34 min listen
078 Ivan Stokes on Hard Work, Determination, and Positivity
078 Ivan Stokes on Hard Work, Determination, and Positivity
ratings:
Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Apr 12, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In This Week's Episode: Ivan Stokes, also known as “ILS007,” is an English professional poker player who has been competing since the age of 18 and has been a two time Supernova Elite player as well as a successful coach. Coming from a “study-minded” standpoint due to his experience with chess, this mindset has benefited Stokes’s poker career from the start. In this episode, he speaks about how keeping a positive, productive mindset helped him become a better poker player, and offers tips on how you can improve your poker game. In This Episode You'll Learn: 04:19 - Ivan’s beginning experience with poker 05:23 - Ivan’s connection between poker and chess 06:36 - When poker became more competitive and how becoming skilled at poker is up to hard work 08:28 - How Ivan dealt with the stress of competing in Supernova Elite 10:02 - Poker pros vs. gamblers—the similarities and differences 12:10 - Mindset’s effect on Ivan’s success over the years 13:11 - How Ivan mentally prepares to play at the table 15:20 - Why a negative mindset leads to a lack of productivity 17:53 - The struggle of moving up in stakes and how it can impact decision making 19:54 - How Ivan takes on goal setting after Supernova Elite 22:35 - How collaboration helps with motivation 23:29 - Ivan’s advice for getting into poker in 2018 Keep Up with Ivan Stokes: Professional Poker Videos Coaching Series Adrienne "Talonchick" Rowsome: Watch and Subscribe to Adrienne’s Twitch Channel Instagram Twitter Facebook ***If you've enjoyed this episode of The Mindset Advantage podcast, please subscribe and leave us a review over on iTunes to help spread the word about the show. Thanks!***
Released:
Apr 12, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
007 Zach Elwood – The Mindset Advantage Podcast: Zachary Elwood has been playing poker seriously for more than ten years. For three of those years, he played professionally. He’s long been interested in the psychological aspects of poker (while knowing that poker tells are much less important than... by The Mindset Advantage Poker Podcast