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Ben Pollak | A Hero's Journey S01E07

Subscribe to our RSS feed or find us on Apple, Spotify, and other podcast platforms: https://herosjourney.transistor.fm/su... On this episode of A Hero's Journey, guest Ben Pollak chats with our host Lee Davy about: 0:00:51 Losing his father at the age of 5. Having a lot of respect and admiration for what he knew of his father’s life. 0:05:46 How losing his father so young helped him to be self-sufficient, and self-reliant. 0:07:22 Growing up in Paris, but having the opportunity to travel a lot because of his father’s work. Free travel with his father’s company until the age of 25. 0:08:43 Thoughts on Paris in comparison to other cities. 0:10:14 Discovering magic as his first childhood passion. Wanting to be a professional magician. Changing his mind in his mid-teens. 0:17:15 The backstory of his interest in pursuing poker as a career. 0:23:16 The poker table as a social equalizer. 0:25:49 Losing passion for the game circa 2016, and the journey to regaining that passion. The qualitative value of the experience vs the quantitative value of the money involved. 0:33:18 The amounts of money he was losing during his 2016 slump. Not technically going broke, but close enough that it couldn’t be sustained. 0:38:57 How mental coaching has helped him as a poker pro. 0:41:31 Thoughts on mindfulness, meditation, the mental game of poker, and why it provides such an important edge. 0:46:13 The difficulty of sharing strategy in the poker community due to everybody, even friends, being inevitable competitors. His opinion regarding the concept of “GTO” strategy. 0:54:02 His thoughts on romantic relationships, his own shortcomings in past relationships, and his desire to find a better balance between poker and relationships. 0:57:41 The emotional rollercoaster of poker, and how it can affect romantic relationships. 1:00:40 How it feels to repeatedly reach final tables without winning them. 1:02:18 How other players’ perception of you after a big win can cause the success to snowball. 01:06:31 The financial difficulties and logistics of playing the highest stakes tournaments. 01:08:23 The ins and outs of entering the high stakes world as a newcomer. 1:10:46 What is the “treasure” on his Hero’s Journey?