.
Flop ($425) - Qs 8s 3d
Hero B $250
UTG C $250
Turn ($925) 5h
Hero B $575
UTG C $575
River ($2075) 9c
Hero chk
UTG B $600
Villain C $5
MP1 R $30
MP2 C $30
MP3 C $30
LP C $30
Hero SB C $30
Villain C $30
Flop ($185) A 2 4 rainbow
Everyone checks around
Turn ($185) 4x
Hero B $80
Villain C $80, everyone else folds
River ($345) 9x
Hero B $175
Villain R $375
Hero C $200
Villain shows 35o for the flopped wheel
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Mike runs out a 22 hour marathon, finishing the morning off with a 10/20 NL heads up match. Several hands from this match are briefly discussed.
Steve goes over his warm up routine before getting ready to play:
- Breathing exercises
- Mirror exercise
- Motivational speeches
- Power naps
- Hypnosis tapes / Hypnosisdownloads.com
Mike goes over his results for the last several months. Phil Hellmuth and Phil Galfond are briefly talked about and advice that they've given to poker players.
After taking several bad beats, Mike is a bit down ... Sometimes, you just can't beat a drunk. He even contemplates getting a real job. Steve tries to stop that crazy talk right away and they go on to dissect several hands from recent cash sessions.
If there is a theme to these hand histories, it would be bet sizing. In each hand there is a lot to be learned from the bet sizes.
00:00 - 17:00 Intro, stepping down in limits?, bankroll management
17:00 - 28:00 Las Vegas, Vegas casinos, How much to buy in for a session, Christmas time!
28:00 - 49:00 Mike Strategy hands
49:00 - End Steve Strategy hands
Mike's Hand Histories: 5/5 NLH
Hero ($2600) AdAh UTG $35
MP calls $35
But ($4000) raises $105
BB ($1405) calls $105
Hero reraises $330
MP folds, But and BB call $330
FLOP ($1030) 9c 7c 5h
BB shoves for $1075, Hero shoves all in, But folds
BB shows 45o
UTG calls $5
UTG+1 raises $30
Hero ($1200) KK reraises $190
UTG folds
UTG+1 calls $190
FLOP 9 8 2 rainbow
UTG+1 bets $275
Hero shoves all in, UTG+1 calls shows 98o
Steve's Hand Histories: 2/3 NLH
Hero ($300) 8d8h UTG raise $12
UTG+1, MP, SB, BB all call $12
FLOP ($60) Qc 9d 8c
SB chk
BB bets $30
Hero raises $100
Everyone folds, BB folds and shows a Queen
Hero ($350) JsJc UTG raise $16
UTG+1, MP, SB, BB all call $16
FLOP ($80) Jd Qs 6s
SB bets $25
BB folds
Hero raises $100
Everyone folds, SB shows a Queen and says he didn't like his kicker
Hero ($520) 7c7h UTG call $3
MP1, MP2, CO, But, SB, BB all call $3
FLOP ($21) 3c 3d 2c
SB, BB chk
Hero bets $15, it folds to the CO who calls $15, But, SB and BB fold. Heads up to the turn.
TURN ($51) 4d
Hero bets $20
CO shoves for $121, Pot = $191, $101 for hero to call.
Hero calls $101, CO shows 32o.
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Here we are at Episode 2! In this episode we review the last week and find out how Mike finished in the main event. Some of the topics include general strategy in the small and big blind, bankroll management, being a professional at the table, and how many buy-ins to take with you.
Intro and general strategy 0 - 28 minutes
Steve's hand histories: 28:00
Mike's hand histories: 1:03:00
Please leave comments and tell us what you think of the show! Thanks for listening :)
We are excited to announce the launch of our first episode of the Heads Up Poker Podcast. Hosted by Steve Barton and Mike Sneideman, two California guys who love to talk poker strategy. Steve is a professional fireman who has played poker for the last 11 years, winning at the game for the last 7 years. Mike recently gave up his career as a mailman to move out to San Diego California to be closer to his son and pursue a career as a professional poker player.
In this episode we discuss Mike's recent run in the WSOP circuit event in San Diego. Mike had several deep runs, including an 8th and 9th place finish. We break down several hands of his main event deep run and discuss tournament strategy, bluffing, slowplaying and much more.
Please leave comments and let us know what you think of the show. Thank you for listening!