The Mindset Advantage Poker Podcast
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In This Week's Episode:
Maria Konnikova is a contributing writer to The New Yorker, and author of the best selling books The Confidence Game and Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes.
Maria gained notoriety in the poker community when she won the 2018 PCA National Championship for $84,000, plus a $30,000 PSPC Platinum Pass.
What makes Maria’s story so fascinating is that a year before her victory, she had no clue how to play poker, and admittedly didn’t even know how many cards were in the deck.
Maria’s books focus on psychology, and it’s application in the real world. She chose poker as the subject of her next book, The Biggest Bluff, to try to understand the nature of luck vs. skill and figure out if we can learn how to tell the difference.
To research the book she chose to fully immerse herself in the game and attempt to make it on the live tournament circuit. With the help of Erik Seidel, her story has been one of outstanding success, and she’s going to continue with the journey at least until next year when she’ll play the $25,000 PSPC at the 2010 PokerStars PCA.
In This Episode You'll Learn:
10:52 - How Maria landed Erik Seidel as a coach before she ever read a poker book (and why she targeted him as her ideal coach). 26:36 - The high leverage skill that Maria learned through poker which she now applies to her most important decisions. 28:11 - The 3 reasons why Maria achieved rapid success even though Erik Seidel labeled her as "not naturally suited to poker."Resources:
Maria Konnikova:
MariaKonnikova.com Twitter Instagram The Confidence Game Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock HolmesAdrienne "Talonchick" Rowsome:
Watch and Subscribe to Adrienne’s Twitch Channel Instagram Twitter Facebook122 – Mark Herm – Hypnotherapy For Poker Players
121 - Sandra Mohr - Poker Queens Documentary Launch
120 - Phil Galfond - Galfond Challenge Recap
119 - Jon Pardy - Forging A New Path
118 - James Whittet - Bulletproof Daily Routines
117 - Jason Koon - Overcoming Your Past
116 - Fedor Holz - Turning The Tables On Elliot Roe
115 - Adrienne Carter - Turning Uncertainty Into Advantage
114 – Daniel Dvoress – Winning the Super High Roller Bowl
113 – Dara O'Kearney – Becoming Hyper-Focused
112 – Brad Wilson – Chasing Poker Greatness
111 - The Phil Galfond Challenge
110 – Dylan Linde – Maintaining Mental Toughness
109 - Dan "Jungleman" Cates - The Journey of Mastering Your Mind
108 - Kevin Rabichow - The Mentality Of A Winner
107 - Andrew Brokos - Why We Fail
106 - Rob Tinnion & Jon Van Fleet - Creating the Blueprint
105 - The Thirst Lounge - Making the Most of Opportunity
104 - Josh Arieh - Heart, Passion, and Poker Performance
103 - Jeff Gross - Engaging the Poker Community Online
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