It really is getting almost eerie the success \”mindset\” guru Sam Chauhan\’s clients are finding at the poker table … not to mention in the MMA octagons. If you haven\’t noticed, Chauhan is the non-player who has been showing up all over various poker places of late. He\’s currently the subject of the cover story in the April issue of Bluff Magazine (by Lance Bradley), which tells how a guy who hardly knows the difference between suited connectors and a busted flush draw has helped turn around results for Antonio Esfandiari, Paul Wasicka, Gavin Smith, and the ever-tiltable Phil Hellmuth.
But since that story went to press, Chauhan has put up even more impressive results — most recently standing by the side of newly crowned WPT World Champion David Williams. In fact, three of the Top 16 finishers were Chauhan clients, two of whom made it to the final table. (Hellmuth went out on the TV bubble.) Away from poker, he gets credit (at least a small percentage, based on coaching deals we\’ve learned about) for helping rising MMA star Muhammed \”King Mo\” Lawal take the Strikeforce light heavyweight title from Gegard Mousasi, who was a 3-to-1 favorite in the match.
That all kinda blows my theory that the key to Williams\’ re-found success had everything to do with his new hair. Check out the video snippet below of a bushy-fro\’d Williams stepping outside the Fontana room for some mantra and affirmation exercises before taking his seat at the final table:
Wow, that\’s all there is to it? Didn\’t realize winning at anything, let alone life, was so easy. Seems like if you could turn that into an iPhone app Sammy might really be able to help people. Chauhan, however, is not without his haters (just ask Google). But poker players know you can only get super-lucky so many times.
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