Evolve your strategies | Patrick 'Pads1161' Leonard

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In episode 6 of the MOPP we chat with the number 1 ranked online tournament player in the world Patrick “Pads1161” Leonard. You will learn how his passion for the game, combined with his intense work ethic has allowed him to stay at the very top of the MTT world for the past 8 years.

00:00 - Introduction
03:31 - Patrick's passion and expectations for Newcastle United football club
05:20 - When football and sport first became apart of Patrick's life
07:11 - How Patrick built his endurance for high poker volume
11:06 - The early days of learning to beat his friends at poker, whilst not enjoying it
14:38 - Getting a job at PokerStrategy and becoming a winning player
20:50 - Building a bankroll and wanting to protect it
24:30 - The fear of going broke early in Patrick's career
28:50 - Moving to Hungry and going for SuperNova Elite
31:54 - Running good and doubling his bankroll in one weekend
33:45 - Having to decide between playing cash games or tournaments
38:20 - Transitioning to tournaments and becoming friends with Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden
40:50 - Creating the BitB dream team with €urop€an and Tomi “Elmerix” Brouk
42:40 - Becoming the No1 online tournament player in the world in 6 months
46:00 - The biggest difficulties Patrick had in his poker career
50:50 - A warning to taking strategy advice - even from other good players
53:26 - Putting your strategy into a solver to see if it’s “solver approved”
57:42 - Being the best version of yourself vs a bad version of someone else
1:03:00 - What drove Patrick to want to become the best MTT player in the world
1:06:26 - The fun of making a strategy and executing on it
1:10:20 - How it feels being back at the top of the PocketFives MTT rankings
1:14:08 - The quest to be accepted as a good live player
1:16:43 - Going on a heater in Vegas and winning $1.5 million in 10 days
1:19:10 - Feeling unhappy and empty after the big scores
1:27:10 - The tough decision to move on from BitB
1:33:08 - The unique approaches that allowed BitB to stay at the top for so long
1:43:50 - When Patrick tried to copy other great players and lost his own game
1:49:15 - Learning from players who put you in tough situations
1:52:50 - Why some players fail and others are successful in the same environment
1:55:30 - The two key metrics that will make you the most money in poker
1:58:15 - The key area of poker nobody works on improving
1:59:42 - Why Patrick thinks volume is so crucial to poker success
2:03:52 - What Patrick would do if he only had 3 hours per day to get better at poker
2:09:06 - The most important lesson poker has taught Patrick
2:13:02 - When Patrick and Adam used to race against each other
2:18:50 - Patrick's biggest goals going forward and what drives him
2:22:30 - Raw advice for those who are lacking motivation for poker
2:26:15 - What Patrick is currently working on to level up his strategy
2:32:30 - How Patrick prepares for peak performance during a series
2:37:12 - Rene and Adams key takeaways from the podcast

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