Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 191: Taking Your Turn Equity (Instead of Bluffing)
This week Bart discusses when it is prudent to check back the turn when you pick up a big draw instead of choosing to semi-bluff.
Sep 12, 2025•17 min
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Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 190: Why Would I Call in These Spots?
In this week's episode Bart discusses a session where he was forced to make big time call downs.
Sep 05, 2025•18 min
Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 189: Bart's 2025 WSOP Main Event Review
Bart reviews his Day 2 exit and the 2025 WSOP Main Event. Even though this episode discusses tournament play he recommends that cash game players not skip the episode
Aug 29, 2025•16 min
Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 188: Preemptive Betting Explained
Bart discusses when and why to use preemptive betting
Aug 22, 2025•18 min
Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 187: Calculating My Biggest Hero Fold
Bart breaks down one of the biggest hero folds that he has made in his career breaking down the math he used in the moment.
Aug 15, 2025•19 min
Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 186: Combos, Textures, Configuration CTC Matrix
In this week's episode Bart discusses what he calls the "CTC" matrix -- counting combos, evaluating board texture and considering configuration in NL cash hands played at the WSOP at the Paris in Las Vegas.
Aug 08, 2025
Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 185: The Battle of Nits
Bart gives a recap of his first week at the 2025 WSOP then talks about a session of $3/$5 $1000 cap played at the Horseshoe in Las Vegas versus a table full of nits.
Aug 01, 2025•14 min
Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 184: Crushing Souls Part 2
On Part 2 of 2 on this week's show Bart recaps hands from an insane super session at 2/5 where he won $3000 over the course of six hours.
Jul 25, 2025•19 min
Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 183: Crushing Souls Part 1
On Part 1 of 2 on this week's show Bart starts covers seven hands from an insane super session at 2/5 where he won $3000 over the course of six hours.
Jul 18, 2025•18 min
Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 182: Interesting Leads
In this week's episode, Bart discusses a clump of interesting hands involving donk leads from a recent session at the Encore Boston Harbor.
Jul 11, 2025•19 min
Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 181: Shotgunning Interesting Turns
On this week's episode Bart discusses turn decisions. He speaks about how soft the game was at the Encore and how he had total control over the table leading to a possible super session.
Jul 04, 2025•17 min
Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 180: Dependencies for Barreling
This week Bart takes a look at some close turn spots dealing with barreling. He explains his approach to betting the turn as a double barrel leading to tripling off and also discusses when its best to some time pull back the reigns.
Jun 27, 2025•15 min
Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 179: Tips Vs. Limpers
In this week's episode Bart examines a few limped pots and explains his approach to certain situations.
Jun 20, 2025•15 min
Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 178: Little Details that Affect Winrate Part 2
Part 2 of a detailed hand review from a recent $2/$5 $1k cap table at Encore Boston Harbor where Bart dissects his own mistakes bringing out the detail that affects winrate.
Jun 13, 2025•16 min
Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 177: Little Details that Affect Winrate Part 1
Part 1 of a detailed hand review from a recent $2/$5 $1k cap table at Encore Boston Harbor where Bart dissects his own mistakes bringing out the detail that affects winrate. The lineup was a mix of good and bad players which created interesting decisions.
Jun 06, 2025•19 min
Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 176: Golden Opportunity to Practice
On this week's episode Bart discusses a golden opportunity for players to practice their live game by playing online
May 30, 2025•16 min
Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 175: Deconstructing River Bet Sizing for Value
In this week's episode Bart gets into his hands at a recent $2/$5 NL game at Encore Boston Harbor where he deconstructs his thoughts on proper river bet sizing for value.
May 23, 2025•19 min
Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 174: This Guy Leveraged My Stack
This week Bart reviews a recent large winning session where he was able to maximum value in certain spots. However, he still is thinking about the last hand where he feels his opponent effectively leveraged his stack size against him. He also covers a text book delayed double barrel example.
May 16, 2025•17 min
Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 173: Lucky Misclicks and Large Exploits
This week Bart discusses a session where several live "misclicks" lead to some interesting situations. He also dives into some major exploits that can be made against typical live players.
May 09, 2025•20 min
Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 172: Playing Post Flop with Low SPRs
Bart discusses a recent session of $2/$5/$10 where he played multiple 4bet pots leading to very small SPRs post flop.
May 02, 2025•16 min
Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 171: Don't Make Dumb Turn Plays Like These
This week Bart gets into his recent $2/$5 session and speaks of some big opponent errors with regards to turn play.
Apr 25, 2025•18 min
Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 170: Bart's Take on the Best WSOP Events
Bart gives his take on the best NLHE tournaments to play at the WSOP
Apr 18, 2025•16 min
Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 169: Three Ways Again
Bart discusses a hybrid session of 1/3 and 2/5 NLHE played during the morning. It was the earliest cash session that he started in his career.
Apr 11, 2025•18 min
Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 168: Fold Top Pair and OMC Discussion
This week Bart discusses several hands where he thought it was correct to fold top pair, and also talks about OMC considerations when those types of players are in the lineup
Apr 04, 2025•19 min
Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 167: Using Showdown Info
Bart discusses how a single showdown might make you play a subsequent hand in a different manner especially against an unknown.
Mar 28, 2025•33 min
Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 166: Hand Reading Assumptions and Some PLO
Bart breaks down a hand from a 5/5 PLO session
Mar 21, 2025•16 min
Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 165: Working Through Hands
On this week's podcast get, into Bart's mind as he "works through" some of the more interesting spots from a recent $2/$5 NL cash game at the Encore Boston Harbor.
Mar 14, 2025•16 min
Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 164: The Jackpots and Mind Games
Bart discusses the mind games that he sometimes goes through when playing with opponents that are CLP subscribers or other players that might know him. He makes a rare play in the first hand then says that he never would never have taken that line if he had known about the last hand. He also briefly touches on high hand and bad beat jackpot promotions and how they affect your winrate.
Mar 07, 2025•22 min
Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 163: Looking at Wet Board Runouts
This week Bart takes a look at some wet board runouts and discusses when you should turn a hand as good as top pair in to a bluff on such runouts.
Feb 28, 2025•18 min
Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 162: Bart's Christmas Weekend Nemesis
Bart covers a selection of hands from a Christmas weekend session played at $5/$10 $2k cap.
Feb 21, 2025•17 min
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