The Rec Poker Podcast

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 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw - 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...

This week for episode number 730 of the RecPoker Podcast Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Chris “Lefty” Land, a poker player, writer and content creator. They get into some of his favourite moments covering big poker events, what he loves about his job, the importance of his family, what he loves about poker, some tips for folks looking to make their way into the industry, and a lot...

This week for episode number 729 of the RecPoker Podcast Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew talk about their favourite poker communities, training sites, groups, organizations - you name it! They share their positive and negative experiences with different elements of poker communities, and break some exciting news about the next home for RecPoker’s own learning group! Join us LIVE on YouTube n...

This week on episode 728 of the RecPoker Podcast Rob Gardner takes the panel through a hand he played recently in a Rungood event. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses player types, opening ranges, making assumptions, donk shoves, 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 fo...

This week for episode number 727 of the RecPoker Podcast Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Sam and Ben Fishman, the brotherly co-hosts of the “Two Fish At The Table” podcast! We talk about their love of poker, their 100 episodes of Two Fish examining poker events, players, and media, what it’s like working with your brother, their thoughts on poker’s heroes and villains, their favour...

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 severa...

This week for episode number 725 of the RecPoker Podcast Joe Kulas and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Jason Su! Already a successful poker author and mental game coach, Jason talks about his latest book The Joy of Poker and shares some tips for players to get the most out of their time at the tables, and away from the felt. Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the...

This week on episode 724 of the RecPoker Podcast Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a hand Chris played in the WSOP Ultrastack this summer, where his pot control game went awry on the river - or did it? How would you respond facing an overbet multiway when all the draws brick? While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses player types, postflop...

This week for episode number 723 of the RecPoker Podcast Jim Reid and Kim Kilroy talk about the poker scene in Canada and how the poker media company PokerOrg is launching a Canadian coverage division! PokerOrg Canada will be focusing exclusively on Canadian news, events, interviews, tips, and more - and our podcast listeners can get some free swag and a big discount on RecPoker Premium membership...

This week on episode 722 of the RecPoker Podcast Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through another hand Chris Jones played at the WSOP this summer, this time flopping top pair on a very dynamic board and being put in some tricky spots on various streets of the hand. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses multiway betting incentives, bet sizing,...

This week for episode number 721 of the RecPoker Podcast Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Claudio Elizalde about poker streaming, spittin' seeds, poetry, his new deck of cards for playing a new kind of poker game, cooking, some of his favourite books, reporting at the WSOP, how his love of poker has evolved, and a lot more! We also Open The Action with our speed round, and we pl...

This week on episode 720 of the RecPoker Podcast Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a hand Chris Jones played in the WSOP this summer where he faced some donk bets that messed with his zen. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses player types, bet sizing, bluffing candidates, ICM pressure, countiong combos, hand ranging, and more! Come si...

This week for episode number 719 of the RecPoker Podcast Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Sara O’Connor! Sara talks about her two poker books, “A New Queen's Guide to Poker” and “Shuffle Up and Deal With It: Tales from Dealers Worldwide” as well as what it’s like to write shortform pieces for Pokerati, her experiences researching the dealers' perspective of the game we all l...

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 e...

This week for episode number 717 of the RecPoker Podcast Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview WSOP Main Event runner-up John Wasnock! John tells our panel about his amazing year in poker, how he prepares for big poker trips like the WSOP, his experience running so deep in the main event, what it felt like to approach the final table, mistakes he sees less-experienced players make, how h...

This week on episode 716 of the RecPoker Podcast Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Ben Enslow from an online final table he played recently. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses final table dynamics, player tendencies, 4-bet ranges, ICM pressure, the importance of sizing, and more! Come sign up for a free account at ht...

This week for episode number 717 of the RecPoker Podcast Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Cory Waaland! Cory pulls no punches as he talks about his time as a poker pro, some difficult challenges he’s faced in his life, the importance of his religious faith, his new role as a musician, what he still loves about poker, and more! We also Open The Action with our speed round, and we pla...

This week on episode 714 of the RecPoker Podcast Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through another hand he played in the WSOP, this one from the $600 Ultrastack where he faced an overbet shove while holding only a draw. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses small stack play, poker math, counting your backdoor outs and counterfeits, when to pul...

This week for episode number 713 of the RecPoker Podcast Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview the trio behind Partnered Poker: Christina Gollins, Mikha Richards, and Brent Lee! They talk about their new poker mentorship program ‘Partnered Poker’ and why they are excited to share it with the world, including; stories from their own poker experiences, what makes mentorship different from...

This week on episode 712 of the RecPoker Podcast Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a hand he played in the WSOP main event this summer, where he took an ambitious bluff line against a pocket pair. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses raise sizes, ranging opponents, good bluffing spots, player types, multi-street planning, and more! Co...

This week for episode number 711 of the RecPoker Podcast Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Dr. Kamikaze! Dr. K is a mixed game enthusiast, a film-maker, a coach and former pro player and they share several stories about their professional life, prioritizing their best poker with limited time, poker fiction and non-fiction in the media realm, the role that personal beliefs and politic...

This week on episode 710 of the RecPoker Podcast Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Scott Lum about a hand he played in the WSOP Colossus, where he made a flush on the river but the board also paired. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses player experience levels, live reads, the three different styles of bluffing, count...

This week for episode number 709 of the RecPoker Podcast Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Ruth Hall! Ruth shares some stories about her experiences as a leader in the women’s poker movement, how she studies and improves her own game, the importance of women’s events, the effects of some recent health issues on her abilities to play at a high level, how she prepares for a tournament...

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 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 enthus...

This week on episode 695 of the RecPoker Podcast Jim Reid and the RECing Crew interview Maria Ho! You’ll have to excuse some choppiness of the audio, as we had some technical issues during the recording. Maria and the panel discuss her plans for WSOP, how recreational players can prepare, what Maria loves about playing poker and commentating, some behind the scenes details about Game of Gold, how...