This week on the Poker Central Podcast, Brent Hanks and Remko Rinkema make a home visit to professional sports bettor Anthony Alberto! Alberto has played on Poker After Dark and the Super High Roller Cash Game as well as Dolly's Game, and on this show you get to learn everything there is to know about this die-hard Philadelphia Phillies fan. 1:45 - Anthony Alberto abandoned a stack in a World Series of Poker event, but why? 3:48 - The story of Anthony Alberto and how he became a successful sport...
Aug 16, 2019•1 hr 2 min
After a brief post-WSOP hiatus, the Poker Central Podcast is back with a tremendous guest! Joined by army vet and both EPT and WSOP champ Brandon Schaefer, Brent Hanks and Remko Rinkema deliver yet another classic episode of your favorite poker podcast! 02:10 - How the Triton Million feels like another planet compared to other high stakes games. 03:30 - Brandon Schaefer's return to the highest stakes. 05:00 - Winning EPT Deauville back in 2005 and nearly winning his second EPT in Monte Carlo at ...
Aug 09, 2019•1 hr 2 min
Legendary comic Norm Macdonald makes another Poker Central Podcast appearance. Macdonald has Remko and Brent laughing out loud from the start with impressions, summer stories, songs, and more. New to the podcast? Subscribe right now and leave us a review on your favorite podcasting app. New to PokerGO and ready to watch some exciting poker action? Subscribe right now to never miss another minute of action. Don’t forget to leave us a review and a five-star rating to get us up those podcast ranks!...
Jul 28, 2019•32 min
Enjoying a well-deserved beverage, Brent Hanks and Remko Rinkema recap the World Series of Poker Main Event final table, the $25k Fantasy League, WSOP Player of the Year, and the exciting announcement of some new high stakes action on PokerGO. 00:53 – The excitement of the end of the World Series of Poker. 01:35 – Recapping the World Series of Poker Main Event final table highlighted by crazy rails and exciting play! 12:02 – The terrible bubble finish in the $25k,000 Fantasy League. Thanks Bart!...
Jul 19, 2019•29 min
The World Series of Poker is rapidly headed towards the end and we managed to get Nick Schulman on the podcast to talk about his summer, winning another bracelet, the Poker Hall of Fame much more. 00:45 – Nick Schulman joins the Poker Central Podcast to talk about his summer and winning the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Eight or Better Championship for $463,670. 02:50 – Nick Schulman’s history with the World Series of Poker Main Event. 04:12 – What’s wrong with Brent Hanks? 05:07 – Drugs in poker, is ...
Jul 13, 2019•22 min
Live from the 2019 World Series of Poker, Phil Hui joins the podcast crew to talk about his epic $50,000 Poker Players Championship win and choosing pro poker over pro golf. 00:45 – Is the $50,000 Poker Players Championship the hardest tournament of the year and why are Jason Mercier and Phil Ivey so hard to play against? 3:34 – Phil Hui’s experience in the $50k, practicing, studying and learning from his girlfriend Loni Harwood. 5:22 – The golf story! How close did Phil Hui get to making the PG...
Jul 07, 2019•42 min
With Brent Hanks having caught the “Rio flu,” it’s up to Remko Rinkema to get you caught up on all that’s good at the 2019 World Series of Poker! While there’s no guest on the show, Remko has interviews for you featuring recent bracelet winner John Hennigan and Stephen Chidwick as well as an update from Daniel Negreanu and Kevin Roster who’s only got weeks to live and makes the absolute most out of it by living his poker dreams. 1:23 – This week on the Poker Central Podcast. 5:00 – Stephen Chidw...
Jun 28, 2019•53 min
Prahlad Friedman joins the show to talk about an array of topics that include the full story of his legendary online poker run, getting cheated out of millions of dollars, going broke and rebuilding, as well as his family life and rap career. NEW: Watch this podcast weekly as a video show on PokerGO. Check the “originals” tab on the site to dig into the three most recent episodes with Phil Hellmuth, Shannon Shorr, and Prahlad Friedman. 2:30 – Brent Hanks challenges Prahlad Friedman to a free thr...
Jun 21, 2019•1 hr 29 min
The second edition of the Poker Central Podcast on PokerGO features Shannon Shorr. Listen to the episode now or check our video version out on PokerGO. 1:15 – The lack of big wins on Shannon Shorr’s resume and the why and how of how that happened and why things are different now. 5:00 – Finishing second in the $5,000 No Limit Hold’em bracelet event versus Daniel Strelitz, was that a good result or a tough loss? 7:30 – Shannon Shorr’s amazing 2019 to date, cashing for more than a million dollars ...
Jun 14, 2019•1 hr 13 min
For the very first time, the Poker Central Podcast has made its debut on video on PokerGO! Check out this full show with video on PokerGO right now or listen through your favorite podcasting app. The podcast isn’t going anywhere but from now on you can enjoy this show as a video broadcast as well. 01:00 – Phil Hellmuth sings Swedish House Mafia, recaps Daniel Negreanu’s wedding, and a Steve Aoki appearance. 4:50 – What year is it??? Phil Hellmuth makes the final table of the WSOP Online bracelet...
Jun 12, 2019•1 hr 13 min
The 2019 World Series of Poker is in full swing and Barstool Nate is in town to give the Big 50 a chance. Nate bagged up chips after his Day 1 flight and he joins us on the podcast to talk about his adventures in Las Vegas so far while the boys also run through the Power Rankings and the $25k Fantasy League. 00:30 – Poker addict Barstool Nate joins the show and tells us all about his second bullet in the Big 50, gathering a pile of chips heading into Day 2 of the biggest live tournament in the h...
Jun 03, 2019•52 min
0:15 – Remko and Brent can barely contain their excitement for the start of the 2019 World Series of Poker. 02:00 – What’s on the show today? Recapping the first action at the 2019 WSOP, recapping the $25k Fantasy Draft and much more. 4:40 – Brian Green wins the first bracelet of the 2019 WSOP after beating Ali Imsirovic heads up, and Brent Hanks has a funny story about the champ. 07:00 – An interview with runner-up Ali Imsirovic. 10:00 – Daniel Negreanu’s sixth place, missing out on him in the ...
May 31, 2019•37 min
Brent Hanks and Remko Rinkema recap the Triton Super High Roller Series, Super High Roller Cash Game, look at the Week 18 Power Rankings and talk at length to Antonio Esfandiari about his massive boxing match vs. Kevin Hart. 2:13 – Recapping all the massive Triton Super High Roller Series action from Montenegro! 2:35 – Bryn Kenney wins back-to-back Triton events to bring his total for the year to $9.1 million. 6:20 – Dan ‘Jungleman’ Cates has picked up a new habit: Smoking cigarettes! Is Brent H...
May 17, 2019•1 hr 5 min
Rolling without a guest this week, Brent Hanks and Remko Rinkema get you caught up to speed with all that’s good in the world of poker. Was the Jungleman video out of line? Does poker need more Jungleman? We break down the 2019 WSOP POY contenders, look ahead at the upcoming Super High Roller Cash Game and Poker After Dark shows and give you a breakdown of the Triton Super High Roller Series. 02:00 – Jungle Talk! Was his video out of line? What’s good, what’s bad? 08:00 – Do we need more crazine...
May 10, 2019•39 min
This week the guys discuss the most recent Dolly’s Game action, Daniel Negreanu vs. Shaun Deeb, Tom Dwan vs. Jungleman, Antonio Esfandiari vs. Kevin Hart, Randall Emmett vs 50 Cent, and a brand new edition of the Poker Central Power Rankings! 3:35 – Looking back at Dolly’s Game sans Daniel Negreanu, but with some takes on Kane Kalas’ game! 6:40 – How Mixed Games came to be, Daniel Negreanu talks about the origins of Mixed Games at The Mirage in Las Vegas. 8:40 –Daniel Negreanu tells the entire s...
May 03, 2019•1 hr 24 min
Brent Hanks is back in the studio after a disappointing vacation as Remko Rinkema tries to keep things together as Randall Emmett tells us some hilarious stories. 00:30 – Brent Hanks talks about his family trip to Philadelphia, a cricket infestation and a zoo visit. 04:45 – Brief news items: Poker After Dark, ARIA High Rollers, and much more. 06:08 – The start of the interview with Randall Emmett 07:00 – Power Rankings talk with Randall 10:00 – The response outside the poker world to Randall Emm...
Apr 26, 2019•56 min
With Brent Hanks on vacation, Remko Rinkema flies solo for a podcast with reduced banter but increased guests as both Maria Ho and Ali Imsirovic join the show. Ho is fresh off making the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown final table while we spoke to Ali Imsirovic at the ARIA High Roller event at the PokerGO Studio about his summer plans and much more. 01:50 – Short poker news items including the legal online poker in Philadelphia! 03:50 – Maria Ho headlines the final table of the World Poke...
Apr 19, 2019•45 min
Brent Hanks and Remko Rinkema are joined in the PokerGO Studio to talk to Phil Galfond, recap the Run it Once Week action on Poker After Dark, dive into the potential new locations for the World Series of Poker, and take a look at the Global Poker Awards. 00:45 – Brent Hanks decided who’s cool and who’s totally not cool in the world of poker! 03:11 – Run it Once Week on Poker After Dark and the Randall Emmett Experience! 06:40 – Live, live, live and how there’s more poker content available than ...
Apr 15, 2019•1 hr 6 min
The Poker Central Podcast this week spent the majority of the time off the rails! Recent WPT Venetian winner Ben Palmer and WSOP bracelet winner Jared Jaffee join the show for more than an hour of banter and shenanigans that brings a lot of untold stories to the surface. On top of that, Brent and Remko make their way through the Week 13 Power Rankings as well as the Effing Five and some juicy info on the upcoming Poker After Dark Pot Limit Omaha action. 03:19 - The start of the interview with Ja...
Apr 05, 2019•1 hr 50 min
For the first time in quite some time we have two guests on the Poker Central Podcast! During Femme Fatale II Week on Poker After Dark, Farah Galfond and Denise Pratt were kind enough to join us to some great conversation! Brent and Remko also dive into big wins by Marty Mathis, Sandeep Pulusani, and Ben Palmer as well as an updated Power Ranking and two new moments in the Effing Five. 04:02 - Femme Fatale week recap: Kym Lim surges, Kitty Kuo vs. Denise Pratt confrontation? 10:13 - Guest: Denis...
Mar 29, 2019•1 hr 23 min
Brent Hanks and Remko Rinkema get you caught up with all the latest gossip, news and excitement that’s going on in the world of poker. On this episode, they recap the Super High Roller Cash Game, preview Poker After Dark Femme Fatale II, look at the Global Poker Awards nominees and go through the Week 11 Power Rankings and an updated version of the Effing Five! 00:25 – Brent Hanks kicks things off with a rant about how much he loves March Madness. 02:38 – Recapping two nights of Super High Rolle...
Mar 22, 2019•55 min
Brent Hanks and Remko Rinkema come at you with a whole bunch of stuff including the weekly Power Rankings, the Effing Five, recaps of all three WPT final tables and much more! 00:20 – Paying tribute to the sudden passing of Mickey Craft. 03:20 – The Super High Roller Cash Game is back! Brent Hanks runs through the lineup and gets us hyped up. 06:00 – New kid on the block Oscar Ng is getting a lot of attention from poker fans and players, Brent and Remko preview this new character who’ll be makin...
Mar 15, 2019•59 min
Sit back, relax, and enjoy this lengthy conversation with U.S. Poker Open champion and the current No. 5 on poker’s all-time money list, David Peters. After the interview, Brent and Remko dive into the Power Rankings as well as the Effing Five. 1:00 – We are joined by David Peters on the Poker Central Podcast! Did he do any celebrating after taking the U.S. Poker Open down? Disco David, Dizzle, and some good party stories! 5:25 – David Peters in college and seeing the world because of poker prio...
Mar 05, 2019•1 hr 10 min
