Stop Letting
Mindset Leaks
Destroy Your Edge
An 8-week mindset and performance bootcamp for players who want a structured learning environment and accountability to master their mindset once and for all.
You know mindset matters. This is the place you do something about it.
If any of this sounds familiar, you are in the right place.
You struggle to play your best when losing
You feel frustration or anger, which leads you to play worse. This compounds on downswings. Everything feels out of your control, and you start to doubt whether you are still beating the games.
“I'm so unlucky”
“Why is this happening to me?”
“When will I win again?”
You have a hard time dealing with mistakes
You are overly hard on yourself, and often ruminate on how you could've played a spot better. You carry the last mistake into the next hand.
“I'm such an idiot”
“I should've known he had it”
“I need to do better if I want to play higher”
You aren't able to perform at your best consistently
You have too many days where your level of play drops. You struggle to focus as intensely, are easily distracted, and feel low in energy. This leads to more sloppy mistakes and losing sessions.
“I'm not at my best today”
“I don't feel as sharp”
“I haven't got my usual energy”
None of this fixes itself.
Left alone, these problems don't go away. They compound. The losing sessions keep throwing you off your game, the mistakes stay stuck looping in your head, and your best poker only shows when everything lines up perfectly. You are not broken, and believe it or not, you don't need more strategy.
What's missing isn't information. It's training.
Knowing what to do and doing it under pressure are two different skills. Being able to perform at your best, and have a mindset that stays strong through the swings, is not something you are born with. It is built through a set of skills you can train.
Now picture the player who trained for it.
You sit down and you are ready to play your best poker. It doesn't depend on whether you're running good, or who's on your table. It shows up because you trained it to.
This isn't luck or talent. It's the result of training a specific set of skills, the same way an athlete does.
Eight skills. Two frameworks. One system.
Everything you'll train sits in two frameworks: the skills you build off the table, and the skills you bring to it.
REPS: your mindset, trained off the table
You get better by putting in the reps.
Game Day: your performance, brought to the table
Your A-game, on demand.
REPS off the table. Game Day at the table.
Structured like training, not a course.
One focused skill per week, with a structured learning and training path for each.
Working together in a small group, supporting and pushing each other.
Personal guidance and real accountability, so you can break past any obstacles.
Track your progress, with measurable results at the end.
A mentor, not a module.
Most poker training is a course that ends up in a folder you never open. This is the opposite. You get me in your corner, every step.
Direct access to me
Weekly live coaching, plus daily answers on Discord. Bring me the exact spot you're stuck on and I'll tell you what to fix.
The room
You go through it with a small group of 5-10 players at your stage, where the bar is high and nobody wastes anyone's time.
The community
Step into a private Discord of 90+ poker players all training to become the best version of themselves. Nobody makes it to the top alone. The world's best athletes all have coaches for a reason.
You won't be doing this alone. That's the point.
What the current poker athletes are saying
They started off just like you. Here they are now.
“You will learn things about yourself that you wouldn't learn anywhere else. I've improved so much I wouldn't recognise the person I was before the program. If you're on the fence, do it. You will not regret it.”
“The skills come together like a jigsaw to create a complete package. If you put in the work and go through the worksheets, it's impossible not to make progress.”
“The real difference from other courses is it's not just information. You're forced to get out of your comfort zone, dig into who you are, and actually do something about it.”
“I finally put a finger on the things that were holding me back for so long. The most impactful for me was self-awareness, focus and emotional regulation.”
“I still tilt, but the mistakes I make when tilting are less and less, and I acknowledge them and adapt. My emotional regulation and awareness have improved massively.”
“It's truly worth the money and the time investment. Even if you master just one of the eight topics, it's worth it.”
Is this for you?
Yes if...
- ✓You play mid-stakes and above (cash, tournaments, SNGs, or PLO)
- ✓You are a good player but know your mental game is holding you back
- ✓You are willing to do the work between live sessions
- ✓You want long term identity change, not a quick fix
- ✓You can commit to eight consecutive weeks
No if...
- ✕You are still learning fundamentals of poker strategy
- ✕You are looking for tricks, hacks and quick fixes
- ✕You want to be a passive spectator over an active learner
- ✕You are not willing to look honestly at your own patterns
- ✕You don't want to change.
ADAM CARMICHAEL
For years I've been obsessed with one question: how do you turn a struggling poker player into a high performer? Having been a professional poker player myself for 6 years and working with 1000+ players over the last decade, I know the unique challenges players face. I can confidently say what separates the best players from the rest is a set of skills that anyone can learn. The Poker Athlete program is where you come to train those skills and become the player you know you can be.
Three steps.
Fill in a short 2-minute application form so I understand where you are struggling.
If it looks like a fit, we book a short call to make sure this is right for you.
Get set up and join the community with your fellow poker athletes.
There is a difference between a poker player and a poker athlete.
One hopes their mindset and performance show up. The other trains them.