Coaches
Strategy and mindset coaches for one-on-one and group work.
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Alec Torelli
Live pro (~$3M tournament earnings) who founded Conscious Poker, with courses such as the Hand Reading System and 1-on-1 coaching; author of The Poker Coach.
Alex Foxen
High-roller tournament pro and co-lead of Chip Leader Coaching with Chance Kornuth.
Alex Livingston
Canadian mixed games and tournament pro (3rd in the 2019 WSOP Main Event, two bracelets) who teaches the Master Mixed Games course on PokerCoaching.com and coaches at Mixed Minds.
Alex Theologis
Greek-born, Austria-based MTT pro ($30M+ earnings) and core Run It Once Elite coach, author of the 2026 Practical ICM Mastery course.
Alexander Fitzgerald
Tournament and cash game coach and author known for practical, exploit-focused content for live and online play.
Alexandra Fagaras
Poker mindset and strategy coach with a psychology degree, using CBT and ACT approaches alongside solver-based study; former Run It Once coach.
Andreas Wagner
London-based live low-stakes cash game coach and YouTuber behind Live Poker Guide; author of C-Bet Mastery and London Poker Guide.
Andrew Brokos
Co-host of the Thinking Poker podcast who offers private coaching and teaches videos for Tournament Poker Edge and Red Chip Poker; author of several poker books.
Andrew Lichtenberger
High-stakes pro with over $23M in live tournament earnings, known for mindset and meditation teaching. Creator of Khemset, author of Yoga of Poker and the Khemset Holistic Poker Codex, and involved with the Octopi Poker learning platform.
Aram Zobian
High-roller tournament pro ($7M+, 6th in the 2018 WSOP Main Event) known for exploitative play, a recent addition to the PokerCoaching.com roster.
Bluffaces
Coach marketplace: browse vetted coaches by discipline (Hold'em, MTT, Spins, Omaha, Short Deck, mental game), stakes, price and language, then book and pay for a session on the site.
Brad Wilson
Cash game pro and coach, founder of Chasing Poker Greatness (podcast, coaching and live cash courses) and popularizer of mass data analysis.
Brandon Sligh
Private 1-on-1 Zoom coaching on ranges, preflop and postflop decisions, opponent adjustments and leak fixing, with hand reviews between sessions.
Brock Wilson
High-roller tournament pro (ranked as high as #4 GPI, $4.8M+ live) who coaches top-ranked players and creates content for PokerCoaching.com.
Bryan Paris
Online tournament pro with $20M+ in online MTT winnings who coaches, streams daily and sells the Beat the Fish System course on APT.
Chance Kornuth
Three-time WSOP bracelet winner who co-founded Chip Leader Coaching, an MTT training program with courses, Chip Leader AI and a private community.
Charlie Wilmoth
Crush Live Poker coach and host of the Third Man Walking podcast about mid-stakes cash games and tournaments.
CNC Poker
Coaching platform founded by Raymond Norton: live group coaching sessions with lifetime replays, 1-on-1 lessons with premium and pro coaches, performance coaches, and a free Discord.
Daniel Dvoress
Canadian high-roller and former Run It Once coach, now a GTO Lab coach and co-teacher of Upswing's Modern Tournament Mastery.
Dara O'Kearney
Irish tournament pro and coach known for ICM and satellite strategy, co-author with Barry Carter, co-host of The Chip Race podcast and founder of Simplify Poker; also a Jaka Coaching guest coach.
Dylan Linde
Mixed games specialist with three WSOP bracelets and a WPT title, author of Mastering Mixed Games, GTO Lab coach and former Run It Once instructor.
Dylan Weisman
PLO coach at Upswing Poker behind PLO Launch Pad, Crushing PLO Tournaments and Advanced PLO Mastery (with Chris Wehner).
Espen Jorstad
Norwegian 2022 WSOP Main Event champion and GTO Wizard ambassador who hosts its monthly live coaching sessions and hand-review videos.
Esther Taylor
BetMGM Poker ambassador ($3.3M live) who launched Her Edge Academy in 2026, a 'for-her-by-her' training program focused on mixed games.
Evan Jarvis
Former six-max cash pro and holistic coach who runs Gripsed Poker Training (700+ free YouTube videos), coached Ali Imsirovic and wrote Mastering Small Stakes Cash Games.
Faraz Jaka
WSOP bracelet-winning tournament pro who runs JAKA Coaching, an MTT training site with weekly live group lessons, a video library and a Discord.
Fedor Holz
German high-roller and co-founder/head coach of Pokercode (Vienna, 2019), whose flagship MTT Masterclass covers preflop through ICM; GGPoker ambassador.
Fernando Habegger
High-stakes PLO pro and former Run It Once and Upswing coach who founded PLO Mastermind (2018) and wrote Mastering Small Stakes Pot-Limit Omaha.
François Hamel
Certified Mental Performance Consultant and psychologist, BBZ Poker's performance coach and creator of its 14-hour Mental Game Bundle; clients include Lex Veldhuis.
Gareth James
SCOOP champion and qualified teacher coaching MTTs since 2012 through MTT Poker Academy / MTT Poker School; co-author with Dr. Tricia Cardner and co-host of Poker On The Mind.
Garrett Adelstein
High-stakes live cash pro who teaches the Destroy Live Cash course on Upswing Poker.
Hunter Cichy
Florida-based pro, founder of Check Shove Poker and author of Advanced Concepts in No-Limit Hold'em, who coaches small-stakes cash players with recorded sessions and study guides.
Jake Abdalla
Long-time mixed games winner who created Upswing Poker's Mixed Game Mastery course (Razz, Stud, Stud 8, O8, 2-7 Triple Draw; 100+ videos).
James Sweeney
Red Chip Poker co-founder and long-time coach (500+ students) with courses, workbooks and The Vault on splitsuit.com, plus a large YouTube library.
Jared Tendler
Leading mental game coach and author; courses and coaching on tilt and performance.
Jonathan Jaffe
WPT champion and former online heads-up specialist ($20M+ live) who coaches high-stakes players and on PokerCoaching.com.
Jordan Drummond
MTT coach and founder of BBZ Poker, which runs daily seminars, systems courses, preflop charts, a leak finder, private coaching and staking.
Kenna James
Las Vegas tournament pro, poker and life coach since the 2005 WPT Boot Camps, Heartland Poker Tour co-host and APT course author.
Kevin Rabichow
High-stakes heads-up specialist and Run It Once Elite coach since 2014 (The Game Plan course) who also hosts GTO Wizard coaching sessions; a Jaka Coaching guest coach.
Leszek Badurowicz
Polish poker psychologist and former mid-stakes PLO pro, author of The Mental Edge and former Run It Once mental game coach.
Lexy Gavin-Mather
Tournament pro and prolific WSOP vlogger who has privately coached hundreds of students, sells an online course and wrote Mastering Small Stakes No-Limit Tournaments.
Marc Goone
Live cash player, Hustler Casino Live and Live at the Bike commentator, and co-founder of Hungry Horse Poker, which runs YouTube strategy videos and the Basecamp small-group coaching program.
Matt Affleck
Tournament and cash pro ($3M+ tournament earnings) and PokerCoaching.com coach, featured in a 1-on-1 mental game coaching course.
Matt Berkey
High-stakes cash pro and founder of Solve For Why academy, whose training on theory, psychology and population exploits is now all free.
Matthias Eibinger
Austrian tournament pro and Pokercode co-founder and head tournament coach.
Michael Acevedo
Pro and coach with a math and computer science background, author of Modern Poker Theory and a PokerCoaching.com coach.
Mike Wasserman
Los Angeles online tournament pro and former PocketFives #1, coaching low and mid-stakes MTT fundamentals via Zoom, hand reviews and group sessions.
Nathan Williams
Micro and small stakes specialist and author of Crushing the Microstakes, Modern Small Stakes and The Micro Stakes Playbook; sells the Elite Poker University video course.
Nelson Dong
Up The Stakes: a six-week live cohort with 20 live calls, practical workshops for cash or tournaments, and weekly hot-seat calls, capped at 20 students, with lifetime access to the recordings, tools and community.
Nick Howard
Founder and CEO of Poker Detox, an NLHE coaching-and-backing team, former Run It Once coach and co-host of the Beyond Poker podcast.
Nick Petrangelo
High-stakes tournament pro and two-time WSOP bracelet winner who has been Upswing Poker's lead MTT coach (Winning Poker Tournaments, Deep Stack Dominance).
Patrick Leonard
UK online MTT star (10 SCOOP and 11 WCOOP titles) and former Zoom cash winner who coaches MTTs on PokerStrategy.com.
Pete Clarke
Online cash game coach since 2010 (Carrot Corner), Run It Once coach, author of The Grinder's Manual and co-host of the Poker Distilled podcast.
Peter Ferderber
Live pro of 15+ years (NLHE, PLO and mixed games) offering private coaching to live players through Real Poker Coaching, with ongoing text, email and online sessions.
Robbie Kohler
Mid/high-stakes live NLH and PLO cash pro who coaches presence, emotional acceptance and clarity at the table for a small number of clients.
Ryan Laplante
WSOP bracelet winner ($5M+ cashes) and co-founder of LearnProPoker.com, a GTO-based training site; former CardRunners, FloatTheTurn and Run It Once Elite coach.
Scott Clements
Four-time WSOP bracelet winner and two-time WPT champion coaching live and online tournaments through Advanced Poker Training.
Sky Matsuhashi
Online micro stakes coach behind Smart Poker Study: podcast, The Poker Forge membership, many courses and the 2026 book Action Poker.
Steffen Sontheimer
German high-stakes cash specialist ($13.7M+ live tournaments) and Pokercode's lead cash game coach since 2020.
Steve Blay
Founder of Advanced Poker Training and OmahaPokerTraining.com, poker author and software engineer offering 1-on-1 NLHE coaching; advised Qui Nguyen before his 2016 WSOP Main Event win.
Thomas Boivin
Belgium's all-time top tournament earner and an elite coach known for mathematical depth; author of the Beyond the Solver course (Octopi Poker) and a Jaka Coaching guest coach.
Thomas Emter
PLO and PLO5 coach on Run It Once's Essential team, creator of the From The Ground Up PLO and PLO5 courses.
Tricia Cardner
Peak performance mindset coach with doctorates in criminology and psychology, author of Positive Poker (with Jonathan Little) and co-host of the Poker On The Mind podcast.
Tristan Wade
WSOP bracelet winner ($3-4M tournaments) who offers private training through Cre8iveCoaching, makes PokerCoaching.com content and teaches at Deepstacks University.
Vinton Mojdeh
Live cash coach behind Vinton Poker and its PIPO (Precision In, Profits Out) system: free weekly group coaching and a free leak-finder session, plus the Delusion Killer Masterclass, LeakHunter audits, an AI coach and The Poker Delusion book.
Yolan Cohen
High-stakes live cash player (up to $125/$250 in Asia) and former memory world-record holder who runs Poker University, a mentoring program for players moving into live games.
Zachary Elwood
Former pro and author of the Reading Poker Tells trilogy, with a poker tells video training site, a YouTube channel and PokerCoaching.com content.