Jake Hershfield is the founder of unshuffled.io which is a free online poker platform offering short weekly poker challenges for real prizes! Jake talks to the panel about what drew him to poker in the first place, the challenges of building a free social poker platform, what makes mixed games more fun, how to win prizes for free, and some exciting collaborations with RecPoker coming up involving introducing more mixed games to poker fans around the world. Find out more and join for free at http...
Mar 01, 2022•47 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Rob about a hand where he holds JJ in late position and faces some tricky spots postflop. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses raise sizes, postflop betting lines, exploiting different players, solvers vs. actual humans, 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 pan...
Feb 25, 2022•39 min
In this special edition of the podcast, we interview Kevin Mathers LIVE on YouTube on the day the WSOP releases their schedule for this year! We take questions from the panel and the guests in the chat, and cover a range of topics from a day in the life of KevMath to the logistics of the new venues. Plus the gang reviews the schedule event by event, and we announce a new contest: Everyone who signs up for premium membership between now and June 1 will be entered into a draw - and the winner will...
Feb 24, 2022•1 hr 35 min
Ryan Laplante is the founder of Learn Pro Poker and a great friend of the show for many years. He joins Chris Jones to talk about living in Vegas and the live poker scene there these days, chasing Blake Bohn on the all-time Minnesota money list, combating Real Time Assistance in the world of online poker, ICM studies at LPP with RECing Crew member Dara O'Kearney, and they even get into a strategy session from a hand Chris played against an aggro villain recently. Ryan is active on Twitter as @Pr...
Feb 22, 2022•58 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by "Ep1ct3tu5" about a tricky spot where a nitty player open shoves 18 big blinds and we look down at AK offsuit. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses tournament stages, shoving and calling ranges, 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...
Feb 22, 2022•26 min
This week Jim Reid and the panel interview Karina Karagaeva, the CEO of Mindset Design, about how plugging leaks in your mental game can be profitable in all areas of your life - on and off the felt! Whether it's issues you know about - tilt, losing focus, apathy - or leaks you might not even know you have, like poor goal setting or session prep, the solutions might be closer than you think! Karina talks about her professional path to mindset coaching, the tools and systems that she uses to set ...
Feb 15, 2022•49 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by John Crowell about playing your hand vs. playing your range, and other concepts similar to that idea. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses range betting, range analysis, equity denial, value betting, why to play your hand against some players and your range against other players, (and what that really means) and more! Come sign up for a free account at rec.poker today to see all the grea...
Feb 11, 2022•51 min
Robbie Strazynski is the founder of cardplayerlifestyle.com and is heavily involved in a number of different aspects of the poker world, from The Orbit podcast, to CardsChat, to his mixed game festival at the Westgate in 2021. This week, Robbie talks to the panel about his love of mixed games, home games, and finding ways to talk about poker as often as possible! Robbie is active on Twitter as @cardplayerlife We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics: How to help us ...
Feb 08, 2022•40 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Chris Jones about a hand where he opened QQ from early position, got called by half the table, and got put in a tough spot on a dry board. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses how the number of players in the hand affects your c-betting frequencies, the ranges that pros like to call with, common post-flop betting line leaks, and more! Come sign up for a free account at rec.poker today to...
Feb 04, 2022•39 min
(Explicit language used) If you love poker you already know podcast host and commentator Joe Stapleton, who returns to the show to talk about comedy, commentating, and how various aspects of his professional career have been affected by the events of the last two years. We also get to meet Josh Wilson from CryptoHoldem, who talks to the panel about the different parts of cryptocurrencies and NFTs that seem to attract the poker-playing community. You can learn more about Josh and his live no limi...
Feb 01, 2022•56 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Keith about flopping trips and taking an aggressive line multiway. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses betting lines, checking ranges, relative hand strength, bluffing 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! Link: https://rec.poker/forums...
Jan 28, 2022•20 min
This week the gang looks back on 2021 at RecPoker, John shares some amazing feats and stats from the home games, Rob talks about some prizes and plans for the Book Study, Mark takes listeners behind the curtain of the website a bit, and the panel looks forward to everything that 2022 has in store. Whether it was Steve singing in the Strip, our Farid Jattin training course, the WSOP RecPoker house, the live event Road Trips - even in an otherwise difficult year, there was so much to love about 20...
Jan 25, 2022•51 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Flynny about a tricky spot at a final table. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses hand ranges, villain types, live vs. online players, blocker bets, 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/weak-top-pair-oo...
Jan 21, 2022•41 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by 7high11 about finding spots to get it in preflop with AK. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses stack sizes, shoving ranges, calculating equity, ICM factors, 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/how-many...
Jan 17, 2022•19 min
Gareth James is the founder of the MTT Poker School and Academy and brings a lifetime of work as an educator and coach to his passion for helping people improve at their study of poker. Gareth recently started a monthly study group for RecPoker Premium Members and we talk about that and also get into the story of Gareth's poker philosophy, what he finds interesting about the game, how recreational players can improve the most, and more! We also go over this week's home game results and discuss t...
Jan 11, 2022•41 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post about playing in position on the flop, all based around the teachings of Gareth James and the MTT Poker Academy! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses board textures, bet sizing, pre-flop ranges, opponent 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 re...
Jan 08, 2022•19 min
Taylor Maas is an actuary by day, and a killer poker streamer by night! This week we are once again joined by resident core-team-interviewer Greg Clem to find out more about this Taylor Maas character and what makes him tick. One of the original members of the RECing Crew, Taylor can be found every Thursday night on the twitch.tv/recpoker channel, and is a frequent panelist on the Forums edition of the podcast. We talk about his style of play, how to study and improve, the importance of a suppor...
Jan 04, 2022•1 hr 11 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Greg about developing a strategy for playing in a regular home game. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses note taking, player pool tendencies, postflop lines, 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/discussio...
Dec 31, 2021•33 min
Taylor Howard has won tournaments all over, but he loves to pile up chips at the MSPT! He joins us this week to talk about how he got started in poker, what tools and resources he used to get better, what it was like to turn pro, the pros and cons of staking, some strategy advice for recreational players, what the poker world can do better, and a whole lot more! Taylor is active on Twitter as @TheRealTayHow We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics: How to help us ou...
Dec 28, 2021•51 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Chris Jones about playing from the blinds against an aggressive villain. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses player types, hand ranges, post-flop aggression, 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! Link: https://rec.poker/forums/discussio...
Dec 26, 2021•30 min
Nate Meyvis is perhaps best known as the co-host of the Thinking Poker Podcast with Andrew Brokos and now Carlos Welch, but there is a lot more to Nate and he shares some of those facets with our audience in this wide-ranging interview that takes place shortly after his leaving Thinking Poker as a host after 8 years of excellence on the airwaves. We get into the importance of institutional knowledge and training when it comes to elements of card security and the integrity of the game, how Nate's...
Dec 21, 2021•1 hr 7 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Troy Chapman (Chappo) about holding JJ and facing a short-stack all-in when we are RIGHT against the money bubble. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses player types, game selection, ICM factors, process-oriented thinking, 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 pa...
Dec 17, 2021•35 min
Chase Bianchi has played and won on several major tours around the world, most recently finishing 9th in the 2021 WSOP Main Event for one million dollars - a year after retiring from the game as a full-time player! We talk about his start in poker, what it has been like to ascend and retire, his religious faith, and some of his favourite poker rooms to visit. Chase is active on Twitter as @chase_bianchi We also go over this week's home game results, check out the home games at www.recpoker/homeg...
Dec 14, 2021•43 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by the "real Jim" - that's Jim "Gibber3" Gibson if you need to ask! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses ICM factors, the virtues of shoving versus calling, tournament stages, hand rages, 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...
Dec 10, 2021•27 min
Remko Rinkema has worn a lot of hats in the world of poker, from playing to translating articles to writing them himself, from interviewing players to being interviewed, from hosting podcasts to producing PokerGO clips and segments - we get into all that and a lot more on the show this week, and Remko shares some exciting news about an upcoming feature! Remko is active on Twitter as @RemkoRinkema We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics: Home game schedule - https:/...
Dec 07, 2021•51 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Louie "ImaLouigi" Hillman about flopping two pair in the main event! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses player types, ICM factors, calling ranges, the equity of drawing hands, 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/forum...
Dec 03, 2021•29 min
When it comes to poker podcasts, Chad McVean is all about that #podlife! Known as the king of poker podcast twitter, Chad @Veaner85 shares with the panel about how he developed his love for the game, what it's like to listen to and share over 50 poker podcasts every week, the virtues of mixed games, and some exciting details about playing in private games in and around Toronto over the years. Listen along, or head to YouTube to watch the video! We also go over this week's home game results and d...
Nov 30, 2021•1 hr 12 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Eric "Binkley" Gin about a hand where the action is limped to his small blind. To raise or call? That is the question - and if to raise, how much and why? Join the panel a we discuss the various facctors at play in spots like this - implied odds and pot odds, position, cash vs. tournament styles, 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 o...
Nov 26, 2021•22 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Adam "ARW" Wolfe about two hands played an orbit apart in a blind vs blind scenario. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses hand distribution, minimum defense frequency, postflop betting lines, player pool 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 ...
Nov 23, 2021•56 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Chris Jones about flopping the world but losing the hand. The panel talks about hand strength, contorting the range of your foes, board textures, postflop 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/cooler-or/
Nov 19, 2021•24 min
