Apestyles Poker Coaching
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Jon Van Fleet
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Jon “apestyles” Van Fleet is one of the most successful and profitable online tournament players over the last decade. With lifetime cashes totaling over $7,000,000, he has won some of online poker’s toughest tournaments including the Stars $1,050 Super Tuesday, the PokerStars $215 Rebuy, and a FTOPS event. Altogether he has over 200 Top 3 finishes including over 100 wins. He credits his success to staying a student of the game, constantly adjusting, not being afraid to try new strategies, working on mental/physical health, and having a play versus study ratio of around 75/25. He is co-author of the book Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand at a Time with tournament specialists Rizen and Pearljammer.
Matthew Wakeman
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Sydney, Australia
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Matthew “mjw006” Wakeman hails from Sydney Australia. He has been playing MTTs for roughly 4 years and has amassed a whopping $5million in cashes! He has outright wins in the $1k Super Tuesday and the $1k Thursday Thrill, as well as a HU chop in the miniFTOPS Main Event for a combined total of over $250k. He is very passionate about poker and is a fanatic when it comes to sports, mostly Australian ones that don’t really matter.
Bencb789
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Brighton, United Kingdom
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Bencb789 was the most successful SNG Grinder in 2015 according to SS profit totals. He recently won the largest ever online MTT (SCOOP $100k) for over $1,000,000. He’s been coaching for several years and recently founded his own website–RaiseYourEdge.
Rob Tinnion
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Somerset, United Kingdom
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Rob “robtinnion” Tinnion joined Pocarr in late 2012 as a backee for $11 freezeouts on Pokerstars. He quickly showed he would be one of Pocarr’s hardest workers and had instant success. As he continued to work hard and results came, his stakes increased to the point he was playing on all major sites and up to $215 freezeouts. Not easily satisfied, Rob continued to outwork his peers and in 2014 he chopped a SCOOP and won the Sunday Million outright for nearly $300k combined. Shortly after he won an EPT side in London for $42k. In early 2015 Rob won the Sunday Million outright AGAIN for another $200k (wtf, we know!). He has 2 triple crowns and over 1.5 million in lifetime earnings. Rob has a degree from Oxford-Brooks University in motorsport technology.
Alexander Timman
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Alexander “Lotte Lenya” Timman is a heads up SNG specialist who dominated the highest stakes HU SNG's for 8 years. He has won over $3,000,000 in the HU arena. Alex has enjoyed success in HU cash, PLO, and MTT's. When not playing poker, Alex is traveling the world or enjoying his other passions such as piano, working out, and martial arts.
Mat Brown
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Mat “Aussie_star1” Brown is one of the most established members of the Pocarr community. He has been playing professionally since 2010 with over $2.5 million in cashes. Mr. Brown has 2 third place finishes in the Sunday Warm-Up on Stars.eu and a win in the $215 Mega-Deep on 888. Hailing from Dubbo, Australia, Mat enjoys drinking, playing golf, and trolling. Mat is currently attending University and studying maths statistics and physics.
Michael Acevedo
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Michael “M_Acevedo” Acevedo began playing $13.50 freezeouts for Pocarr in June 2014 with only one goal in his mind–become the best poker player he could possibly be rather than “making the most money”. With that mindset he quickly outworked everyone, watched videos, read articles and books, learned how to use all the poker tools and software to a high proficiency, started streaming for P5’s TV and then became a P5’s coach. His mathematical background and work ethic have helped him master the theoretical aspects of the game and got him working with some of the brightest minds in poker. Having great results both live and online, he has proven the sky is the limit for those willing to put in the work.
Elliot Roe
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Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Elliot Roe is a mindset specialist who uses traditional mindset coaching and hypnotherapy to help poker players perform at their best. Elliot has worked with over 250 professional poker players including those who play at the very highest levels of the game. Elliot works with them to understand and resolve tilt, motivation, focus, anger and anxiety issues at the tables. He also works with a number of UFC fighters to prepare them for competition including 2 current champions.
Richard Hoadley
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United Kingdom
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Richard 'ChipsFool' Hoadley joined Pocarr in September 2014 as an already successful low stakes grinder, looking to improve his game and move up the stakes, both of which he has achieved.
With over $1million in winnings, his consistent results and volume earned him a role as a 'Peer Coach' in early 2016 and due to excellent feedback from many of our backees, he has now been rewarded as a 'Main Coach'.
When he isn't eating, sleeping and breathing poker, Richard can be found dabbling in the kitchen as he has a real love for food and drink. You can follow his instagram @ediblepilch for amazing food and drink pictures (try not to salivate).Pocarr Latina
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Brazil
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A Pocarr Latina é um projeto voltado para o mercado sul americano, com 100% de suporte em português e espanhol, além de todos os recursos que só a Pocarr oferece. Os jogadores terão acesso a:
– Todo o conteúdo da Pocarr, incluindo vasto acervo de vídeos, fórum exclusivo, grupos no skype (português e espanhol), webinars mensais, bem como acesso aos coaches internacionais, além de vídeos exclusivos em português e em espanhol;
– Um time de 4 coaches brasileiros 100% dedicados ao projeto.
São eles: AcePheres, Cavalito, Pvss e Aaurelio. E um coach exclusivo em espanhol, Sebasñato.
Os coaches tem vasta experiência em MTT´s e além disso poderão transmitir a filosofia e conceitos que fazem da Pocarr um dos melhores times do mundo.Pocarr.RU
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Pocarr ru - это проект, ориентированный на русскоязычные страны со 100-процентной поддержкой на русском языке, а также все ресурсы, которые может предложить только Pocarr.
Игроки получат доступ к: скайп (на русском), ежемесячные вебинары, а также доступ к международным тренерам, таким как Apestyles, Мjw006, Bencb, LotteLenya и т. Д., А также эксклюзивные видео на русском языке.
- Команда из 4 российских тренеров, 100% посвященная проекту. AS Leshiy, Avi Popo, Smithstudent, Vomani.
Тренеры имеют большой опыт работы в МТТ, а также могут передавать философию и концепции, которые делают Pocarr одной из лучших команд в мире.Past Coaches
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Listed below are some former Pocarr coaches. Their videos still remain in our archive because of the value they bring to our students.
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Jonathan Little
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Toronto, ON, Canada
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Jonathan “jcardshark” Little has been playing poker for over 10 years. He has over $6million in live earnings with 2 WPT titles worth over $1million each. He also has a 2nd place finish in the FTP 1k monday for 317k, 7th in a 10k SCOOP for 107k as well as numerous 5 figure scores over the years. Jonathan is considered one of the most popular poker authors with multiple best sellers.
Adam Sherman
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Adam Sherman has been playing poker for over 9 years, 5 years full-time. He takes a mathematical, HUD-based approach to the game that also emphasizes note-taking. During his 5 years of professional play, he has racked up over 5 million dollars in cashes and over one million dollars in profit. He has been coaching part-time for over 2 years and is confident that his approach to poker is learnable and applicable by anyone willing to put in the work off the table.
When he’s not playing poker he enjoys going on hikes, traveling, and discussing finance and philosophy.Alexandre Mantovani
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Alexandre joined Pocarr in 2014 playing low stakes MTT's. With his amazing work ethic he was able to quickly increase his stakes. After years of hard work, things paid off in a big way with a 4th place finish in the 2017 WCOOP $5k Main Event for $612,000. Alex is now living his dream of traveling the world playing both online and live poker.
Alex Carr
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Toronto, ON, Canada
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Alexander ‘msusyr24’ Carr is the founder of Pocarr. Alex has played over 100,000 tournaments on PokerStars and is also a coach for Pocarr. Alex now plays primarily cash games and MTT’s while helping manage Pocarr. In his spare time, Alex can be found being embarrassed on a basketball court, watching a game of basketball at various stadiums, or perhaps just watching basketball on tv.
Grant Dorey
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Grant “PortlyPig” Dorey has been playing poker professionally for over 3 years. Since taking a break from his Commerce studies at Auckland University, Grant has profited over $220,000. The majority of his winnings come from 180 man SNGs and low stake MTTs. Grant is closing in on going 6 months without a hair cut, something it is rumored he is very proud of. In his spare time he likes to dress up as fictional characters, mainly preferring Lord of the Rings characters due to his background of living in New Zealand.
Andrew Sweeney
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Dublin, Ireland
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Andrew “UlDuffer” Sweeney has been playing poker for almost 10 years, the last 5 of which he has been a full time professional. Like a typical old-school story, Andrew built his bankroll through freerolls after learning the game in college. Mr. Sweeney has a degree in Statistics from the University of Limerick. He has just under one million in MTT earnings with two Sunday Million final tables.
Edmund Catt
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Edmund Catt has played poker for 7 years and has been part of Pocarr since June 2012. He now lives in Cuenca, Ecuador where he plays full time and continues to learn from the coaches of pocarr. In his spare time he enjoys watching and playing basketball.
The Card PlayerOnline Player of the Year (OPOY) award honors the best tournament player across the major online sites in a given calendar year. Previous winners have included greats such as Isaac “westmenloAA” Baron, Alexander “AJKHoosier1” Kamberis and Steve “gboro780” Gross. Here, we take a look at one of the current top contenders.
Jon “apestyles’ Van Fleet has been one of the game’s most respected online professionals for the past five years. The New York born and Texas raised pro fondly known as “ape” took a $50 deposit in college and ran it up into a substantial bankroll. To date, the 29-year-old has amassed nearly $2.2 million in tournament earnings.
Click here to learn more about the Poker Mind Coach Academy In This Week’s Episode: Jon “Apestyles” Van Fleet has been one of the most successful and profitable online tournament players of the last decade. With $8,000,000 in lifetime cashes, he’s won some of online poker’s toughest tournaments, including Pokerstars’ $1,050 Super Tuesday and Sunday.
Despite his success, Van Fleet nearly lost it all thanks to too much partying, bad bankroll management and a big ego. Now living in the city of Austin, Van Fleet has separated himself from the distractions, gotten his life in order and now sits in the top five of the OPOY rankings with just a few days remaining in the race.
RazvyQQ has been playing poker professionally for 7 years, he started with sngs then mtts, he has played for pocarr and bbz, RazvyQQ has been coached by Apestyles and bbz, he has worked also with Eliott Roe as mindset coach. Jon “apestyles’ Van Fleet has been one of the game’s most respected online professionals for the past five years. The New York born and Texas raised pro fondly known as “ape” took a $50.
In this interview, Van Fleet discusses his start in poker, his downfall and how he picked himself back up and even offers up some advice for beginning players.
Julio Rodriguez: At 29-years-old, you are a bit older than the typical online pro. How did it all begin?
Jon Van Fleet: The first time I played for money was in college in a simple $5 game with some friends. I was pretty terrible and had no idea what was going on and I think I ended up losing around $20 to $25 in that game, which, to a college student, was a decent chunk of change.
At the time, I pretty big into chess and very competitive, so it bothered me that my friends could beat me so easily at something. I started reading some poker books in my spare time and before long, I was beating that game. I put $50 online a couple times and that was pretty much it.
JR: You mentioned chess, how did you get involved with that game?
JVF: That was a similar situation. This guy who I considered to be “not the sharpest knife in the drawer,” beat me in chess. I ended up betting him $50 that I could beat him if he gave me three months to study. Somewhere along the way, I fell in love with the game and got pretty good. I only played for a few years because I realized that I started learning the game a little too late in life and that it would be almost impossible for me to become a grand master. I still get steamed whenever I lose at anything, but at least now I’ve learned that I don’t need to go out and study something for months just to be able to beat my friends.
JR: You got your degree in Psychology from Texas Tech University. How has it helped you in your poker game?
JVF: I think that an interest in the motivations of people, trying to understand what makes people tick; it can definitely help you when you are at the poker table. My goal when I sit down to play is to discover how each individual approaches the game and even make a few inferences about what the game means to them. Once you can step into somebody else’s shoes, it becomes much easier to make the right decisions against them.
This is something that you don’t need a psychology degree to do. One of the biggest mistakes that I made when I first started playing, was that I generally assumed that everyone played like me. I’d make these huge hero calls just because I’d be able to convince myself that if it were me making the bet, I could conceivably have any two cards. Well, it took awhile, but after being shown the nuts over and over again, I got the message.
Each hand that I observe contributes to an overall profile I have for each player. Don’t get me wrong, people are complex. I don’t claim to be able to size up an individual just from a session of poker. But lately I’ve found that I’ve been able to visualize the game from all kinds of different perspectives and that has ultimately brought me some success.
JR: By assuming that everyone else played your game, what kinds of mistakes were you making during your sessions?
JVF: I did my own study on how often the average player folds to reraises preflop. You would think that looser players would fold more often to reraises, simply because they generally have worse hands. But I found out that the two aren’t correlated. It turns out that even though the tighter players are opening with stronger hands, they are also folding more often to three-bets.
Like me when I first started, other players are simply assuming that their opponents play like they do. The tight players raise and assume that when they are reraised, they are beaten by a better hand. The loose players raise and assume that when they are reraised, their opponent is just as full of it as they are. Now, this isn’t concrete for each and every player, but it’s something to think about.
JR: You’ve always been one of the more consistent players in the online community. In 2007 you had a solid year, finishing in 35th place in the OPOY rankings. In 2009, you came back to finish 12th and you are looking at a top 10 finish in 2010. What happened in 2008?
JVF: I wasn’t running very well. Now, I’m not going to blame it all on bad luck. I’m a firm believer that when you run bad, you also start to play bad and sometimes you don’t even realize it. The fact is that I was arrogant. I had a great year in 2007 and thought that I had the game solved. I told myself that I didn’t have anything else to learn and spent my time drinking and partying at every opportunity. I had no work ethic whatsoever.
After the WSOP in 2009, it had gotten to the point where I was nearly broke. Even worse, my health had taken a nosedive and I was pushing 300 pounds. At that point, I told myself that I could be fat or broke, but not both. Since poker wasn’t going very well, I decided to focus on what I could change, which was my lifestyle. I started eating right and going to the gym and coincidentally, poker started to go well too. It’s amazing how the two go hand in hand. Within six months, I had lost 80 pounds and gone on a $300,000 upswing. Since August of 2009, it feels like I’ve done nothing but win. Poker is fun again and now I have that drive to compete.
Jon Van Fleet is the co-author of Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand at a Time, available at amazon.com.