The Australian Poker Mindset

The Australian Poker Mindset

The Australian Poker Mindset presents weekly podcast episodes where guests discuss their mindset and performance techniques. Join your host, poker mindset coach Brendon Rubie, as he draws on 13 years experience as a poker player and 6 years as a coach

Episodes

October 3, 2023 52 mins
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You’ll benefit a lot from this episode if you are in the early stages of taking your poker seriously and want to hear what the journey and challenges may be like as you take that leap forward. Matthew Fedoson is our special guest today as he shares his journey of what it’s been like ...
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This episode features Adam Agresta from Sydney, Australia. Adam has been a passionate follower of poker for well over 15 years and last year worked with Brendon 1:1 with some private coaching. He had a burning desire to take his game to the next level and knew he needed some mentorship along the way if he was going to improve.

About 3 or 4 months after their coaching alliance began Adam highlighted his career with a WPT win on the G...
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August 2, 2023 58 mins
The 'Rising Stars' series will feature episodes of players who are, or have been, in the early/mid stages of their poker development and open to sharing their experiences and challenges as they navigate their way from the bottom up. This series will help you if you are also looking to rise up the ranks and need some wisdom and guidance from others who have walked the walk.

Episode #1 of the 'Rising Stars' series features Jake Mehme...
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November 10, 2022 65 mins
Joe Hachem is a rare guest that even if you don’t know poker you’ll know that he won the World Series of Poker Main event back in 2005 for $7.5mill USD. Despite that major achievement Joe has been playing and promoting poker for well over 35 years. Join us for a discussion to learn more about the wisdom and insights that he acquired throughout his incredible poker journey.

Joe takes pride in his values as a family man and, as we al...
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October 31, 2022 76 mins
AJ is a high stakes cash game player from Sydney who took a 5 year break from poker and has now returned to what is an incredibly evolved game since he left. Join us this episode as we sit down and hear more about AJ and what his poker journey has taught him.

In addition to his story we also talked about topics such as reading body language and tells, the development of GTO, well-being tips and tricks and how to develop confidence i...
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August 15, 2022 51 secs
I am excited to announce the release of my new meditation platform which has dozens of meditations for all your poker needs. Head over to the link below for a free 7-day trial.

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August 8, 2022 50 mins
After a few months break we return to The Australian Poker Mindset with one of Australia's hottest players right now, Yita Choong.

Yita has consistently been making final tables and making life tough for us other competitors over the past few years but in the last month alone he has scooped two major results that has certainly caught our attention. Yita finished 4th in the Millionaire Maker at the WSOP in Vegas for $395k USD then re...
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May 10, 2022 55 mins
This episode features the boy from Newcastle, Andrew White, who has climbed the cash game ranks starting out at $2/$3 moving up through $10/$20 and even higher. Andrew, otherwise known as Whitey, fell out of love with the cash game grind and made his transition to tournaments where he managed to score himself a WSOP Circuit Ring Title and $103k to go with it.

Whitey has a passion for business, poker and life and he treats us to his...
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April 21, 2022 54 mins
Join us this week as we enjoy a comedic, yet insightful, discussion with Jarrod Thatcher who has certainly made a name for himself in the Australian poker scene. After many years of impressive results Jarrod has now ticked over the $500k earnings mark on Hendon Mob.

Jarrod shares with us his journey from working as a sports massage therapist to creating a name and presence for himself on the Australian poker circuit. He has many tit...
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April 15, 2022 51 mins
The Australian Poker Mindset is thrilled to feature another Australian Poker Hall of Famer, Danny McDonagh!

If you've been playing poker in the Australasian region over the last 25 years then you have a lot to thank this man for. He's worked long, hard and smart over his career leading many operators that bring us the beautiful game of poker at it's most elite and prestigious level.

Starting out as a pit game dealer in Crown Melbour...
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March 16, 2022 76 mins
Join Brendon and Adam's discussion as they sat down before day 3 of The Poker Palace Main Event where both of them were still the final 21 and a shot at the $95k first prize.

Three and a half years ago Adam was learning the game and grinding 2/3 cash at The Star casino where they first met. Now, after some success on a Euro trip, he is ripping it up on the Australian circuit and competing in the back end of some serious tourneys.

Br...
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February 8, 2022 70 mins
You've all seen this man around, you all benefit from the amazing work that he is doing behind the scenes, you all get to share your poker experiences with your loved ones at home thanks to him and now we get the privilege of having him here to share more about his journey and insights into the poker world.

Ben Blaschke has been a poker reporter for over 14 years and has years of experience as a rugby league journalist. Along his wa...
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December 15, 2021 58 mins
More commonly known for his online presence, under screen name MJW006, Matt Wakeman has been one of Australia’s toughest online and live competitors over the last decade. His intense focus and desire to apply his GTO theory into play is a deadly combination to be feared by all.

Matt shares with us some of the things that used to be mental barriers for him on the felt until he had a session with British Mental Game coach, Elliot Roe....
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December 9, 2021 60 mins
Grant Levy is arguably one of the biggest Australian names that poker has produced here on our home soil. He is the first ever player to win a million dollars playing cards in Australia. In December 2007, the PE teacher, husband and father from Western Sydney won the Asia Pacific Poker Tour at Star City Casino in Sydney to become Australia's ‘million dollar man’.

Our episode this week features one of the most engaging poker stories ...
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December 3, 2021 60 mins
This week we have an online poker wizard by the name of Nic Maimone, otherwise known as FU_15. Nic has a very impressive online presence and is well-known to the poker world as one of the high stakes MTT's toughest opponents. His live results are highlighted by a 15th place finish in the WSOP Main Event in 2009 for $600k and winning the $25k PCA High roller in the Bahamas in 2016 for over $1mill

Brendon and Nic have known each other...
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I am excited to announce the release of my new meditation platform which has dozens of meditations for all your poker needs. Head over to the link below for a free 7-day trial.

www.theaustralianpokermindset.com.au
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This week Brendon is flying solo with some of the biggest tips that he has learnt throughout his career from not only his research in peak performance but from his personal experiences from thirteen years of playing poker at some of the toughest platforms.
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November 16, 2021 57 mins
Brisbane-based Ricky Kroesen has been around the Australian Poker scene for about 15 years. Join us this week as we hear about how he has managed to evolve with the game to make sure that he can still make a living despite the fact that the game only got harder and harder.

Ricky also discusses the challenging parts of his journey about how he struggled to deal with tilt and personal ego battles. The major discovery that he found wa...
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November 10, 2021 70 mins
Will Davies is a UK born pro poker player who resides in Western Sydney, Australia. He won the biggest tournament in Australia during 2021 by taking down the WPT Gold Coast Main Event in May for $252k. This adds to his already impressive resume which puts him at over $900k USD on Hendon Mob.

He currently works as the tournament director at The Poker Palace as he combines his many years of experience as a player to provide top qualit...
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November 3, 2021 71 mins
Michel Bouskila is currently No. 38 on the Australian All Time Money list with over $1.2mill in earnings. He has two Aussie Million rings, a WSOP circuit ring, a Vegas WSOP FT and many more impressive results to qualify him to be one of Australia's best.

Join us as we hear about Michel's journey through his poker career and what it took to graduate from being the sucker at the cash tables to one of Australia's most respected compet...
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