Quadjacks » The Mental Game

“You can always change. You just gotta be willing to.” Australian player and backer Dean Bogan tells his story of near-death experience and redemption.   Right click save as to download Subscribe in a readerSubscribe with itunes Subscribe to QuadJacks » The Mental Game by Email   If you spend a decent amount of time on 2+2 or QuadJacks even, chances are you’re familiar with Dean Bogan, his sense of humor, his coaching and staking advice, and his occasionally unintelligible (to North Americans) Australian accent. All in all, however, you know Bogan to be a fun guy. What you may not know is that life wasn’t always this fun for Bogan. Having been brought up in the western suburbs of Melbourne, “one of the toughest areas in Australia,” Bogan spent most of his young adult life struggling with drugs, addiction, and worst of all, clinical depression. At the age of 21, Bogan tried to end his own life. He was rescued by the intervention and support of the people closest to him, but their help alo

Hurricane Jeff Romano openly shares his past issues with degenerate gambling and the heavy losses that followed, plus how online poker had made him an anti-social shut-in.   Right click save as to download Subscribe in a readerSubscribe with itunes Subscribe to QuadJacks » The Mental Game by Email   Hailing from Boston, Massachusetts, and one of the remaining American online pros to still grind in his native country after Black Friday, Jeff Romano is no stranger to QuadJacks, with all of his WCOOP commentary, but this is the first time he appears on The Mental Game with Jared Tendler. Romano has recently begun writing his own blog – Above the Mean – which he updates almost daily with reflections on both poker and non-poker related issues. In some of these entries, Romano has candidly revealed past struggles that were until now unknown to most of his followers. During the conversation, Romano tells Jared about how grinding online for so many hours and in such isolation had at one point tu

Jared welcomes professional poker player and blogger Olivier Busquet. Busquet delves into issues of tilt control, something he struggled with severely in the beginning of his poker career. Fundamental distinctions are made between the success in live poker and success in online poker. Busquet then shares how he feels about intuition and meditation.   Right click save as to download Subscribe in a readerSubscribe with itunes Subscribe to QuadJacks » The Mental Game by Email

“I couldn’t pretend anymore.” Listen to Ryan Eriquezzo tell his tale of suffering and redemption throughout a poker career marked by highs and lows. Right click save as to download Subscribe in a readerSubscribe with itunes Subscribe to QuadJacks » The Mental Game by Email The Mental Game with Jared Tendler returned to the QuadJacks Network on Wednesday, October 17, 2012, with special guest Ryan Eriquezzo. (WATCH: Ryan Eriquezzo joins Sorel Mizzi, Dani Stern and Ryan LaPlante for 2012 WCOOP Main Event final table commentary.) Originally from Danbury, Connecticut, 28-year-old Eriquezzo came under serious fire in July during the 2012 WSOP, after his ex-girlfriend Amanda Musumeci outed him on Twitter for having struck her. Two months later, Eriquezzo famously atoned by posting a starkly honest and personal blog detailing in great depth his relationship with Musumeci, his demons with drugs and alcohol, and his ultimate road to recovery and redemption. (Ryan Eriquezzo’s blog can be found at ryaneriquezzo.blo