The Pocarr Team

Jon “apestyles” Van Fleet is widely regarded as one of the most successful and consistently profitable online tournament poker players of the modern era. Over the course of his career, he has accumulated more than $20,000,000 in online tournament cashes and remains one of the most respected names in high-stakes MTT poker.

Among his many accomplishments are victories in some of online poker’s toughest tournaments, including the PokerStars $1,050 Super Tuesday, the PokerStars $215 Rebuy, a Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) title, and the prestigious partypoker MILLIONS Online, where he won more than $1,000,000 in a single event. He has also captured a WSOP Circuit Ring in Canada and recorded countless deep runs and major final tables across the online and live tournament scene.

Throughout his career, Jon has amassed over 200 Top 3 finishes, including more than 100 tournament victories. He credits his long-term success to maintaining a student mindset, constantly adapting to the evolving game, embracing innovative strategies, and prioritizing both mental and physical health. Jon also emphasizes the importance of balancing volume and improvement, maintaining a play-versus-study ratio of approximately 75/25.

In addition to his playing accomplishments, Jon is the co-author of the acclaimed poker strategy book Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand at a Time, alongside renowned tournament specialists Rizen and Pearljammer.

Giraf joined Pocarr in early 2014 and quickly moved up the stakes, dominating the online tournament scene almost immediately. He went on to reach the #1 spot on the PocketFives Worldwide Rankings and has established himself as one of the most feared high-stakes online MTT crushers in the world.

Over the years, Giraf has accumulated millions in online tournament winnings and captured titles in some of the toughest events in poker. His biggest achievement came when he won the record-breaking GGPoker WSOP Online Main Event for more than $2.7 million, defeating a field of over 6,000 players in the largest online WSOP Main Event ever held. He regularly competes against the toughest fields online and is widely respected for his creativity, adaptability, and elite tournament instincts.

Despite his success, Giraf remains extremely open-minded about all aspects of the game and continues to learn every day. He credits much of his success to his willingness to constantly evolve, experiment with new strategies, and stay unconcerned about “looking stupid” while improving. His relentless curiosity and commitment to growth have helped keep him at the very top of online tournament poker for over a decade.

Alexandre joined Pocarr in 2014 playing low stakes MTT's. With his amazing work ethic he was able to quickly increase his stakes. After years of hard work, things paid off in a big way with a 4th place finish in the 2017 WCOOP $5k Main Event for $612,000. Alex is now living his dream of traveling the world playing both online and live poker.

Alex "Pwndidi" Theologis is a Greek poker player who burst onto the high-stakes MTT scene in mid-2018 after grinding mid-stakes for four years. Since then, through hard work and determination, he has amassed over $25 million in lifetime cashes, becoming one of the most consistent and rapidly improving regulars, thus proving that a successful high-stakes MTT path is still available for those willing to put in the work.

Alex is also a very experienced coach, having produced many high-level coaching sessions and training videos over the past six years, specializing in bounty tournaments, ICM, and multiway play.

Off the felt, Alex enjoys traveling, fine dining, watching TV series, and occasionally playing video games.

Vlada "Vlada2108" Stojanović is a professional poker player from Belgrade, Serbia. He started at the low stakes games at Pocarr and built his way up to the high stakes. In 2019, he final tabled the $10,000 PartyPoker Millions in Rio, Brazil for $300,000, in 2020 he made a deal 3-way in the PokerStars Stadium Series $5k buy-in for $540,000. Most recently he won $400k for a 3rd place finish on GGPoker.

Rob “robtinnion” Tinnion joined Pocarr in late 2012 as a backee for $11 freezeouts on Pokerstars. He quickly showed he would be one of Pocarr’s hardest workers and had instant success. As he continued to work hard and results came, his stakes increased to the point he was playing on all major sites and up to $215 freezeouts. Not easily satisfied, Rob continued to outwork his peers and in 2014 he chopped a SCOOP and won the Sunday Million outright for nearly $300k combined. Shortly after he won an EPT side in London for $42k. In early 2015 Rob won the Sunday Million outright AGAIN for another $200k (wtf, we know!). He has 2 triple crowns and over 1.5 million in lifetime earnings. Rob has a degree from Oxford-Brooks University in motorsport technology.

Alexander “Lotte Lenya” Timman is a heads up SNG specialist who dominated the highest stakes HU SNG's for 8 years. He has won over $3,000,000 in the HU arena. Alex has enjoyed success in HU cash, PLO, and MTT's. When not playing poker, Alex is traveling the world or enjoying his other passions such as piano, working out, and martial arts.

Richard "ChipsFool" Hoadley joined Pocarr in September 2014 as an already successful low stakes grinder, looking to improve his game and move up the stakes, both of which he has achieved.

With over $1million in winnings, his consistent results and volume earned him a role as a "Peer Coach" in early 2016 and due to excellent feedback from many of our backees, he has now been rewarded as a "Main Coach".

When he isn't eating, sleeping and breathing poker, Richard can be found dabbling in the kitchen as he has a real love for food and drink. You can follow his instagram @ediblepilch for amazing food and drink pictures (try not to salivate).

Damien "DamoWain" Wain joined pocarr in 2013 to help improve his game and progress up the stakes. This was done relatively quickly, while amassing over $2m in winnings. During this process he joined the coaching team. His success comes from constantly wanting to learn and figure out new things while studying every day.

Michael “M_Acevedo” Acevedo began playing $13.50 freezeouts for Pocarr in June 2014 with only one goal in mind — to become the best poker player he could possibly be rather than simply “making the most money.” With that mindset, he quickly outworked everyone around him. He immersed himself in videos, articles, books, and poker software, mastering modern poker tools and theory at an elite level. He later became both a PocketFives TV streamer and a Pocarr coach, earning recognition as one of the brightest analytical minds in the game.

Michael’s mathematical background, discipline, and relentless work ethic helped him master the theoretical side of poker and collaborate with some of the top players and thinkers in the world. His success both live and online proved that the ceiling is incredibly high for players willing to dedicate themselves fully to improvement.

In addition to his accomplishments as a player and coach, Michael is the author of the highly acclaimed poker strategy book Modern Poker Theory, widely considered one of the most influential and comprehensive books ever written on Game Theory Optimal (GTO) poker strategy. The book became an international bestseller within the poker community and helped shape the way a new generation of players studies and understands modern tournament poker.

Dan "Dannyz0r" Borlan started playing poker in college, joined Pocarr in 2014 playing an $8 ABI, and slowly increased his stakes with volume and study. He won the $215 Sunday Million on PokerStars in 2016 and since then has final tabled many WCOOP/SCOOP/similar major series events. In 2021 Dan final tabled the $1k Turbo Series Main Event and chopped the $10k SCOOP Main Event for nearly $900k!

"David "Baradavid" Lundin is a poker player from Sweden. Since starting his full-time MTT career in 2017 he has amassed over 3 million in earnings with 600k of that being profit.

David credits his success to consistently showing up and doing the work, and working with a wide range of different poker players that has helped shape his view of the game today.

On his off-days he enjoys playing music, sports and strategy games.

Adam Sherman has been playing poker for over 9 years, 5 years full-time. He takes a mathematical, HUD-based approach to the game that also emphasizes note-taking. During his 5 years of professional play, he has racked up over 5 million dollars in cashes and over one million dollars in profit. He has been coaching part-time for over 2 years and is confident that his approach to poker is learnable and applicable by anyone willing to put in the work off the table.

When he’s not playing poker he enjoys going on hikes, traveling, and discussing finance and philosophy.

As well as being a player, Dara is a coach, a staker, a columnist for Bluff Magazine and a very popular blogger. He co-hosts 'The Chip Race' Poker Podcast and he writes a free monthly newsletter on poker strategy. He has also commentated on The Irish Poker Open, The Unibet Open and at the WSOP. Dara became a Unibet Ambassador in March 2017.

Elliot Roe is a mindset specialist who uses traditional mindset coaching and hypnotherapy to help poker players perform at their best. Elliot has worked with over 250 professional poker players including those who play at the very highest levels of the game. Elliot works with them to understand and resolve tilt, motivation, focus, anger and anxiety issues at the tables. He also works with a number of UFC fighters to prepare them for competition including 2 current champions.

Dan Heskett is a Poker Mindset Coach who has worked with over 300 poker players from all around the world and has been a mindset coach at Pocarr since 2018. His clients range from high stakes cash game players who compete in the biggest games on the planet to some of the top MTT players in the world including Sunday Million winners, WSOP bracelet winners, and members of the top 100 all-time money list.

Vojtech "LlKE A G6" Cervinka is a professional player from Czech Republic, playing poker for over 10 years. He is an expert in very advanced database reviews for MTT players. Able to find important leaks in everyone's game he has many clients from low stakes players to crushers with millions of profit who play the highest online stakes. Vojtech is mostly working with our higher stakes players, helping them with both theory leaks and population exploits.

Alan is a Performance Psychologist who is dedicated to helping individuals harness their potential in high-stress situations. Renowned for his honesty, humility, and ambition, his principles shape his interactions with clients, driving ethical, impactful results. With a rich background that spans over three years as a Performance Psychologist for high-stakes poker players and four-and-a-half years dedicated to esports players, Alan excels in tailored performance coaching. Born and raised in Argentina, Alan exudes a natural competitive spirit and deep-seated love for performance, sports, and competition. His driving passion is to empower others in realizing their full potential, and he takes great pride in assisting individuals on their path to success.

Jonathan “jcardshark” Little has been playing poker for over 10 years. He has over $6million in live earnings with 2 WPT titles worth over $1million each. He also has a 2nd place finish in the FTP 1k monday for 317k, 7th in a 10k SCOOP for 107k as well as numerous 5 figure scores over the years. Jonathan is considered one of the most popular poker authors with multiple best sellers.

Alexander ‘msusyr24’ Carr is the founder of Pocarr. Alex has played over 100,000 tournaments on PokerStars and is also a coach for Pocarr. Alex now plays primarily cash games and MTT’s while helping manage Pocarr. In his spare time, Alex can be found being embarrassed on a basketball court, watching a game of basketball at various stadiums, or perhaps just watching basketball on tv.

Grant “PortlyPig” Dorey has been playing poker professionally for over 3 years. Since taking a break from his Commerce studies at Auckland University, Grant has profited over $220,000. The majority of his winnings come from 180 man SNGs and low stake MTTs. Grant is closing in on going 6 months without a hair cut, something it is rumored he is very proud of. In his spare time he likes to dress up as fictional characters, mainly preferring Lord of the Rings characters due to his background of living in New Zealand.

Andrew “UlDuffer” Sweeney has been playing poker for almost 10 years, the last 5 of which he has been a full time professional. Like a typical old-school story, Andrew built his bankroll through freerolls after learning the game in college. Mr. Sweeney has a degree in Statistics from the University of Limerick. He has just under one million in MTT earnings with two Sunday Million final tables.

Edmund Catt has played poker for 7 years and has been part of Pocarr since June 2012. He now lives in Cuenca, Ecuador where he plays full time and continues to learn from the coaches of pocarr. In his spare time he enjoys watching and playing basketball.

Gabriel "Aaurelio" Moura joined Pocarr in early 2016, playing a $6 ABI. With a relentless work ethic, Gabriel has built himself into one of the best poker players in the world. Through the first five months of 2021, Gabriel has amassed over $400k in profit, playing a $275 ABI. He is now a Pocarr shareholder and helps shape the direction of Pocarr going forward.