Training for Poker Like an Elite Athlete: Process
Posted by Bradley Chalupski
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I like the title and welcome to rio ! i can't wait to watch the video after my mtt session ;)
Thank you Kaizen!
Loved the video, every poker player should see this! Made me realize what I and many other people are doing wrong in our approach to goal setting and process.
Thank you! I'm really glad you enjoyed it and even more glad that I could help :)
Hands down one of the best learning videos ive ever watched. Thanks.
Wow Sternberg that's really high praise and I'm extremely humbled to hear that. You are most definitely very welcome!
+1
This will be very Beneficial for players looking to move up stakes and have a better mentality towards poker for sure.
Thank you so much for sharing this wisdom! Really good job on making this video in an entertaining and educational way!
My pleasure! I'm glad it's helpful and thanks for watching :)
Am i the only one who can't get this video to work ?
No, I also can't run it and neither in a different browser.
Maybe if you change the quality of the vid it worked for me one time, you have to change it on another video i'm in 720p personnally
Didn't get it to work on Google Chrome but worked on Internet Explorer.
Yeah changing the quality helped thanks
First Off, Welcome to the Team Bradley Glad to have you apart of the team.
Being a Skeleton Racer, you just might have the biggest set of balls out of the RIO community :P.
Really enjoyed the video, was helpful. At first when i was watching it i disagreed with your idea saying setting goals is bad. But i also understand your point of View in why this is bad/holding people back..but as u explained..its the process we do each and every day that gets us to the goals. We need to Apply ourselves in order to set goals and love the process, which i dont think majority of the poker players understand that.. Just because you study every day doesn't mean you should be able to crush mid to high stakes...if your studying but not applying it to ur game or even ur self.. its just wasted time/energy.
Either way great video and will be beneficial to the entire RIO community i'm sure.
Good luck on your training to get onto the Olympic Games, Hope you make it and we can see you on the podium with a gold medal :D.
Thank you Justin. Yes, learning how to "study smarter" is definitely an important concept and process will definitely make sure you are getting the most out of the time you are putting in to your game. And if you disagree with anything in the vid, please let me know! I love to talk to people about this kind of stuff; it makes us all better.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for the well wishes about the OG as well :)
i did disagree at the start, but as the video went on you explained it and then i figured we were on the same page :D
Hi Bradley, thanks for the video. When you review your performance in skeleton is it easy to identify what is working after the success or is there a lot of a guesswork? Your sport, like poker, is sufficiently mature that I imagine different elite competitors processes look very similar with tiny differences. Is that right? I have an inkling what these small differences are in poker and your process oriented method for drilling down into those areas makes good sense.
Hey alogical, my pleasure. Those are two great questions. I'm going to answer them in reverse order:
1) Do different elite competitors processes look very similar with tiny differences?
There are definitely bedrock concepts that are considered universal. In poker I would say these are things like opening ranges, basic mathematical principles, tilt control, etc. So to that extent yes I would say elite competitors do, as a general rule, have the same fundamental principles in mind when building the proficiency category portions of their process.
However, in my experience the differences when you start to get down into the deeper levels are why Process works. This may seem counterintuitive at first, but it makes perfect sense when we consider that: a) human poker players will exhibit different levels of competence for each proficiency category; b) there are multiple ways of arriving at the same end result.
An example I would offer is difference between a player that is "loose aggressive" vs. "standard". One player might feel more comfortable playing as close to mathematically sound as possible, while the other might be very good at exploitative play. Both will have similar proficiency categories, but emphasize them and their component parts differently in accordance with the style that comes naturally to them. This will in turn dictate how they break their categories down as they move through the progression of what to study.
Are these resulting differences "tiny"? I don't think so. I think "nuanced" is a better word; nuanced and important. Process is all about finding these nuances you need to work on in your own game (based on your own strengths, weaknesses, and comfortable style) and hammering at them to improve.
2) Is it easy to identify what is working after the success or is there a lot of guesswork?
If you are following process properly, you should always understand why you are improving. The reason is that you will have: a) broken the activity down conceptually do the point where you have a theoretical understanding of all the ways you could improve; b) chosen specific things to consciously work on each training day. So if you do see an improvement, it will most likely have an obvious correlation to your chosen "thing" for that day.
Of course, this is not absolute. It is possible that you might improve on a concept you didn't choose to work on that day. But if your process is thorough and your data comprehensive, you should at a minimum be able to trace your improvement back to a concept that is in your process doc.
If you can't, it's a sign that your process is incomplete and you should reevaluate it (either by yourself or by talking to others) to see if there is anything else you are missing. This is really important because while you might get lucky, generally speaking you won't improve at a concept you aren't aware you should be working on, which ultimately results in missed opportunities to get better.
You made me remember that we play to have fun after all thank you very much mate !Keep up with the nice videos!Good luck in skeleton :)
Great video. I took more notes on that video than I have in a long time. I look forward to future content by you.
Thank you for the kind words Flash, and I'm glad you were able to get so much out of it :)
This video changed my outlook on how I was approaching poker. Well played!!!
Anyone else struggle to load this video?
Yes, Ive been trying for days
very interesting .
Awesome video, I am looking forward to trying it out
it's the journey, stupid.
Thanks for the video, it was exactly what I needed to hear.
Thank you for an extremely useful video. I've been having difficulty with my study habits and the reminder to break down problems into their constituent parts is really helpful. I'm now charting a diagram of areas I want to improve and listing their components. Establishing these targets makes the path clearer.
Thank you!
Loved this video!! How many videos are you going to post on this topic?
Game changing. Ty Sir.
it's really....really good, You are my hero from now on :D
Definitly looking for more :)
nice vid, really insightful.
with regards to you talking about how to enjoy the process as opposed to the end result, I think this is so true. after I have a big win nowadays, I enjoy the win, don't get me wrong, but the thing I'm most excited about is to study and play again the next day.
once you get complacent, you become stagnant and you might stop being a winner in poker. always important to work on your game, your mentality and do anything that will give you an edge at the tables: whether that be diet, exercise, sleeping more, whatever.
cheers for the vid.
Excellent video. Definitely opened up my mind while you were breaking things down. This will help me out for sure. Thank you.
really helpful!
Just watched this first video in your video-series and I can say that I'm very happy that this kind of content is available for us Essential Members.
This was kind of shocking at the beginning of the video because I am truly from Latvia and you started to talk about Skeleton and Dukuri brothers- Awesome!
I have always wanted to approach poker as a Pro athlete and I think were the e-sports are going, you have to have the mindset, routine and have to be in love with the journey, not the results. So this was a great video that only strengthens my position on that.
Thanks :)
Great video and some really good points about building good habits, routines ect. Thanks.
Thanks Bradley for this video, it was a really interesting watch and something I definitely want to try and implement. I notice that I am definitely more results based at the moment (I focus a lot on my bb/100).
I'm a new player trying to beat micro stakes at the moment. You mentioned briefly some software tools for the mental side of the game, I was wondering what those might be? One of my big issues is that - for some reason - I slip back into playing 'by feel', forgetting all the things I am learning.
Anyway, thanks again for the video, great stuff!! :)
Hey Pete,
Thanks for the kind words. :-)
I would recommend checking out the PrimedMind app here. It's a great way to get started working on your mental game. I've worked with Elliot myself and he's a great guy and knows what he's talking about.
Cheers,
Bradley
i think this was the most amazing video in my 12 years playing poker. i love u
Great video, Bradley. It really gives a solid roadmap, or rather, the tools to build a roadmap to success. Looking forward to applying some of what you've put out here. Thanks!
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