Travis Steffen

After an untimely Achilles tendon tear that ended his college football career, Travis discovered poker as a way to continue competing while laying around in a cast. When he figured out just how much skill went into it (and how much he didn't have yet) he was hooked.

Up to this point, Travis had not been truly exposed to the poker community, so he relied on his sports and fitness background to provide him with a basic structure of practice and improvement. While the concept was still in its infancy, it showed enough promise to allow Travis to play online full-time for a year and a half.

While poker was one of Travis's passions, he also had many others. He viewed poker as a means to begin many other ventures, and soon withdrew his bankroll to help put him through graduate school, fund his first business, and allow him to do some traveling. Still passionate about poker, Travis saw the massive amounts of graduate research he still had to do as an opportunity to allow him to research the physical and psychological realms of poker from an academic standpoint.

He has written for BLUFF, Ante Up and All In. His book, Peak Performance Poker (Dimat Enterprises Inc., 2010) is the product of his graduate research, has been featured in CardPlayer, and includes input from such big-name pros as Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, and various other online phenoms.

Working with Travis will allow you to refinine your body and brain's abilities to really put the poker knowledge you've gained and instincts you've developed to use at a high level. In short, he'll teach you how to play better - for longer. He'll also teach you how to optimize your thought processes so each thought you have - both at and away from the table - are constructive and positive, getting you closer and closer towards achieving your goal of becoming the best player you can be.

"Working with Travis gave me the motivation, and more importantly, the know-how in helping prepare myself for the long grind of tournaments. His extensive knowledge of the impact of nutrition and diet on cognitive performance is infectious as it truly makes you believe that you have to prepare for poker like an athlete prepares for a sport.

I credit Travis for helping me take my energy levels, concentration, and focus to a level they have never been at this year's World Series of Poker." - Best-Selling Poker Author Matthew Hilger

"Travis has been educating me now for about 2 years. I've been lucky enough to be able to ask him questions and follow his training programs. Not only have his programs gotten me in excellent shape and made me much healthier, but I've also learned a LOT. He's made me understand the reasons why his methods work. All of this has made me a healthier and happier person in all aspects of life - and last but not least, it has lead to better focus and helped me be more disciplined during poker sessions." -High stakes online pro ECart

"As someone who has always been lazy and unproductive in numerous aspects of life, I sought out help from Travis years ago to learn how to be a healthier person and play better poker because of it. At this point I was still playing lower stakes. Travis taught me how to eat well, increase my energy levels, lose weight, manage my life, and most importantly feel better than I ever had before. I was skeptical about how his teachings would effect my game, but it all had a major effect on how effective was at the table, and it's shown in my results. The road to being healthier, happier, and achieving your peak performance at the table isn't an easy one, but what Travis can teach you will make you feel like it is." -DeucesCracked coach Fenderjaguar