This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interviewed Abby Merk about playing as a pro, creating content and enjoying the great game of poker! To start, Abby introduced herself as a professional poker player, advocate for female empowerment, and content creator. She discussed her passion for poker and how it is a game of strategy and competition. Abby discussed her summer working with Poker News and how it allowed her to meet and become friends with her poker idols. She explained her conte...
Aug 04, 2023•1 hr 11 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a blog post by Eric “Binkley” Gin about the proper language to use around table positions. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses the ambiguity of language around table positions, why it’s so confusing, why order matters, and how we can make it all a LOT simpler by using a consistent language as Eric lays out. Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great ...
Aug 01, 2023•18 min
This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew celebrate the recent release of episode #500 by taking our audience behind the curtain into our Premium Membership! We are sharing one of Chris Jones’s Deep Dive seminars from June, when the theme of the month was Player Reads. In this video, we break down how and when to use reads at the table to adjust our strategy. If you are listening to the audio version of the show, you might consider switching to YouTube for this episode - you’ll get a littl...
Jul 28, 2023•1 hr 33 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a couple hands he played in the WSOP Monster Stack in June. Is Jim getting nitty in his old age? You be the judge! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses calling ranges, value-targeting, player pool tendencies, deviating from GTO, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the f...
Jul 25, 2023•39 min
This week we throw back to Kim Kilroy’s interview with tournament grinder and women’s advocate Ruth Hall. Ruth owns a World Series of Poker Circuit Ring, a LIPS Grand Series Gold Bracelet and several other titles, including the Texas Star Ladies Poker Champion for 2020. She is a member of the WPA Board of Directors and a two-time breast cancer survivor. This interview is another in Kim Kilroy’s series about poker Empowerment, you can find out more about Kim and her groups at https://rec.poker/pe...
Jul 21, 2023•1 hr 5 min
For episode 500 (!) Chris and Rob discuss a spot where they are in the money but facing an odd river spot. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses ICM considerations, late-stage tournament dynamics, 3-bet bluff candidates, stack sizes, variance, HUD stats, postflop betting lines, getting value, and a lot more! This episode has a visual component as Chris shares his screen of the replayer - if you want to watch on YouTube you might get more out of it...
Jul 18, 2023•30 min
This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Joseph and Toni from The Poker Oasis in Las Vegas! They run a fantastic home game down there, and they take very seriously the cause of FUN in poker - and they are great at making newcomers feel welcome. The group talks about their beginnings in poker, moving to Las Vegas and getting started, helping others to learn the game, some great friends they’ve made a long the way, and more! Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for ...
Jul 14, 2023•52 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by DJ Kriegel (HawkPlays) about a microstakes hand where he is considering a Continuation-bet in a 3-bet pot. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses reasons for betting, board textures, c-bet theory, when to deviate from theory, player types, denying equity, the importance of bet sizing, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great ...
Jul 11, 2023•40 min
This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew discuss their recent WSOP experiences, some lessons they learned, they go over a couple of hands from the series, and share some exciting details about things to come in RecPoker Nation! Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too! We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these...
Jul 07, 2023•1 hr 25 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Rob Washam (Rabman50) about a hand where he used his HUD to prepare to exploit two very different players at his table. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses HUD stats for online play, and other tells and leaks that players might display to their opponents either live or online. Learn about key stats, odd tells, the importance of timing, and more! Come sign up for a free ac...
Jul 04, 2023•38 min
This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview RECing Crew member Gareth James about his new book The Final Table! Gareth gets right into the details about what it’s like to write a book by himself, having co-authored before, and what led him to work on this subject for his next book. They go over some of the strategic elements of different phases of the final table, how to write for different audiences, and a lot more! Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in ...
Jun 30, 2023•1 hr 18 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Eric Gin (Binkley) about a cash game on ignition that results in a river spot where one of the players is considering going for very thin value - or are they? While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses cash versus tournament sizing, rake structures, live vs online play, hand reading, getting the most out of Flopzilla, postflop betting lines, thin value, value targeting, player t...
Jun 27, 2023•56 min
This week, if we can make it through some technical issues early on, we are throwing back to an excellent interview of Lupe Soto by Kim “PetVet” Kilroy as part of her Poker Empowerment series! Lupe is the founder of Ladies International Poker Series (LIPS), and a member of the Senior Poker Tour, Women in Poker Hall of Fame, Vegas Connected, Poker Gives and Women’s Poker Association (WPA). An important member of the poker industry and advocate for women in poker. Lupe talks about various ventures...
Jun 23, 2023•1 hr 29 min
This week, Jim Reid leads RecPoker RECing Crew member Rob Washam through a forum post by Eric Anderson about “Risk Premium” in ICM spots. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, Rob talks about what Risk Premium means, how it relates to ICM pressure, Bubble Factors, assumptions you have to make at the poker table, common mistakes in this type of scenario, the difficulty of prepping for these spots without some kind of help, and more! Come sign up for a free account at ...
Jun 20, 2023•29 min
This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Garry Gates from Poker.Org! Garry talks about his own 4th place finish in the 2019 WSOP main event, his new role with Poker.Org, their new “First-Hand Hands” program, one thing he would do differently, the importance of spending time with people that you love, and more! Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in r...
Jun 16, 2023•1 hr 5 min
This week, Chris Jones leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by OutFocusMetal from a $5 large field online tournament approaching the bubble. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses ICM pressure, player types, how to tell who knows what ICM means, adjustments players can make near the bubble, the importance of knowing stack sizes, telling a believable story with postflop betting lines, common mistakes players make in spots like this, a...
Jun 13, 2023•35 min
This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Sean McCormack, the “Poker Strategist” (great title, Sean) from MGM Resorts! The interview starts with breaking news - this year’s RecPoker WSOP Meet Up Game will be at the MGM Grand on June 28th! More details to come about that soon. In the meantime, Sean talks about his start as a dealer, and goes on to share some stories and thoughts about his time in the industry, including some details about how poker rooms measure success, the tensi...
Jun 09, 2023•1 hr 13 min
This week, Chris Jones leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Keith “MonkieSystem” Brandt about a live read he made in a large tournament at the MSPT. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses player types, preflop raise sizing, bluff-raising, note-taking, post-flop bet sizing, different kinds of live tells, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can pos...
Jun 06, 2023•33 min
This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Merv Harvey, longtime co-host of the excellent Postflop Poker Podcast (or PPP to its friends). On this week’s show, if you can make it through the first 10 minutes about Merv’s “Bingo Mindset strategy tips”, you’ll be in for a treat as they talk about his experiences in the poker world as a reporter, host, player, and more. Merv shares some details about lessons he’s learned from the game, common mistakes recreational players make, the va...
Jun 02, 2023•1 hr 15 min
This week, Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew continue the conversation from last week about preparing for play, but with a focus on the day of the event - pre-game routines, what to focus on while playing, and post-game wind-down. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses mindset, effective drills, hand reviews, note-taking tips, conserving focus, tagging hands, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the g...
May 30, 2023•46 min
This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview David K. Lappin about his life as the co-host of the popular Chip Race and Lock-In podcasts, as the author of various op-ed and strategy articles on poker, as a commentator, as an active player and a sponsored ambassador in events all over the world - it’s quite a list, so this is one of our longest interviews ever! David shares some stories about various aspects of the poker industry, some concerns about the direction of grey-market poke...
May 26, 2023•2 hr 3 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Dingo about music that gets your mind right to play - but the group goes a lot further than that! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses a few musical choices, but they really get into another kind of preparation, like what to look for when playing in a tournament series! From buy-ins to structures to field sizes to the playing experience, there are so many things to factor ...
May 23, 2023•28 min
This week Joe Kulas and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Heather and Paul Gearan about their poker tracking program called Poker Pilgrims! Whether it’s comparing your EV in various tournaments or deciding which structures will give you the most time per level to soak up all the fun on the felt, there's a lot to learn! They also talk about their blogging with Advanced Poker Training and Cardplayer Lifestyle and other ways they keep their love of poker burning. Plus of course we give away a free...
May 19, 2023•59 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Aceragoff about a hand close to the money where our villain gets frisky on a turn card that also improves our hand. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses raise sizes, calling ranges, visualizing your foe’s entire ranges, value targeting, live reads, speechplay, ICM pressure, postflop betting lines, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see...
May 16, 2023•54 min
This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Victoria and Dayanna from the women's-only study group Pocket Queens! Victoria tells some stories about her recent career as a woman in the poker world, and Dayanna shares her experience in a Ladies-only event where a male player entered and won the tournament. The group discusses some problems and possible solutions in the poker world today, and of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat! Join us on YouT...
May 12, 2023•1 hr 35 min
This week, Chris Jones leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a hand from his favourite YouTube series, in which our hero is faced with an unpleasant river decision. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses player types, the meaning of passive postflop lines, range analysis, live tells, bet sizing, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to join in the fun each and every week! Link to Eric Gin’s positional terminology ar...
May 09, 2023•37 min
This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew welcome Kevin Mathers back on the show to talk about all things WSOP! There were multiple technical issues with the audio of Kevin’s interview, unfortunately, so bear with us if there are some abrupt cuts here or there as we find our footing at the start - Kevin rejoins the panel via cell phone with a much clearer signal shortly, and we cover some really helpful topics like: what you CANNOT forget when packing for Las Vegas, what you MUST do before...
May 05, 2023•49 min
This week, Jim Reid and Rob Washam from the RecPoker RECing Crew discuss a forum post by DaChiwaiian about a cash game hand where they 3-bet with AK and find themselves multiway with a lousy flop. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses stack sizes, raise sizes, player types, postflop tendencies, the difference between tournament and cash play, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and re...
May 02, 2023•40 min
This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Elizabeth Bennett-Martin about her recent win at the Irish Poker Open as well as some other impressive results in the last while. Elizabeth talks about her experiences travelling around the world with her friends playing poker, some tips she has learned along the way, how her life as a lawyer/mediator has impacted her poker career, and she also reveals one HUGE tell that she finds reliable among most poker players! Elizabeth also shares s...
Apr 28, 2023•1 hr 3 min
This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Black_Spruce about a final table spot that they think they messed up. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses how to weigh different factors when deciding how to play a hand, the importance of chip stacks around the table, ICM pressure, betting lines, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can ...
Apr 25, 2023•33 min
