Episode 53: He Made $1.5M Playing Poker, Lost 95% of It, Then Became the Most Positive Account on X | Tyler Todt

About this episode

Tyler Todt shares his journey from making $1.5 million playing poker to building a new life focused on financial freedom and personal growth.

Man this one of my favorite podcast episodes I have ever recorded... Tyler Todt went from depositing $60 on pokerstars to making $1.5 million playing online poker by the time he was 28then he lost 95% of itmercedes. watches. nightlife. zero assetshe had to start over so he took a W-2 at chase bank, ran a branch of 14 people, and started building something different on the side then one morning his two year old daughter grabbed his leg and asked "daddy how long will you be gone"...that was the last day he accepted normal in this episode Tyler breaks down: exactly how he and his wife audited their life, gamified financial freedom built passive income that now covers every single expense they have how he grew to 255k followers on X without a VA, without a team, and without missing a single day of posting in 7 years we talk about faith, fatherhood, mentors why giving 20 times before you ask once is the ultimate cheat code in business and in life if you are sitting in a W-2 right now wondering if there is another way, this episode is for you!like and subscribe to the channel on youtube ‪@wallstreetpapi‬ to learn more from the founders, entrepreneurs, and CEOs I interview…

People in this episode

Host: WallStreet Papi

Guest: Tyler Todt

Topics covered

• financial freedom
• online poker
• personal development
• fatherhood
• entrepreneurship
• social media growth

Keywords

• poker
• financial independence
• passive income
• social media
• entrepreneurship
• fatherhood
• mentorship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chase Bank, pokerstars

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