If you’re a gamer, you probably know what Discord is.

The group chat service, however, has now blown up well beyond its original purpose in the gaming world. Perhaps you’ve heard of Discord, though, and are still not quite sure what it is or what it’s for.

Look no further, Sixplusholdem.com will break down Discord for you right here.

What is Discord?

At its core, Discord is a web-based communication app. If you’re familiar with chat services like Slack, which many users are familiar with due to its widespread use in the business world, Discord is in the same category.

However, when Discord was first released by Jason Citron and ​​Stanislav Vishnevskiy in 2015, the app quickly became popular with gamers. Both co-founders worked within the video game industry and were looking to build a better communication tool. So, Discord finding a home amongst the type of users they had in mind made sense.

On Discord, users can participate in voice and video chats, send private text-based messages, and take part in communities, which are called „servers“ on the platform.

Did you know that we run a Short Deck server? You can find the link to join below this article.

Over the years, Discord has grown in popularity and has evolved from being a tool for gamers into a full-fledged service for anyone looking to chat or join online communities. Users can even start their own communities, aka servers, and invite users to join. Inside each server, users can set up channels dedicated to specific topics so that users on each server can congregate with others about the issues they’d like to discuss.

How much does Discord cost?

Discord is completely free to join. Yes, other chat services like Slack have free tiers with messaging limits.

Discord does not have any such limits. It’s completely free to use with complete access to your messages, history, communities, etc. And, furthermore, it’s free to start your own server too.

However, there are paid subscriptions for bonuses and perks.

For $9.99 per month or $99.99 per year, users can sign up for Discord Nitro. This subscription gives users access to free games in Discord’s store and provides platform extras such as animated avatars, custom sitewide emojis, larger file upload sizes and more.

For $4.99 users can subscribe to a cheaper version of the paid service, Discord Nitro Classic, which provides all the platform bonuses except the free games.

Perks, such as extra custom emojis or higher quality audio chats, can also be purchased for a specific server via a server boost. Each server boost costs $4.99. Two server boosts are included with a Discord Nitro subscription.

The two server boost included with the Discord Nitro sub are enough to grant your server access to the first tier. There are three total tiers with each bringing additional paid perks like more slots for custom emojis or even brand new bonuses like a vanity URL for your server.

Where can I access Discord?

Users can access Discord at discord.com and chat on their servers right within their web browser upon signing into their account.

There are also desktop applications for Windows and Mac computers, as well as mobile apps for iOS and Android devices.

How can I use discord for Poker?

There’s no better tool for building a poker community than Discord. You will find many poker servers for all sorts of games and sites, including our server with over 1k members and a decent amount of activity for a niche game like Short Deck is. 

Discord is a great tool to meet like-minded people and in terms of poker it’s ideal to learn strategy, share (poker) news or just have some small talk with fellow grinders. 

On our Short Deck Bootcamp Server, as we call it, we also run frequent promotions and giveaways as well as a very useful hand-discussion channel, where anybody from small to high-stakes can share any hand history and get very valuable feedback from other, more experienced members. 

What are you waiting for? Let’s grow the community and help each other become more successful poker players. 

Join the Shortdeck Bootcamp

When I was done with my coaching certification… 

I was terrified of asking people to pay for my coaching.

Why?

I had skills. I had knowledge. I had my certification. I had good reviews. I had experience. 

I had coached roughly 50 sessions for free.

But there was something holding me back from the next level.

And that something is the key to everything.

How many times have you tried to change?

How many times have you sat down to study…  

… only to find yourself opening social media, checking your phone, or realising that it’s better to clean the house?

How many times have you told yourself to focus on poker when you’re playing… 

… only to find yourself opening up youtube, discord, or other social media?

How many times have you told yourself that you want to exercise and eat more healthy…

… only to find yourself skip today’s workout and eat exactly what you did last week?

You consciously want to be better…

But your behavior is not aligned.

It comes down to one problem…

Your subconscious.

How your subconscious is keeping you stuck

Neuroscience has shown that we have two parts of our brains.

The conscious and the subconscious.

The conscious is the rational, logical, mind. 

The one you set goals with.

The subconscious is the ancient, emotional, habitual mind. 

This is what’s driving a lot of your behavior, without you really thinking about it.

Various research shows that roughly 95 % of our brain’s activity is subconscious.

It is created through patterns. 

Repeated thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that you have conditioned into your mind a lot of times.

This is now your identity.

Who you are.

Only problem?

We are not really aware of how we have ‘programmed’ this part of our mind.

Meaning you are likely to have limiting beliefs, emotional blockages, and disempowering behavioral habits, that you’re not really thinking about.

You’re just living it.

And let me tell you this.

It’s very difficult to get lasting results when your subconscious mind is programmed in a way that’s not aligned with your conscious goals…

Because then you start to…

• Procrastinate…
• Self sabotage…
• Stay in your comfort zone…
• Come up with excuses for why you don’t want to change anyway…

Sounds familiar?

The secret to it all

This is what most coaches fail to tell you.

They only focus on the surface level stuff… 

Like I did in the beginning.

Because I didn’t know better.

And that can be good…

But most often, it’s not really moving the needle.

What really moves the needle is to work with both the conscious and subconscious mind.

The conscious mind is easy. That’s the surface level.

So let me tell you how to rewire your subconscious mind.

How to rewire your subconscious mind

I use three techniques to work with the subconscious mind

1. Meditation
2. Visualization
3. Coaching

Meditation

Research has shown that people who practice mindfulness meditation are better at seeing their subconscious patterns.

To meditate means to “become familiar with”. 

Subconscious means “below awareness”. 

Pretty good match, right?

It is an active training of your mind to become more aware of what’s going on inside of it.

When you train your brain to not just follow what pops up… 

But take a step back and observe it first… 

Then you have increased your ability to make a conscious decision.

Visualization

Visualization is one of my favorite tools.

Brain scans have shown how the mind can physically change simply by imagining something.

The effect is not as powerful as doing it in real life.

But it is a great short cut to condition your subconscious mind into new thoughts, feelings, and actions.

Remember, the more you do something, the more it gets ingrained into your subconscious. 

It is much easier to start to visualize your dreams … to visualize how you overcome obstacles … than actually jumping out of bed and doing it straight away.

Coaching

Coaching is a wide term. 

For me it means to help you get from point A to point B AND teach you how to do it yourself.

For me, asking questions is the heart and soul of coaching.

Coaching is more of a “conscious mind tool” but it can still make an impact on your subconscious.

Because coaching is great for clarity, perspective-shifts, and awareness.

Clarity and awareness is all about figuring out “who am I, and who do I want to be?”

This can lead to a shift in your perspective.

An aha-moment.

Aha-moments have the potential to instantly rewire the way you think.

What should you do now?

I want you to reach out to me if this post resonated with you.

I’ll help you get started with one of the three tools.

Join our discord and talk with Peter Rasmussen in one of our Poker Mindset channels or book a private coaching session.