Mindfulness mode 510.

I just try and say, my focus can only be on what I can control, and that is playing the hand the best way possible.

Mindful Tribe, we have a world-class poker player with us today. I'm really excited.

He's been a high-stakes poker player and coach for more than 15 years, traveled to 45 countries plus,

and made millions of dollars in the biggest cash games and tournaments in the world.

He's competed on television shows such as World Series of Poker on ESPN,

the World Poker Tour on Travel Channel, and Poker Night in America

on CBS Sports. I am so excited to have Alec Torelli with me today. Hey, Alec, are you in mindfulness

mode? I try and be in mindfulness mode every day, But yeah, it's always the ambition.

Alex, it's great to have you here. I just want to ask you, what does mindfulness mean to you?

Let's start there. It's a good question. I think for me it just means being present and aware.

And then if there are thoughts, which is just inevitable, I mean, it would be nice to be able to turn them off, but we can't always do that.

To have your thoughts be a form of awareness where you're paying attention to the different sensations like sounds or touch or feeling or if you're eating, it's a sensation of eating and the taste.

And so having your thoughts and your your mindset be on what

is currently happening right now. And that is a lot easier said than done, at least for me.

Yeah. Well, for a lot of people, Alec, you've been involved in in poker for more than 15 years.

As a matter of fact, you've been a highakes poker player and coach for more than 15 years.

How did you get into this?

Well, I started playing when I was 16. So that's about 17 years ago now. And I got invited

to a friend's house to play poker. And it was booming in the U.S. Chris Moneymaker had just

won the World Series of poker. It was famous on TV,

and I just got invited over to play a typical home game, you know, buy-in of $10 and whatever.

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