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Poker Distilled

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Carrot Corner Limited

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Poker Distilled

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Pete and Melissa are back for a one off catch up while you patiently wait for season 3 of Poker Distilled. Topics includes challenging yourself in tough games, how to build armour in poker and in life and why it's so important to have ambition
It's the end of another magical season of poker distilled and what better way to start 2024 than to hear Pete and Melissa discuss why tilt and gambling issues are two points on the same spectrum and why not knowing how to fight people short-han
Why being a poker player is like being the CEO of a one person company; why trying to play your range at the expense of considering your hand is almost always asking for trouble; and why calling someone a 'Karen' is a reprehensible act. This ep
Today there is good news and there is bad news. The good news is that Pete's golf game is no longer as terrible as it was. The bad news is that there is a very high chance that you make poker decisions for irrational reasons. In this episode we
Your poker career can be an isolating place. You are solely responsible for your fate and no one else can truly experience your poker journey like you do. What can we do to make poker a less lonely place and what has happened to the lost arts o
Pete is looking to recruit a new online cash game student who has a bit of a following in the poker world. The new star could be a well known live player. It could be HELLMUTH? Or maybe it could be you? In this episode we also discuss Melissa's
Melissa asks Pete about a wild looking call he recently made while streaming before discussion focuses on getting inside the mind of weaker poker players. How do they think and how can we exploit them for it?
Melissa interrogates Pete about the word 'Gherkin' before an interesting discussion about how to manage your live poker career. 
After quite a few years of focussing full time on growing Carrot Corner and coaching, Pete has decided to get back in the mix and generate a big sample of hands in 2024 at the stakes he commonly coaches. Melissa interviews him about the reasons
Poker can leave us battered, bruised and weakened. It's not whether this happens to you in poker that is the interesting question; but how you bounce back from it. Pete plays the role of poker therapist in this episode as Melissa searches for t
If your ego is too big for your poker ability, it can lead to frustration, tilt, and delusion. Your learning might slow down or stop entirely as you become stuck in the victim mindset, expecting to win. However, deflated ego can also be a big p
Melissa starts the podcast with a horror story of how she lost $500 out of nowhere in a very unfortunate incident at her local cardroom. The conversation then centres around the different ways in which events can be meaningful and meaningless a
This is not the greatest episode of Poker Distilled, oh no, this is a Tribute. Couldn't remember the greatest episode of Poker Distilled, oh no, Pete's sound was muted throughout. What a boomer. This episode is about the concept of World Favour
Every poker player leans a certain way when it comes to their default game. These biases tend to come out as soon as tilt enters the fray and impartiality goes out of the window. Sure, we're supposed to mix when we have an indifferent situation
In 2010, Pete was part of a thriving poker community getting told off by professional poker players for his sloppy thought processes. In the modern age, good poker communities are hard to come by and lone learning has become commonplace, but ho
Melissa recounts the story of her dramatic recent encounter with an old man coffee . More serious topics this week include Pete's experiences with some rare anti-social/unpleasant poker students and some strategy talk about playing at low stack
After falling out about Pete's disdain for live poker, Pete and Melissa reconcile by launching into a deep conversation about the importance of becoming obsessed with a discipline (like poker) to draw real meaning from it. 
After some recap on Melissa's experiences using the mental game techniques from the previous episode, Pete talks a bit about some of the most difficult experiences he's had as a poker coach including dealing with students that have no hope of s
Poker has a harsh way of making us attached to pots, winnings, progress, graphs and more before viciously snatching those things away in a bout of negative variance. How can we manage our own attachment to cope with this mentally taxing element
Mistakes provide one of the most essential and valuable resources for growth in poker but how do we get into the right mindset to make use of them with the bonus effect of playing poker becoming a happier and more fulfilling experience?
Solvers can be extremely powerful tools, but what if I told you that for many people solvers make their game WORSE not better. In this episode we give you practical advice on how to get the most out of tools like PIO Solver and GTO Wizard while
The final Episode of Season 1. Poker Distilled will return for season 2 in August 2023. Encountering wild maniacs at the poker table can be unsettling and disconcerting. We know these spots are highly profitable but how do we get into the right
Getting better at spots where your fortunes suddenly change in a negative direction is one of the most challenging elements to self-improvement in poker. Melissa brings up two spots from her weekend grind where she was on either end of extreme
How do we set the right goals in poker in the short-term, mid-term and long-term. Achieving goals as part of a deal with future you and for the game itself as a higher power and object of intellectual beauty. 
Recently Pete played a weekend of live poker. How did the slowing down of time affect his  psyche and can battle-hardened live grinder Melissa soothe his pain?
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