Apestyles Poker Coaching

• Click here to learn more about the Poker Mind Coach Academy In This Week's Episode: Jon 'Apestyles' Van Fleet has been one of the most successful and profitable online tournament players of the last decade. With $8,000,000 in lifetime cashes, he's won some of online poker's toughest tournaments, including Pokerstars' $1,050 Super Tuesday and Sunday.
• The authors are Eric 'Rizen' Lynch, Jon 'Pearljammer' Turner, and Jon 'Apestyles' Van Fleet, three consistent winners who are also good teachers. Think of this book series as a master class in tournament poker. You'll be able to step inside the minds of the pros in a large variety of situations.
• CardRunners instructor and poker author Jon 'apestyles' Van Fleet presents a video preview in which he demonstrates what he does when 'leakfinding' while coaching others, only he does the work analyzing his own play.

• Apestyles Poker Coaching Training
• Apestyles Poker Coaching Game

The Card PlayerOnline Player of the Year (OPOY) award honors the best tournament player across the major online sites in a given calendar year. Previous winners have included greats such as Isaac 'westmenloAA' Baron, Alexander 'AJKHoosier1' Kamberis and Steve 'gboro780' Gross. Here, we take a look at one of the current top contenders.

Welcome to Chasing Poker Greatness. I'm your host the founder of Enhance Your Edge Brad Wilson and today's guest is an absolute LEGEND of the online poker game, Jon 'apestyles' Van Fleet. Jon is currently #4 in lifetime online poker MTT tournament winnings with a cool $15.8 million.

Jon 'apestyles' Van Fleet has been one of the game's most respected online professionals for the past five years. The New York born and Texas raised pro fondly known as 'ape' took a $50 deposit in college and ran it up into a substantial bankroll. Bitcoin slots no deposit. To date, the 29-year-old has amassed nearly $2.2 million in tournament earnings.

Despite his success, Van Fleet nearly lost it all thanks to too much partying, bad bankroll management and a big ego. Now living in the city of Austin, Van Fleet has separated himself from the distractions, gotten his life in order and now sits in the top five of the OPOY rankings with just a few days remaining in the race.

In this interview, Van Fleet discusses his start in poker, his downfall and how he picked himself back up and even offers up some advice for beginning players.

Julio Rodriguez: At 29-years-old, you are a bit older than the typical online pro. How did it all begin?

Jon Van Fleet: The first time I played for money was in college in a simple $5 game with some friends. I was pretty terrible and had no idea what was going on and I think I ended up losing around $20 to $25 in that game, which, to a college student, was a decent chunk of change.

At the time, I pretty big into chess and very competitive, so it bothered me that my friends could beat me so easily at something. I started reading some poker books in my spare time and before long, I was beating that game. I put $50 online a couple times and that was pretty much it.

JR: You mentioned chess, how did you get involved with that game?

JVF: That was a similar situation. This guy who I considered to be 'not the sharpest knife in the drawer,' beat me in chess. I ended up betting him $50 that I could beat him if he gave me three months to study. Somewhere along the way, I fell in love with the game and got pretty good. I only played for a few years because I realized that I started learning the game a little too late in life and that it would be almost impossible for me to become a grand master. I still get steamed whenever I lose at anything, but at least now I've learned that I don't need to go out and study something for months just to be able to beat my friends.

JR: You got your degree in Psychology from Texas Tech University. How has it helped you in your poker game?

JVF: I think that an interest in the motivations of people, trying to understand what makes people tick; it can definitely help you when you are at the poker table. My goal when I sit down to play is to discover how each individual approaches the game and even make a few inferences about what the game means to them. Once you can step into somebody else's shoes, it becomes much easier to make the right decisions against them.

This is something that you don't need a psychology degree to do. One of the biggest mistakes that I made when I first started playing, was that I generally assumed that everyone played like me. I'd make these huge hero calls just because I'd be able to convince myself that if it were me making the bet, I could conceivably have any two cards. Well, it took awhile, but after being shown the nuts over and over again, I got the message.

Each hand that I observe contributes to an overall profile I have for each player. Don't get me wrong, people are complex. I don't claim to be able to size up an individual just from a session of poker. But lately I've found that I've been able to visualize the game from all kinds of different perspectives and that has ultimately brought me some success.

JR: By assuming that everyone else played your game, what kinds of mistakes were you making during your sessions?

JVF: I did my own study on how often the average player folds to reraises preflop. You would think that looser players would fold more often to reraises, simply because they generally have worse hands. But I found out that the two aren't correlated. It turns out that even though the tighter players are opening with stronger hands, they are also folding more often to three-bets.

Like me when I first started, other players are simply assuming that their opponents play like they do. The tight players raise and assume that when they are reraised, they are beaten by a better hand. The loose players raise and assume that when they are reraised, their opponent is just as full of it as they are. Now, this isn't concrete for each and every player, but it's something to think about.

JR: You've always been one of the more consistent players in the online community. In 2007 you had a solid year, finishing in 35th place in the OPOY rankings. In 2009, you came back to finish 12th and you are looking at a top 10 finish in 2010. What happened in 2008?

JVF: I wasn't running very well. Now, I'm not going to blame it all on bad luck. I'm a firm believer that when you run bad, you also start to play bad and sometimes you don't even realize it. The fact is that I was arrogant. I had a great year in 2007 and thought that I had the game solved. I told myself that I didn't have anything else to learn and spent my time drinking and partying at every opportunity. I had no work ethic whatsoever.

After the WSOP in 2009, it had gotten to the point where I was nearly broke. Even worse, my health had taken a nosedive and I was pushing 300 pounds. At that point, I told myself that I could be fat or broke, but not both. Since poker wasn't going very well, I decided to focus on what I could change, which was my lifestyle. I started eating right and going to the gym and coincidentally, poker started to go well too. It's amazing how the two go hand in hand. Within six months, I had lost 80 pounds and gone on a $300,000 upswing. Since August of 2009, it feels like I've done nothing but win. Poker is fun again and now I have that drive to compete.

Jon Van Fleet is the co-author of Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand at a Time, available at amazon.com.

​W​E TAKE COMPLEX POKER THEORY
AND TURN IT INTO THE SIMPLE STRATEGIES
THAT MAKE UP YOUR BLUEPRINT FOR beating
TODAY'S GAMEs

With almost $1,000,000 in tracked online profit, including two outright Sunday Million wins, Rob is one of the most profitable players in the post-Black Friday generation. In addition, Rob has helped build one of the largest and most profitable staking groups in the world.

Rob understands every element it takes to become a winner in the game and stay there long-term. Not only has he done it for himself, he's also helped 100s of others to reach their poker goals.

With over $10,000,000 in career cashes and over $3,000,000 in tracked career profits, Jon 'apestyles' Van Fleet is considered by many to be both the best player AND best coach in online poker history.

Rather than rest on past accomplishments, Jon's results continue to improve as he breaks new ground and creates cutting edge strategies that crush the toughest games out there.

Welcome to Chasing Poker Greatness. I'm your host the founder of Enhance Your Edge Brad Wilson and today's guest is an absolute LEGEND of the online poker game, Jon 'apestyles' Van Fleet. Jon is currently #4 in lifetime online poker MTT tournament winnings with a cool $15.8 million.

Jon 'apestyles' Van Fleet has been one of the game's most respected online professionals for the past five years. The New York born and Texas raised pro fondly known as 'ape' took a $50 deposit in college and ran it up into a substantial bankroll. Bitcoin slots no deposit. To date, the 29-year-old has amassed nearly $2.2 million in tournament earnings.

Despite his success, Van Fleet nearly lost it all thanks to too much partying, bad bankroll management and a big ego. Now living in the city of Austin, Van Fleet has separated himself from the distractions, gotten his life in order and now sits in the top five of the OPOY rankings with just a few days remaining in the race.

In this interview, Van Fleet discusses his start in poker, his downfall and how he picked himself back up and even offers up some advice for beginning players.

Julio Rodriguez: At 29-years-old, you are a bit older than the typical online pro. How did it all begin?

Jon Van Fleet: The first time I played for money was in college in a simple $5 game with some friends. I was pretty terrible and had no idea what was going on and I think I ended up losing around $20 to $25 in that game, which, to a college student, was a decent chunk of change.

At the time, I pretty big into chess and very competitive, so it bothered me that my friends could beat me so easily at something. I started reading some poker books in my spare time and before long, I was beating that game. I put $50 online a couple times and that was pretty much it.

JR: You mentioned chess, how did you get involved with that game?

JVF: That was a similar situation. This guy who I considered to be 'not the sharpest knife in the drawer,' beat me in chess. I ended up betting him $50 that I could beat him if he gave me three months to study. Somewhere along the way, I fell in love with the game and got pretty good. I only played for a few years because I realized that I started learning the game a little too late in life and that it would be almost impossible for me to become a grand master. I still get steamed whenever I lose at anything, but at least now I've learned that I don't need to go out and study something for months just to be able to beat my friends.

JR: You got your degree in Psychology from Texas Tech University. How has it helped you in your poker game?

JVF: I think that an interest in the motivations of people, trying to understand what makes people tick; it can definitely help you when you are at the poker table. My goal when I sit down to play is to discover how each individual approaches the game and even make a few inferences about what the game means to them. Once you can step into somebody else's shoes, it becomes much easier to make the right decisions against them.

This is something that you don't need a psychology degree to do. One of the biggest mistakes that I made when I first started playing, was that I generally assumed that everyone played like me. I'd make these huge hero calls just because I'd be able to convince myself that if it were me making the bet, I could conceivably have any two cards. Well, it took awhile, but after being shown the nuts over and over again, I got the message.

Each hand that I observe contributes to an overall profile I have for each player. Don't get me wrong, people are complex. I don't claim to be able to size up an individual just from a session of poker. But lately I've found that I've been able to visualize the game from all kinds of different perspectives and that has ultimately brought me some success.

JR: By assuming that everyone else played your game, what kinds of mistakes were you making during your sessions?

JVF: I did my own study on how often the average player folds to reraises preflop. You would think that looser players would fold more often to reraises, simply because they generally have worse hands. But I found out that the two aren't correlated. It turns out that even though the tighter players are opening with stronger hands, they are also folding more often to three-bets.

Like me when I first started, other players are simply assuming that their opponents play like they do. The tight players raise and assume that when they are reraised, they are beaten by a better hand. The loose players raise and assume that when they are reraised, their opponent is just as full of it as they are. Now, this isn't concrete for each and every player, but it's something to think about.

JR: You've always been one of the more consistent players in the online community. In 2007 you had a solid year, finishing in 35th place in the OPOY rankings. In 2009, you came back to finish 12th and you are looking at a top 10 finish in 2010. What happened in 2008?

JVF: I wasn't running very well. Now, I'm not going to blame it all on bad luck. I'm a firm believer that when you run bad, you also start to play bad and sometimes you don't even realize it. The fact is that I was arrogant. I had a great year in 2007 and thought that I had the game solved. I told myself that I didn't have anything else to learn and spent my time drinking and partying at every opportunity. I had no work ethic whatsoever.

After the WSOP in 2009, it had gotten to the point where I was nearly broke. Even worse, my health had taken a nosedive and I was pushing 300 pounds. At that point, I told myself that I could be fat or broke, but not both. Since poker wasn't going very well, I decided to focus on what I could change, which was my lifestyle. I started eating right and going to the gym and coincidentally, poker started to go well too. It's amazing how the two go hand in hand. Within six months, I had lost 80 pounds and gone on a $300,000 upswing. Since August of 2009, it feels like I've done nothing but win. Poker is fun again and now I have that drive to compete.

Jon Van Fleet is the co-author of Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand at a Time, available at amazon.com.

​W​E TAKE COMPLEX POKER THEORY
AND TURN IT INTO THE SIMPLE STRATEGIES
THAT MAKE UP YOUR BLUEPRINT FOR beating
TODAY'S GAMEs

With almost $1,000,000 in tracked online profit, including two outright Sunday Million wins, Rob is one of the most profitable players in the post-Black Friday generation. In addition, Rob has helped build one of the largest and most profitable staking groups in the world.

Rob understands every element it takes to become a winner in the game and stay there long-term. Not only has he done it for himself, he's also helped 100s of others to reach their poker goals.

With over $10,000,000 in career cashes and over $3,000,000 in tracked career profits, Jon 'apestyles' Van Fleet is considered by many to be both the best player AND best coach in online poker history.

Rather than rest on past accomplishments, Jon's results continue to improve as he breaks new ground and creates cutting edge strategies that crush the toughest games out there.

The fastest way to boost your winrate is by plugging preflop leaks. Remove all the guesswork by implementing proven ranges created by the game's best. Learn what to open, when to three-bet, and when to flat from every position at a wide range of stack depths.

Stop feeling lost in postflop situations by following a set of rules that are simple, yet highly effective in most fields. Go from being timid and weak postflop, to the player whose opponents would rather throw away a marginal hand against than battle with postflop.

​Each lesson in The Blueprint is broken down into easy to understand, entertaining, and actionable concepts, that give you confidence you'll see improvements in your game, even if you've been disappointed by other courses.

​'I credit Robs videos and his way of looking at the game, the biggest reason why I am swimming in cash (single dollar bills, but still). His way of conveying his unique style of playing and stripping the game down to its bare essence turned me from being a small winner at low-stakes into a big winner at mid-stakes. If you are open to change your mindset about how to approach MTTs, and you are willing to put in the effort, I guarantee you will make more money then you are making now.'

'Jon was the biggest influence in the early part of my poker career and helped shape my approach to the game. Through his willingness to discuss poker with anyone and consistent and thoughtful re-examination of his strategies, he has kept ahead of the curve in a constantly evolving game for a truly impressive length of time. I continue to recommend him when people ask me for coaching.'

Apestyles Poker Coaching Training

The Blueprint is all about giving you a winning MTT strategy that you can actually take to the tables, in as little time as possible. Most poker courses brag about their hundreds of hours of video content that ends up being too long, boring, and more theory than useable strategy.

We believe that you'd rather be shipping tournaments than spending all your time in the poker classroom. That's why we've compressed a lifetime of poker experience into The Blueprint course, that gives you simple strategies you can implement immediately.

To learn more about how we accomplished this, watch this first sneak peek video, taken directly from the training.

'Honestly, it's been a pain in the ass.

I have a very comprehensive understanding of why everything is the way it is and having to break it down to a formula has been very difficult. We've come up with rules for almost every stage, and then once you have those rules mastered, you can move on.

I hope you enjoy it; it's been a lot of work'

-Jon 'apestyles Van Fleet on creating The Blueprint

While we can't download Rob & Jon's poker knowledge directly into your brain, The Blueprint is our attempt to get you up to speed in as little time as possible.

The goal of this course is to hand you a strategy that keeps you competitive in any game you sit down in, while winning at a nice rate in good low to mid-stakes games both online and live.

We do this by giving you a set of 16 rules that cover the most common situations you'll encounter in any MTT. These are the fundamentals that make up any winning strategy, what you should master before diving into the endless rabbit hole of potential adjustments.

​'Jon is one of the best tournament players of all time, he is also an excellent teacher who excels at explaining new concepts to students of varying skill levels'

​A great deal of my poker success I directly attribute to having been coached by Jon. I found him to be a brilliant poker mind who can explain his thought process in a clear and implementable way; a dedicated teacher who offered me the
mentorship and inspiration I needed to take my game to new heights; and a coach on the cutting edge of poker software and metrics allowing me to vastly improve my own study and review process.

Apestyles Poker Coaching Game

How would it feel if you could sit down today in any MTT and at least hold your own?
Most poker products paint the picture of crushing high-stakes games and mixing it up with the best in the world. But what about those still trying to be solid winners at micro, low, and midstakes, or even those just trying to be profitable for the first time?
Doing that isn't about learning any complicated techniques or discovering super-secret strategies. It's all about getting a clear understanding of the fundamentals, and consistently applying those principles when you play.
With The Blueprint, Rob Tinnion and Jon 'apestyles' Van Fleet have laid out this foundation in an entertaining, easy-to-understand format and handcrafted a set of rules that allows you to implement the strategy as quickly as possible.
That means you can go straight into using what you've learned where it really matters, in actual in-game MTT situations. Then once you've started seeing real results on the tables, and gained mastery over the core fundamentals, you can begin to think about what it would look like to take it to the next level.
Rob and Jon are two of the most successful (and profitable) players in the game's history, and more importantly, they have proven that they can translate their personal success into the success of their students.
If you've been frustrated with other poker products in the past, feel stuck with your current position in the game, or just want a behind-the-scenes look at the process, approach, and fundamentals that make up a winning MTT strategy, then enroll today to get instant access to your blueprint for winning in today's games.