Valdemar Kwaysser, a WSOP bracelet winner and founder of Check Decide, isn’t afraid to admit that he’s made some big mistakes on his journey to success. He shares the hard lessons he has learned, the four stages of learning, and the best ways he keeps a creative mindset on and off the felt. Tune in to hear Valdemar’s best coaching tips and craziest poker stories – and hear why he believes a key strategy for improvement is to stop focusing on yourself.

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Time Stamped Show Notes:                                                                                                              

• 00:00 – 38:00 – Valdemar’s poker journey, origins, tournament memories, big mistakes and lessons along the way, tips, and better ways to learn and improve your poker game.
• 38:00 – 01:07:00 – Check Decide features, benefits, perks, and upcoming improvements, details about his coaching, and the four stages for learning anything new.
• 01:07:00 – 01:21:30 – On keeping a creative mindset, making disciplined folds, signs of low self-confidence, and thinking of your opponents instead of yourself to recognize opportunity.
• 01:21:30 – 02:00:00 – How poker expedites life lessons, lessons learned when starting a business, challenges of being a poker player, and the tricky balance to maintain as a pro.
• 02:00:00 – 02:24:00 – Focusing on solutions, what he thinks about poker sites, more information about Check Decide, a crazy poker story, and how COVID has impacted him.
• 02:24:00 – 02:50:00 – On improving in Heads-Up poker, languages, sports, non-poker interests, and his best advice for people looking to get into poker and wanting to get better.

3 Key Points

• Focus outside of yourself and focus on your opponents.
• Poker can expedite valuable life lessons.
• Don’t put emotion in your evaluations.

Contact/Resources

• Partner - partypoker
• Website - Jeff Gross Poker
• Jeff’s Twitch
• Check Decide
• Valdemar’s Twitter