24 - Ben "bencb789" Rolle

Ben “bencb789” Rolle, the CEO of Raise Your Edge and a high-stakes online tournament poker player, goes deep on why mindset matters – on the felt and off. Ben and Jaime share valuable lessons learned about having a poker community, managing your own happiness, and tapping into your triggers and repressed emotions so you can have a better understanding of your reactions. Listen in to hear Ben’s advice for finding inspiration – and learn a common mistake people make when trying to build and lead a team.  

Time Stamped Show Notes:

00:00 – 06:00 – Online poker news, live poker news, big wins, what partypoker is doing to support their live dealers, and the Phil Galfond challenge against VeniVidi on Run It Once. 06:00 – 15:00 - Introducing Ben, his journey of discovering poker, his biggest lessoned learned, and the impact other people have had on his game. 15:00 – 22:00 - On managing your own happiness, being careful about who you bring into your circle, how he worked with others to improve together, and his mental game philosophy. 22:00 – 32:30 - The inspiration behind Raise Your Edge, why the mindset trainings can be used for more than poker, and why it’s so important to train your mind, not just your strategy. 32:30 – 40:00 - On tapping into emotions, growing the Raise Your Edge empire, the importance of having the right people on your team, and what most people do wrong with their team. 40:00 – 46:30 - Ben’s inspirations, his shortcomings, his advice for how to find and follow the people you look up to and get inspired by, and the JS Poker Hero results of the week.

3 Key Points

Make poker friends! You’re in control of your own happiness. Mindset training is for more than just poker.

Contact/Resources

partypoker

Ben’s Instagram

Raise Your Edge