Brian Rast is an American poker player and winner of six World Series of Poker bracelets. Rast has been crushing it as a poker pro for well beyond a decade at the highest level. He's won in tournaments and in some of the biggest cash games in the world. He has won the $50,000 Poker Players Championship on three occasions and was inducted into the Poker Hall Of Fame in 20223. Rast was born in Denver, Colorado. He then moved to Poway, California where he graduated the Poway High School in 2000 as Valedictorian. After finishing High School Rast entered Stanford University, but dropped out rather soon in order to seek career as a professional poker player. Here is what you can expect on this week's show: 0:00 Introduction1:20 Feeling Exhausted at the WSOP 4:07 Flow State and Excising Your Ego 7:11 Meditations to Prepare for a Tournament 11:57 Working With Coaches 15:14 Focus and the Physiological Side of Poker 20:31 Looking Back - Poker Is Different 24:47 Solvers - If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Join ‘Em 38:12 Politics 49:42 Dialing in like Goku 1:07:16 An Obsession with Efficiency 1:08:52 The Merits of Vegeta Follow Brian Rast: Instagram: @tsarrast Twitter: @tsarrast Follow "Jungleman" Dan Cates on social: Websites: https://www.wtgol.com Instagram: @wtgolpodcast @thedancates Twitter: @junglemandan Join Poker Academy today using this link: https://www.preflop.academy/?via=dan Poker strategy tips Poker tournament highlights Poker player profiles Poker player rankings Poker coaching Poker mental game