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If you thought or think that poker is dead, Josef in episode 23 of the MOPP is here to show you otherwise. He started taking poker seriously during covid and has since then reached the 10KNL online cash-games. You will learn about the power or perspective, tips to study and approach the game more effectively and why players are stuck and how to make that jump up in stakes. We are sure you are going to enjoy this conversation as much as we did!

0:00 - Introduction
01:30 - Mechanics of Poker program open for enrolment
04:40 - Shoutout to our sponsor GTO Wizard
07:38 - Playing card games with his family growing up
09:56 - Lessons from being a professional League of Legends player
16:32 - Why Josef loves competition and playing tough line ups
18:25 - Josefs biggest goal in poker and how to measure success
26:47- Going into a job in finance after university
32:44 - Quitting League of Legends and getting back into poker
36:42 - Signing up for his first poker course and getting introduced to solvers
39:42 - Not being able to afford Piosolver and trying to find cheaper alternatives
47:27 - How Josefs family took his decision to go pro with poker
52:25 - Taking advantage of his “education year” and trialing poker full time
59:40 - How he dealt with going on a 3-4 month downswing as soon as he went pro
1:03:13 - Trying to make double his salary in his first year playing
1:07:07 - Why a rough start to poker turned out to be a blessing in disguise
1:10:18 - Why Josef chooses to play 3 or 4 handed against the best players and how he keeps his confidence high
1:15:55 - Josefs surprising approach to risk taking
1:23:03 -A day in the life of Josef and how he moved through the stakes so quickly
1:26:40 - Creating a structured way to study poker
1:30:51 - Approaching poker with balance and the importance of having free time
1:35:13 - Having a good network and finding open minded people
1:42:38 - How being open minded has allowed Rene to stay in poker a long time
1:49:12 - Playing big volume and growing his bankroll
1:52:02 - Why Josef thinks $500 to $1ks is the toughest jump
1:56:40 - The main reason players get stuck at $100 and $200 Zoom
2:01:11 - Why you have to be “the least human” you can be to succeed
2:05:39 - Most people focus on the wrong things when studying
2:07:37 - Mechanics of Poker program open for enrolment
2:14:07 - Some bad habits that “old school” players have
2:20:33 - GTO vs exploitation and why you can exploit if you don’t know theory
2:29:01 - The thrill of bluff catching and why some players get carried away
2:32:54 - How Josef is able to regulate his emotional responses
2:38:28 - Where Josef bought his superpower
2:40:00 - The power of reflecting and how it helps Josef to make changes
2:45:33 - Why being optimistic is so +EV
2:49:10 - Josefs perspective skills and how he has developed them
2:54:20 - Advice to a $100NL playing looking to progress
2:59:03 - How Josef deals with uncertainty during a downswing
3:03:03 - The biggest benefit of downswings that most players miss
3:04:53 - The trap of studying too much and how to counter it
3:15:40 - The main takeaway Josef would like the listen to leave with
3:18:38 - Adam and Renes summary