He May Be the WORLD’S BEST Tournament POKER PLAYER and He’s Sharing His SECRETS!

Stephen Chidwick is a professional poker player from Deal, England. He is best known for his tournament career, where he is the highest-earning tournament player from England with over $54 million in live earnings. Stephen is in the top 5 in the world for tournament poker earnings. He is known as one of the most impressive opponents in the modern era of poker, and he without a doubt has the results to back up this claim.
Here is what you can expect to hear on this week's show:
0:00 Introduction
1:06 Building a Bankroll With Free Rolls
3:02 Outgrowing Sit and Goes
5:56 Can You Be the Next Stephen Chidwick - Learning from Sit and Goes
10:50 A Method to the Madness in Mixed Games
12:40 Not Allowing Reads at a Tournament
14:45 An Early Adopter of Solvers - Knowing the Potential
17:30 Striking Discoveries with ICM Study
26:50 The Biggest Equity Pot I’ve Played
33:05 To Be or Not to Be Entertaining at the Table
37:16 The Poker Content We’re Missing
39:53 Intense Stare Downs & The Softer Side of the Game - Calm Ferocity
42:50 Exercise & Success at the Table
44:15 Jungleman Gets an Invite to Rock Climb
46:20 Trying to Measure Focus
51:13 Spirituality and Breathwork
56:38 Neuropeak Pro - The Bio-Feedback You Need to Win
1:12:55 Quelling Self Criticism
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[@0ptimal]

Chidwick seems like he can not be rattled. He's like a prototype poker machine. Listening to him, you can see why he is so beastly at the game. Interesting dude.

[@ManicMindTrick]

I both wish I had that and I doesnt at the same time. Being emotionally volatile like I am is a big drawback playing poker. I had natural talent for the game but psychologically it was always a struggle. Found betablockers which helped a lot to keep me stable. But on the other hand I feel things deeper both the lows and the highs while a guy like him have a very limited emotional range. Its good for poker being a robot but it limits you as a human. But you dont know what you miss out on.

[@Stopbeingnosyffs]

Glad this just popped up on my feed never knew jungle had channel 🔥

[@jimmyhighroller5366]

Probably a lot of people who can relate to the social anxiety and other struggles Chiswick has gone through and how he's conquered them. Thanks you both for doing this. My only criticism, don't bleep the fucks, please.

[@jean-francoisbouvier8576]

I can relate, but first time I hear a poker player talk about it. Good think imo.

[@colin6673]

Ye I can relate to social anxiety a lot unfortunately 😢

[@andrewhart6200]

GJ though in general Jungle - keep bringing the top shelf guests along with yourself - the knowledge-sharing is fantastic!

[@daviddysko5433]

Awesome video...Great questions and conversation...allowing us to discover Stephen's thoughts and personality. which we don't see at the table as he gives nothing away...Thankyou Jungle..brilliant..

[@ryanzak5]

This is so good. There is a place in poker for high level transformative learning. Thank you.

[@pokerxfactor]

Thanks for the PokerXFactor video mention! Sheets SNG videos are top, top.

[@piFFD513]

Jungle, keep this up! Love it. Also, you misspelled “special” in the bottom right. (Find secial offer)

[@gillesabraham2257]

Luv to see Jungleman in this format ! Chidwick is a beast ! obv great episode !

[@jackbrady9738]

Never subbed to a channel so fast. Love you jungle

[@veekay3158]

Jungle, you do a great job of boosting the entertainment value of tournament poker. Perhaps the best.

[@ryanm1766]

Great interview Jungle, you remind me of myself when speaking with someone. The bit on breath work is really a game changer for me, I have been diagnosed with ADHD and have been medicated for around 1 year. I did not make much progress in the first 8 months until I found meditation which then led me to breath work. It has helped immensely with focus and interrupting non-serving thought patterns at the table and off. I just downloaded Breath to read as well. Keep it up Jungle

[@Shdjdjxbdksk]

Hi was just reading your comment and was wondering if you were based in the UK? I am almost certain i have ADHD but when mentioned to my doctor he didn’t really seem interested. Was you diagnosed by a regular GP or a private doctor? Also what medication are you on? Sorry for all the questions.

[@patsters723]

Great job getting Stevie. Love the content. Is Chance Kornuth or Alex Foxen next up? Would love to hear their insights on poker as well.

[@Stefanburakov]

Excellent interiew from your (olderst? 49 years old) fan from Sweden/Rio hope the chip will give luck for you and people around you.

[@gtheofanopoulos]

From a fellow poker player and content creator, this is interesting and helpful content for some people. It really is for hardcore poker addicts. I respect Cates for so many things, he is a genius, but to the public eye, he may come through as a legit crazy guy through these interviews.

[@Stefanburakov]

Man I just meet him in Rio de janeiro and gave him a luck chip from Macao,, he was more or less dressed up as a chess piece he is little odd but hell of a nice guy and super sharp brain

[@DGENeer]

Really fascinating insight into the mind and approach of an elite tournament player. I found it very informative and interesting from sit n go's steps to rock climbing and cognitive mind training. Stephens voice sounds like he rarely talks. Like he's surprised by the sound of his own voice. It's not even English sounding- a transatlantic dialect like that guy Zorg from the movie The Fifth Element. Great interview from two very individual people.

[@CMCMTTTV]

He sounds like if Luke Donald smoked 3 packs a day.

[@marksimpson2321]

Interesting to get to listen to both of these excellent players. First time i realises Dan Cates is doing his own content!

[@maxvaluemax]

Man that 77 vs KJ hand vs Bryn was one of the sickest hands I've ever seen, I was screaming at the computer when watching it live. Cool to hear Chiddy talk about it.

[@theNfl_Esq]

Hey Daniel, glad to see you have a podcast. I had no idea. For whatever reason it popped up on my KZbin feed. Congrats on your GoG appearance. Also interesting to hear you maxed out the SAT n were a Terp for a while. Steven is my favorite tournament player, along with Fedor and yourself. Lmk next time you’re in Texas, either the Lodge or Houston. Best wishes and if you ever need an agent I’d like to handle some poker guys to go along with my NFL guys. Peace.

[@D.WhiteJr]

I have been playing Club GG MTT for a week now. 80 tournaments 19 ITM and 4 wins. Going nuts waiting to get a chance to play live MTTs Love this stuff.

[@prebenstokkan5549]

Great pod! Legend of the game💖

[@kohlfixari]

This was epic… thank you to you both… wizards!!!

[@ScottCharlieMeredith]

Fascinating insight into the mind of Chidwick, the guy is an engima

[@Blllaze]

Also cute you made a climbing friend at the end

[@1pokerhero825]

Ty good interview

[@epSherman]

Love you Jungle, keep the positive energy going.

[@PsyferInc]

@1:16:46 It's called rumination of the mind. Number one important thing is to realize this is not healthy. No matter what you are thinking. Learning from your mistakes is one thing but rumination is a bad habit to create.

[@billykershaw2781]

The Chiswick Stare, was killer at one point,..

[@ImOnlySIeeping]

excellent guest

[@sheets4444]

Stevie-----still doing it. Keep up the great work----sheets

[@benreason9990]

Tiiiight

[@mangoeyink]

lol Chidwick got his shirt from H&M, keeping a low profile! nice! I have the same shirt so i know ;)

[@teippio5613]

Somehow sound quality of Jungles voice isnt the best 🤔 maybe something could be done about it for next episode?

[@joas162]

A drink with ashwaghanda and caffeine sounds to me like your using the gas and the break at the same time hehe. Ashwaghanda lowers cortisol, I think that's the main effect. Caffeine increases cortisol secretion, so that would work counter to the ashwaghanda. I do sometimes use ashwaghanda in the evening to enhance sleep. I can see on my sleep tracker that it reduces my resting heart rate and I feel more rested when I wake up. Great conversation by the way. Interesting that he has a few climbing gyms. I'm into bouldering, it's a fantastic way to train and play.

[@cross-eyetime8939]

2 weird guys . Very interesting 😊

[@jnxythemouse]

Vierd

[@lilbigvendy]

Pretty insulting to group anyone with Jungle's weirdness

[@Pyrrhic537]

2 incredibly talented poker player's who are outliers and not sheep. Weird might be insulting.

[@kurt6447]

Define normal

[@YouTubeaidsreal]

​@@Pyrrhic537typical or normal would be an insult. Every special or ultra successful person is weird compared to the normal. I prefer weird over the same

[@noelsen1337]

Hundreds of millions in prices and they use the baddest audioquality. Nice

[@abitsi77]

Stephen if you have a step 4 ticket of 109$ do you think its a bad idea to spend it on the sunday million ticket instead of going for the gold/silver tickets?

[@alsweetbread]

Should bottom right corner read Find the sPecial offer in description?

[@devour_4real554]

When he says “pip”, is this just a shortened reference of VPIP?

[@tylerk7171]

Keep it up Jungle! Was nice to hear from Chidwick. He does sound like he just woke up from a freezer from the year 1400 with how gravely he sounded. He did talk way more than I expected since I was thinking it would be a lot of one word answers.

[@futrz5376]

Eye opening listening to Chadwick explain the future game possibilities and how that impacted his decision. Seems simple but it's really not. Majority of players do not think like this. Very eye opening

[@paulhare7938]

excellent podcast shephen is the goat repping the uk gl

[@mosshark]

Thanks for this. Jungleman.

[@smoothcriminal7118]

Great interview i enjoyed it so much, just one hint, buy a proper microphone shouldn't be problem for you great rode mics go range $100 +

[@jayp3517]

Anyone know the name of the energy drink jungle was referring to?

[@sunny4883]

Jungle’s Sanskrit words pronunciation is pretty good 👍🏻

[@chromersv]

Was excited when I saw chidwick was the guest, but felt like I didnt really learn anything about what makes him special. Wish dan wouldve gone more into live tells/theory v exploit/ player reads etc.

[@akashicpriestess]

Live tells are overrated. Stevie is just a master of the fundamentals of poker. This ain’t rocket science bro.

[@Mohamed-if9su]

same feeling here

[@State-uw8pu]

Did you get shout out of games from HCL because of your win rate? Will be watching Your channel now I found it

[@billykershaw2781]

Hey Chatty, what grade do you climb at?

[@pddellow]

Chidwick. Poker God!!

[@RickyFTOF]

Chidwick = The vioce on the phone when you've got a ransom to pay 👀🙆🏻‍♂️😅

[@trootzy]

Need to fix the audio dan

[@0ptimal]

Jungle is good at this.

[@Blllaze]

GOAT

[@MazzaLou]

Hi Dan Cates! Hi Stephen, me and my family went on holiday to Deal once and stayed in a haunted farmhouse!

[@jaekiy1771]

Super random but also intriguing

[@andrewhart6200]

Religion keeps masses of people in a more maluable and placid state....however, while it can keep people safer from themselves than not, there's a massive difference between cultures and their local religions....how it got to each of those and why and who helped foster them and how heavy handed they were - have a lot to do with how honest humans are with themselves and each other...

[@ZalexMusic]

had no idea Berkey had an accent

[@FunDumb]

Note self. If you're making yourself feel like shit, because of mistakes you made. There's a very high likelihood that you make the people around you feel like shit too. Lighten up, and forgive!

[@zen23ish]

I mean you can't read Jungleman in poker but this comment was very telling ...Do you know what I am talking about ??? His reply 55:03 lol

[@ts4gv]

FYI your bleep noise is panned hard left

[@r.m.erealmusicestate2020]

You mean: special offer and not secial?

[@Peter-zg3em]

54 milli0on in prizes is nuts.

[@up2me967]

It's also nuts they don't calculate it by proffits. I wonder how much he actually made deducting travle and other costs.

[@thirdeyeliquidators329]

Party on Garth

[@therealgoatcheese1]

And in the end it's just another advertisement for another product.

[@Pokerfarhang]

you should use a high-quality microphone. The sound quality is awful

[@daniellc11]

Thought it was sorted, I will fix

[@bebla8381]

legend

[@ridingstuffed]

Do your prep before hand so your not reading from your computer, also a good interviewer doesn't say " um"

[@francescoiadicicco1266]

To all the pople who state "poker is all about luck", just check how many times the same guys make it to the final table by beating thousands of players. To me poker is 90% skill and 10% luck at this point.

[@hectorabreu2502]

60/40

[@philipberggren1823]

What??? Obviously Hellmuth is the best because he said so.

[@discblaster9210]

Didn’t know jungle has a channel sweet

[@mero40k]

Jungles interview style has Nardwar vibes.

[@daniellc11]

Link?

[@mikexpoker3275]

Comment

[@dreamtherapytv]

Kill the music please

[@SteveNinetyski]

Haven't seen Jungleman for a few years as I basically forgot about poker...but damn he looks like he has had it rough😅 What is that hair about dude...and so many lines on his face. Maybe it is just hiv

[@426Kaer]

what is your favorite flavor of crayon?

[@up2me967]

People age...

[@David-kh2ob]

This is like pulling teeth

[@up2me967]

Pokerplayers spend more time talking about working out then doing it... 2x a week you can drag your ass thru no mather what...

[@ianburns3358]

Chidwick is like Phil Ivey if Phil Ivey was white

[@user-el3jr9he7c]

They always say they say they started in "freeroll" and started their bankroll that way. Don't want to admit that they ever lost money, even while learning.

[@akashicpriestess]

Very few say this. Stevie444 did this and has the receipts to prove it.

[@benlocker]

His accent is strange as fuck.. I know it says online he is from Kent, U.K.. but that is definitely not a Kent accent lol.

[@MazzaLou]

The Kent accent is like the London accent.

[@demonbudgie8126]

Pretty sure he’s from Newcastle

[@benlocker]

@@demonbudgie8126 possibly, only wonder because everywhere alway says deal,Kent.

[@benlocker]

@@MazzaLou I know that, but his isn’t a London accent lol

[@demonbudgie8126]

@@benlockerjust had a look online and it looks like I may have just got the complete wrong person

[@docokd7oco443]

Interesting. Since Poker became a thing, I watch way too much poker. Why have I never heard of Stephen Chidwick?

[@shawnb3245]

He is only seen usually in super high roller tournaments and doesn't play much live cash streams

[@samuraijack1371]

Cause you have been watching trash streams and all the “vloggers” with their iPhones in live cash games talking about their jug titties?

[@0ptimal]

Hes been all over youtube tournament poker coverages for yrs. They always refer to him like hes this juggernaut machine who destroys tourneys. Seems like a cool dude tho

[@CMCMTTTV]

You must not watch high roller tournaments because he's never off them. He's one of the winningest MTT players of all time.

[@tj7843]

Too gravelly a voice hurts my ears

[@worldwidecasinos]

u wanna know how to get poker more exciting? get these people off the show

[@ParissaKhoury]

53:49 FYI Indus Valley Civilization is in Pakistan and NOT armpit smelly India

[@enlightenme4194]

Steve please stop speaking in vocal fry your a grown man, not a valley girl lol

[@alsor92]

Listening to the first 20 minutes, there was too much fluff from Chidwicks side. Not too much actionable advice. Maybe doesnt want to give away anything since hes still active

[@MartinGreen932]

Human robot. Dull as dishwater but caked to death. Where are the characters left in the game?

[@vanja8870]

Chidwick is an endboss, poker and character wise. If you want to watch "characters", watch the Hustler stream. He is probably more of a Character than everyone on Hustler combined tho, just not so loud and extroverted.

[@herokillerinc]

​@@vanja8870amen~!

[@jaekiy1771]

Hey Jungle, if you haven't gotten into taking cold showers everyday, I recommend it. It is a major day to day life enhancer.

[@daniellc11]

Why is that?

[@ManicMindTrick]

It increases dopamin without a crash like drugs does

[@jaekiy1771]

From my personal experience and from several accounts of well known people such as Gary Brecka, Wim Hof, and Sean O'Malley, here's what happens simply put; For up to 6-12 hours after immersing into cold water for 3-6 minutes you will notice elevated feel goods, hightened focus and sense of being awake, and your body will feel tight and ready to stretch. The best way to take a cold shower is to take your normal shower, end with hot water, to the point you'd wish you were in a cold winter breeze, you then slam that sucker to as cold as you can get it and try to control your breath. Try it and I promise your whole day will benefit and change. Overtime it gets easier and addicting like most feel goods 😉

[@jaekiy1771]

I should also follow it up with this; Overtime I haven't had to get the water so hot in the end to prepare for the cold rush moments ahead, and most likely you will adapt easier too as you consistently take cold showers. But start out hot and work your way down.

[@marce4241]

wim hoff :P?

[@brandnew-zv3bg]

I swear to God if you ever bleep the F word again I will never ever watch this podcast ever again. No cap.

[@vanja8870]

It’s for advertisement reasons

[@strahaironscale571]

this is kinda hard to listen to

[@DrBamWam]

I see so many mistakes with these professionals that make me wonder am I’m better than them when I’m on my A game

[@timothyjacobs4279]

Cates has already been caught cheating so I don't believe he should even be allowed to play let alone have a platform

[@demonbudgie8126]

When

[@timothyjacobs4279]

@@demonbudgie8126 Google Daniel cates cheating he even admitted to it himself

[@louiearagon9663]

I have never heard of Cate's cheating once so can you please provide some sources or some kind of evidence because that's a pretty big accusation?

[@DJJ246810]

Just Google it easy find

[@timothyjacobs4279]

@@louiearagon9663 look it up yourself it's public information