Beneath the Cards: Garrett Adelstein

Garrett Adelstein joins Mechanics of Poker to break down the mindset, risk tolerance, and obsession that helped him become one of live poker’s biggest winners. He reflects on going broke at 22, rebuilding with stricter guardrails, the edges that still matter in high-stakes live poker, and how perfectionism can be both a superpower and a liability. Garrett also opens up about the fallout from the infamous J4 hand and why, at the highest level, being technically good at poker is simply not enough.