This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by MaxChaos about when and how to vary your raise and bet sizing. While battling it out in the nightly home game, we discuss stack sizes, position, hand strength, and more! Come sign up for a free account at 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/altering-bet-sizes-based-on-villian-stack-sizes/
Aug 01, 2021•27 min
Carlos Welch is a player, writer, and coach spending much of his time living out of Prius. Carlos recently won his first WSOP Bracelet, besting a field of 782 entries in the Crazy Eights ONLINE event for $1124,369. He plans on using part of the money to buy a house for his mom in George to serve as the central location for when the Welch family gathers. Carlos shares some tips on being frugal in Vegas during the WSOP and just brings a general positivity to the poker world. Connect with Carlos on...
Jul 27, 2021•1 hr 1 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Jacob Kieke about a live tournament getting close to the money. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses blockers, hand ranges, table dynamics, tournament stages, and more! Come sign up for a free account at 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/canter...
Jul 26, 2021•28 min
Mike Patrick is a mixed game specialist who is also a contributing writer for Cardplayer Lifestyle as well as other poker media outlets. Mike will be taking his talents to PokerNews this fall, covering the WSOP for the entire series. Mike has a background in sports television and would love to combine his TV production skills with his passion for poker. Through our conversation, we find out that Mike refers to PLO as the "gateway to mixed game." One of the good guys in poker, you can give Mike a...
Jul 20, 2021•1 hr
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by ARW about a hand played out of the blinds. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses preflop ranges from both positions perspectives, combos, postflop action, and more! Come sign up for a free account at 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! https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/blind-vs-blind/
Jul 18, 2021•39 min
Dara O’Kearney is the co-host of "The Chip Race" podcast and "The Lock-in" YouTube video series. He has authored two books, "Poker Satellite Strategy" and "PKO Poker Strategy." He is currently hoping to complete his next book on ICM (Independent Chip Model) by late August / early September. Dara has been a great friend of RecPoker as a podcast guest, Twitter supporter, and presenter at the RECies Awards. You can follow him on Twitter at @daraokearney
Jul 13, 2021•1 hr 8 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by ARW about playing some live poker out of position with a strong pair. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses stack and bet sizes, hand ranges, betting lines, and more! Come sign up for a free account at 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/nd-poker-...
Jul 11, 2021•17 min
With Steve out of commission this week, the panel looks back on how they came to meet Steve and join RecPoker, what parts of the community they have come to lead, and we hear from Paul "QuadQuark" one of our Premium Members who had joined us in the chat for the recording!
Jul 06, 2021•55 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post where he knows immediately he has made an error when he can't decide if his flop cbet is a value bet or a bluff. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses hand ranges, bet sizing, board textures, and more! Come sign up for a free account at 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.p...
Jul 04, 2021•20 min
Veronica Brill is a poker player, commentator, and YouTube personality. Born in Poland and raised in Canada, she now lives and works in California. In 2019, she became the center of an enormous controversy in the poker world when she accused fellow poker player Mike Postle of cheating. Veronica was also recently instrumental in K.L. Cleeton's new customized van!
Jun 29, 2021•1 hr 30 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Adam Wolfe (ARW) considering a check-raise against an early position opener. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses hand ranges, board textures, combos, and more! Come sign up for a free account at 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! https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/flop-types-k72-rainb...
Jun 27, 2021•21 min
Kenny Hallaert is an extremely successful poker player and industry professional. Kenny is originally from Belgium and now lives in London. An electrician by trade, Kenny started playing online and the rest, as they say, is history. He has a combined $11 million in tournament earnings, of which $4.3 is live including nearly $1.5 million earned for his 6th place finish in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in 2016. Completing that final table were Cliff Josephy, Qui Nguyen, Gordon Vayo, ...
Jun 22, 2021•1 hr 6 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Chris Jones (FiveByFive) about a theory question to do with EXACTLY the flop T85r. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses the inherent properties of certain cards (a rare find in poker!), board textures, hand ranges, and more! Come sign up for a free account at 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 ...
Jun 20, 2021•27 min
Kevin Mathers (@kevmath) joins the RecPoker crew as the 2021 WSOP schedule is released! We countdown to the release and then go through the schedule together. Some great tournaments are part of the schedule; if you want to join us in Vegas check out rec.poker/roadtrips
Jun 15, 2021•45 min
John Barrows is the tournament manager for Running Aces Casino, Racetrack, and Hotel, the official sponsor of the RecPoker Podcast. John opens up to give insight about how poker fits into the context of casino profitability, specifically considering how to balance tournament structure and rake. John can be reached at fbarrows@runaces.com with general feedback welcomed at info@runaces.com
Jun 15, 2021•1 hr 11 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Michael about a hand with JJ on the button. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses raise sizes, hand ranging, board textures, and more! Come sign up for a free account at 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/jj-on-a-2-pair-board/
Jun 13, 2021•38 min
Once a month a Premium member goes one-on-one with a member of the RECing Crew to break down a hand, talk strategy, or discuss how to otherwise get the most out of their poker experience. Email jim@rec.poker if there’s a member of the RECing Crew that YOU’D like to connect with, and we’ll try to match you up! Learn more about the RECing Crew here: https://rec.poker/crew/ In this episode, we share a session of Jim Reid doing a PokerTracker database review for a coaching client. Listen or watch al...
Jun 11, 2021•45 min
Samuel Simoes on PokerNow and what led him to create this amazing playing and learning tool that we'll be using at RecPoker every month - and his love of programming, sharing things you love with the world, and more!
Jun 08, 2021•44 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by ImaLouigi about 2 different ICM spots. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses stack sizes, payout structures, shoving and calling ranges, and more! Come sign up for a free account at 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/2-interesting-icm-spots-inclu...
Jun 06, 2021•41 min
Content Director Chris Jones has dreamed up an amazing way to have fun, learn together, and build community all at the same time. In this episode we chat about this new approach to interactive learning. We also hear about the RecPoker Road Trip with the Dakota Poker Tour, a special announcement about RecPoker Invitational Tournaments at Running Aces, and the upcoming road trips with the RunGood Poker Series in Council Bluffs, Iowa and the WSOP in Las Vegas.
Jun 01, 2021•55 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by MonkieSystem (Keith Brandt) about facing a small river lead after betting for two streets. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses betting lines, hand ranging, bet sizing, opponent types, and more! Come sign up for a free account at 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.poke...
May 31, 2021•24 min
Sky Matsuhashi from The Poker Forge joins the panel to talk about finding leaks, plugging leaks, exploiting leaks, and ways to get the most out of PokerTracker and other software and study tools.
May 25, 2021•56 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post about other ways to play No Limit Texas Hold'em. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses cash vs tournaments, MTTs vs STTs, field sizes, variance, shootouts, 'double or nothings', turbos, sit and gos and more! Come sign up for a free account at 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:/...
May 23, 2021•35 min
The full return of live poker is around the corner and the panel talks about their experience during the pandemic and looking forward to the upcoming months. We also talk about the RecPoker Road Trips coming up May 22 (Fargo, ND), June 21-27 (Council Bluffs, Iowa), and the WSOP Las Vegas. We are so excited to be playing live and getting to finally meet all of RecPoker Nation!
May 18, 2021•1 hr 6 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Stueyy about a spot with a strong draw Out Of Position. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses flop leads and how they shape players' ranges, different ways to play draws against different villain types, and the wonderful world of blockers! Come sign up for a free account at rec.poker today to see all the great notes and details and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the ...
May 14, 2021•37 min
Once a month, a premium rec.poker member gets together with a member of the RECing Crew in The REC Room! This month we go behind the scenes with Jim to observe a pre-recorded coaching session with Matt, who we have heard from in parts one and two before. In this final segment they go over a few hands together and make some plans for Matt to reach his poker goals! Anyone interested in spending some time in the REC Room with Jim or any of the other members of the RECing Crew can email jim@rec.poke...
May 13, 2021•23 min
Martin Jacobson started the November 9 Final Table in 2014 in 8th position, but was able to win the bracelet at $10 million first place prize. In this episode, he recalls the preparation put into that final table, including the support of his poker inner circle. Martin also talks about his time as a chef on a Swedish battleship and his journey to become a poker superstar.
May 10, 2021•1 hr 4 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Hubs about bankroll management. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses pro vs. rec mindset, game selection, variance, moving up and down in stakes, and more! Come sign up for a free account at rec.poker today to see all the great notes and details 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/bankroll-m...
May 09, 2021•24 min
Chris Jones is the Membership Content Director at rec.poker and every month he produces a seminar around a specific topic - this month the topic was Turns and Rivers and Chris talks about specific factors for later streets and also about a new twist on the seminar format starting next month! It's just one perk of our premium membership. Find out more at rec.poker now!
May 04, 2021•40 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Jim himself about the recent Learn Pro Poker training video on defending against C-bets. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses some of the factors we went over in our Saturday LPP Study Group, like position, sizing, board texture, and more! Come sign up for a free account at rec.poker today to see all the great notes and details and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the...
May 02, 2021•21 min
