The Rec Poker Podcast
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Ep 456 - Forums: Multiway KT (Ben)
February 14, 2023 12:30 - 1 hour - 45.1 MBThis week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post about a hand played live over Twitch by Ben Enslow, who goes by Bejamin96 or EastCoastBidder. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses player types, hand strengths and qualities, postflop ranges, bet sizing 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 forum for ...
Ep 455 - Chats: RecPoker Community Updates!
February 10, 2023 12:30 - 1 hour - 49.2 MBThis week, without a guest, Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew panel give away some prizes and talk about some exciting events coming up over the next few months, and unveil some new monthly study opportunities for both free Community members and also paid Premium members! The gang also gets into some of the amazing training videos from other sites that RecPoker members get to view, new home game tournaments coming up, make some WSOP plans, they take some time to make fun of Jim, and even...
Ep 454- Forums: Freerolls With Add-ons
February 07, 2023 12:30 - 32 minutes - 24.4 MBThis week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a discussion about an upcoming freeroll tournament at the one and only Running Aces! The group discusses different strategies that players may use to maximize the value of their voluntary add-on(s) and what factors you might consider when playing in a typical live event freeroll like this. Come sign up for a free RecPoker account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review!...
Ep 453 - Chats: Shannon Van Den Berg on the virtues of Mixed Games!
February 03, 2023 12:30 - 1 hour - 50.1 MBThis week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Shannon Van Den Berg from the Mixed Games Academy! The first in a series of guests from Australia, Shannon is the founder of the Mixed Games Academy and gets right into talking all about his favourite mixed games and all the different events going on in Australia this year that you can visit to join in the fun! Whether it's to get an edge on the future of poker, to take a break from No Limit Texas Hold'em, or to give your brain a new ...
Special Episode: Annual LIVE YouTube WSOP Schedule Release with KevMath!
February 02, 2023 18:20 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBIt's finally here, folks! The WSOP just released their full schedule for 2023 this morning so you KNOW we had to jump right on the air with the one and only https://twitter.com/Kevmath to get his thoughts and take some questions from our members about all the fun that's coming up this summer. We can't wait! Join us on YouTube every Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win a prize too! How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/ Home Games - ...
Ep 452- Forums: "Buckets" (Rob)
January 31, 2023 12:30 - 26 minutes - 19.8 MBThis week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew panel through a forum post by Rob Washam from the latest book study on "The Poker Brain" by @matt_matros . While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses the concept of having different 'buckets' to consider for all the hands you have in your range at any given decision point, and how this can help us simplify our decisions in real time at the tables. Whether it's preflop or postflop, thinking ahead a...
Ep 451 - Chats: Jon Pardy on Streaming, Travel, Poker Fun, and More!
January 27, 2023 12:30 - 53 minutes - 38.4 MBThis week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview popular poker streamer Jon Pardy! After muddling through the usual audio cue issues (lol) the Crew gets right into discussing Jon's past as a winner of Big Brother, how that led to his start in poker, the kinds of games he likes to play, some mistakes he sees players make in those games, and how to make poker more FUN! Jon also shares some details about his life since Big Brother and gives some tips for players looking to get started ...
Ep 450 - Forums: Goals (Roger)
January 24, 2023 12:30 - 19 minutes - 15.4 MBThis week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew panel through a forum post by Roger Schutte about his New Year's Resolutions for 2023! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses the difference between goals and "calling your shot", the importance of having goals you can control, the S.M.A.R.T. system of setting goals, some poker goals for themselves in 2023, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the gre...
Ep 449 - Chats: Chad McVean on Podcasts, Social Media, PSPC, and more!
January 20, 2023 12:30 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBThis week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew panel interview Poker Podcast King Chad McVean! Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too! Chad is also EXTREMELY active on Twitter as https://twitter.com/Veaner85 and he also handles social media for Poker Life Media and RF Labs which you can check out here: https://twitter.com/PokerLifeMe...
Ep 448 - Forums: Multiway Hand Example (Rob Gardner)
January 17, 2023 12:00 - 39 minutes - 27.8 MBThis week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew panel through ANOTHER discussion with Rob Gardner "The Poker Pastor" https://twitter.com/RobGardnerLive about multiway pots: this time with a specific hand example. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses an AK offsuit hand from Chris Jones that features strategic elements to do with flop textures, c-betting options, bet sizing, postflop betting lines, stack sizes, player types, and more! Come s...
Ep 447 - Chats: Jaime Staples on Streaming, Fun, Tips for Recs, and More!
January 13, 2023 12:49 - 1 hour - 45.8 MBThis week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew panel interview popular streamer Jaime Staples! Jaime talks about his life as a twitch streamer, and how he knew immediately when he first tried it that he had found something special. Jaime shares some stories about growing up in Alberta and discovering poker, what he still loves about the game, the importance of bet sizing, the consequences of taking pots multi-way, how he used to study, and he even shares some big-picture tips for recreation...
Ep 446 - Forums: Multi-way Concepts (Rob Gardner)
January 10, 2023 12:00 - 47 minutes - 33.2 MBThis week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew panel through a conversation about the Theme of the Month: Multiway Pots! This week we are joined by "The Poker Pastor" @robgardnerlive Rob Gardner and while battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses the general concept of multiway pots and how we should approach them. We cover hand qualities, player types, preflop hand selection, postflop betting line adjustments, bet sizing theory, tournament scenario...
Ep 445 - Chats: Angela Jordison on Fun, POY Races, Mixed Games, Online vs Live Play, and more!
January 06, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 47.5 MBThis week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew panel interview Angela Jordison! Angela mounted an impressive Player of the Year campaign for 2022 and shares her experiences on that roller coaster ride - the fun, the pressure, the logistics, the strategic adaptations, the experience of coming SO CLOSE but ultimately falling just short - and displays her amazing attitude about poker and winning and the friends she made along the way. Angela also shares her experiences as a coaching student a...
Ep 444 - Forums: Facing an Overbet (Ben E)
January 03, 2023 12:33 - 48 minutes - 34.9 MBThis week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Ben Enslow (Bejamin96) about facing an overbet on the river. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses bet sizing, hand ranges, defending the blinds, playing out of position, player types, balance, 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 forum for the panel to review! L...
Ep 443 - Chats: Nick Howard on Poker Detox, Data-Analysis and Tips for Recs!
December 30, 2022 14:32 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBTo wrap up the year, Jim Reid and RecPoker RECing Crew member Joe Kulas interview Nick Howard from Poker Detox! They talk about Nick's poker journey, the obstacles that most recreational players face, the science of data-analysis, the intersection of physics and psychology, some mistakes recreational players make both on and off the felt - and Nick even shares a discount code listeners can use to get involved in his coaching for profit program in 2023, starting with a 30-day course beginning...
Ep 442 - Forums: Suited Connectors in a Limped Pot (John C)
December 27, 2022 12:11 - 1 hour - 48 MBThis week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by John Crowell (7high11) about playing a suited connector in position multiway in a limped pot. John had an excellent result in this tournament, and we start by talking a little about how far he has come as a player and what he has enjoyed most about RecPoker along the way. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses stack sizes, hand qualities, player tendencies, limping ranges, raising rang...
Ep 441 - Chats: Sammie G on Florida, Math, Chasing Rungood, and more!
December 23, 2022 13:43 - 1 hour - 65.7 MB*Explicit language is present in this episode* This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew panel interview Sammie G about her recent ascent in the poker world! Sammie talks about her dad's role in her poker story, the role that her love of math has played in her life on and off the felt, climbing the tournament ladder from charity tourneys to WSOP events, working with our awesome friends at Rungood, her perspective as a younger woman in the poker world, the value of community, life in Fl...
Ep 440 - Forums: Triple Up Tourney (Buchr)
December 20, 2022 13:00 - 52 minutes - 37.4 MBThis week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by a new member, Buchr, about playing in a triple-up tournament and facing a tough spot holding 77. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses open raise sizes, their own first forum posts, the difference between satellites and MTTs, how a solver looks at spots like these, villain types, stack sizes, ICM factors, contorting your foe's range, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https:...
Ep 439 - Chats: Jason Su on Presence, Flow, and Playing in the Zone!
December 16, 2022 13:24 - 1 hour - 47.3 MBThis week Jim Reid and the panel interview poker author and coach Jason Su who shares some thoughts with the panel about how to manage the mental/emotional side of poker, and how we can become better players - and happier people! - through mastering how we react to the effects of the outside world on our own study, play and results. The gang talks about the difference between pro and rec mindset, some common errors recreational players make. how to 'reset' yourself between hands, and a lot m...
Ep 438 - Forums: Heads Up and Getting Paid (Taylor)
December 13, 2022 13:00 - 47 minutes - 34.1 MBThis week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Taylor Maas about a heads-up spot where the main objective is to get ALL the chips into the middle...but how? While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses position, SPR, postflop betting lines, player types and tendencies, calculating equity, 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 o...
Ep 437 - Chats: James "Splitsuit" Sweeney on playing against limpers!
December 09, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 72.5 MBThis week Jim Reid and the panel interview James "SplitSuit" Sweeney about the RecPoker Theme of the Month: playing against limpers. James is a prolific members of the poker community, from his youtube channel to his Red Chip Poker site and podcast, to his books and apps - he's even done voiceover work for PokerTracker! Listen in as we learn about playing against limpers from this phenomenal player and coach. The gang also goes over some changes to the Home game club and some new special to...
Ep 436 - Forums: ICM Shove? (Chris)
December 06, 2022 11:59 - 33 minutes - 24 MBThis week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Chris Jones about an ICM spot in a tournament he played the other day. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses stack sizes, tournament stages, ICM pressure, villain types, the tension between "fold equity" and "domination when called", 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 ...
Ep 435 - Chats: Troy Chapman and Ben Enslow Join the RECing Crew!
December 02, 2022 13:08 - 47 minutes - 33.6 MBThis week Chris Jones and the panel interview Ben Enslow and Troy Chapman, two new members of the RECing Crew! They talk about what got them interested in poker, their favorite parts of the RecPoker membership, their exotic accents (lol), the value of community in their own poker journey, some details of their lives away from the tables, and their hopes for the future both as poker players and for the game as a whole. Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouT...
Ep 434 - Forums: Responding to 3-bets
November 29, 2022 14:05 - 55 minutes - 39.9 MBThis week, Jim Reid leads the panel through Chris Jones' Theme of the Month at RecPoker: this month it is all about Responding to 3-bets! The group talks about the factors to consider when facing 3-bets: position, sizing, villain types, tournament stages, blockers, board coverage, postflop play, and a lot more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question of your own in the forums for the panel to review! ----- Find our free videos at: http://youtu...
Ep 433 - Chats: Gareth James on Training and Playing Like the Pros!
November 25, 2022 12:41 - 1 hour - 47.4 MBThis week Jim Reid and the panel interview Gareth James from the MTT Poker School! After overcoming some fun audio issues in the first couple minutes, they talk about the Theme of the Month at RecPoker, which is "Responding to 3-bets" by discussing position, size, player tendancies, and hand characteristsc, and they also get into the difference between 'studying' and 'training' as well as talkimg about a new Book Gareth is working on that focusses on how to play when you find yourself at the ...
Ep 432 - Forums: ICM Strategy (Rob)
November 22, 2022 11:13 - 55 minutes - 39.2 MBThis week, the panel talks with RECing Crew member Rob Washam about his latest Book Study that just wrapped up, "Endgame Poker Strategy: The ICM Book" by Dara O'Kearney and Barry Carter. Rob goes into some depth talking about the different ways that ICM pressure can be applied, who should be applying it, and who should be feeling it the most. We also get into the different stages of the tournament and the different stack sizes at which ICM pressure is most powerful, some common mistakes recre...
Ep 431 - Chats: Sky Matsuhashi on studying and responding to 3-bets!
November 18, 2022 13:08 - 1 hour - 48.3 MBThis week Jim Reid and the panel welcome Sky Matsuhashi back to the show! The popular podcaster, YouTuber and coach shares some thoughts on what goes on behind the scenes of his content creation, why he feels that active study is so important, some factors to consider when facing a 3-bet, and some details about his new video course that you can find at his Poker Forge training site - see the link below. It's always a fun chat when Sky comes around! Plus of course we give away a free prize at...
Ep 430 - Forums: Monkie-ing around with Ace-Queen
November 15, 2022 09:59 - 33 minutes - 24.2 MBThis week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Keith Brandt (Monkiesystem) about holding AQx on the bubble and seeing aggressive action in front of him. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses ICM pressure, short-stack shoving ranges, isolation raises vs cold calling ranges, villain types and player tendencies, when/if to have a flatting range at all, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all th...
Ep 429 - Chats: Ryan Laplante on LPP, RTP and responding to 3-bets!
November 11, 2022 13:10 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBThis week Jim Reid and the panel welcome Ryan Laplante back to the show. Ryan is an accomplished professional poker player, and the founder of the excellent training site Learn Pro Poker. WARNING: this starts as an interview but quickly turns into a detailed coaching session from Ryan, going over the many factor we should consider when facing a 3-bet. Ryan shares his screen as he uses a solver to break down a hand with visual elements, so while the audio version of the show will be illuminati...
Ep 428 - Forums: Three MTT Hands from Black_Spade
November 08, 2022 12:51 - 43 minutes - 30.9 MBThis week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Black_Spade about three hands from an MTT they played recently. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses preflop decisions at various points of the tournament, the pros and cons of various typical actions and scenarios, villain types, what information to include when posting hands, the importance of closing the action, to shove or not to shove, and more! Come sign up for a free account at...
Ep 427 - Chats: Allen Kessler on mixed games, food, travel, and (of course) tournament structures!
November 04, 2022 13:13 - 1 hour - 50.7 MBThis week Jim Reid and the panel interview Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler about a range of topics from his life in the world of poker. Known for his views on tournament structures, Allen gets right into the nuts and bolts of what makes for good and bad structures, how the stack sizes and the blind levels relate to each other, and the value in choosing the right structures for certain events. We also discuss travelling to play poker, the importance of game selection, Allen's preference for mixed g...
Ep 426 - Forums: 3-Betting Concepts
November 01, 2022 12:36 - 50 minutes - 35.5 MBThis week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a conversation about October's Theme of the Month: 3-Betting! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses the origin of 3-bets, why people do it, what kinds of hands to choose, what kinds of villains to target, capped ranges, squeezing, and a lot 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 forum ...
Ep 425 - Chats: Sarah Herring on Hosting, Interviews, Moms, and New Horizons!
October 28, 2022 11:53 - 1 hour - 48.5 MBThis week Jim Reid and the panel interview Sarah Herring about her 12 years (!) at Poker News and her new start at Poker.org! Sarah talks about her favourite interview and her least favourite (you might be surprised!), she goes into what it's like to get started in the poker media world and gives some advice for people interested in getting started, she shares a few embarrassing stories from her time at Poker News - and Jim's Mom even gets a shoutout! Plus of course we give away a free prize ...
Ep 424 - Forums: The Importance of Sizing (Ben)
October 25, 2022 11:32 - 1 hour - 45.9 MBThis week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Ben "Bejamin96" Enslow about a deep run he made in a $22 Bounty tournament that he ended up placing second in for about $2k. Congrats, Ben! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses shorthanded play, contorting your opponent's ranges, the importance of bet sizing and how it changes action on future streets, how to factor in the value of bounties in a knockout tournament, and more! Come sig...
Ep 423 - Chats: Maanit Madan on playing with RFID protocols and streaming technology!
October 21, 2022 11:57 - 59 minutes - 41.7 MBThis week Jim Reid and the panel interview Maanit Madan from rfpoker.com who shares some context around possible technical/security weaknesses in the streaming world that have been mentioned in the conversations around The Hand that we've all been hearing about for the last few weeks, and some of the technical factors that go into tracking and streaming technology on today's tables. Maanit recaps some current events and gets right into the technical difficulties of securely streaming private ...
Ep 422 - Forums: Draw-Heavy Boards (Black_Spruce)
October 18, 2022 12:05 - 51 minutes - 36.6 MBThis week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Black_Spruce about playing the nut flush draw OOP and multiway on a dynamic, monotone board in a limped pot. What could go wrong?!? While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses player types, exploitative sizing, value-targeting, counting combos, postflop betting patterns, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you ...
Ep 421 - Chats: Kevin Rabichow on playing heads up, postflop savvy, 3-betting, and more!
October 14, 2022 12:26 - 1 hour - 47.9 MBThis week Jim Reid and the panel interview longtime pro player and coach Kevin Rabichow about his experiences as a high-stakes heads-up player - and how it's led him to create his new training course at Run It Once. Kevin gets right into his insights about adjusting from full-ring to short-handed play, some theoretical implications of only having two players in each hand, why postflop analysis is so important, how he takes notes and how to get the most out of them, good ways to practice short...
Ep 420 - Forums: Facing Limpers (John)
October 11, 2022 12:36 - 44 minutes - 31.9 MBThis week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by John Crowell about facing multiple limpers in the cash games he plays in. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses A LOT of factors about limping: player types, stack sizes, raise sizes, hand ranges, hand qualities, postflop tendencies, variance - 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 o...
Ep 419 - Chats: Dr. Alex Chauran on practicing witchcraft, writing, teaching poker, and more!
October 07, 2022 12:04 - 1 hour - 65.1 MBThis week Jim Reid and the panel interview Dr. Alex Chauran, a twitch streamer, writer, and instructor with Poker Power who thoroughly enjoys working with beginner players and taking their game to the next level. A practicing Wiccan, Doc runs her own coven in British Columbia, Canada, and shares some details about what life is like practicing witchcraft, how poker has helped her overcome adversity, some missteps new players often make, the different strategies she employs when playing cash ve...
Ep 418 - Forums: Defending against C-bets with Carlos Welch (part 2 of 2)
October 04, 2022 12:35 - 46 minutes - 33 MBThis week, Jim Reid and the panel AGAIN welcome Carlos Welch back to the show to talk some strategy on the Forums edition! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel talk to Carlos about a specific hand example from Jim's WSOP main event experience earlier this summer, and find a few ways he could have made better assumptions about his foe, and better decisions too! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and...
Ep 417 - Chats: Matt Berkey on learning, misconceptions, and nut flush draws!
September 30, 2022 11:08 - 58 minutes - 41.2 MBThis week Jim Reid and the panel interview Matt Berkey, the founder of Solve For Why and a longtime friend of the show. Matt starts by talking about the goals for Solve For Why Academy and how they approach leaning, we get into common misconceptions that recreational player have about the game in the abstract, we discuss applying fold equity as it relates to the strength of your hand, Matt analyzes different hands equities on a common flop texture, and we learn all about how to play your nut ...
Ep 416- Forums: Defending against C-bets with Carlos Welch (part 1 of 2)
September 27, 2022 12:20 - 30 minutes - 21.8 MBThis week, Jim Reid and the panel welcome Carlos Welch back to the show to talk some strategy on the Forums edition of the show! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel talk to Carlos about some of the basic concepts that we should be thinking about when facing a c-bet, and they find a few rabbit-holes along the way too! 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 y...
Ep 415 - Chats: Dan Ross on radio, writing, and over a decade of covering poker!
September 23, 2022 12:51 - 1 hour - 54.8 MBThis week Jim Reid and the panel interview Dan Ross from PokerLiveUpdates.com about championing recreational poker players from around the world, and celebrating their successes! Dan and his crew are actively involved in reporting poker tours and results for not just the biggest tours around - but also the smaller ones that we seems to have the most fun at. Dan and the panel talk about the logistics of reporting, the highs and lows of covering poker, some of his own favourite rooms and tours,...
Ep 414 - Forums: KJs IP (Ben)
September 20, 2022 12:20 - 44 minutes - 31.5 MBThis week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Ben Enslow (Bejamin96) about a tough spot holding King Jack suited in late position. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses calling ranges, raising ranges, postflop betting lines, player tendencies, 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 forum for the panel to review...
Ep 413 - Chats: Veronica Brill on fun, fear, and her new life in poker!
September 16, 2022 13:22 - 59 minutes - 42.1 MBThis week Jim Reid and the panel welcome Veronica Brill back to the show and they have a great time talking about what goes on behind the scenes of the poker world, from streamers and vloggers to meet-up-games and high-stakes cash play, she's seen it all! They also discuss what makes poker a pleasure, and how players, professionals and venues can all work together to make the game more accessible and fun for new people. But that's not all, they also get into what makes K.L. Cleeton such a jer...
Ep 412 - Forums: 3-Betting with KTx in the main event
September 13, 2022 11:36 - 38 minutes - 28 MBThis week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a hand he played on day 2 of the WSOP main event - this tournament has a unique dynamic when it comes to raising ranges, as we've explored in a few previous episodes. In this one, the group discusses 3-betting and 4-betting ranges, board textures, delayed c-bets, getting thin value hands to showdown, and a lot more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ and join the fun in real time next time! ------ Find our free videos at: http:/...
Ep 411 - Chats: Rob Washam on getting started, meeting Steve, and more!
September 09, 2022 12:15 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBThis week Jim Reid and the panel are joined again by Greg Clem, our resident RECing Crew Interviewer, who puts our own Rob Washam in the hot seat! Rob is one of the founding members of RecPoker and an active member of the RECing Crew - affectionately referred to as the Zen Master of the panel, Rob runs the biweekly Book Study group and contributes heavily to the strategy content RecPoker produces every month. --- Rob talks about how he got started in poker, how he likes to learn things, how ...
Ep 410 - Forums: WSOP Travel Plans? (Eric)
September 06, 2022 11:36 - 37 minutes - 27.1 MBThis week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Eric Anderson about preparing for a trip to WSOP or another major tournament or series. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses everything from player cards to bathroom locations to how to time your breaks to what to carry in your bag - and a LOT more! Come sign up for a free account at rec.poker today and get your own questions answered! ------------------------------------ Find our fre...
Ep 409 - Chats: Norman Chad on mixed games, fun in the booth, and a lot more!
September 02, 2022 13:02 - 1 hour - 42.6 MBThis week Jim Reid and the panel interview the one and only Norman Chad about a host of subjects, from working with that jerk Lon to selecting his next glass of red wine - and beyond! Jim overcomes his usual technical issues just in time to ask Norman about getting his start in poker, why he loves mixed games so much, how recreational players like us can improve, being a poker insider - and Norman also shares some personal stories about dealing with depression and the value of community. You ...
Ep 408 - Forums: JJ in a tough spot (ImaLougi)
August 30, 2022 12:44 - 43 minutes - 31.6 MBThis week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Louie Hillman about a tricky spot in this year's WSOP where he faces a check-raise on a dynamic board while holding an overpair in position. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses flop textures, player types, counting combos, the value of aggression, 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 yo...