Cards Speak

Tony Dunst, longtime commentator and co-host of the World Poker Tour broadcasts, drops by the (virtual) studio for a chat. We catch up a bit, discuss our backgrounds, his work for WPT, the poker boom, financial planning, prediction markets, the NFL, the gamification of America, and more. We've both taken a bit of a step back from poker this year, hence the episode title. (Well, that, plus football...

Apestyles himself, one of my oldest friends in poker, comes by for a chat. We discuss our philosophies on life, why we live where and how we do, how we’ve each dealt with our issues with mental health and addiction, and how we reinforce who we are and want to be today. And, of course, the role poker plays for each of us in our lives and as part of who we are. Plus pets.

A conversation with PGT high-stakes regular, Octopi Poker co-founder, and poker shaman Andrew "Luckychewy" Lichtenberger on poker, mindset, perception, philosophy, and spirituality. Pretty long and pretty deep, but still pretty fun. Sorry my levels are a little low. We're all a bit learning as we go. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFqx8DG8DwI

Sam and I have a long and wide-ranging conversation, covering some of the good old (and bad old) days, how we got into poker in the first place, what motivates us to keep playing, what we care about outside of poker, and just some old-fashioned goofing off and cutting up. Video of the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO1zMdHiRp0 Sam's Punt of the Day is at puntoftheday.com .