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This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a live YouTube episode reviewing some feedback we got on a recent podcast where we examined a hand Taylor Maas played in the WSOP this summer. The panel and the YouTube chatters discuss the difficulty of playing out of position as the pre-flop aggressor, and share some ideas on how to avoid ‘waving the white flag’ when the board doesn't suit our hand.
Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity
Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv
Help us out: https://rec.poker/support
Find more info on our sponsors at:
https://RunAces.com
Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity
RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, ptroolin@gmail.com
This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Franke Von Zweigbergk about his Festival Series, an outrageously fun collection of international competitions spanning poker, table games, and many other ‘gambly’ ways to test your mettle. With an emphasis on hospitality and the player experience, Franke has championed this series for several years with many stops at fabulous European locations, including an upcoming visit to Bratislava in November!
Find out more here: https://www.thefestival.com/
Follow Franke on Twitter: https://x.com/FrankeSWE
Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. 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 topics:
How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/
Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/
Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/
Timestamps:
05:30 Franke talks about the Festival Series
10:14 How the cash games challenge is played
15:41 “Better to burn-out than to fade away”
19:03 Franke on the dark side of gambling
25:43 Childhood games before getting into gambling elements
26:56 Benefits of expanding the repertoire
30:17 Franke’s favorite destination
33:22 What to expect at The Festival Series in Bratislava
37:59 One thing Franke cherishes: friendship
39:49 Life lessons from the game
44:13 Home Game Result updates
Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity
Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv
Find more info on our sponsors at:
https://RunAces.com
Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity
RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, ptroolin@gmail.com
This week, Jim Reid and the panel are joined by some exciting guests to kick off a year of Mixed Games podcast episodes, featuring the “Mixed Game of the Month” in our free home game club! This month, we are practicing 6+ Hold’em a.k.a. Short Deck- and the first practice game is tomorrow night! The panel start with a basic explainer about the mechanics of the game, and then we are joined by several mixed game enthusiasts and experts. Get some advice and tips from Chad McVean, Mike Patrick, Norman Chad, Robbie Strazynski, and Shannon Van Den Berg on how to get the most out of each game we feature.
If you are curious about how to play Short Deck, then this is the episode for you! And if you are more of a hold'em player and don't really get into mixed games, we heartily recommend that you give them a try - maybe you’ll feel more comfortable about dipping a toe in once you’ve heard from our panel about how to avoid some beginner’s mistakes.
Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity
Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv
Help us out: https://rec.poker/support
Find more info on our sponsors at:
https://RunAces.com
Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity
RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, ptroolin@gmail.com
This week Rob Washam and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Greg Liow from Greg Goes All In! They discuss Greg's start as an actor and children's television host and producer, what makes for compelling poker content, how he worked at improving at poker (and how tournaments derailed that progress), and why niche fame is great unless you are getting punched in the spine.
We also play Stake/Study Stack with Slow Poker, Brad Owen, and Rampage, and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. 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!
Find more Greg here:
https://www.youtube.com/@GregGoesAllIn
https://www.instagram.com/greg.goes.all.in/
We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:
How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/
Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/
Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/
Timestamps:
03:42 Greg describes his role in the poker world
04:42 Greg’s ideas in producing Youtube content
06:18 How Greg started in poker
08:37 Getting into YouTube content creation
14:10 Greg had formal training as an actor
19:51 Greg’s poker journey and thinking while playing
25:07 Creating stories without getting feedback from other people
29:40 Keeping the spark of creativity
32:34 Greg on facing backslash
39:07 Using the channel for non-poker content
42:18 Live poker vs. online poker
01:01:13 Home Game Result updates
Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity
Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv
Find more info on our sponsors at:
https://RunAces.com
Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity
RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, ptroolin@gmail.com
This week, Jim Reid and Rob Washam from the RecPoker RECing Crew discuss a forum post from our Discord by Chris Jones from a hand he played in the Venom where he 3-bet versus an aggressive opponent from the blinds, but then had to play out of position postflop and make some tricky decisions for his tournament life. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses raise sizing, player types, board textures, postflop betting lines, overbets, 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!
Or check us out on Discord: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv
Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity
Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv
Help us out: https://rec.poker/support
Find more info on our sponsors at:
https://RunAces.com
Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity
RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, ptroolin@gmail.com
This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a hand played by Taylor Maas in the WSOP PokerNews Deep Stack tournament! Starting with King-Queen offsuit facing a squeeze opportunity with Dara O’Kearney in the hand, how would you proceed postflop when the board runs out against you? While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses calling versus squeezing, raise sizes, calling ranges, live tournament tendencies, anticipating play from pros, 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 forum for the panel to review.
Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity
Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv
Help us out: https://rec.poker/support
Find more info on our sponsors at:
https://RunAces.com
Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity
RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, ptroolin@gmail.com
This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Jon Rand, aka Slow Poker! Jon shares some stories about transitioning from life as a playwright to being a poker content creator, what he loves about the game, some challenges he faces in his new role, what success looks like, balancing work and a family, and the virtues of taking bathroom breaks before podcasts!
We also play Stake/Study Stack with Marle Spragg, Greg Goes All In, and Caitlyn Comesky and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank.
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!
Find out more about Jon:
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/slowpokertime?sub_confirmation=1
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/slowpokertime/
TWITTER/X: https://twitter.com/slowpokertime
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/slowpokertime
TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@slowpokertime/
PATREON: http://patreon.com/slowpoker
WEBSITE & MERCH: http://slowpoker.cards
We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:
How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/
Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/
Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/
Timestamps:
03:17 Jon describe his role in the poker world
05:07 Jon on his first experience on poker
07:03 Jon talks about the early stages of his posting
11:29 Reasons why Jon's YouTube channel grown slowly
17:16 Jon shares about his playwriting
21:29 Playing in disguise playing around poker room
25:21 Balancing family and career
27:24 Is Jon also fun at a table?
35:03 What Jon takes credit for his game improvement
41:38 Jon’s goals in the poker world
58:11 Home Game Result updates
Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity
Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv
Find more info on our sponsors at:
https://RunAces.com
Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity
RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, ptroolin@gmail.com
This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a hand played recently by Kim Kilroy from day 2 of the WSOP Super-Senior’s event, a $1K buy-in tournament with over 3,000 entrants. This hand takes place past the bubble, but early in the money, and Kim faces an overbet shove from an opponent looking to get it in. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses stack sizes, player types, overbet ranges, range equity, ICM pressure, and more!
Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review!
Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity
Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv
Help us out: https://rec.poker/support
Find more info on our sponsors at:
https://RunAces.com
Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity
RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, ptroolin@gmail.com
This week, Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew discuss different player types and how to exploit the mistakes they make! Whether it’s Old Man Coffee, limpers, maniacs or pros, whether they are to your right or to your left, see what tips the panel and our YouTube chatters have in store for the next time YOU sit down at the felt.
Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review!
Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity
Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv
Help us out: https://rec.poker/support
Find more info on our sponsors at:
https://RunAces.com
Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity
RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, ptroolin@gmail.com
This week, Jim Reid and and the panel are joined by some exciting guests to kick off a year of Mixed Games podcast episodes, featuring the “Mixed Game of the Month” in our free home game club! This month, we are practicing H.O.R.S.E - and the first practice game is tomorrow night! The panel start with a basic explainer about the mechanics of the game, and then we are joined by several mixed game enthusiasts and experts. Get some advice and tips from Chad McVean, Chris ‘Fox’ Wallace, Louie Hillman, Mike Patrick, Norman Chad, Robbie Strazynski, and Shannon Van Den Berg on how to get the most out of each game we feature.
If you are curious about how to play H.O.R.S.E, then this is the episode for you! And if you are more of a holdem player and don't really get into mixed games, we heartily recommend that you give them a try - maybe you’ll feel more comfortable about dipping a toe in once you’ve heard from our panel about how to avoid some beginner’s mistakes.
Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity
Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv
Help us out: https://rec.poker/support
Find more info on our sponsors at:
https://RunAces.com
Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity
RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, ptroolin@gmail.com
This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview poker pro Jay “Venom” Carrafiello. Jay talks about coming up in the cash game streets playing PLO and learning lessons, dipping into heads-up play for a while, and settling on MTTs as his format of choice. The discussion finds a few rabbit-holes, covering the difference between cash and tournament play, different variants of poker, the importance of finding people to learn with, taking notes at the table, solvers, poker goals, one of Jay’s recent tourney wins, live reads tat the table and a lot more! We also play Stake/Study/Stack with Craig Savage, Rob Gardner and Scott Beckom and we Close The Action with our speed round!
Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. 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!
Jay is active on Twitter as https://x.com/VA_Venom
We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:
How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/
Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/
Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/
Timestamps:
03:40 Jay shares what his role is in the poker world
05:06 How Jay got started in poker
08:46 Mental shifts: tournament vs. cash games
13:18 Jay talks about his main ways for improvement
17:39 Finding people to share thoughts and hands with
20:19 Jay’s approach to table reading
26:52 Jay’s photogenic memory
28:44 Recommendations: learning cash and MTTs at the same time
39:37 Chats: Do you recommend ICMizers for short stack study
41:02 Balancing family time and poker
45:17 How Jay measures success as a poker player
01:15:06 Home Game Result updates
Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity
Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv
Find more info on our sponsors at:
https://RunAces.com
Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity
RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, ptroolin@gmail.com
This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Joe Millay (jmetape) about how to choose between different shorter tournament types when he doesn’t have time to play a long MTT schedule. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses he pros and cons of sit and gos, double or nothings, single table tournaments, spin and gos, turbos, cash games, 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://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity
Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv
Help us out: https://rec.poker/support
Find more info on our sponsors at:
https://RunAces.com
Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity
RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, ptroolin@gmail.com
This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview longtime friend of the show and new RECing Crew member Rob Gardner! Rob shares some details about his work with various poker learning communities over the years, and what he hopes for the future of RecPoker. They talk about the process of transitioning from a recreational player to a pro player, what's involved in streaming as an ambassador, the best ways to learn in a community, whether Jim or Mrs. BLUFFSTORINI is right about nostalgia, and a lot more!
We also play Stake/Study Stack with Lori-Ann Persinger, Justin Arnwine and Alex Loveless and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. 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!
Rob is active on Twitter as https://x.com/RobGardnerLive and you can find him on all the other socials at the same handle!
We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:
How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/
Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/
Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/
Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity
Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv
Find more info on our sponsors at:
https://RunAces.com
Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity
RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, ptroolin@gmail.com
This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through his recent deepish run in the WSOP Main Event! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses how to approach a tournament like this, the importance of table draws, how to exploit certain opponents, they review a few hands he played at various points in the tournament, 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 forum for the panel to review!
Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity
Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv
Help us out: https://rec.poker/support
Find more info on our sponsors at:
https://RunAces.com
Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity
RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $17 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, ptroolin@gmail.com
This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew welcome back co-host of the the Thinking Poker podcast and online pro Carlos Welch! Carlos talks about how his life has changed since he was last on the show, with a shiny new bracelet on his wrist and the love of his life, Gloria Jackson, on his arm.
Carlos shares some of his experiences as a host, why he prefers playing online to live, some mistakes recreational players often make, how to respond to player that 3-bet you too often, Biggie Smalls (yes, Biggie Smalls), and more!
We also play Stake/Study Stack with Andrew Brokos, Gloria Jackson and Alex Fitzgerald and we Close The Action with our speed round!
Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. 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!
Carlos is active on Twitter as https://x.com/HipHop101Trivia
We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:
How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/
Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/
Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/
Timestamps:
05:41 Carlos defines his role in the poker world
07:43 Learning with GTO and what should they be doing
15:48 How different interests affect how one approaches poker
19:23 Live poker: what Carlos doesn’t like about it
23:12 Advantages of other players' mistakes
26:15 Why not play the main?
34:36 Life after winning a bracelet
37:27 Dealing with credentialing in poker
41:53 The biggest lesson from poker that applies to life
48:17 Deciding in which way to deviate against the player
59:02 Other hands to include in a 4-betting range
01:20:03 Home Game Result updates
Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity
Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv
Find more info on our sponsors at:
https://RunAces.com
Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity
RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, ptroolin@gmail.com
This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by John Crowell (7high11) about check-raising the flop with a plan. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses John’s improvements as a player, what factors to consider when making a check-raise, multi-way equity, denying equity to hands you are beating, villain types, planning for different runouts, 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!
Link: https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/check-raise-bluffing-from-the-blinds/
Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity
Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv
Help us out: https://rec.poker/support
Find more info on our sponsors at:
https://RunAces.com
Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity
RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, ptroolin@gmail.com
This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview poker author Alex O’Brien, who shares some stories about her career as a writer and player, the difference between science writing and poker writing, balancing time for projects she is passionate about, life lessons from poker and from writing, playing in the 2024 WSOP and the role of one’s rail, and a lot more!
We also play Stake/Study Stack with Dara O’Kearney, Jen Shahade and Maria Konnikova and we Close The Action with our speed round.
Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. 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!
Find Alex on socials here:
https://x.com/obrientweet
https://www.instagram.com/alexob2209/
We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:
How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/
Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/
Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/
Timestamps:
05:20 Alex talks about her path in poker
13:57 Alex sees poker as a challenging activity
17:07 Working with the BBC: Alex provides details about the project
23:37 Poker as an explanation for life
30:33 Understanding emotions in poker
36:12 The greatest lesson in poker
39:43 Valuable insights on how to approach strategy
46:29 Techniques to not project microexpressions
50:08 Who gets more folds? Player wearing a Hoodie vs. Jacket
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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, ptroolin@gmail.com
This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Kili19341 about a hand where they were holding AK offsuit and faced a 3-bet shove. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses how to approach each hand, putting your opponents on a range, ‘fake’ bubbles, ICM pressure, and Jim even breaks down some poker math right on the show - a rare occurrence, will he screw it up in real time?!
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!
Link: https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/fold-call-or-raise/
Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity
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Help us out: https://rec.poker/support
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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, ptroolin@gmail.com
This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview recent bracelet winner Mark Checkwicz, who you might know better as the Cookie Monster! Mark recently won the very first ever Senior’s High-Roller event at the WSOP and shares some details about his journey to a bracelet. The group talks about what makes the WSOP different, the importance of having fun with your life, the darker side of gambling, and a lot more!
We also play Stake/Study Stack with Nick Shulman, Dara O’Kearney, and Angela Jordison and we Close The Action with our speed round!
Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. 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!
Mark has fun on Twitter as https://x.com/PokerCookieM
We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:
How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/
Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/
Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/
Timestamps:
05:23 Mark talks about the tournament he won
07:19 Mark as an advocate for recreational players
12:24 Advocate for recreational players
17:02 Getting support for the buy-in
18:51 Mark on the best part of his hand and play
30:05 At the final table, did it go smoothly?
34:28 Taking first place: Mark on winning the game
38:49 Negative impact of having the wrong mindset on gambling
53:15 Cookie Monster explained
01:10:24 Home Game Result updates
01:13:43 ROI Results for June
Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity
Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv
Find more info on our sponsors at:
https://RunAces.com
Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity
RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, ptroolin@gmail.com
This week, Jim Reid and the panel are joined by some exciting guests to kick off a year of Mixed Games podcast episodes, featuring the “Mixed Game of the Month” in our free home game club! This month, we are practicing RAZZ - and the first practice game is tomorrow night! The panel start with a basic explainer about the mechanics of the game, and then we are joined by several mixed game enthusiasts and experts. Get some advice and tips from Chad McVean, Chris ‘Fox’ Wallace, Mike Patrick, Norman Chad, Robbie Strazynski, and Shannon Van Den Berg on how to get the most out of each game we feature.
If you are curious about how to play RAZZ, then this is the episode for you! And if you are more of a holdem player and don't really get into mixed games, we heartily recommend that you give them a try - maybe you’ll feel more comfortable about dipping a toe in once you’ve heard from our panel about how to avoid some beginner’s mistakes.
Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity
Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv
Help us out: https://rec.poker/support
Find more info on our sponsors at:
https://RunAces.com
Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity
RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, ptroolin@gmail.com
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