How to Grind Your way to Financial Freedom Playing Poker | Frank "Mr Builderman"

[@joeingram1]

A true online OG of the game - excited for this one

[@justindahlhoff5107]

frank comes across as so honest, humble, and transparent. you can tell he's really thinking before he speaks, and wants to give a real answer to every question. what an amazing interview, full of insight into the real raw, human quality of the game. i really appreciated both the thoughtful questions and answers. thanks guys

[@PokerWithRiske]

One of the better episodes. Really appreciated Frank’s honesty and openness. Good luck with whatever comes next Frank

[@jimhaughey2017]

10/10 - as a non poker player, even I found this super inspiring. Shoutout frank, he has grinded (or ground maybe lol) his way to a frequency of greatness, not many people can say they’ve achieved that frequency in their lives & it’s super inspiring to see. Great hosting too, really good questions asked & I loved that frank was given the opportunity to just speak freely, which is the god tier of podcast hosting - many times hosts speak too much about themselves & ask very basic questions which don’t allow the guest to come in and provide such value, so 10/10 all round, the 2 & a half hours flew by & that’s me as a non poker player, never played it in my life… so I imagine as a poker player this would’ve hit so hard 👏🏼

[@pb6335]

What a great Interview - Whatever Frank was, when he disliked himself - he became such a beauty of human - loved listening to his story. Thanks guys!

[@rickyglaser]

Skaters will be confused if they see my comment 🤫 Fond memories taping garbage bags to his window so we wouldn’t get glare grinding in his bedroom. Absolutely legendary career, wishing frank the best ❤️

[@MRBU1LD3RM4N]

bro u better believe my windows are still bagged up TO THIS DAY

[@rki5462]

I'll never forget his super hole session in the Crouch End poker den. Or the 4am Greaball mopeds.

[@rki5462]

Ah the 54 minute bit!

[@ssio-sn3lp]

this story is one of a kind legend

[@rgore55]

lol I remember scout326 (or whatever) on PokerStars, he was a gigantic whale from Russia I believe. I had 20K on Stars and he was playing 25/50 and I decided to sit. My heart was beating out of my chest. I remember getting allin with him pf with QQ vs his AK and holding. I was breathless and so pumped when the board ran out clean. I finished that session up a little over 6k but I played like a huge nit even folding a set of 2’s on the turn when in hindsight I never should have. I was just playing way too big. Anyway, great podcast and thanks for the content and memories. Good luck at the tables!

[@yassinkemper3812]

what is David Backham doing in a poker podcast?

[@jruss6810]

fuerte 🔥 muchas gracias, Frank! y muchas gracias a Adam y René 🙏🏽 the 15-minute meditation story was amazing 😆

[@Bigfootbert85]

Been waiting for this one 🔥🔥 hoping to see more current players like the top Spanish regs, makeboi, Linus or even some top MTT guys like C Darwin and Lena. Easily the best poker content on KZbin thanks so much guys

[@BenjaminRaven]

beyond hyped for this one

[@MrZgpeter]

Until now I have seen Tom Dwan as the End Boss of poker. Now I am not so sure. 52 hr. grind; WTF!

[@MAJIDKHAN-cc1go]

Probably one of the top 5 podcasts out there sick one thanks guys

[@Yilikeitthisway]

Remember playing him on GG nl500 and nl1k. I play live almost exclusively now. MMAPikachu(Darkwshadow)-Slovakia flag. Easily one of the best regs at that pool, aggressive machine. Glad to see you crush it, bro.

[@Peter-vv8ym]

Hey man I’m slowly grinding up the stakes online and my goal is to one day make a living playing 2/5+ live play. Do you know about how much u make hourly and at what stake?

[@Peter-vv8ym]

Also very cool to see people that have been playing so long I wish I was playing when solvers first came out

[@Yilikeitthisway]

@@Peter-vv8ym I wish I was old enough to play early 2000s when nobody had a clue. Around 90$ an hour on 2/5. I can get slightly more playing higher but there are more and better regs so you battle it more. I am still not at level I can make more than 150$ an hour playing even 50/100. I would say I am pretty mediocre reg, tho, a crusher can make a ton.

[@TooMuchInternetTMI]

​@@Peter-vv8ymyou need to have an almost obsessive/addicting love for the game, most successful players have this which is why they played for a big part of their life, if your dream is just to play poker for the money side then you will never be able to endure the mental challenges of this game.

[@mattdempsey8173]

Love the pod I listen to them all

[@MrQuadcity]

Thx Adam, Rene and Frank for this interview.

[@joshbienstock]

Hope all is well Frank. Good to see the old stars fr small stakes crew still at it

[@woodbee56]

Great episode! Lots of great mental tidbits to digest. Thank you Frank for sharing story. Adam and Rene, you guys are awesome!🔥🔥🔥Stay blessed.🙏🏽

[@RoskowMedia]

My fav episode so far. Absolute crusher and very forthcoming.

[@scottalford7393]

bow in the presence of greatness

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

here he is

[@jeffgreen-v7z]

@@BenaBadBeatPoker bena bald beat

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

​@@jeffgreen-v7z yes jeff green, yes

[@scottalford7393]

@@BenaBadBeatPoker love to see an old FR ledgend. Stevie gonna be next?

[@JansArends]

True legend

[@jeffgreen-v7z]

OMG YOU GAVE ME MY WISH THE GOAT THE KING MRBUILDERMAN

[@jasonking3312]

Of all of the content I've viewed for poker paid or free.....this is pod is worth its listen 20 fold.....ridic

[@Humanprototype-wh8qr]

That was my mistake to not build a network Great podcast Thank you guys All the best

[@matthiaskrenn7511]

prob the best guest😍😍

[@JohnG57]

Absolute legend!

[@songokusongoku3199]

Amazing episode. Beast!!

[@MARYANO2007]

Why isn't this on Spotify?

[@MechanicsOfPoker]

Because i needed a reminder 😂 check now

[@bennychua9932]

even as a MTT player i felt i learn so much from u guys. ❤

[@leenorburn4465]

why is there beer on his ironing board?

[@Turorudi11]

madmanco the legend :D

[@Ohrami]

What he said about betting 1BB on flop then overbetting turn and jamming river is exactly how you can completely destroy live games still in 2024.

[@pablo3615]

An actual twoplustwo legend and please dont refer to Steve as “this Steve guy”. Smbsmbsmb is just as big a legend.

[@MechanicsOfPoker]

Aaah, smbsmb is Steve, makes sense now

[@BenjaminRaven]

lmaooo the most underrated comment here

[@MRBU1LD3RM4N]

trust me@@BenjaminRaven

[@emilhansson7918]

Were do i find his 2+2 blog?

[@_MMWWMM_]

Mr builderman can i get a link to that whiteboard you have in the background?

[@antihackerify]

im trying to move up, but im on a similar situation like him, im a nl100 grinder, and im pretty sure im the best player at the table, i aways get first place on the leaderboards, if i lose it doesnt hurt me, and i tried to play nl500, and got so fkd, lost 11 bi'ns in 3 hours and quit, and then this feeling of "why did i do that?" and now it will take me 3 weeks more or less to get the money back, but, ok, i will try to get better, try different ways of playing and improve, so i can beat, i think up to nl1k its a good idea to move up, above that, i think he is right, its not worth it because you have such a low volume that its not worth it, i bet he makes more money than nl10k players.

[@alocksw]

The Markkos Frank mentions is MakuFz? If so, you should bring him on the podcast!

[@MechanicsOfPoker]

No its makeboifin he is referring to. Asked MakuFZ, wasn’t interested

[@alocksw]

Got it, thanks@@MechanicsOfPoker !

[@ThiefJG]

Wonder how much he makes per month?

[@jeffgreen-v7z]

hard to say, probly anywhere from 20k to 100k

[@flyingguru517]

SO why did he quit poker now ?

[@timstone84]

Sick algo find wtf is happening👀👀👀

[@flyingguru517]

he just described himself as a total addict , others say he had a great passion , it wasnt , it was an addict who somehow managed to become sucessfull at poker.

[@lockyer0061]

He was dedicated and found a process for him to succeed in Poker … it wasn’t the addiction that fueled his success

[@Mr.Muckington]

Who cares. I'm addict to money nobody gives a fck because I have lots 😂

[@_MMWWMM_]

I thought my 12 hr sessions were insane

[@solomaschenko]

I understand nothing in poker, but this guy🤤

[@george_ymb]

🤪

[@jaredf9055]

How to grind your way to mental health issues is a more apt title (for like 99% of the population)

[@brianwilson7624]

He still hasn't taken ownership of what he did. The idea that he would spend hours studying poker and "never thought about it" when it came to his actions in this case is just not believable by a thinking person. He did what he did knowing it was wrong and he should own that. We have all done or will do something knowing it is wrong but when you don't own it, it tells me you're trying to hide something.

[@Humanprototype-wh8qr]

maximal punishment bec u just avoid playing vs each other, kinda brutal. no warning or else. seems pretty drastic.

[@george_ymb]

he's decent but he's no lilsquirrel

[@JS-tm1gq]

I really really hate the :"Financial Freedom!" marketing. Screams of MLM scam. Many MLM and scam BS have used that trash slogan.

[@Mr.Muckington]

Cool story short bus

[@jonathanbaker2185]

'Promo SM' 🤪

[@skillfuldabest]

First! 😊

[@TomasRay]

Dude didn't knew soft play was wrong, yeah cool story bro.

[@AlexIevuta]

Second

[@Erictheman9]

Sixth

[@amazingtint6308]

Gambler concession

[@thitiwatphattanaworasit4629]

scam

[@Carlos-g7t4d]

Loved the episode. Really interesting guest