Fedor Holz on learning poker and achieving peak performance

Fedor Holz has won the WSOP, EPT, and WTP titles and has over $40 million in tournament earnings. When it comes to building a successful poker career, he really knows what he’s talking about. A few years ago he was voted #1 online poker player and #1 live poker player in the world.  In this conversation, Fedor shares lots of powerful insights and advice about poker, business, and life. He explains his learning process, the way he gets in the zone when it really matters, how maintains full focus, how to avoid common pitfalls when working with solvers - so much of this is truly valuable. And of course, we also talk about his upcoming HU battle vs Wiktor 'limitless' Malinowski.  I’ll share my key takeaways from this episode in my newsletter, so sign up for it on https://www.runchukspodcast.com CONNECT:  Subscribe to this channel: https://bit.ly/runchuks-yt Subscribe to newsletter: https://www.runchukspodcast.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/RunchuksP Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/runchukspoker Coaching: https://bit.ly/bts-coaching   PODCAST INFO:  Podcast Website: https://runchuks.podbean.com Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2XlvTro Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2ECWIAF YouTube playlist: https://bit.ly/podcast-yt   OUTLINE:  00:00:00 Intro 00:01:25 Match against Wiktor 'Iimitless' Malinowski 00:08:49 Mental game 00:16:31 In the zone 00:21:01 New information 00:27:10 How to ask the right question 00:30:56 Ways of learning 00:37:25 The right questions 00:44:45 Beating mid and high stakes 00:48:06 Focus level 00:53:51 Out of the comfort zone 00:58:13 Solver traps 00:59:53 Who is Fedor Holz? 01:05:15 What do you want to do? 01:09:15 Identity 01:13:46 Opportunities 01:26:01 Picking your dreams 01:30:33 I can do anything, but I can't do everything 01:31:37 Current challenges 01:37:57 Nothing is everything 1:42:43 Taking time off 01:47:17 The path is not straight