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Memory competitor. Navy EOD technician. Professional poker player. Founder and investor. The common thread was never talent — it was learning how to perform when everything was on the line.
Start the Conversation Free 30-minute conversation. No commitment.I've spent my life throwing myself at hard things in wildly different arenas. I served as a Navy EOD technician. I played professional poker at the highest stakes I could find. I've helped build multiple startups and backed others — including an early investment in a poker AI company that was later acquired.
Some of it worked. Some of it fell apart. I've had real successes, and I've failed hard — sometimes at the things I wanted most. For a long time I assumed the difference came down to talent, preparation, or luck.
It didn't. The pattern was never in the arena — it was in me. Whether I rose to the moment or came apart under pressure traced back to what was happening inside: the fear, the ego, the story I was telling myself. When I started studying that — performance psychology, neuroscience, the mechanics of how people actually change — everything shifted.
The thread through all of it, the wins and the failures, was never the arena. It was how I related to pressure, uncertainty, and myself.
I stopped trying to eliminate emotion from my decision-making. I stopped treating tilt like a character flaw. Instead, I learned to work with the full picture: the fear, the ego, the identity, the narrative running underneath every decision. When I did that, everything shifted. Not just at the table. Everywhere.
Most of my clients fall into one of two categories. Different stories, but the same crossroads.
You're beating the games. The bankroll is there. But something feels hollow. You're grinding without purpose, playing on autopilot, or wondering if this is really it. The results are fine. You're not.
You were crushing, you know you're capable. But something broke and you can't get back to where you were. Tilt, fear, burnout, or some combination you can't name. The skill is there. The execution isn't.
Focused, structured work on the mental and emotional patterns that show up at the table — and everywhere else.
How you respond to variance. How your identity shifts when results don't match your self-image. What happens in your body and your thinking when the stakes get real.
Players who work with me:
I work with a small number of players at a time. If any of this resonated, let's have a conversation.
Free 30-minute conversation. No commitment.