The Rec Poker Podcast

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew welcome back Sky Matsuhashi to talk about goal-setting for 2025, reviewing our goals from last year, how to play against 3-bets, and a lot more! They discuss what qualities a good goal has that a bad goal does not, and how we can use our time best to achieve our dreams. Sky also offers some really helpful tips on how to play optimally when facing a 3-bet, and what kinds of hands you want to continue with.

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Alex Fitzgerald, Nathan Williams, and Barry Carter, plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Sky is active on Twitter as https://x.com/smartpokerstudy

Here’s his site with more great stuff and his newsletter signup: https://smartpokerstudy.com/

You MUST check out the Smart Poker Study YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SmartPokerStudy

Try The Poker Forge and see what all the buzz is about: https://rec.poker/go/pokerforge/

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

06:51 Sky shares about his success over the years

07:53 Smart goal: one of the most effective ways to achieve dreams

10:40 Helpful structure to get most out of time

13:31 How to not stress on things that didn’t get done

16:00 How to not get stressed on things that didn’t get done

19:29 Playing 100,000 hands in a year

24:48 Factors to consider when facing 3-Bets

33:34 Hand qualities that are good for 4-betting, calling, or folding

40:11 Sky on set over set

45:33 John Somsky setting goal in 2025k

51:04 The Poker Forge holiday deal

01:06:59 Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

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Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

The Holiday festivities continue, gang! With everyone away last week we couldn't get episode 649 in the can in time for our usual release, so we are here just one week later to discuss some new hands from Jim’s recent trip to Las Vegas to play in the WPT Championship!

This week, Jim leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through two suited Ace-King hands that played out very differently, one in position and one out of position, one as a preflop 3-bet and one as a call. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses preflop ranges, bet and raise sizing, tournament stages, playing versus unknows, relative hand strength, responding to check-raises, and more!

Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question of your own in the forum or our discord channel for the panel to review!'

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

Merry Christmas, gang! Every year something goes wrong and we miss an episode in our usual production schedule, and this year was no different. Episode 619 was lost in real time, so we are putting a little gift under the tree for you this week to make up for it - welcome to episode 619 version 2!

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through two hands he played recently in the World Poker Tour series at the Wynn hotel in Las Vegas. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses calling versus 3-betting, meta-game, player pool tendencies, bluff-targeting, bet sizing, playing against capped ranges, and more!

Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question of your own in the forum or our discord channel for the panel to review!

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

Merry Christmas Eve, RecPoker Peeps! For your gift this year, we hope you enjoy episode SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY! Wow, that’s no lump of coal! This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a hand by Joe Millay (emtape) about a hand he played in our home game club where his value hand turned to dust on the river. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses stack sizes and SPR, geometric betting, ranging your opponent, some general rules when considering bluffcatching, and more!

Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to post a question of your own in the forum or our discord channel for the panel to review!

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity
Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:
https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid and John Somsky are joined by some exciting guests to kick off a year of Mixed Games podcast episodes, featuring the “Mixed Game of the Month” in our free home game club! This month, we are practicing No Limit 5-Card Draw - and the first practice game is tomorrow night! John and Jim start with a basic explainer about the mechanics of the game, and then we are joined by several mixed game enthusiasts and experts to give our audience some advice and tips on how to get the most out of each game we feature.

If you are curious about how to play No-Limit 5-Card Draw, then this is the episode for you! And if you are more of a holdem player and don't really get into mixed games, we heartily recommend that you give them a try - maybe you’ll feel more comfortable about dipping a toe in once you’ve heard from our panel about how to avoid some beginner’s mistakes.

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview JP McCann from the Irish Poker Open! JP shares some details about his own love of poker, what led him and Paul O’Reilly to revive the IPO, the importance of the player experience, why it is crucial to hire the best staff, some stories about things going very right and very wrong, the fun times at at the Craic Den, and a lot more!

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Andy Black, Dara O’Kearney and Padraig Parkinson and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

JP is active on Twitter as https://x.com/MccannJP

The Irish Poker Open 2025 details: https://irishpokeropen.com/

Read Jim’s article about the 2024 IPO: https://www.poker.org/latest-news/making-money-friends-and-memories-the-recs-irish-poker-open-experience-aW46k8X0DVDr/

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

03:35 JP Maccan shares about his role in the poker world

13:01 Some prizes at the Irish Open are out of this world

15:55 JP on records of attendance at Irish Poker

18:18 How JP and Paul measure success in the series

21:31 How JP and Paul measure success in the poker series

23:22 Tips to first timer going to Irish Poker Open

30:13 JP talks about employees they get

37:40 The story behind RecPoker promotion at the Irish Open

51:23 Get more about RecPoker charity auction

55:56 Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Rob Washam leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Bug920 about a live cash game hand they played with deep stacks holding QTs on the button. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses preflop ranges, calling vs. 3-betting, internal biases, playing value hands, player tendencies, what factors to consider in the moment of decision, and more!

Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum or discord for the panel to review!

Link: https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/what-to-do/

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Lupe Soto about her life as a pioneer in the women’s poker movement! Lupe shares about her love of mixed games, what it feels like to get busted by Jim (sorry, Lupe), how far the poker world has come since she started advocating for women in the game, the importance of giving back, her new women’s tournament festival in Las Vegas alongside the World Poker Tour later this month, some players she really respects, suggestions for some next steps the poker industry should take, and a lot more!

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Rebecca Scales, Tatiana Fox, and Linda Johnson and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Support Joe’s RecPoker Charity Auction: https://givebutter.com/c/RecPokerFB/auction

Lupe is active on Twitter: https://x.com/PokerLupe

Check out her website: https://lupesoto.com/

Support Poker Gives: https://pokergives.org/

Check out the Women’s Poker Association: https://www.wpa.poker/

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

05:07 Lupe Soto defines her role in the poker world

06:26 Looking back to all organizations Lupe has been

08:09 Lupe on being the voice of women in poker

10:31 Women who are now successful in poker

13:59 Lupe talks about women staking opportunities

17:16 Getting connections in poker to get stake

19:39 Who is Lupe Soto in the outside world?

23:00 Win money or enjoy the game

26:36 Absolutely there’s place for women only festivals

36:29 Lupe shares some details about tournaments in Vegas

57:23 Things poker community needs to do

1:11:40 Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Rob Washam leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a hand played by Chris Jones in ‘The Loncar’ an online tournament hosted on ACR. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel calling versus raising, bet sizing, player tendencies, ICM factors, relative hand strength, value targeting, and more!

Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review!

Link: https://discord.com/channels/608505737454288896/1270506293077217301/threads/1300524489431318639

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview longtime player, pro, and industry professional Rob Perelman! Sometimes, when you are sitting at the poker table, good things happen when you start asking your neighbours about whether or not a hotdog is a sandwich: Jim and Rob met over the summer playing at the same table in a WSOP event, one conversation led to another and here we are! Rob brings a lot of stories from his various roles and experiences in the poker world, and shares some of his favourites with the gang, PLUS we dive into some Bomb Pot strategy, some tips for recs, and Joe Kulas also has a really cool offer for poker fans around the world to support a local food bank and win some AWESOME prizes in his silent auction coming up next month!

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Matt Savage, Jack Effel, and a 100-year-old-Binions-dealer and we Close The Action with our speed round!

Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Rob is on Twitter at https://x.com/veeRob

Check out the bomb pots channel! https://www.youtube.com/@OopsAllBombPots

Link to Joe Kulas’ charity auction: https://givebutter.com/c/RecPokerFB

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

04:11 Rob defines his own role in the poker world

09:06 Rob’s relationship to the game of poker

11:51 Rob on creating the first Blink 182 website

14:01 What drives somebody to reject the basic premise of life?

17:58 Chats: What did Binions smell like in 2007

19:43 Fun part Rob loves about his job

22:23 Rob’s favorite PLO book

23:58 Tips to players who want to start PLO

25:33 What Rob loves about PLO

34:46 Code word that indicates not chopping

39:20 One story that almost shared on TV

59:33 Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a conversation between Chris Jones and Taylor Maas about some strategic adjustments Taylor has been making recently which have allowed him to have an extremely successful month on the felt, While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses how and when to deviate from GTO, how to analyze the errors your foes are making, some common exploits you can adapt to recreational fields, the importance of PAYING ATTENTION AT THE TABLE (not just to showdown hands!) and a lot more.

Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review!

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Rob Washam and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Christin Maschmann! Although there are some audio connection issues throughout the interview, this is a fun one. Christin has worn many hats over the years within the poker industry, and shares several stories about some of the roles she has played. Whether it is advocating for the experience of players in live events, helping to evaluate the caliber of floor staff, her experience of writing a book about her travels, her Hendenmob flag collection, creating and co-ordinating promotional material and events, meeting Jim in Vegas, her struggles with Multiple Sclerosis, her favourite mixed games, and what it’s like to travel the world without a home, Christin brings a refreshing perspective to the life of an industry grinder!

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Feder Holz, Christoff Vogelsang, and Karei Ademir and we Close The Action with our speed round!

Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank.

Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Follow Christin on socials:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/niceandsunny/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@niceandsunny

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NiceAndSunny

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

02:52 Christin defines her own role in the poker world

03:32What does the QA manager at a poker event look like?

06:03 Venues following the TDA rules just like WASOP

09:06 The most common complaint from poker players

10:14 Christin on what she loves and hates about her job

11:51 What Christin love and hates about her job

12:50 Living a nomad lifestyle

16:11 Christin talks about her book

20:40 How Multiple Sclerosis affect Christin’s her game

28:05 Favorite poker variant

30:29 Finding accommodations during tournaments

51:55 Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid and the panel are joined by some exciting guests to kick off a year of Mixed Games podcast episodes, featuring the “Mixed Game of the Month” in our free home game club! This month, we are practicing 8 Game Mix - and the first practice game is tomorrow night! The panel start with a basic explainer about the mechanics of the game, and then we are joined by several mixed game enthusiasts and experts. Get some advice and tips from Chad McVean, Chris Fox Wallace, Mike Patrick, Norman Chad, Robbie Strazynski, and Shannon Van Den Berg on how to get the most out of each game we feature.

If you are curious about how to play 8 Game Mix, then this is the episode for you! And if you are more of a hold'em player and don't really get into mixed games, we heartily recommend that you give them a try - maybe you’ll feel more comfortable about dipping a toe in once you’ve heard from our panel about how to avoid some beginner’s mistakes.

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview popular poker comedian and video producer Sethy Poker! Seth shares some of his poker origin story, what he loves about making funny poker videos, some lessons he’s learned from his time on the felt, and how he studies to improve as a player. He also talks about the importance of community in poker, treating others with respect, some assumptions about the industry that he was wrong about, and some other players and content creators that he thinks highly of. We also play Stake/Study Stack with Caitlyn Comesky, Casino King and Greg Goes All In, and we Close The Action with our speed round!

Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Seth is active on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sethypoker

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sethypoker/?hl=en

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sethypoker?lang=en

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sethymoe

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

03:12 Seth defines his role in the poker world

04:42 How Seth got into poker

07:21 Seth: comedy has been always my niche

08:56 Making a living with playing and producing content

14:52 False assumptions Seth had about the poker community

17:17 False assumptions about the poker community

21:58 Seth shares what he does to improve his game

27:51 Making poker a job: does it take the shine of it?

29:54 Balancing poker and life

34:09 What makes a good short form content in the poker world

40:07 Seth on the code word

51:09 Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by new Premium member Ben “Fripper” Folger about a hand he played recently where they were facing a lot of strength postflop and decided to find a fold versus a turn shove. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses player types, raise sizes, player pool tendencies, under-bluffed postflop lines, board textures, ICM factors, and a lot more!

Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review!

Link: https://discord.com/channels/608505737454288896/1296103796577144894/1296103796577144894

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew welcome poker’s greatest villain David Lappin back to the show to talk about his recently winning Poker.Org’s “Runner Runner” competition, and its prize of a gold pass to the North American Poker Tour going on in Vegas this week! They discuss David and Jim’s ongoing ‘rivalry’ in the poker world (can it be a rivalry if one person does all the wining?) rooming together in Las Vegas, how David solved the Runner Runner clues, how he prepares for a large tournament series, the logistics of selling action for events, auditioning for The Big Game on Tour, and more! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

David is active on Twitter as https://x.com/dklappin

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

04:55 Home Game Result updates

11:34 David talks about his journey to Runner Runner poker

26:17 How David prepare when playing at a big event

29:46 When in Vegas: just sleeping in poker

31:23 Planning and make time to have fun when in a big event

35:13 David's audition phase for the Runner Runner

42:02 Latest in David’s world

46:53 What David Lappin does for fun

49:11 Considering the future: David's perception of success

52:43 Logistics of staking as an international player

55:49 Deciding how much to sell in staking

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Marcel Dusyk about c-bet sizing and how to navigate situations when multiple factors are in play. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses flop textures, player types, general rules, multiway dynamics, how to weigh differetnt factors, and more!

Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum or our discord for the panel to review!

Link: https://discord.com/channels/608505737454288896/1278203000631857264

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew welcome back to the show new Crew member LoriAnn Persinger! As a Las Vegas resident, LoriAnn shares some details about how she chooses what tournaments to play, and what cardrooms she prefers to play in. We also discuss field sizes, prizepool guarantees, structures, re-entry formats and more. Plus LoriAnn shares some stories from working in the poker industry over the years, as well as some entertaining exploits she’s encountered as a player! The group talks about their favourite places to play poker in Vegas, what makes for a fun cardroom, how we can all make the poker world a better place, and what LoriAnn is looking forward to doing with RecPoker.

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Jen Shahade, Mario Ho and Jamie Kerstetter and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

LoriAnn is active on Twitter as https://x.com/LoAnPer66

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

03:34 LoriAnn’s role in the poker world

05:51 LoriAnn’s relationship to poker after moving to Las Vegas

13:43 How being liked by people impacts LoriAnn’s poker

21:03 LoriAnn’s on how her husband supports her

25:32 Approach to the game and adjusting to the players

34:07 LoriAnn's approach to the game

38:31 Daily tournament recommendations

44:56 LoriAnn on feeling comfortable and safe

56:53 LoriAnn's experience moving to Vegas

01:16:32 Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through Part 2 of a conversation with RECing Crew member Mark Zhang about how we can exploit the poorly-constructed ranges of our opponents. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses the importance of visualizing your entire range to find the counter-intuitive combos of hands you’ll need to continue with on earlier streets in order to be balanced by the end of the hand - and how you can punish the folks you are playing against that don’t! This is more advanced than many of our podcast episodes, so you might want to listen twice and take some notes!

Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question of your own in the forum or our discord for the panel to review.

Link: https://discord.com/channels/608505737454288896/1278203000631857264

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew welcome back poker player, commentator and host Veronica Brill! Veronica unfortunately had a front-row seat to the terrible situation with Nick Vertucci at Hustler Casino Live and she shares her perspective on how events there unfolded over time, culminating in the public scandal that has broken out over the last few weeks. Veronica, who made a name for herself in the poker community by being at the forefront of the Mike Postle cheating scandal several years ago, shares her perspective on how the HCL situation came about, the warning signs she wishes she had paid more attention to along the way, how the public has reacted to her role, some advice she would share to other folks in the poker industry, how her life as a public figure has been affected by the vitriol and anger of some people in the poker industry since that time, and a lot more.

The panel also discusses various problems and solutions available to the poker world as a whole, and Jim gets a little, um…hot under the collar…talking about how we as a community deserve to ask better of ourselves and each other when it comes to making the poker world a better, more comfortable place - and maybe even a place with fewer assholes in it.

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Shaun Deeb, David Tuchman and Faraz Jaka and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Veronica is active on Twitter and Instagram at https://x.com/Angry_Polak

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

04:28 Veronica shares about her current role in the poker world

06:33 Veronica on allegations about Nick Vertucci

24:45 Poker problem or human problem?

27:32 Stepping in front of anger

31:39 It’s not possible to be selective in poker

42:35 Help make voices heard as a poker community

47:17 Stopping bad behavior instead of moving people to other tables

55:07 When the whales are the a***h**

59:08 Veronica’s favorite and strangest interview

1:14:27 Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a conversation with RECing Crew member Mark Zhang about how we can exploit the poorly-constructed ranges of our opponents. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses the importance of visualizing your entire range to find the counter-intuitive combos of hands you’ll need to continue with on earlier streets in order to be balanced by the end of the hand - and how you can punish the folks you are playing against that don’t! This is more advanced than many of our podcast episodes, so you might want to listen twice and take some notes!

Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question of your own in the forum or our discord for the panel to review. Link: https://discord.com/channels/608505737454288896/1278203000631857264

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview long-time friend of the show and RECing Crew member Dara O’Kearny and his fantastic perennial co-writer Barry Carter! This dynamic duo shares some exiting news about their new video platform for training materials, what makes creating videos different from writing books, things they don’t love about their jobs, the strategic difference between bounty tournaments and progressive knockouts, and a lot more!

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Barney Boatman, David Lappin adn Andy Black and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Follow Barry https://x.com/Barry_Carter and Dara https://x.com/daraokearney on Twitter and find out more about their awesome new material for poker players here: https://simplifypoker.com/free/

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

06:02 Barry in his own realm in the poker world

09:53 The transition into new platform from written book

17:21 Dara’s philosophy: try and teach students be self coaching

21:10 Approach to different types of game

26:59 How students absorb different contents

32:06 Barry on his writing process

37:59 Dara on pushing everybody to optimally performing

44:50 Dara talks about his wonderful wardrobe in poker

51:07 Things to consider when hiring a poker coach

53:45 One thing makes the job feel like a grind

01:08:37 Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid and the panel are joined by some exciting guests to kick off a year of Mixed Games podcast episodes, featuring the “Mixed Game of the Month” in our free home game club! This month, we are practicing Limit 2-7 Triple Draw - and the first practice game is tomorrow night! The panel start with a basic explainer about the mechanics of the game, and then we are joined by several mixed game enthusiasts and experts. Get some advice and tips from Bernard Lee, Chad McVean, Chris Fox Wallace, Kathy Chang, Mike Patrick, Norman Chad, Robbie Strazynski, and Shannon Van Den Berg on how to get the most out of each game we feature.

If you are curious about how to play Limit 2-7 Triple Draw, then this is the episode for you! And if you are more of a hold'em player and don't really get into mixed games, we heartily recommend that you give them a try - maybe you’ll feel more comfortable about dipping a toe in once you’ve heard from our panel about how to avoid some beginner’s mistakes.

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview new RECing Crew member Craig Savage! A teacher by trade, Craig has been a poker player and coach for many years, and is excited to be sharing his experience with our members as one of our RecPoker coaches! Craig shares about what makes teaching easier and harder, what he loves about the competition of poker, the importance of mindset, what it’s like playing on day 6 of the WSOP main event, and a lot more!

We also play Stake/Study Stack with three of craigs coaching clients: Mike Day, Hubie Sacilowski and Gary Rains - and we Close The Action with our speed round!

Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Craig is active on Twitter as https://x.com/XsavageX

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

03:33 Craig defines his role in the poker world

06:20 Craig shares about his journey into poker

12:24 Craig shares his journey into poker

14:38 Teaching skills translated to poker

22:16 Who RECing Crew members work with?

26:19 Playing poker vs golf

29:00 Transitioning from secondary income to poker pro

40:14 Craig on his new study group Teacher’s Bet

53:54 Craig talks about his first live play experience

01:20:50 Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Rob Washam about a hand he played at the Orleans against an aggressive foe while out of position. Rob 3-bets preflop and gets called, and flops pretty well - but how can we maximize our profitability in this spot versus this opponent? The last few weeks we looked at how to avoid ‘giving up’ out of position when we don’t hit our hand - now how do we get max value when we DO connect with the board? While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses raise sizes, player types, postflop betting lines, planning for good and bad runouts, when and how to deviate from GTO, and more!

Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question of your own in the forums or on discord for the panel to review!

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview long-time player, coach and now RECing Crew member Matt Affleck! Matt and Jim have some exciting news to share about a coaching collaboration over the next few months, and they also share some details about how Matt will be contributing to the learning materials available to RecPoker premium members. They also examine a few leaks of Jim’s that Matt has already discovered, and the overall structure of Matt’s coaching program. Join our first two collaborative coaching sessions, October 9th at 6pm EST and October 23rd at 8:30pm EST, open to all RecPoker premium members!

Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Matt is active on Twitter as https://twitter.com/mcmattopoker

Work with Matt in his coaching program: https://pokercoaching.com/privatecoaching/

Get to know Matt better: https://www.mattaffleck.com/

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

10:48 Matt on coaching Jim at RecPoker

13:33 Dates and time of Matt’s webinar at RecPoker

16:11 Matt on looking at Jim’s database

20:15 Changing the way you think about poker

24:45 Filters that are set up to look for mistakes

27:44 How Matt prepares for a tournament

35:39 Home Game result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

We hope you enjoyed last week’s episode, because this week Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a THIRD discussion about Taylor’s KQ hand from the WSOP this summer! We just can’t stop getting good feedback about this hand and some of the postflop situations that we should be trying to avoid - or at least to understand them well enough that we don't HAVE to avoid them! Pro player and RECing Crew member Mark Zhang joins the discussion this week to shed some light on why many recreational poker players miss out on postflop opportunities to profit when others don’t.

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

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Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview James Hartigan! A former journalist, film critic and radio presenter, James has been anchoring poker TV shows and live streams for nearly two decades. Best known for his work as the lead commentator on the European Poker Tour, he has also hosted live coverage of the NAPT, PCA, PSPC and World Series of Poker. He won the Global Poker Award for Best Broadcaster in 2023, while the Poker in the Ears podcast, which James co-presents with Joe Stapleton, was named Best Podcast in 2022.

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Maria Ho, Sam Grafton and Griffin Benger and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

http://x.com/J_Hartigan

https://www.youtube.com/@James_Hartigan

http://YouTube.com/PokerStars

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

05:44 James shares what his role is in the poker world

11:36 Making poker stories more exciting

16:40 Journalism into poker commentary

20:01 Balance of information and entertainment

23:26 Getting immersed in the game: resist commenting

30:45 James and Joe’s chemistry makes it more fun

34:36 James talks about the experience in the production

38:32 James on the audition process for the NAPT

42:58 How both Poker Stars and the game changed over time

01:10:14 Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

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Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a live YouTube episode reviewing some feedback we got on a recent podcast where we examined a hand Taylor Maas played in the WSOP this summer. The panel and the YouTube chatters discuss the difficulty of playing out of position as the pre-flop aggressor, and share some ideas on how to avoid ‘waving the white flag’ when the board doesn't suit our hand.

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

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Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Franke Von Zweigbergk about his Festival Series, an outrageously fun collection of international competitions spanning poker, table games, and many other ‘gambly’ ways to test your mettle. With an emphasis on hospitality and the player experience, Franke has championed this series for several years with many stops at fabulous European locations, including an upcoming visit to Bratislava in November!

Find out more here: https://www.thefestival.com/

Follow Franke on Twitter: https://x.com/FrankeSWE

Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

05:30 Franke talks about the Festival Series

10:14 How the cash games challenge is played

15:41 “Better to burn-out than to fade away”

19:03 Franke on the dark side of gambling

25:43 Childhood games before getting into gambling elements

26:56 Benefits of expanding the repertoire

30:17 Franke’s favorite destination

33:22 What to expect at The Festival Series in Bratislava

37:59 One thing Franke cherishes: friendship

39:49 Life lessons from the game

44:13 Home Game Result updates

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid and the panel are joined by some exciting guests to kick off a year of Mixed Games podcast episodes, featuring the “Mixed Game of the Month” in our free home game club! This month, we are practicing 6+ Hold’em a.k.a. Short Deck- and the first practice game is tomorrow night! The panel start with a basic explainer about the mechanics of the game, and then we are joined by several mixed game enthusiasts and experts. Get some advice and tips from Chad McVean, Mike Patrick, Norman Chad, Robbie Strazynski, and Shannon Van Den Berg on how to get the most out of each game we feature.

If you are curious about how to play Short Deck, then this is the episode for you! And if you are more of a hold'em player and don't really get into mixed games, we heartily recommend that you give them a try - maybe you’ll feel more comfortable about dipping a toe in once you’ve heard from our panel about how to avoid some beginner’s mistakes.

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Rob Washam and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Greg Liow from Greg Goes All In! They discuss Greg's start as an actor and children's television host and producer, what makes for compelling poker content, how he worked at improving at poker (and how tournaments derailed that progress), and why niche fame is great unless you are getting punched in the spine.

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Slow Poker, Brad Owen, and Rampage, and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Find more Greg here:

https://www.youtube.com/@GregGoesAllIn

https://www.instagram.com/greg.goes.all.in/

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

03:42 Greg describes his role in the poker world

04:42 Greg’s ideas in producing Youtube content

06:18 How Greg started in poker

08:37 Getting into YouTube content creation

14:10 Greg had formal training as an actor

19:51 Greg’s poker journey and thinking while playing

25:07 Creating stories without getting feedback from other people

29:40 Keeping the spark of creativity

32:34 Greg on facing backslash

39:07 Using the channel for non-poker content

42:18 Live poker vs. online poker

01:01:13 Home Game Result updates

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid and Rob Washam from the RecPoker RECing Crew discuss a forum post from our Discord by Chris Jones from a hand he played in the Venom where he 3-bet versus an aggressive opponent from the blinds, but then had to play out of position postflop and make some tricky decisions for his tournament life. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses raise sizing, player types, board textures, postflop betting lines, overbets, and more!

Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review!

Or check us out on Discord: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a hand played by Taylor Maas in the WSOP PokerNews Deep Stack tournament! Starting with King-Queen offsuit facing a squeeze opportunity with Dara O’Kearney in the hand, how would you proceed postflop when the board runs out against you? While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses calling versus squeezing, raise sizes, calling ranges, live tournament tendencies, anticipating play from pros, and a lot more!

Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review.

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Jon Rand, aka Slow Poker! Jon shares some stories about transitioning from life as a playwright to being a poker content creator, what he loves about the game, some challenges he faces in his new role, what success looks like, balancing work and a family, and the virtues of taking bathroom breaks before podcasts!

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Marle Spragg, Greg Goes All In, and Caitlyn Comesky and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank.

Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Find out more about Jon:

YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/slowpokertime?sub_confirmation=1

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/slowpokertime/

TWITTER/X: https://twitter.com/slowpokertime

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/slowpokertime

TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@slowpokertime/

PATREON: http://patreon.com/slowpoker

WEBSITE & MERCH: http://slowpoker.cards

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

03:17 Jon describe his role in the poker world

05:07 Jon on his first experience on poker

07:03 Jon talks about the early stages of his posting

11:29 Reasons why Jon's YouTube channel grown slowly

17:16 Jon shares about his playwriting

21:29 Playing in disguise playing around poker room

25:21 Balancing family and career

27:24 Is Jon also fun at a table?

35:03 What Jon takes credit for his game improvement

41:38 Jon’s goals in the poker world

58:11 Home Game Result updates

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a hand played recently by Kim Kilroy from day 2 of the WSOP Super-Senior’s event, a $1K buy-in tournament with over 3,000 entrants. This hand takes place past the bubble, but early in the money, and Kim faces an overbet shove from an opponent looking to get it in. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses stack sizes, player types, overbet ranges, range equity, ICM pressure, and more!

Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review!

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

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Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew discuss different player types and how to exploit the mistakes they make! Whether it’s Old Man Coffee, limpers, maniacs or pros, whether they are to your right or to your left, see what tips the panel and our YouTube chatters have in store for the next time YOU sit down at the felt.

Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review!

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Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

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Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid and and the panel are joined by some exciting guests to kick off a year of Mixed Games podcast episodes, featuring the “Mixed Game of the Month” in our free home game club! This month, we are practicing H.O.R.S.E - and the first practice game is tomorrow night! The panel start with a basic explainer about the mechanics of the game, and then we are joined by several mixed game enthusiasts and experts. Get some advice and tips from Chad McVean, Chris ‘Fox’ Wallace, Louie Hillman, Mike Patrick, Norman Chad, Robbie Strazynski, and Shannon Van Den Berg on how to get the most out of each game we feature.

If you are curious about how to play H.O.R.S.E, then this is the episode for you! And if you are more of a holdem player and don't really get into mixed games, we heartily recommend that you give them a try - maybe you’ll feel more comfortable about dipping a toe in once you’ve heard from our panel about how to avoid some beginner’s mistakes.

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

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Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview poker pro Jay “Venom” Carrafiello. Jay talks about coming up in the cash game streets playing PLO and learning lessons, dipping into heads-up play for a while, and settling on MTTs as his format of choice. The discussion finds a few rabbit-holes, covering the difference between cash and tournament play, different variants of poker, the importance of finding people to learn with, taking notes at the table, solvers, poker goals, one of Jay’s recent tourney wins, live reads tat the table and a lot more! We also play Stake/Study/Stack with Craig Savage, Rob Gardner and Scott Beckom and we Close The Action with our speed round!

Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Jay is active on Twitter as https://x.com/VA_Venom

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

03:40 Jay shares what his role is in the poker world

05:06 How Jay got started in poker

08:46 Mental shifts: tournament vs. cash games

13:18 Jay talks about his main ways for improvement

17:39 Finding people to share thoughts and hands with

20:19 Jay’s approach to table reading

26:52 Jay’s photogenic memory

28:44 Recommendations: learning cash and MTTs at the same time

39:37 Chats: Do you recommend ICMizers for short stack study

41:02 Balancing family time and poker

45:17 How Jay measures success as a poker player

01:15:06 Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Joe Millay (jmetape) about how to choose between different shorter tournament types when he doesn’t have time to play a long MTT schedule. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses he pros and cons of sit and gos, double or nothings, single table tournaments, spin and gos, turbos, cash games, and a lot more!

Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question of your own in the forums for the panel to review!

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview longtime friend of the show and new RECing Crew member Rob Gardner! Rob shares some details about his work with various poker learning communities over the years, and what he hopes for the future of RecPoker. They talk about the process of transitioning from a recreational player to a pro player, what's involved in streaming as an ambassador, the best ways to learn in a community, whether Jim or Mrs. BLUFFSTORINI is right about nostalgia, and a lot more!

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Lori-Ann Persinger, Justin Arnwine and Alex Loveless and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Rob is active on Twitter as https://x.com/RobGardnerLive and you can find him on all the other socials at the same handle!

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

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Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through his recent deepish run in the WSOP Main Event! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses how to approach a tournament like this, the importance of table draws, how to exploit certain opponents, they review a few hands he played at various points in the tournament, and a lot more!

Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review!

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $17 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew welcome back co-host of the the Thinking Poker podcast and online pro Carlos Welch! Carlos talks about how his life has changed since he was last on the show, with a shiny new bracelet on his wrist and the love of his life, Gloria Jackson, on his arm.

Carlos shares some of his experiences as a host, why he prefers playing online to live, some mistakes recreational players often make, how to respond to player that 3-bet you too often, Biggie Smalls (yes, Biggie Smalls), and more!

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Andrew Brokos, Gloria Jackson and Alex Fitzgerald and we Close The Action with our speed round!

Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Carlos is active on Twitter as https://x.com/HipHop101Trivia

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

05:41 Carlos defines his role in the poker world

07:43 Learning with GTO and what should they be doing

15:48 How different interests affect how one approaches poker

19:23 Live poker: what Carlos doesn’t like about it

23:12 Advantages of other players' mistakes

26:15 Why not play the main?

34:36 Life after winning a bracelet

37:27 Dealing with credentialing in poker

41:53 The biggest lesson from poker that applies to life

48:17 Deciding in which way to deviate against the player

59:02 Other hands to include in a 4-betting range

01:20:03 Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by John Crowell (7high11) about check-raising the flop with a plan. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses John’s improvements as a player, what factors to consider when making a check-raise, multi-way equity, denying equity to hands you are beating, villain types, planning for different runouts, and more!

Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review!

Link: https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/check-raise-bluffing-from-the-blinds/

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview poker author Alex O’Brien, who shares some stories about her career as a writer and player, the difference between science writing and poker writing, balancing time for projects she is passionate about, life lessons from poker and from writing, playing in the 2024 WSOP and the role of one’s rail, and a lot more!

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Dara O’Kearney, Jen Shahade and Maria Konnikova and we Close The Action with our speed round.

Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Find Alex on socials here:

https://x.com/obrientweet

https://www.instagram.com/alexob2209/

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

05:20 Alex talks about her path in poker

13:57 Alex sees poker as a challenging activity

17:07 Working with the BBC: Alex provides details about the project

23:37 Poker as an explanation for life

30:33 Understanding emotions in poker

36:12 The greatest lesson in poker

39:43 Valuable insights on how to approach strategy

46:29 Techniques to not project microexpressions

50:08 Who gets more folds? Player wearing a Hoodie vs. Jacket

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Kili19341 about a hand where they were holding AK offsuit and faced a 3-bet shove. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses how to approach each hand, putting your opponents on a range, ‘fake’ bubbles, ICM pressure, and Jim even breaks down some poker math right on the show - a rare occurrence, will he screw it up in real time?!

Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review!

Link: https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/fold-call-or-raise/

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview recent bracelet winner Mark Checkwicz, who you might know better as the Cookie Monster! Mark recently won the very first ever Senior’s High-Roller event at the WSOP and shares some details about his journey to a bracelet. The group talks about what makes the WSOP different, the importance of having fun with your life, the darker side of gambling, and a lot more!

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Nick Shulman, Dara O’Kearney, and Angela Jordison and we Close The Action with our speed round!

Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Mark has fun on Twitter as https://x.com/PokerCookieM

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

05:23 Mark talks about the tournament he won

07:19 Mark as an advocate for recreational players

12:24 Advocate for recreational players

17:02 Getting support for the buy-in

18:51 Mark on the best part of his hand and play

30:05 At the final table, did it go smoothly?

34:28 Taking first place: Mark on winning the game

38:49 Negative impact of having the wrong mindset on gambling

53:15 Cookie Monster explained

01:10:24 Home Game Result updates

01:13:43 ROI Results for June

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid and the panel are joined by some exciting guests to kick off a year of Mixed Games podcast episodes, featuring the “Mixed Game of the Month” in our free home game club! This month, we are practicing RAZZ - and the first practice game is tomorrow night! The panel start with a basic explainer about the mechanics of the game, and then we are joined by several mixed game enthusiasts and experts. Get some advice and tips from Chad McVean, Chris ‘Fox’ Wallace, Mike Patrick, Norman Chad, Robbie Strazynski, and Shannon Van Den Berg on how to get the most out of each game we feature.

If you are curious about how to play RAZZ, then this is the episode for you! And if you are more of a holdem player and don't really get into mixed games, we heartily recommend that you give them a try - maybe you’ll feel more comfortable about dipping a toe in once you’ve heard from our panel about how to avoid some beginner’s mistakes.

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

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Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Byron Jacobs from D&B Publishing! D&B Publishing (incorporating the imprint D&B Poker) was created by Dan Addelman and Byron Jacobs in 2002, coinciding with the birth of the online poker boom. D&B is now clearly established as the world’s premier publisher of poker books. Over the past few years D&B has published books by many of the poker world’s most famous names including Phil Hellmuth, Jonathan Little, , Greg Raymer, Chris Moorman, Michael Acevedo, Alexander Fitzgerald, Fernando (JNandez) Habegger, Dylan Linde, Evan Jarvis, Dr. Patricia Cardner and the late, great, Mike Sexton to name just a few. WSOP bracelet winners, WSOP Main Event winners, WPT champions, leading poker coaches and trainers – they all publish with D&B.

This year D&B will be publishing three titles – Mastering Small Stakes No Limit Tournaments by Lexy Gavin-Mather which has just been released; How to Beat Players Who Never Fold by Alexander Fitzgerald which is publishing this Summer and also a lower level book - Improve Your Poker Now by Topher Goggin & Alexander Fitzgerald. While, as a book publisher, D&B focuses primarily on printed books they also make all of their titles available as ebooks. They also have a large number of audio versions - 20 at the moment - (available on http://audible.com ) with more to come, and many books also have a video series to accompany them.

Plus of course we play Stake Study Stack with Jonathan Little, Alex Fitzgerald, and Michael Acevedo and we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Check out more D&B here:

www.dandbpoker.com

twitter: https://twitter.com/DBPoker1

facebook: DandBPoker

instagram: dandbpoker

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

04:11 Byron shares what his connection to poker is

07:04 Byron didn’t have to learn publishing.

07:43 Byron talks about fast book production

11:14 Poker player turning a into a writer

14:37 How poker publishing adapts to changes around

20:10 Go-to poker books as a starting point

23:42 Byron on mixed games books

25:37 Coming up at D&B Poker

30:55 Lessons from books Byron applies to his game

35:25 Keeping up with the poker trends

37:18 Things that haven’t explored yet by the poker world

46:28 John: Home Game Result updates

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a hand Chris Jones played recently in an online tournament, where he was facing a river shove and had to make a tough decision. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses stack sizes, villain types, betting incentives, board textures, postflop betting lines, bluff vs value combos, meta-game considerations, and more!

Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review!

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week we throw back to another one of Kim Kilroy’s fantastic Poker Empowerment sessions! Kim interviews Lisa Pickell, the first woman to ever win a circuit ring in a NLHE event! Lisa talks about her poker journey, her work with Poker Power and other women’s advocacy groups, her love of poker, and a lot more! Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Lisa is active on Twitter as https://x.com/lisapickell

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

03:45 Lisa Pickell shares her poker journey

12:26 Lisa talks about her involvement with Poker Power

14:53 Moving out to Vegas

16:47 Lisa on playing poker as a woman

21:27 How Lisa keeps her game crushed

25:56 Tips to encourage more women to play

31:30 Travel bucket list to play poker

35:05 Positive outlook in life even when losing a hand

39:51 In game: summoning the turn card that Lisa wants

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, for our 600th episode (wow!) Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a trip down memory lane. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses some of their favourite tips and breakthroughs they’ve learned at RecPoker over the years! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review!

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Find more info on our sponsors at:

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Rob Washam and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview new member Scott Lum! Recently retired from his day job and focusing on ways to help people learn about poker, Scott talks about the importance to the ecosystem of bar leagues, how they can be feeders for underrepresented player groups like women, what it's like to adjust to different player pools, and why he's excited to join the RECing Crew.

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Joe Kulas, Jim Reid, and Kim Kilroy and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Scott is active on Twitter as https://x.com/DaChiwaiian

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

04:26 Scott shares how he found and got into poker

09:36 How bar league play improved Scott as a player

14:25 Scott on joining RecPoker as a RECing Crew

17:23 Switching from bar leagues to larger buy-ins in Vegas

22:31 Tips for beginner levels to increase the win rate

26:15 Thoughts on more percentage of women playing poker

31:05 Scott’s WSOP experience: playing with Daniel Negreanu

41:49 Scott shares his way of studying

46:31 Adjustments to make when playing bigger buy-ins in Vegas

58:59 Home Game Result updates

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Rob Washam about a preflop spot where he had to chose between calling a 3-bet multiway out of position, or going for the storied 4-bet bluff with Ace Five suited! While stealing each other's chips in the nightly homegame, the groups discusses the difference between 3-bet and 4-bet ranges, squeeze spots, dead money, position, particular hand qualities, and more!

Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review!

Link: https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/do-you-ever-4bet-here/

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview award-winning photographer Rachel Kay Winter! Known on Twitter as RachKayPhoto, Rachel is an active photographer in the poker industry. Working predominantly for 8131 Media, PokerNews, and WPT, she is often seen snapping photos of players at the RunGood Poker Series, WSOP Circuit, and WPT Prime, as well as at the World Series of Poker over the summer. While her husband, Brian Winter, travels with her and plays professionally, Rachel only plays poker recreationally -- occasionally online, with friends, or during live series. She recently won a GPI Award for "Best Media Content: Photo" for her winner's photo of Nick Schulman at the 2023 World Series of Poker. Rachel talks about the challenges of her profession, what she loves about photographing poker players, some stories from the final tables, and a lot more!

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Drew Amato, Danny Maxwell, and Haley Hochstetler and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Rachel is active on Twitter as https://twitter.com/RachKayPhoto

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

06:45 Rachel defines her role in the poker world

08:15 Rachel is a strict recreational poker player

11:28 Rachel talks about Brian locking up as the player of the season

15:54 Being a photographer before becoming a player

20:49 Photographer before becoming a player

24:31 Qualities that make a good poker photo

27:20 Rachel on taking good photos of a winning player

32:48 Capturing happy moments at a table

36:35 Getting a lot of good feedback from people

41:55 Rachel talks about the post-processing of all the pictures

46:52 No. 1 challenge as a poker photographer

52:18 Funny moments that stick in Rachel’s mind

01:06:34 Home Game Result updates

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid and and the panel are joined by some exciting guests to kick off a year of Mixed Games podcast episodes, featuring the “Mixed Game of the Month” in our free home game club! This month, we are practicing Stud 8 or Better - and the first practice game is tomorrow night! The panel start with a basic explainer about the mechanics of the game, and then we are joined by several mixed game enthusiasts and experts. Get some advice and tips from Chad McVean, Chris ‘Fox’ Wallace, Mike Patrick, Kathy Chang, Robbie Strazynski, and Shannon Van Den Berg on how to get the most out of each game we feature.

If you are curious about how to play Stud 8 or Better, then this is the episode for you! And if you are more of a hold'em player and don't really get into mixed games, we heartily recommend that you give them a try - maybe you’ll feel more comfortable about dipping a toe in once you’ve heard from our panel about how to avoid some beginner’s mistakes.

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Kathy Chang, who has been on a TEAR recently with several top-level finishes in live mixed game events around the country! A long-time RecPoker member, Kathy shares some stories about her journey into poker and her ascent from being a new recreational player to…well, STILL being a recreational player, but winning a lot of poker tournaments at the same time! Kathy talks about mentorship and coaching, how she improved as a mixed game player, what she loves about poker, some tips for new players, the importance of family in her life, why it’s best to be a REC - and more! We also play Stake/Study Stack with Ryan Laplante, Robbie Strazynski, and Miami John Cernuto and we Close The Action with our speed round.

Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Kathy is active on Twitter as https://x.com/changrd

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

05:14 Kathy Chang describes her role in the poker world

08:04 The moment Kathy realized she could play poker well

10:36 Kathy on playing poker seriously while being a mother and wife

13:19 Kathy shares how she got into mixed games

15:19 Kathy’s recommendation for studying or training for mixed games

19:02 Being proficient at the dealer's choice game

21:28 A game Kathy would choose in the Dealer’s Choice Game

23:35 Events Kathy has been playing at the WSOP so far

27:54 Goals on the list Kathy wants to achieve

29:49 Kathy on how to improve as a player

31:11 Common errors less-experienced players make

45:48 Home Game Result updates

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

You might want to watch this episode on YouTube, folks, there are some helpful visual aids - because we are going DEEP into the strategy pool today! This week, Jim Reid welcomes new RECing Crew member Ryan Laplante from Learn Pro Poker into the Forums panel to talk about flop C-bet factors! While Ryan has been a longtime friend of RecPoker, for some reason we haven’t officially made him a part of the RECing Crew - until now! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, Ryan and the panel discuss 7 major factors to consider when planning your c-bet frequencies and sizes - and then they use Range Trainer Pro to drill down and test themselves!

Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review.

Join Ryan and his team at Learn Pro Poker for amazing training videos and coaching opportunities here: https://rec.poker/go/lpp/

Find out more about the new LPP community here:https://www.skool.com/learn-pro-poker/about

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Grant Denison and Jonathan Levy from the popular podcast The Breakdown! They share some stories about getting started in the industry, how they choose their hands for the show, hearing from pros about their analysis, the worst tilt they’ve seen in person, some tips for playing in live cardrooms, common mistakes recreational players make, and more!

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Matt Berkey, Phil Helmuth and Alec Torelli and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Jonathan and Grant are active on Twitter as https://x.com/2PokerGuys

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

03:39 Grant and Jonathan describe their role in the poker world

04:57 Reflecting on the legacy of their poker podcast

10:48 Choosing what makes an interesting hand

14:46 Jonathan: the best players have to keep evolving with each other

18:05 Testing the theories against the reality of the player

20:13 Vanessa Selbst reached out to The Poker Guys in 2015

26:09 The Poker Guys identify less-experienced players

28:57 The Poker Guys Podcast: educational or entertainment?

31:53 Doing the podcast remotely: No. 1 complain about the show

39:51 Code word suggestions might be in a high hand promotions

43:38 Poker wisdom that can be applied to life

56:34Home Game Result updates

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a third hand from Lauchlan Swann’s deep run in the Australian Poker Open main event, this one from the final table! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses 3-bet sizing, ICM pressure, the importance of stack sizes, different reasons for betting, player types, postflop 4-bet ranges, and more!

Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review!

Link: https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/hand-history-from-apo-3-3k-main-event-day-1-2-3/

Lauchlan is active on Instagram at @‌SwannPoker

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Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Ashley Frank! You probably know her better as Pokerface Ash and she has built a tremendous following through her live poker travels and vlogs. Ashley talks about her life as a travelling poker pro and vlogger, her role at the WPA, how she has benefited from studying and coaching, playing and making new friends as an introvert, how she identifies newer players at the table and gets the most out of them, some tips for recreational players to improve their game, and there’s even a few questions about how she likes to relax and her passion for cooking!

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Caitlyn Comeskey, Jaman Burton and Dan Lowery, and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Ashley is active on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pokerface_ash_

And Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pokerface_ash

Check out her website: https://t.co/dy6ghjBQqX

And subscribe to her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PokerfaceAsh

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

04:40 Ashley describes her role in the poker world

07:52 Balancing the variance in poker

09:43 One-on-one coaching with Fausto Valdez

11:25 Ashley talks about how she sharpened her strategy before

16:14 The wisdom Ashley learned applies to life as well

16:58 Challenges in poker as a woman

21:01 Biggest strengths and challenges

22:13 Indicators of a less-experienced player

26:06 Having a presence in poker: advantage or disadvantage?

34:02 Should a Rec player be worried about image while playing?

44:45 Progressing in the game when discussing poker with a group

01:03:03 Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a second hand from Lauchlan Swann’s Australian Poker Open’s main event! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses open raise sizing, polarized versus condensed ranges, value targeting, getting paid with the nuts, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review!

Link: https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/hand-history-from-apo-3-3k-main-event-day-1-2-3/

Lauchlan is active on Instagram at @‌SwannPoker

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

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Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview pro player Mikha Richards! Mikha shares about her experience moving from recreational player to pro, finding her ‘crew’ at Team 100K, her role in the new mentorship program at Pocket Queens, what she’s doing on the felt to be a better poker player, how she blows off steam, some tips for less experienced players, and a lot more!

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Rob Gardner, Xiuan Liu and LoriAnn Persinger and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Mikha is active on Twitter as https://x.com/MikhaMarie

Check out Team 100K here: https://100kpoker.com/

Pocket Queens here: https://www.pocketqueens.poker/

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

03:32 Mikha describes her role in the poker world

07:49 Mikha shares what she really does before becoming a pro player

08:58 Mikha talks about the program at Pocket Queens

13:53 Mikha: I think you need to be hungry to help somebody else grow

16:52 Mikha as a crew at 100K

21:40 How Mikha decided to go pro

28:18 Process to follow in a game when faced with a tough choice

32:59 Mikha on table selection

43:40 Being staked: How much action to sell yourself

39:51 Things that Mikha used to do that helped her to be better

43:13 Signs that indicate a player is less experienced

01:01:25 Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Lauchlan Swann (Dingo) about moving from the comfort and security of a ‘real job’ to playing poker full time in his native Australia! Lauchlan shared three hands from the main event of the Australian Poker Open where he made a deep run earlier this year, and we’ll be looking at one hand over each of the next three weeks as he goes deeper and deeper into the field and even ends up at the final table! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses what it takes to ‘go pro’, calling versus 3-betting from the blinds, a polarized checking range, bet sizing, player types, board textures, and more!

Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review!

Link: https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/hand-history-from-apo-3-3k-main-event-day-1-2-3/

Lauchlan is active on Instagram at @‌SwannPoker

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview circuit grinder Dan Lowery! While he hesitates to call himself a pro player, Dan has more WSOP circuit rings than anyone, and he certainly knows his way around the felt! Dan gets right into what he loves about his time with the RunGood tours, the lifestyle of a travelling player, the priority of his family life, playing cash games versus tournaments, and his thoughts on re-entry tournament structures. Dan also shares some personal details about his own results and profitability, the importance of eliminating life leaks, being a ‘closer’ at the tables, what the WSOP is doing wrong this year, some tips for less-experienced players, and a LOT more!

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Josh Reichard, Ari Engel and Maurice Hawkins and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Dan is active on Twitter at https://twitter.com/danmflowery

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

03:39 Dan defines his own role in the poker world

06:23 Dan on being an ambassador to Run Good

11:13 Dan as a fun-traveling-friendly grinder

13:04 Dan about the specifics of his travel plans

25:08 Tournament or Cash player?

29:34 Dan’s advice: do both cash and tournament

32:50 LA, where the tournaments of Champ got moved to

36:17 What Dan does differently as a profitable traveling player

42:02 Spots that you can take advantage of

47:12 How to spot less-experienced players

50:15 One thing about poker that Dan loves

01:03:47 Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid and and the panel are joined by some exciting guests to kick off a year of Mixed Games podcast episodes, featuring the “Mixed Game of the Month” in our free home game club! This month, we are practicing Limit Omaha 8 or Better - and the first practice game is tomorrow night! The panel start with a basic explainer about the mechanics of the game, and then we are joined by several mixed game enthusiasts and experts. Get some advice and tips from Chad McVean, Chris ‘Fox’ Wallace, Kathy Chang, Louie Hillman, Mike 08Grinder Serrano, Mike Patrick, Norman Chad, Robbie Strazynski, and Shannon Van Den Berg on how to get the most out of each game we feature.

If you are curious about how to play Limit Omaha 8 or Better, then this is the episode for you! And if you are more of a holdem player and don't really get into mixed games, we heartily recommend that you give them a try - maybe you’ll feel more comfortable about dipping a toe in once you’ve heard from our panel about how to avoid some beginner’s mistakes.

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid welcomes RECing Crew member and WSOP Social Media Czar Kevin Mathers back on the show to talk about the 2024 WSOP! Kevin dives right into outlining his own schedule for the series, what he looks forward to each year, the chances he gets to actually play poker while there, some great tips on how to avoid mistakes when it comes to registration and getting your chips in play, how to move your money around, and a lot more!

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Sean Deeb, Chris Brewer, and Ian Matakis and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Kevin is active on Twitter as https://twitter.com/Kevmath

Find WSOP info here: https://www.wsop.com/registration/

Tournament spreadsheets and info at these links:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RZ4bSz92wIojzWzRts5NU7Sct2GTLBEUd_97bM7SfpA/edit?usp=sharing

https://poker-schedule.com/tournaments

www.summerinvegas.com

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/staking

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

07:12 Kevin’s emotions between now and 11 weeks from now

10:10 Kevin on one tournament per summer

11:42 Kevin talks about what happens on the grounds at the WSOP

16:39 Getting ready for the WSOP: Tips for Beginners

19:41 Having a safety deposit box is helpful

22:37 Direct bank transaction for buying tickets

25:50 Using an account to register in multiple tournaments

28:04 Kevin on TBIC account wire transfer

33:03 Important notes before going down to Las Vegas

35:47 What happens to chips when they are registered in advance?

42:20 Late register and re enter in Bravo

01:01:07 Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Chris Jones leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a hand from a recent Titan tournament - you might want to watch this episode on YouTube, as Chris will be using some visual aids to break down the hand. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses stack sizes, ICM factors, range construction, different player types, the importance of position, and more!

Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review!

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview live tournament crusher Justine Arnwine! Amid several technical podcast streaming difficulties, Justin shares some personal stories about his life as a cash game player, and how a car accident caused him to transition to tournaments instead. He talks about some differences between the two disciplines, what common mistakes he looks for in less experienced players, how poker is like working at a law firm, the impact Alicia Keys has had on his patient grinding, Hello Kitty, how to stay off the ‘no action list’ and a lot more!

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Caitlyn Arnwine, Landon Tice, and Jeremy Becker and we Close The Action with our speed round! Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win a prize just for showing up!

Justin is active on Twitter as https://twitter.com/mothagrizzle and https://twitter.com/ArnwineJustin

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

04:16 Justin Arwine describes his own role in the poker world

10:33 Getting recovered from the car accident

13:39 Style in playing the cash game

22:29 Justin talks about patience in a session

28:24 Encounters with a variety of players

38:37 Strategic adjustment in moving from cash to tournament

47:44 Justin: always verbalize your bet

52:47 Justin shares how his poker career is like having a lawyer mom

01:01:08 The story behind Hello Kitty

01:24:24 Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by ‘comeruvas’ about a spot where they may have let their emotions get the best of them. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses ‘happy tilt’, stack sizes, player types, shoving ranges, calling ranges, looking for bluff combos, and more!

Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review!

Link: https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/top-pair-middling-kicker/

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview PokerStars Ambassador Georgina James about her last several years of streaming from home and traveling the world for fun and profit! GJ gets right into her beginnings as a Twitch streamer and how a DM in a rugby pub changed her life forever. She shares with our panel what it was like to get ‘patched up’ by PokerStars, what was expected of her as an ambassador, balancing a poker life with a day job, what she loves about streaming, adjusting to live play, the fun of traveling the world as a player, tips for recs and a lot more!

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Fintan Hand, Parker Talbot and Spraggy and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Georgina is active on socials at:

http://twitch.tv/gjreggie

https://www.x.com/GJReggie

https://www.instagram.com/gjreggie/

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

06:05 Georgina James talks about her history in the Irish Poker Open

06:49 Georgina defines her role in the poker world

08:37 Georgina’s journey in live streaming

11:42 Georgina shares some details about Poker Stars

15:19 Choosing what to play and when and for how long

20:08 Playing live vs streaming

23:16 Georgina on the ratio of entertainment and poker in a stream

28:09 Strategy wise: is there an adjustment in playing live vs. online?

34:07 Things a less-experienced player can improve

40:42 Where to go and learn mixed games

45:18 How should we approach the game of poker?

58:49 Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Mikey_Aces about a final table spot where he was feeling a lot of ICM pressure when holding AKs. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses GTO vs exploitative strategies, player types, hand ranging, ICM pressure, solvers and the assumptions we need to make with them, tournament fields, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review! Link: https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/final-table-icm-jailhouse/

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview AJ Rudolph from the Women’s Poker Association and JAKA Coaching! AJ talks about her own poker journey and how it has led her through many roles at different poker organizations. Currently the vice-president of the WPA and the Operations Manager for JAKA coaching, AJ has long been an advocate for women in the poker world and works with many groups to make the poker table a friendlier, more welcoming place for all.

The group talks about effective ways to study, how to be an ally at the tables, the mix of poker and the real world, the fun of poker travel, what a training site Operations Manager really does all day, and a lot more!

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Melanie Weisner, Faraz Jaka and Tara Smith and we Close The Action with our speed round. Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Get a FREE 45 minute video lesson from JAKA Coaching about 3-betting here: https://jaka.poker/RecPokerAJPod it also includes a discount on future training with Faraz!

Find out more about the WPA here: https://www.wpa.poker/2/

JAKA swag here: https://jaka-coaching.myshopify.com/

AJ is active on Twitter as https://twitter.com/ajrudolph23

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

04:49 AJ Rudolph shares what her role in the poker world is

07:46 AJ talks about her typical day as Director of Operations

11:06 Fun things and perks of traveling for poker

13:51 AJ’s occupation before she got into the poker world

15:53 Progressing in poker from a tech career plus having a family

19:49 Women in poker: there has been growth

23:26 Women's participation in poker has increased

28:15 Jaka Coaching as a Positive Environment for Women

31:38 WPA on the world as we want it and the world as it really is

35:15 Managing being assertive at the table

41:09 Success stories AJ heard from members of the WPA

57:18 Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid and and the panel are joined by some exciting guests to kick off a year of Mixed Games podcast episodes, featuring the “Mixed Game of the Month” in our free home game club! This month, we are practicing Limit Badugi - and the first practice game is tomorrow night! The panel start with a basic explainer about the mechanics of the game, and then we are joined by several mixed game enthusiasts and experts. Get some advice and tips from Chad McVean, Chris ‘Fox’ Wallace, Mike Patrick, Norman Chad, Robbie Strazynski, and Shannon Van Den Berg on how to get the most out of each game we feature.

If you are curious about how to play Limit Badugi, then this is the episode for you! And if you are more of a hold'em player and don't really get into mixed games, we heartily recommend that you give them a try - maybe you’ll feel more comfortable about dipping a toe in once you’ve heard from our panel about how to avoid some beginner’s mistakes.

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week we throw back to an interview from Kim Kilroy’s Poker Empowerment series with Chris Read! Chris shares some stories from the felt, talks about her work with the Women’s Poker Association and as an advocate for women in the poker world, how she prepared to go pro, how to study effectively, the importance of bankroll management, cash play vs tournament play, how to be an ally at the tables, and a lot more!

Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Chris is active on Twitter as https://twitter.com/read_poker

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

04:51 Chris shares when she turned pro

05:53 Chris talks about her poker journey

08:23 Chris on winning the ladies tournament in Malta

14:36 Advice on how to encourage more women to play live

20:13 How Chris transitioned from being a recreational player to a pro

24:45 Chris’ main study tools

27:57 Deciding when to play cash or a tournament

30:06 Chris on playing hands differently in cash or tournaments

33:37 Seeing more ladies events

35:40 Understanding threats from men at a table

43:19 Chris’ on playing mixed games

55:44 John: Home Games Result update

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Keith Brandt (MonkieSystem) about a live tournament where he was facing a lead on the river holding only a bluffcatcher. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses bet sizes, player types, value targeting, comparing the profitability of different post-flop betting lines, characteristics of tournament fields, making bets to deny equity, and more!

Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review!

Link:https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/hero-calling-a-lag/

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

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Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Rob Washam and the RecPoker RECing Crew interviewed Lexy Gavin-Mather and discussed her pivotal role in poker, her poker training site, and her new book, "Mastering Small Stakes No-Limit Tournaments," detailing her writing journey. The conversation then delved into her study methods, such as group study and private coaching, emphasizing opponent exploits and adapting strategies for different player types. Lexy highlighted the benefits of private coaching and her plans for a women's course to empower female players in poker rooms.

The discussion also touched on note-taking strategies, recording hand histories, and preferred poker venues, with an emphasis on understanding human behavior and exploiting opponents' errors rather than strict adherence to GTO strategies. They discussed challenges in poker coaching, emphasizing realistic guidance and managing expectations.

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Jonathan Little, Matt Affleck, and Bob Mather and we Close The Action with our speed round!

Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Lexy is active on Twitter as @‌LexyGavinPoker.

Check out her Free Poker Course: http://bit.ly/4610mwf

Watch Lexy on YT: https://bit.ly/3RxOXzs

Website: http://LexyGavinMather.com

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

03:11 Lexy describes her role in the poker world

07:10 How writing the book came about for Lexy

10:18 Being so busy: Lexy shares how she manages studying poker

12:09 Differences between low-stakes and high-profile tournaments

14:07 Recommendations to players that have been losing

17:23 What does note-taking for Lexy look like?

19:01 The best way to record hand to review later

23:18 Common mistakes Lexy sees at a table

25:47 Leaks that Lexy is aware of having

28:55 Chat: What does Lexy mean by GTO not being her favorite?

36:13 The importance of pre-flop solver fundamentals for MTTs

49:41 John: Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Eric Anderson about a final table spot where we are facing an uncomfortable situation on the river when we make our full house. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses ICM factors, bet sizing, range construction, absolute vs. relative hand strength, value targeting, balancing value/bluff combos, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review! Link: https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/bet-sizing-on-final-table/

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week John Somsky and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Keith “MonkieSystem” Brandt. Keith shares some stories about his journey with Rec Poker, focusing on his attraction to the community as a recreational player. The panel also talked about poker study tools, playing unexploitably, understanding opponent tendencies, and exploiting opponents. The group discussed Keith’s retirement planning and transitioning to a poker-centric career, highlighting financial preparations and post-retirement plans.

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Taylor Maas, Rob Washam, and Kim Kilroy and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Keith is active on Twitter as @‌MonkieSystem

Check out his RECing Crew page here: https://rec.poker/keithbrandt/

Join in Keith’s next Study Group: https://rec.poker/series/monkies-off-table-tools-group/

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

03:39 Keith defines his role in the poker world

05:25 Keith talks about what brought him to Rec.Poker

07:53 Keith: I’ve been always interested in card games

11:09 Worrying about playing Blackjack

14:51 The best way for Keith to study

15:42 After retirement: Keith’s goal in poker

18:53 Handling retirement and poker

20:11 Things Keith looks out for at a table that indicate his opposition

24:07 Other game would Keith want to win in

26:02 Instinct for predation in the game

28:20 Keith's plan after retiring in terms of his poker career

39:01 John: Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a conversation about how to approach playing in a casino for the first time - to help Chris’s dad prepare for an unexpected trip to Las Vegas! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses etiquette, strategy, logistics, goals, and a lot more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today, and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review.

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Poker.Org’s editor-in-chief Brad Willis! Brad talks about baseball, music, and other ways he and his family enjoy their time together, and tells some fun stories about his new position at Poker.Org and what he loves about working there. The group discusses some of the surprises Brad wasn't expecting from the poker industry, some lessons he’s learned there, and he even shares some details about his own personal experiences while working at PokerStars through Black Friday and the organizational changes that followed with new ownership.

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Sarah Herring, Lee Jones, and TJ Reid and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Find Brad on Twitter at https://twitter.com/BradWillis

Learn more about Poker.Org

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

04:03 Brad Willis describes his role in the poker world

06:56 Brad talks about getting into poker and departing from journalism

08:47 Advice to people who're trying to break into the poker world

10:28 What makes PokerOrg different from other poker news

12:20 Covering stories that are more accessible to Rec players

17:24 Fantastic ideas that turn out people need

20:35 How much poker does Brad get to play these days?

30:15 Learnings from the poker world that helped Brad raise his kids

32:39 Brad shares what he really does as editor-in-chief

36:59 Seeing the poker world and Poker Stars change significantly

43:35 Something in Brad’s current job that he really enjoys

55:45 John: Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

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Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid and and the panel are joined by some exciting guests to kick off a year of Mixed Games podcast episodes, featuring the “Mixed Game of the Month” in our free home game club! This month, we are practicing Limit Hold’em - and the first practice game is tomorrow night! The panel start with a basic explainer about the mechanics of the game, and then we are joined by several mixed game enthusiasts and experts. Get some advice and tips from Chad McVean, Chris ‘Fox’ Wallace, Louie Hillman, Mike Patrick, Norman Chad, Robbie Strazynski, and Shannon Van Den Berg on how to get the most out of each game we feature.

If you are curious about how to play Limit Hold’em, then this is the episode for you! And if you are more of a hold'em player and don't really get into mixed games, we heartily recommend that you give them a try - maybe you’ll feel more comfortable about dipping a toe in once you’ve heard from our panel about how to avoid some beginner’s mistakes.

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RECing Crew interview the man himself, the original founder of RecPoker, Steve Fredlund! Steve has lots to share, whether it’s about details from his new book, creating a life as a keynote speaker, disc golf, poker, how to find happiness in life, and more! He also shares some stories about how he started RecPoker - and even talks about why he decided to leave a few years ago. Regular listeners will want to hear this episode!

We also play Stake/Study Stack with John Somsky, Rob Washam and Taylor Maas and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Find our more about Steve here:

https://SteveFredlund.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevefredlund/

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

04:42 Starting with Steve’s new book

07:11 Steve talks about the "not right thing"

08:49 How to find the right thing

11:45 Steve on overcoming the challenges of writing the book

15:06 After RecPoker: What does Steve do for fun?

20:26 Where does poker fit in Steve’s life right now?

22:31 Steve shares his experience building the RecPoker

26:23 Learning lessons from poker

29:01 Steve's feelings as he left poker

40:57 One part of writing the book that Steve enjoyed

42:08 Anchoring to place as a Safari

57:25 John: Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

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Find more info on our sponsors at:

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a spot Chris Jones found himself in at our RecPoker Weekend at Running Aces in January! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses player types, exploit vs balance lines, size-elasticity, board textures, preflop and postflop adjustments, mistakes to avoid against these players, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review!

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew are BACK with pro player and coach Matt Affleck! We get right into the strategy talk this week, taking questions from social media and the YouTube chat to dive into subjects like limping, donk bets, how to study efficiently, how to apply your knowledge at the tables, the benefits of playing online and live, using variance against the villains at the table, expanding your ranges to exploit other players, and a lot more!

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Brock Wilson, Jonathan Jaffe, and Alex Fitzgerald and of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Matt is available on Twitter as https://twitter.com/mcmattopoker

Check out his coaching at https://rec.poker/go/pokercoaching-com/

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

04:56 A high-variance approach to benefit a less-experienced player

10:17 Opportunity cost of studying inefficiently

12:24 Solving the gap between knowledge and application

16:04 Visualizing different turn cards

21:46 Factors to consider whether to expand or narrow the ranges

26:28 Matt’s thought process when on a draw

30:06 Matt’s on Chris’ sample spots

34:11 Are there times good players do an open limp?

40:14 In studying: How to know when to move on to the next subject

52:10 Playing online cash with the ability of RTA

54:28 What casino game would Matt play for profit?

01:08:41 Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

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Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by John Crowell (7high11) about a tricky spot with everyone’s favourite hand (lol). What do YOU do in a 4-bet pot with JJ facing a flop bet multiway with two overs? The answer might surprise you! The panel discusses 4-bet ranges, calling ranges, player profiles, postflop betting lines, the true value of fold equity, clean outs, combo counting, general range construction, and a lot more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review! Link: https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go-now/

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview pro player and coach Matt Affleck! We talk about the best ways to study, the importance of opportunity cost, tips for recreational players, what Matt loves about playing and coaching poker, different coaching styles for different clients, GTO vs. exploitative play, and a lot more!

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Lexy Gavin, Jordan Drummond and Jonathan Little, and we Close The Action with our speed round. Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Matt is available on Twitter as https://twitter.com/mcmattopoker

Check out his coaching at https://rec.poker/go/pokercoaching-com/

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

07:28 Matt shares his journey as a poker coach

09:50 Qualities that make a good coach

12:53 Matt: I am 100% theory in my coaching and in my play

16:31 10k bankroll for the WSOP: tournaments to take a shot in

20:18 A realization that winning bracelets doesn’t define skill level in poker

28:10 Teaching a Rec. players vs. Pro players

36:42 Matt talks about the percentage of women in his coaching

46:22 Matt’s take on solvers might produce bad habits

51:37 Are there rankings in the buy-ins field?

56:54 Common mistakes that rec players make

57:22 Shoving is actually lowering your variance

01:07:58 John: Home Game result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

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Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Jon Lutsey about playing in a Milestone Sattelite tournament. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses ‘conventional’ satellite strategy, the new ‘milestone’ format and some variations that differ from room to room, some new strategy tips for this new ‘milestone’ format, and some other tips for folks playing satellite tournaments for the first time. Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review! Link: https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/milestone-satellites/

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview WSOP bracelet winner and commentator Nathan Gamble! Nathan talks about falling in love with poker as a youth, and how it has become a calling and vocation for him throughout his life. The panel talks about surprises in the poker world, different mindsets for different players, what he loves about the poker world, his exciting new work with new startup Phenom Poker, and a lot more!

We also play Stake/Study Stack with O8Grinder, Brian Rast and Benny Glaser and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Nathan is active on Twitter as https://twitter.com/GambleOnPoker

Find out more about Phenom Poker here: https://www.phenompoker.com/

Have more questions on the token? https://www.phenompoker.com/phenom-token

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

04:01 Starting with who Nathan Gambler is in the poker world

07:41 Points in Nathan’s progression in playing for money

11:41 Natural talent vs. improving through study and application

16:31 Differences between tiers of players in a table

27:41 Nathan talks about Phenom Poker and its tech using

30:15 Interesting kinds of games that can be played at Phenom Poker

32:16 Balance in crypto and security

38:41 Nathan on preventing the collapse of the stable coin

42:29 How Nathan got involved with Phenom Poker

46:44 Who are the top MTT closers in the game?

54:25 Stake, Study, or Stack with Nathan Gamble

01:11:50 John: Home Game result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid and John Somsky are joined by some exciting guests to kick off a year of Mixed Games podcast episodes, featuring the “Mixed Game of the Month” in our free home game club! This month, we are practicing Pot Limit Omaha - and the first practice game is tomorrow night! John and Jim start with a basic explainer about the mechanics of the game, and then we are joined by several mixed game enthusiasts and experts. Get some advice and tips from Bernard Lee, Chad McVean, Chris ‘Fox’ Wallace, Mike Patrick, Norman Chad, Rob Washam, and Robbie Strazynski on how to get the most out of each game we feature.

If you are curious about how to play Pot Limit Omaha, then this is the episode for you! And if you are more of a holdem player and don't really get into mixed games, we heartily recommend that you give them a try - maybe you’ll feel more comfortable about dipping a toe in once you’ve heard from our panel about how to avoid some beginner’s mistakes.

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

It’s here! The WSOP officially released their schedule today, and RECing Crew member Kevin Mathers joins the panel to break down all 99 live tournaments day by day and event by event! Join us as we discuss each day of the WSOP series, from May 28th all the way to July 17th. There are a lot of events with buy-ins from $300 to $1,500 for our recreational audience to look for, as well as seniors and ladies events and a slew of mixed games to add to the slate this year - it is going to be a great time this summer!

Kevin is active on Twitter as @‌kevmath

Timestamps:

03:29 Some different things at the WSOP 2024

05:58 Expecting more players than ever before

07:45 Kevin on the WSOP+ app availability

25:54 What does 3 levels or sell out mean in Late Reg?

44:15 One of the popular events: Seniors No Limit Holdem

53:05 Kevin on PokerNews Deepstack Championship No Limit Holdem

01:01:40 Jim on Tag Team No-Limit Holdem

01:04:48 Different Satellites people can enter

01:11:17 Main Event schedule

01:16:50 Kevin: there’s gonna be a ton of poker in Las Vegas during the summer

01:24:50 Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha Flight A - every player is a bounty

01:27:12 The newest event of 2024

01:29:11 Newest version of 888: Lucky 7’s No Limit Holdem (7 Handed)

01:34:58 WSOP schedule highlights

01:37:16 For some event: will their chips be on the well or table?

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Shimpei Adachi, a recreational player from Japan who has lived and played online in Canada for several years and has grown a YouTube following as he chronicles his poker journey. Shimpei starts the interview by sharing some details about how poker is viewed in Japan, and how the social and political landscapes are slowly changing there to allow poker to become a more accepted pastime.

The panel then talks about adapting to different player pools, common mistakes less-experienced players make at the tables, how studying has changed over the years, and Shimpei even offers some tips for folks getting started on their poker journey or making their way as a streamer or content producer!

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Masashi Oya, Tsugunari Toma and Masato Yokosawa and we Close The Action with our speed round. Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Shimpei is active on Twitter at https://twitter.com/ShinnyPoker and you can check out his YouTube channel here: http://youtube.com/@shinnypoker

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

04:04 Shimpei shares his poker story

06:52 How differences in culture impact poker

09:50 Shimpei talks about how to play poker in Japan

12:59 Given that it’s hard to play, where does interest grow among Japanese?

16:27 Shimpei talks about stuff he produces on YouTube

20:27 Adjusting the play in different player pools

23:40 How Shimpei study poker

26:28 Shimpei shares about his Jiu-Jitsu

31:26 Getting more familiar with other players

33:06 There are now poker coaches in Japan as the game gets more popular

34:15 Shimpei: if you’re going to play poker, do it for the love of the game

50:02 John: Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

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https://RunAces.com

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by John Crowell (7high11) about turning the nut flush draw, and what to do next! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses small blind 3-betting candidates, positional advantage, player types, postflop betting lines, the illusion of pot odds when you know you are beat, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review! Link: https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/the-nut-flush-draw-dilemma/

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview the Casino King! Matt gets right into some stories about his poker journey and what he enjoys most about his current role creating poker videos and sharing his love of the game. The group talks about the logistics of recording in a poker room, what Matt’s production process involves, some of the happier and sadder moments he’s experienced in his relatively new role in the poker industry, some common mistakes he sees other players make, some advice for recreational players looking to improve, and a lot more!

Of course we also play Stake/Study/Stack with Marle Spragg, Greg Goes All-In, and Brad Owen before we Close The Action with our speed round. Plus just like always we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Casino King is active on Twitter as https://twitter.com/RealCasinoKing and check out his YouTube channel here: https://t.co/kbsYl5zDyz

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

05:17 How would Casino King describe his role in the poker world?

12:41 Casino King talks about his style of play

14:11 Making money from poker: How Casino King manages his bankroll

18:54 Matt on how important getting a coach is

21:57 What Matt got into poker

24:09 The thing that surprised Matt in the poker world

26:30 Dealing with negative comments on social media

33:09 How Matt's relationship with Poker Org began

38:08 When does a player indicate he is a less-experienced player?

43:42 Matt’s advice to Rec. Players: Always play within your means

45:38 Stake. Study. Or Stack with Casino King

52:07 John: Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

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Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Chris Jones and Rob Washam discuss an Inside the Mind of the Pro episode hand with Joao Vieira.

It starts here: https://youtu.be/fbHr_fPH4CQ?si=1YJgk9vn7_9Wq9aS&t=421

While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses hand range analysis, multiway strategy, 3-betting versus calling hands, postflop betting lines and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review!

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Joey Ingram! Joey talks about his roller-caster of a poker career, and shares his plans for transitioning from his well-earned reputation for investigative reporting into a more versatile and multi-faceted role within the poker industry. Whether it’s two cards or four, Joey has a lot of love for the poker world and the endless opportunities to improve as a player that it presents! The panel discusses the importance of game selection, how Papi likes to study and work on his game, what surprised him most about the poker world, what he still LOVES about poker, the importance of community, what he’s working on now, and some fun collaborations coming up with RecPoker a little later this year!

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Garrett Adelstein, Tom Dwan and Doug Polk, and we Close The Action with our speed round. Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Joey is active on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Joeingram1

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

04:58 Joey describes his role in the poker world

08:19 Valuing time to get the most out of it

14:51 Joey on being an investigative reporter

18:05 The difference between being good at poker and making money at it

22:00 Factors Joey considers when choosing to go and play

25:19 Using the podcast as a recruiting tool

29:18 Recommendations to somebody who wants to try PLO

40:44 Joey’s perspective on women in a live cash game

44:21 Things that surprised Joey in the poker world

58:25 Joey shares his origins, leading him to poker

01:03:41 Stake, Study, Stack with Joey Ingram

01:26:28 John: Home Game Result update

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew aer joined by Faraz Jaka to talk about check-raising out of the blind!. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses flop textures, having ‘the right amount' of equity, good candidates for bluffing and good hands to check-raise for value, the effects of flop action on future streets, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review - and check out Faraz Jaka’s coaching program and training site here: https://rec.poker/go/faraz-jaka-coaching/

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview our newest RECing Crew member Chris “Fox” Wallace! Chris is a professional poker player, author, and poker coach. While primarily a cash game player, he also has over a million dollars in tournament earnings including winning the $10,000 buy-in HORSE World Championship at the World Series Of Poker for more than half a million dollars and has made day five and six in the WSOP Main Event. Fox has created video content for more than a dozen poker training sites, coached some of the best players in the world, and written three books on the game.

We talk about shifting from recreational to pro mindset, the effects of being ‘feared’ at the table, common ‘tells’ that players are less-experienced (and how to exploit them) and Fox shares some GREAT tips about how to extrapolate meaningful information from incomplete data sets - and how you can use that information to make good assumptions about different player types at your table and to play optimally against them.

We play Stake/Study/Stack with Shaun Deeb, Brian Devonshire and Michael Mizrachi, we Close The Action with our speed round, and of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Learn more about Fox at his RECing Crew page at https://rec.poker/fox/ and you can find most of his coaching information, and a bargain on his training content, at patreon.com/CheckItDown and watch him play live at http://twitch.tv/foxplayspoker . To schedule a coaching session, contact Fox at [email protected].

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

05:45 Getting to know more about Chris “Fox” Wallace

15:27 Chris as a musician, a player, and a writer

17:57 Chris on people’s common misconceptions and mistakes in poker

24:21 Deciding to play more for money: what people have to do differently

31:18 Actions and appearance that tell someone they are less-experienced

37:49 Chris: Do secret interviews; go talk to some people out there in the world

46:19 How to hone the interview skill and calibrate assumptions

48:24 Getting out of the mindset of feeling under threat

51:31 Stake, Study, or Stack with Chris “Fox” Wallace

01:48:43 John: Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew are joined by Faraz Jaka to talk about 3-betting! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel goes over a few hands from Faraz and discusses stack sizes, value bets versus bluffs, positional ranges, blocker value, postflop betting lines, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review - and check out Faraz Jaka’s coaching program and training site here: https://rec.poker/go/faraz-jaka-coaching/

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview live pro Ben Ludlow! Ben talks about transitioning to life as a travelling pro, how he selects which games to play (hint - he likes RunGood events!), how his study of the game has changed over the years, the difference between cash play and tournament mindset, how he adjusts his play against different player types, how to spot more and less experienced players at the tables, what information to pay attention to while playing live, and how to record that information effectively - and a lot more!

Plus we play Stake/Study/Stack with Brian Winter, Jeff Platt and Clayton Fletcher, we Close The Action with our speed round, and of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Ben is active on Twitter as https://twitter.com/Bloodlow

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

03:31 Getting to know Ben Ludlow

05:51 Deciding and pursuing traveling to play in North America

09:37 How Ben chooses a tournament and when to travel to play

13:44 Ben: success can come when you’re making a mistakes

17:41 Venetian and Wynn as good places that take care of their players

20:17 Refining skill sets and moving between tournaments and cash contents

26:22 Ben on playing mixed games

28:26 Advice to an inexperienced player who wants to try mixed games

32:03 How Ben identifies a less-experienced player on a table

37:55 Playing in live: Ben’s way to remember information in his game

41:45 Ben plays the game Stake, Study, or Stack and Closing the Action

47:45 John: Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid and John Somsky are joined by some exciting guests to kick off a year of Mixed Games podcast episodes, featuring the “Mixed Game of the Month” in our free home game club! This month, we are practicing No Limit 2-7 Single Draw - and the first practice game is tomorrow night! John and Jim start with a basic explainer about the mechanics of the game, and then we are joined by several mixed game enthusiasts and experts. Get some advice and tips from Bernard Lee, Chad McVean, Chris ‘Fox’ Wallace, Mike Patrick, Norman Chad, Rob Washam, and Robbie Strazynski on how to get the most out of each game we feature.

If you are curious about how to play No Limit 2-7 Single Draw, then this is the episode for you! And if you are more of a holdem player and don't really get into mixed games, we heartily recommend that you give them a try - maybe you’ll feel more comfortable about dipping a toe in once you’ve heard from our panel about how to avoid some beginner’s mistakes.

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interviewed recent RECing Crew addition Mark “Mr. Bullet” Zhang! Mark talked about growing up in Luxembourg and his early experiences with poker, from playing with friends in high school to using it as a means to pay rent during university. He explained how a pivotal win during the EPT in Barcelona convinced him to pursue a career as a professional poker player, and reflected on his mother's initial disapproval of his career choice and how her attitude changed after he achieved significant success in the game. Mark also mentioned his preference for online poker due to the higher volume of hands he can play compared to live games.

The conversation featured a detailed discussion about post-flop play, with Mark sharing insights on the challenges of navigating various bet sizes and opponent tendencies. The discussion also included analyzing opponents' playing styles, coaching resources, and common mistakes in poker strategy, with examples from poker vloggers and Mark’s own personal experiences. Mark also shared some thoughts on some recent scandals involving online cheating.

Plus of course we gave away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Find out more about Mark at his RECing Crew page here:https://rec.poker/mrbullet/

Work with Mark and other RECing Crew coaches here: https://rec.poker/shop/coaching/

We also went over this week's home game results and discussed these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

05:38 Mark shares how he started getting into poker

11:24 Mark talks about his great success

14:03 Tools Mark uses to analyze his play

20:20 Mark on combating variance

22:39 Mark’s evolution in poker: was there any point of inflection?

27:52 Online game preparations vs live game

30:23 Moment where Mark decided to progress more and be a pro

34:04 Poker in general: nothing is black and white, it’s actually a lot of grey

45:26 Thoughts on some recent scandals involving online cheating

49:23The importance of being coached

52:52 Stake, Study, or Stack with Mark

59:54 John: Home Game Result updates

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Chris Jones leads RECing Crew member Rob Washam through a forum post by Eric Andersen about an interesting postflop decision after opening and calling a 3-bet with AJ suited on the button. The two discuss board textures, player types, checking ranges on paired boards, the good and bad aspects of holding blockers, value targeting, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and here’s the link to our discord: https://rec.poker/community/discord/

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Faraz Jaka from JAKAcoaching! Faraz tells some stories about his decades playing poker as a pro and as a coach, and shares how he has pivoted to running his own training site in order to help more serious recreational players take the next step in their poker journeys. The group discusses how to curate your own time effectively, the value of community, how to study without spending a lot of money, and how important it is to get the most out of your study resources.

Faraz talk about tailoring his strategy lessons to different kinds of players and learners, and shares five simple steps that EVERYONE can use to improve their play. He even gave us a free 5-minute video that you can watch to improve how you take notes on your hands - the crucial first step to any poker fan’s progression as a player. He also shares some common mistakes less experienced players make, and plays Stake, Study, Stack with Doug Polk, Matt Stout, and Chance Kornuth before we Close The Action with our speed round.

Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat! Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Check out JAKAcoaching here: https://rec.poker/go/faraz-jaka-coaching/

Watch the short video on recording hands here: https://jakacoaching.com/programs/how-to-write-hhs-non-gift-ad211f

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

04:09 Faraz shares what his role in the poker world is

06:13 Challenges of pivoting into teaching poker to the masses

12:03 Figuring things out to stay ahead of the curve

14:30 How does Faraz approach teaching without getting too complicated?

16:33 Mistakes people are making when studying

23:33 People learn has changed a lot: What Faraz does to improve his game

25:08 Recording hands well vs. not recording hands well

27:30 Faraz talks about focusing on every hand

30:02 How do you take notes on the table?

35:00 Faraz answers the question: Do you still love the game of poker?

35:40 Stake, Study, or Stack and Closing the action with Faraz

43:06 John: Home Game Result updates

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

Happy New Year! This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Adam “ARW” Wolfe about a cash game hand he played in Cleveland as part of a recent Rungood event at the Jack casino. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses preflop sizing, calling ranges in low-stakes live play, player types, postflop sizing, playing your range versus playing your hand, inducing bluffs, and more! Plus, we talk about folding strong hands to big bets by ABC players - because it’s OK to fold the best hand sometimes if your villains aren’t bluffing enough. Was this one of those spots? Let us know on twitter at https://twitter.com/RecPoker if you think this should have been a call or a fold - we’d love to hear from you! And come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review! Link: https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/1-3-nl-cleveland-poker-w-jim/

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

Ho Ho Ho! This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Sky Matsuhashi, and he has a fantastic gift for all RecPoker members to enjoy!

If you want to set SMART goals, you have to know where you need the most help, and what areas you can work on to immediately improve your poker skills. To do that, you need to know your own game and its weaknesses. Join The Poker Forge between December 29 - January 2nd and get a HUGE discount on your monthly membership, plus a fantastic BONUS video course about getting the most out of PokerTracker4 - check it out here: https://rec.poker/go/pokerforge/

Sky talks about the importance of setting goals, and why SMART goals give you the best chance at success. The panel shares some of their goals for 2024 and Sky gives some great examples of poker goals that can work for YOU with a new year ahead, as well as helping Jim and the gang refine their own goals for the coming months. They talk about specific stats and frequencies to keep an eye on, what to look at first when you are reviewing your own play, how to break down long-term goals into short-term goals and action steps, and how to get the most out of your study time.

See all the details about the amazing sale at The Poker Forge here: https://rec.poker/go/pokerforge/

Check out Sky’s free YouTube videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@SmartPokerStudy

Say hi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/smartpokerstudy

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

04:20 Sky talks about the right kind of goals and their importance

09:32 Breaking down long-term goals into short-term ones

12:21 Sky shares the formula for making smart goals

14:41 Introducing a level of accountability when it comes to goal-setting

17:32 Offers and great deals for RecPoker members

21:22 Keys, metrics, or stats to look at

27:29 How to approach studying and retaining information

30:36 Advice to players on taking their games to the next level at Poker Forge

32:31 Sky plays Stake, Study, or Stack, and Closing the Action

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

Merry Christmas! This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Keith “MonkieSystem” Brandt about a tricky multiway spot where we turn the nut flush draw. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses the virtues of checking versus betting in multiway pots, choosing streets of value, postflop player tendencies, protecting your checking range (the right way), and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review! Link: https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/nut-flush-draw-on-the-turn-in-a-3-way-pot/

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview former TV-reporter-turned-retirement-advisor Louie Hillman! Louie is a serious recreational player who travels down to Las Vegas very summer to play in the World Series of Poker - and has had some great success recently! We talk about playing for big stakes in the WSOP - as a recreational player, Louie talks about his love of mixed games, the importance of goal-setting, believing in yourself, and putting yourself in a position to succeed.

Louie shares what it feels like to final table a bracelet event surrounded by some of the best players in the world - and what he does for the other 51 weeks of the year to make the most out of his annual Vegas “Vacation”. We cover balancing family, work and poker, along with maintaining a fun and healthy attitude about the game we all love throughout the year, even in smaller events. We play Stake, Study, Stack with some notables from Louie’s WSOP experiences, and just like always we Close the Action with our speed round.

Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Louie’s Twitter handle is @‌ImaLouigi

His email address is [email protected]

His business website is www.optimuslifedesigns.com (Helping people with tax-advantaged retirement planning and insurance strategies)

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

04:11 Louie describes his role in the poker world

06:38 The role that RecPoker has played in Louie’s poker journey

09:37 Louie's' top moments in poker over the last 10 years

11:47 Dealing with being around poker luminaries

16:03 Being prepared for the big moments in a game

17:40 Louie: sometimes you feel as good as your latest result

25:04 Louie on what he does weeks before the WSOP

29:09 Louie: No matter how small the buy-in a day 2 never gets old

33:00 How does Louie segregate his poker and life finances?

39:26 Some tips for someone who wants to learn mixed games

44:31 Stake, Study, or Stack

55:34 Jim: Home Game Result

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid and John Somsky are joined by some exciting guests to kick off a year of Mixed Games podcast episodes, featuring the “Mixed Game of the Month” in our free home game club! This month, we are practicing No Limit 5-Card Draw - and the first practice game is tomorrow night! John and Jim start with a basic explainer about the mechanics of the game, and then we are joined by several mixed game enthusiasts and experts. Get some advice and tips from Chad McVean, Chris ‘Fox’ Wallace, Mike Patrick, Norman Chad, Rob Washam, Robbie Strazynski, Kathy Chang, and Mike '08Grinder' Serrano on how to get the most out of each game we feature.

If you are curious about how to play No-Limit 5-Card Draw, then this is the episode for you! And if you are more of a holdem player and don't really get into mixed games, we heartily recommend that you give them a try - maybe you’ll feel more comfortable about dipping a toe in once you’ve heard from our panel about how to avoid some beginner’s mistakes.

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

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Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Joe Kulas and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Brian Winter! Brian talks about his lead in the RunGood Player of the Year competition, traveling as a pro with his amazing photographer wife Rachel, the top four WORST places to finish in a tournament, the problem of finishing final tables in the wee hours of the morning, one way that many recreational players can improve their game immediately, and the importance of PB&J fundamentals. He also plays “Stake, Study, Stack” with Jerod Smith, Tana Karn, and Ryan Laplante, and we Close The Action with our speed round. Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Follow Brian on twitter: Brian Winter (@TheGoldenBlazer) on X

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

07:00 Brian talks about the Good Player of the Year at Run Good

12:08 Jumping from being a teacher to playing poker

16:59 Difficult thing in a recreational setting in terms of finance

18:56 Chat: Does Brian gives his wife all the credit for his success?

23:21 Where did the “Golden Blazer” come from?

26:37 Brian on responding to people on X (Twitter)

33:35 Brian shares how he and his wife work toward long-term goals

41:19 Brian shares his experience through streaming

44:06 Piece of advice for rec. Players

47:21 Spot where less-experienced player at

55:27 Brian plays Stake, Study, or Stack, and Closing the Action

01:07:27 John: Home Game Result updates

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Taylor Maas picking up from last week’s conversation about final table play. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses a hand Taylor played as the chip leader with 8 players left, and only one other player with a stack threatening ours. What are the factors that Taylor considers when deciding how to proceed in a tricky spot with a decent hand against multiple players? Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review!

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Sasha Sutton and the RecPoker RECing Crew interviewed Rebbecca Scales! Rebbecca and the gang discussed a slew of topics, including the lack of marketing to women in the World Series of Poker and the resistance to change in the industry. Rebbecca also talked about the three main barriers that women face in poker: harassment, social norms, and daily responsibilities. Sasha and Rebecca shared personal anecdotes about their experiences with both positive and negative aspects of the poker world.

Rebecca discussed her journey before joining Poker Power, including her failed attempt at creating a clothing line for women in poker. She then shared her experience of creating a marketing studio called Poker Queen and talked about her work with Women's Poker Association and the Raise It Up campaign. Sasha and Rebecca discussed the golden age of women in poker and the dramatic change that has occurred over the last five years.

The group talked about the need for men to speak up against verbal harassment towards women and the importance of zero tolerance for any kind of harassment in poker tournaments. They also discussed how male players sometimes mistreat female dealers if they make errors in their dealing and the need for protection of the room for all players.

Rebecca announced the launch of Women Poker News, a media company that aims to provide a different perspective on poker content for women. She explained that women consume media differently than men and that the company will cover mainstream events and socialites in the poker world that are often overlooked by other media companies. The launch will take place during the Women in Poker Festival at Resorts World. Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Find out more about Rebbecca and her organizations here:

Personal Accounts

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rebbecca.scales/

Twitter: @‌PokerQueenLV

Instagram: @‌pokerqueenlv

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/

The Real Poker Girls Of Las Vegas: https://therealpokergirlsoflasvegas.godaddysites.com

Poker Power Website: https://pokerpower.com

Social Media Handles (Poker Power) @‌joinpokerpower

Women's Poker Association: https://www.wpa.poker

WPN: https://womenpokernews.com

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Taylor Maas about his recent deep run in a daily tournament, and the factors we should all be considering when approaching the final table. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses short-handed play, ICM considerations, player types, mistakes to avoid, applying pressure the right way, and a lot more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review.

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Follow us on our socials: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview DGAF about his poker journey and his famous Sessions podcast series. Billy talks about his various roles in the poker industry and what it takes to succeed in the ‘soft hustle’ of the poker environment. They discuss whales, assholes, and what kind of behaviour will ensure you are NEVER invited to a home game or stream - and DGAF even shares some great strategy notes about overbetting, plus some tips for less experienced players who find themselves at the cash tables and want to avoid getting picked on. But that’s not all! We also play Stake/Study/Stack with Bill Klein, Eric Persson and Andy Stacks and we “Close the Action” with our speed round - and of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Check out the Patreon http://Patreon.com/dgafpokerplayer

DGAF on Twitter: @‌dgafpokerplayer

His new poker show you should check out: https://youtube.com/@livepokershow?si=j4964UKguaP36FsP

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

01:53 DGAF describes his role in the poker world

07:42 Learning more about the game from the booth and doing commentary

09:17 Game of poker: is it a business now and not a pleasure?

10:28 Unexpected difficulty in the business side of poker

12:32 Being good at building a game and putting it together

14:12 Qualities of a player that might not get invited to a game

23:01 Revealing information: managing decisions and how it impacts the game

32:42 What DGAF learned about people in the poker industry

35:07 DGAF talks about overbets

42:49 Actions that tells if someone is less-experienced player

47:00 DGAF plays the game Stake, Study, or Stack

01:03:06 John: Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Ben “Bejammin” Enslow about ICM considerations in large-field tournaments. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses stack sizes, relative position, bubble factors, field size, opening and continuing ranges, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review! Link: https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/icm-in-big-fields/

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

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Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Max Havlish and Wesley Cannon from the Suited Kings Poker podcast! To start, Max shares some details about his own poker journey, and what makes him and Wes good friends and partners. If you want to learn more about Wes’s poker story, check out episode 469 from earlier this year.

The group discusses cash vs. tournament play, competing with respect, when being ‘balanced’ matters most, good hands to limp or call with, ways pros can tell if you are less experienced, staking, swapping, selling action - and a lot more! Plus we play Stake/Study Stack with Matt Hamilton, Kou Vang and Robbie WazWaz, we Close The Action with Wes and Max, and of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

https://twitter.com/pitchercannon

https://twitter.com/DeuceNukem

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Timestamps:

04:15 Max describes his role in the poker world

07:11 Deciding to start a podcast

10:25 Being competitors but also helping each other to get better

17:26 Max: Rule No. 1: Never stop studying

20:40 Getting a bit more experienced: cash vs. tournament

25:44 Maintaining or budgeting the ability to focus

27:26 Actions that tell someone they are a less-experienced player

33:57 How important is the balancing hands in a certain spot?

43:43 Max and Wes’ opinions on staking, swapping, and selling action

49:12 Max & Wes plays the game Stake, Study, or Stack

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Chris Jones about a tournament spot where he rivered the second nuts. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses ICM factors, post-flop betting lines, minimum defense frequencies, field sizes, ‘demoting actions’, GTO vs. exploitative play, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review! Link: https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/river-raise/

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

With Jim away this week, Sasha Sutton and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Matt Savage from the World Poker Tour! They have an exciting series coming up in Las Vegas in December, but that’s not all! Matt talks about his role with the WPT, how he got into the business, the importance of standardizing tournament rules, the challenges live poker faces from phones and technology, some experiences he’s had on the floor, and a lot more! Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Matt is active on Twitter as https://twitter.com/SavagePoker

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

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Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

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Timestamps:

00:14 Welcome & Introduction

02:58 Introduction to Matt Savage

03:59 Matt describes his role in the poker world

05:13 Matt talks about the Tournament Directors Association, or TDA

08:49 Mistakes players can make if they are not familiar with the guidelines

11:07 Why might the floor be called?

14:32 Over the years, how the tournament life for poker players has changed

24:36 Matt’s experiences in tournaments in different countries

25:57 TDA on using a phone on a table

31:04 How do extreme moments or tensions in a game get responded to?

39:16 Matt plays the game Stake, Study, or Stack

46:59 John: Home Game Result updates

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Robby Strazynski about his upcoming Mixed Game Festival at Resorts World in Las Vegas starting on November 26th, and they also announce the upcoming Mixed Game schedule for RecPoker’s 2024 home game club! If you are curious about mixed games, get ready - you are in for a treat as John Somsky, Joseph Wills and Robbie share their thoughts on why they love the 12 games John has lined up for 2024. They discuss the mechanics of every game, and share some tips about how to get the most out of them. Sound like fun? Get more involved with Robbie and find out about the Mixed Game Festival at these links:

Website: https://cardplayerlifestyle.com

Twitter: @‌cardplayerlife and @‌PokerLifeMedia

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cardplayerlifestylepoker/

Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/gJ7F_1

Mixed Game Festival VI announcement: https://cardplayerlifestyle.com/announcing-cardplayer-lifestyle-mixed-game-festival-vi/

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Timestamps:

00:15 Welcome & Introduction

01:48 Introduction to Robbie Strazynski

02:39 Robbie shares what made him start the Mixed Game Festival

07:33 What to look forward to at the Mixed Games in Las Vegas

12:50 John Somsky talks more about the upcoming RecPoker mixed games

23:54 On Mixed Games: What is a Badugi?

26:01 John: on June we are introducing concept of the Split Pot game

29:02 Robbie on split pot games

42:58 John continues what is on the schedule for the month of August

49:38 Robbie talks about how dealers deal in a mixed games.

57:06 Next up: Introducing 6 Plus Holdem

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Jeff Platt, a prominent poker broadcaster whose work has been featured on PokerGO, CBS Sports Network, and ESPN. Specifically he’s a sideline reporter for the World Series of Poker Main Event, a play-by-play commentator for PokerGO Tour events, and the co-host of PokerGO's "No Gamble, No Future” alongside Brent Hanks. Jeff shares some stories about making his way into the world of poker media, and some tips for less experienced players who are ‘taking their shot’ in the big leagues, some lessons he's learned, and what he hates most about his job! Plus we play Stake/Study/Stack with Norman Chad, Donnie Peters and Nick Shulman, and just like every week we Close The Action with our speed round. And of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat! Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Jeff is active on Twitter as https://twitter.com/jeffplatt

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

00:15 Welcome & Introduction

03:16 Introduction to Jeff Platt

03:36 How would Jeff describe his role in the poker world?

06:56 Jeff on what got him into his position in the poker industry

08:47 Having a background in poker helped Jeff succeed

10:12 How Jeff’s work affects his relationship with the poker game

16:29 Being five years on the ground: Jeff on seeing women competing in poker

29:17 Common mistakes people make

33:11 People's game today vs. back in the day

35:30 Broadcast plans for the WSOP in the Bahamas

43:21 Jeff plays Stake, Study, Stack

55:09 John: Home Game Results update

Also: if you donated to a food bank because of Joe’s offer and you’d like him to match your donation, you can email him at [email protected] or you can post in our discord and tag him @‌elvida11

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Elizabeth Bennett-Martin about facing a raise from an “annoying player” while holding an overpair to the board. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses tournament variants, ICM pressure, player types, adjusting to different players, hand distribution, having a plan, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review! Link: https://rec.poker/groups/petvets-hand-history-review/forum/discussion/hand-review-annoying-player/

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