Jonathan 'Apestyles' Van Fleet, High Stakes MTT Legend

Beyond the Grind with JNandez

In this episode of Beyond The Grind we're joined by long time high stakes MTT legend Apestyles who's amassed over $4,000,000 in profit.
We discussed a variety of different topics from recent huge poker scores, getting started in poker and turning it into a profession, the aftermath of Black Friday in 2011 to then playing in $25k tournaments online. As well as several other topics such as how to help poker sites improve their games as well as the security, how you can improve as a poker player and the process of selling action in tournaments.
As usual you can find all of the timestamps below. Enjoy!
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/apestyles
Discussing recent tournament score for $130,000→ 00:00:00
Discussing the theory of coaching making the games tougher + getting better by teaching→ 00:07:03
Working with a mental game coach→ 00:10:54
Competitive nature of playing against friends and good players on the tables→ 00:16:23
Transitioning and learning new games in poker→00:22:50
Introduction and background→00:30:27
Getting started in poker→00:33:26
Making poker a profession→00:39:24
Being in the right place at the right time with poker→00:45:15
Finding the right balance to manage life and poker→00:48:48
The aftermath of Black Friday in 2011→00:50:27
Playing $25,000 MTTs on GGPoker→ 00:54:07
Working on your weaknesses and using intuition as well as logic→ 00:58:07
Having friends outside of poker → 01:07:06
Decision making process for selling action, and achievable ROI's in tournaments→01:12:04
What separates the top 10 vs top 100 and top 100 vs top 1000 poker players → 01:21:30
Getting into coaching and study groups→ 01:45:07
Working with sites to improve the games and the security→01:55:07
Decision making process to begin streaming on Twitch→ 02:13:05
Improving your own game by coaching→02:15:48