Joe Scales

Ante Up Poker Magazine

Leisure EN ↓ 300 episodes

Joe Scales hosts a weekly podcast that mixes humor, commentary and strategy, with great segments such as Table Talk, Call the Floor, Hand of the Week, and Joe’s One Outer. It’s the longest running poker podcast, for the everyday player.

Author

Joe Scales

Category

Leisure

Podcast website

anteupmagazine.com

Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

Chapter 1 Ep. 36 Travel Travel Travel 22.09.2023

This week Elle and I are on the road again. We recap some of the travels and play a game to give away some swag to a lucky Patreon member. Elliott rules on a situation when the dealer drops the stub prematurely and he explains why it’s important to mix the cards in the muck at the end of a deal. Patrick and I break down another hold ’em hand, and I end the show by elaborating on the qu...

Chapter 1 Ep. 35 Community 15.09.2023

In this week’s episode I start the show talking about community and introduce our patreon page. Elle and I talk about the lots of travel, and we even tease some upcoming travel for 2024. We talk about the state of poker after Joe read something that says poker is a dying game. Elliott goes over another Call the Floor from Vegas and explains the action of putting a stack of chips out in front...

Chapter 1 Ep. 34 – Travel Recap 08.09.2023

This week we recap the Whirlwind Midwest Labor Day Weekend Tour. The show doesn’t miss a beat though as Elliott rules on a situation where a player feels snubbed for the local regs in a Vegas Poker Room, and Patrick and I break down a PLO online game. I end the show with some similarities between Pickleball and Poker. Links: https://linktr.ee/anteupmagazine https://www.facebook.com/WindyCity...

Chapter 1 Ep. 33 Whirlwind Midwest Labor Day Tour 01.09.2023

This week Elle and I venture off on the Whirlwind Midwest Labor Day Tour, we meet up with Ambassadors, talk to poker rooms, and commentate on a live stream. The show goes on with Call the Floor and HOTW still. I end the show on a little bit of a serious but important topic. Links: https://linktr.ee/anteupmagazine https://worldtavernpoker.com/ Livestream for Sunday: https://www.facebook.com/WindyCi...

Chapter 1 Ep. 32 – Getting Older, Player Getting Scolded and Learning from Losing 25.08.2023

This week we acknowledge the many new listeners. Joe and Elle talk about Joe getting old, and wanting Elle to buy him into Daniel Negreanu’s charity game. A player gets scolded in a poker room on this week’s Call the Floor. Patrick gets some kudos for the way he played last week’s HOTW. Can he continue to play well this week? Joe wraps up the show talking about what you can learn...

Chapter 1 Ep. 31 – Bluffing is the Key Word 18.08.2023

This week Elle and I continue to give love to Rockford Charitable Games, what poker players focus on after tournaments, Preston McEwen, the Tennessee-an? that is killing it in Cherokee, and our upcoming trip to Chicago. Then Elliott talks about a situation that comes from a home game group that when chips spill on the table. Our HOTW can only be won if we tell a story to be able to go for the bluf...

Chapter 1 EP. 30 Kid Poker Makes Core Memories with College Bound Students 11.08.2023

This week Elle and I talk about the taxes of the WSOP winners, the Las Vegas Eyeball, and Daniel Negreanu playing poker with some kids that will be heading off to college. Player’s whispering at the table has Elliott talking in Call the Floor. Patrick and I tackle a tournament hand in HOTW before the show talks poker in the Ohio area. Finally I end the show talking about finding the right to...

Chapter 1 Ep. 29 Lon & Norman 04.08.2023

This week the magazine is out so check that out. Elle and I talk about our upcoming trip to Baton Rouge, and my trip to Chicago in September. Elliott breaks down a call the floor where someone puts in a chip without realizing there was a raise, then takes the chip back and fold. Patrick and I break down an Online PLO hand. I talk with Lon McEachern and Norman Chad in the How Ya Runnin segment befo...

Chapter 1 Ep. 28 Poker Detox 28.07.2023

This week I continue to solicit feedback from you. If there is anything you like or don’t like let me know at podcast@anteupmagazine.com. The next issue of the magazine will be out August 3rd, so check that out at anteupmagazine.com/magazine. We have an interesting “Call the Floor” when a player gets a little too over zealous while showing their hand and cards go flying. This wee...

Chapter 1 Ep. 27 Goodbye for Another Year WSOP 21.07.2023

This week Elle and I discuss our trip, and watching the Final Table of the Main Event. The Rockford Charitable Games Ante Up Freeroll was a success in Chicago. Elliott breaks down a situation in a non Hold ‘Em game. Patrick and I break down another HOTW. This week we have AK. Todd Lamansky gives us an update on the Legends of Poker series in LA and I end the show talking about “Fool&#8...

Chapter 1 Ep. 26 On the Road with Ante Up 14.07.2023

This week Elle and I travel to Virginia Beach to enjoy some summer music and on the way we will check out Rivers Casino in Portsmouth. In the Meantime the show continues with some interesting controversy from the WSOP in the Call the Floor Segment and I removed the SFX from the audio version of the HOTW. Links: Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/anteupmagazine?utm_source=linktree_admin_share RCG Ante Up...

Chapter 1 Ep. 25 What A Year For the WSOP 08.07.2023

This week we talk more WSOP action, especially with the Main Event breaking the entry record. Patrick gets corrected for his wording in the HOTW, and we talk to the inventor of a new card game called Slotker. Links – Rockford Charitable Games Freeroll Sign-Up form: https://digitaleditions.anteupmagazine.com/ante-up-magazine-july-issue/rockford-charitable-games-and-ante-up-freeroll Slotker &#...

Chapter 1 Ep. 24 Freeroll, PokerCows, and Elve’s Sendoff 30.06.2023

This week we introduce Manscaped as our new sponsor with a code for 20% off. We have the Ante Up Freeroll with Rockford Charitable Games coming on July 20th. The password is The Worm. During our “Table Talk” segment I talk with Bill Collins about his poker home game site, PokerCows. Elliott breaks down another interesting “Call the Floor” and Patrick learns how important Be...

Chapter 1 Ep. 23 New Sponsor for Table Talk 23.06.2023

This week we introduce a new sponsor for Table Talk. Rockford Charitable Games is sponsoring that segment and they have are running a special Ante Up Freeroll. The only way to get into the Freeroll is with the special code that we mention in the podcast. Our “How Ya Runnin'” guest has a good run in the WSOP and Joe ends the show addressing the Martin Kabrhel situation. Links: Linktree:...

Chapter 1 Ep. 22 WSOP News, Elliott’s Back, Poker Samadhi & Adversity 16.06.2023

This week we talk some WSOP news in the “Table Talk” Segment. Elliott is back in “Call the Floor” and he is fired up. We have a fun hand that we break down in HOTW and we discuss how to “Play Your Best Life” with Danielle Striker in the How Ya Runnin’ Segment. Joe continues that topic a little farther in hs One-Outer. Links: Poker Samadhi – https://p...

Chapter 1 Ep. 21 No Elliott, A Grand Opening, & David Fishman’s Big Game 10.06.2023

This week Elliott is on vacation so we don’t have a “Call the Floor” Segment, but we have a special guest on “Table Talk” to go over the Grand Opening of Edge Social Music Lounge. I changed up the HOTW for YouTube. We made it more visual. Then David Fishman joins me to go over the famous hand he played thirteen years ago on PokerStars “The Big Game”. I had...

Chapter 1 Ep. 20 Mike’s Back, Mystery Bounties, Pocket Jack’s 02.06.2023

This week Mike is back on Table Talk. Mystery Bounty Tournaments are a recurring topic throughout the podcast. We talk about everyone’s favorite hand to play, Pocket Jack’s, in the Coach’s Corner and Joe ends the show with a summer reminder to take some time to enjoy the world around you.

Chapter 1 Ep. 19 Camp One Step Recap & Memorial Day Tribute 26.05.2023

This week I recap the Camp One Step Charity Tournament. Elliott talks over a “Call the Floor” from another casino that seems to have gone very wrong. We have a HOTW from Scotland. Then Joe wraps up the show paying with his tribute to our fallen military men and women. Links: cospickleball.givesmart.com https://linktr.ee/anteupmagazine

Chapter 1 Ep. 18 Video Podcast, & Tom McEvoy 19.05.2023

This week is our first video podcast. It’s available on YouTube. The link is below and on our linktree. I kick off the “Where Are They Now?” series with an interview with 4 time WSOP Bracelet winner, Tom McEvoy. Frank Ramsey joins me on the “How Ya Runnin'” segment to talk Play Poker Chicago POY standings and we end the show talking about table image in “Joe&#82...

Chapter 1 Ep. 17 Mike’s B-day Game, A New Segment & Life Lessons 12.05.2023

This week we recap Mike’s Birthday home game, which carries over into a HOTW. We introduce a new segment talking strategy with Mark Brement. Then Joe closes the show with a one-outer talking about an email that a listener sent in about dealing with “Bad Beats” in life. LINKS: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AnteUpPokerMedia Linktree: https://linktr.ee/anteupmagazine?subscribe F...

Chapter 1 Ep. 16 – Jeff & Jamie Talk Dreamers Doc. 05.05.2023

This week it’s Mike’s birthday so he gets the week off from the podcast as Jeff Platt and Jamie Kerstetter talk poker and the Dreamers Documentary. Elliott gives us advice on when to call the floor and we meet a new Ambassador to cover the Detroit area. Links: https://digitaleditions.anteupmagazine.com/ante-up-magazine-may-edition/ @detroitpoker7894 https://youtu.be/1SSL27_7mrc

Chapter 1 Ep. 15 The Return Home and a Chat with Darren Elias 28.04.2023

This week Elle and I recap our trip to Schenectady and Chicago on “Table Talk”. Darren Elias talks about his role on Dreamers: A Poker Documentary in the “How Ya Runnin'” Segment and Joe’s One Outer covers resilience as a strength and a weakness. https://youtu.be/1SSL27_7mrc

Chapter 1 Ep. 14 Travel and Charity 21.04.2023

This week the podcast goes on as we travel to Schenectady NY to cover the Electric City Poker Series, and Chicago for Camp One Step’s Charity Poker Tournament

Ch. 1 Ep. 13 – New Documentary, Travel, and Streaks 14.04.2023

This week I’m getting ready to head out to report on the Electric City Poker Series in Schenectady, and play in the Camp One Step Charity Tournament in Chicago. Before I do that though, I will be watching the premiere of Dreamers: A Poker Documentary. Mike joined me for Table Talk, but he handed the microphone over to Tom Wheaton who talked about the documentary. We ended the show with a one...

Chapter 1 Ep. 12 – Poker Etiquette & Table Talk Special Guest 07.04.2023

Poker etiquette is the theme in Call the Floor and Joe’s One-Outer. Mike wasn’t able to join Table Talk this week so Joe had his wife fill in. The LA Ambassador goes deep in a tournament, and we talk about the gambling bill and Choctaw with the Texas Ambassador.

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