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Alexandra Fagaras coaches the mental game of poker under the Mindset by Alex brand. With a background in psychology, she draws on transactional analysis, ACT, and CBT to help tournament players work through tilt, routine, and performance. Her coaching fits players who are technically solid but lose value to their own heads.

Andrew Lichtenberger coaches advanced poker through Octopi Poker with a holistic approach spanning strategy, mental game, and study process rather than a single narrow topic. A WSOP bracelet winner with more than $20 million in live earnings, he's one of the most respected high-roller players of his generation. His coaching fits serious players looking to develop their whole game at a high level.

Brian Fite is a professional poker player and tournament coach behind TurboKings Poker. His one-on-one sessions cover strategy and hand-history review, study routines, game selection, mental game, and the business habits of poker, a fit for players trying to move up and treat the game more professionally.

Dr. K offers private poker coaching through Octopi Poker at an accessible price point for lower-stakes players. The sessions focus on fundamentals, study habits, mental game, and practical decision-making rather than advanced theory. It's a fit for newer and low-stakes players who want affordable one-on-one guidance to build a foundation.

Elliot Roe is a mental game and performance coach who helps poker players master tilt, pressure, and mindset, with a background in hypnotherapy. He wrote the bestselling A-Game Poker and has worked with many of the game's top high-stakes players. His coaching, course, and mindset audio sessions fit players whose biggest leak is between the ears, not in the strategy.

Listed with Ultimate Poker Coaching, Guy Taylor (TaylorMadePoker) is a tournament coach who pairs poker strategy with a background in sports and performance psychology. He works mostly with MTT and live players on the mental game and competition preparation, alongside hands-on hand-history and footage review.

Jared Alderman offers private one-on-one poker mentorship built around a player's actual game rather than generic study advice. He works through hand-history and live session review, mental-game coaching, and a custom improvement plan that targets where execution breaks down under pressure. He's a fit for serious mid- and high-stakes players who already study but want help turning that work into better decisions.

Jared Tendler is a mental game and performance coach who works with poker players alongside traders, golfers, and other elite performers. He wrote the widely read The Mental Game of Poker 1 and 2 on tilt, confidence, and emotional control, and coaches players on focus, motivation, and repeatable performance under pressure. His work fits anyone whose results swing more on emotion than on strategy.

Katie Stone offers private poker lessons through Octopi Poker for women, amateurs, and beginners who want an approachable way into the game. A longtime pro, LearnWPT instructor, and World Poker Tour commentator, she focuses on fundamentals, live-poker confidence, and study habits rather than solver-heavy theory. She's an ideal first coach for newer players, and also offers separate poker-industry consulting.

Lex Ligtenberg is a poker mindset coach listed with Ultimate Poker Coaching, with a background in sports and performance psychology. He works with tournament and live players on confidence, tilt control, and building sustainable performance routines around the game. His coaching is a fit for players whose technical game is solid but whose results suffer under pressure.

Lexy Gavin-Mather runs The Poker Accelerator, a structured training program for no-limit hold'em cash games and tournaments. Her material covers fundamentals, preflop strategy, exploitative play, live reads, and the mental game, built for low- and mid-stakes players who want a clear study path instead of scattered content. The offer is course-led, so it fits players looking for structure more than one-off private sessions.

Maria Ho coaches tournament players on live judgment, table awareness, and the mental game, the read-and-adjust skills solvers can't teach. A four-time WSOP Main Event "Last Woman Standing," WPT champion, and Women in Poker Hall of Famer, she's also one of the game's most recognizable broadcasters. Her coaching is a strong fit for live MTT players who want to sharpen in-the-moment decision-making and composure.