This week rec.poker Premium Member Greg "MaxChaos" Clem joins the show to interview the one and only Chris "FiveByFive" Jones, who is the Membership Content Director at rec.poker and has been on a bit of a heater recently! Greg talks to Chris about his history in poker, how to study, what brought him to RecPoker and how his work in the world of literature has made him a better poker player. Plus we get to enjoy the fabled "O Canada" performance from Steve that we've all been waiting for! Chris i...
Nov 16, 2021•1 hr 6 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by ImaLouigi about a tell from an exposed card. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses table dynamics, donking ranges, player types, tells, 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/exposed-card-a-tell-a-redeal-w...
Nov 12, 2021•33 min
Lara Eisenberg recently won her first WSOP bracelet in the Ladies No-limit Hold'em Championship event, and talks to the panel about the experience, as well as her time skydiving with a world-record-setting crew and her work as a radiologist! She also discusses how she learned the game of poker and how studying it within a group context has made her a better player. Lara can be found on Twitter as @eisen009 We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics: Council Bluffs Roa...
Nov 09, 2021•49 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Chris Jones about an ICM spot in a recent Poker Masters episode. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses when to deviate from GTO, how to apply maximum pressure preflop, how deep is too deep to shove, 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: htt...
Nov 05, 2021•31 min
Tana Karn founded RUNGOOD Gear many moons ago, and it has blossomed into much more than that! Tana and the head of marketing Haley Hochstetler join the panel to talk about their start in poker, running fun events, and how to capture the excitement of live poker for an audience at home. Join us at the next RUNGOOD event from Nov 11-14 at Council Bluffs Iowa for our next RecPoker Road Trip! We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics: WPT/RecPoker Tourney - https://rec.p...
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 7 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Dan about holding KK on a less than ideal runout. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses preflop and postflop sizing and frequencies, board textures, hand qualities, 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/k...
Oct 29, 2021•38 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Kim "PetVet" Kilroy about playing Out Of Position in a Progressive Knock-Out bounty tournament. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses stack sizes, hand ranges, bounty incentives, ICM, 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/...
Oct 22, 2021•29 min
While down at the WSOP, we took a short break to talk with Jared Tendler - excuse the recording quality of our away-from-home studio! Jared has written many books on the subject of mental game and how pros and amateurs alike can put themselves in the best possible position for success - whether it's poker, golf, trading, or other areas of competition or performance. He has a new video course out that you should check out at jaredtendler.com and you can get a discount by using code RECPOKER at ch...
Oct 19, 2021•48 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Chris talking about QQ. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses hand qualities, continuing ranges, value targets, calling vs. shoving, 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/lets-talk-about-qq/
Oct 15, 2021•35 min
This week, with the Chats gang getting ready for Vegas, Jim Reid leads the panel through a BONUS forum post by Chris Jones about bluff-catching. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses hand ranging, postflop action, player 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.poker/forums/discussio...
Oct 12, 2021•42 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Michael about a hand played in the monthly Tournament of Champions. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses opening and continuing ranges, postflop action lines, hand-ranging, player tendencies, 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://r...
Oct 08, 2021•33 min
AJ Rudolph from Poker Power talks about teaching poker to girls and women, her background as a player and a coach, and how we can all make the poker world a better place! AJ is active on Twitter as @ajrudolph23 We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics: WPT/RecPoker Tourney - https://rec.poker/wpt WSOP roadtrip - https://rec.poker/roadtrips/ RecPoker Staking -https://rec.poker/staking/
Oct 05, 2021•56 min
As well as being a player, long-time friend of the show and RecPoker collaborator Dara O'Kearney is a coach, author of two #1 best selling poker strategy books “Poker Satellite Strategy” and “PKO Poker Strategy”, and recently published "Endgame Poker Strategy: The ICM Book". A very popular blogger, he also co-hosts the GPI Award winning Chip Race Poker podcast, the Lock-In on Youtube and he writes a free monthly newsletter on poker strategy. He has also commentated on The Irish Poker Open, The U...
Sep 29, 2021•50 min
Ryan Laplante is a WSOP bracelet winner, poker coach and founder of Learn Pro Poker. One of the most respected people in poker, Ryan is constantly looking for ways to improve his own game while making his top-notch training accessible to the less experienced player. Ryan has partnered with K.L. Cleeton and Range Trainer Pro to create a powerful solver that does both pre-flop and post-flop solves, which is a herculean effort. Ryan is active on Twitter as @protentialMN The RecPoker panel also welc...
Sep 28, 2021•1 hr 10 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Chris Jones about a hand on the bubble. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses stack sizes, hand ranges, ICM, 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/stone-bubble-ranging-and-decision/
Sep 24, 2021•32 min
John Somsky is the Home Games Director for RecPoker and the Minnesota Ambassador for AnteUp Magazine. John is a true historian of the game, having played many variants and listened to about every poker podcast during his entire life in poker. Not only is he deeply knowledgeable in the game, history, personalities and industry, John is widely considered, "The Nicest Guy in Poker", a label initially given him by WSOP Bracelet winner Chris "Fox" Wallace. In this episode we hear more about John's st...
Sep 21, 2021•1 hr 13 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by the one and only Taylor Maas about a chance to turn a marginal hand into a bluff. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses hand ranging, bluff targeting, bet sizing, 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/big...
Sep 17, 2021•37 min
Matt Savage is the Executive Tournament Director for the World Poker Tour (WPT) among other industry leadership positions. Matt co-founded the Tournament Directors Association (TDA) in an attempt to bring greater consistency to tournament players' experiences across the country. Matt has been at the forefront of building poker into a global business for the past three decades after his start as a chip runner and dealer at his local casino. Matt will be playing as a celebrity bounty in the Septem...
Sep 11, 2021•1 hr 19 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through another forum post by Troy Chapman (Chappo) about a drawing hand facing some unusual action. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses passive play, hand ranges, pot odds, equity, 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/callin...
Sep 10, 2021•32 min
Jamie Kerstetter joins the panel to share about her poker industry journey and why she transitioned away from being a lawyer; we also talk about one of her true passions: rescuing dogs. One of the many things Jamie is involved with is Poker King, a great new show that features a lot of great poker action while staying entertaining. Follow @pokerkingmedia on Twitter as well as @JamieKerstetter
Sep 07, 2021•1 hr 15 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Keith "MonkieSystem" Brandt that was so good we had to come back for more, so we dive back into a hand from a previous episode to get a more detailed perspective on the action. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses stack sizes, ICM, blocker bets, value-targeting 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 ques...
Sep 03, 2021•51 min
You already know who Kevin Mathers is - the king of poker information and an essential follow on twitter @kevmath - but now you can get to know him even better through his substack newsletter and his new RECing Crew page at www.rec.poker/kevmath - listen along as the panel chats with Kevin about the WSOP and what to expect for the series in 2021!
Aug 30, 2021•1 hr 7 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Eric A about how to use tools like PokerTracker4 to study. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses HUDs, filters, reports, frequencies, 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/groups/jims-pokertracker-review-group/forum/discus...
Aug 27, 2021•24 min
Ben Yu joins the panel to share about his life in and out of poker, how to study, the value of learning with friends, and more!
Aug 24, 2021•1 hr 3 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Troy Chapman (Chappo) about a hand from a recent final table. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses ICM factors, hand ranging, stack sizes, 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/final-table-hand-every-par...
Aug 22, 2021•20 min
Barry Carter is a poker player, author and editor who has worked on great books with Jared Tendler (Mental Game of Poker) and more recently Dara O'Kearney (Poker Satellite STrategy , PKO Poker Strategy). Barry also writes for PokerStrategy.com and Poker Media Pro. After an auspicious start with an insurance company call center, Barry got his start in poker media and the rest is history. He is active on Twitter at @Barry_Carter
Aug 17, 2021•57 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Keith Brandt (MonkieSystem) about responding to 3-bets. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses how to exploit people's 3-bet ranges with sizing, frequencies, and what they look for when facing raises in and out of position! 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 rev...
Aug 15, 2021•29 min
Joe Stapleton is a poker player, commentator and television personality whose work includes just about every poker organization including PokerStars, European Poker Tour, Poker Night in America and WSOP. Most recently Joe was hired as a consultant for a movie, "The Card Counter" and is working on a comic book to be released soon. Joe is a great combination of confidence and humility with a vision for success in his life, keeping a great perspective on where he has been and where he is going.
Aug 10, 2021•1 hr 25 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Keith B about when to start considering ICM at teh final table. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses tournament stages, stack sizes, ICM principles, 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/when-to-tighten-...
Aug 08, 2021•27 min
Our new website at rec.poker launched in July 2020 and we wanted to celebrate by reviewing the past year in the RecPoker community. So much has happened in the past 12 months beyond the website and it is time to reflect! We are so often focused on looking forward and evaluating what is next, so it is important to look back and acknowledge that path that has been traveled. Everything we do is focused on community, which is evident as the team talks about our journey so far! The regular panel is j...
Aug 03, 2021•49 min
