Chasing Poker Greatness

By day, Danny Hanichak is a practicing attorney. By night, he's a longtime and well-respected member of Greatness Village. Listen to today's episode to learn how Danny fell into the world of cards many moons ago, how he's progressed thus far in his poker career, and his long-term aspirations navigating the world of poker. To learn more about the Free Nuffle promotion, visit: https://chasingpokergr...

Today's episode features some pretty big news: After spending countless hours honing his private coaching skills and building out data-based training courses, Coach Brad is throwing his hat in the Coaching For Profits (CFP) arena. So if you've ever been interested in going behind-the-scenes of an upstart CFP operation or are wondering what Coach Brad's prototypical candidate for a Wolf is, do not...

On this week's episode Coach Brad and Jon take a look at one of the trickiest spots in no-limit cash: playing 3bet pots out of position vs. strong regulars To learn more about the Free Nuffle promotion, visit: https://chasingpokergreatness.com/free-nuffle-promotion New CPG Cash Game Courses! Preflop Bootcamp: https://bit.ly/Preflop-Bootcamp Fish in a Barrel: http://bit.ly/fish-in-a-barrel Neutrali...

By night, Ian Parchen is the head of security at a major University. By day, he's a winning cash game battler and major contributor to Greatness Village. Listen to today's episode to learn about Ian Parchen's gambling origin story and what it finally took for him to find success in the world of poker. To learn more about the Free Nuffle promotion, visit: https://chasingpokergreatness.com/free-nuff...

Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan's Hustler Casino Live debut last weekend provided viewers with plenty of huge pots and action. Join Coach Brad and Jon as they dive into two of the biggest pots played last week. In the first hand, Gal flops a pair and the nut flush draw vs. Matt Berkey's over-pair. In the second, Tom Dwan rivers quads vs. Garrett Adelstein's nut straight. To learn more about the Free Nuffle...

Barbers. Prison. Pain. Darin Houk has been a member of Greatness Village since the very beginning and has been instrumental in building a supportive, caring, and generous community. Hear his story today on Chasing Poker Greatness. To learn more about the Free Nuffle promotion, visit: https://chasingpokergreatness.com/free-nuffle-promotion New CPG Cash Game Courses! Preflop Bootcamp: https://bit.ly...

For this week's episode, Coach Brad and Jon analyze two hands that Jon played last week in Las Vegas during the 2021 World Series of Poker. Find out what happens as Jon gets put to the test for his entire stack in both hands. To learn more about the Free Nuffle promotion, visit: https://chasingpokergreatness.com/free-nuffle-promotion New CPG Cash Game Courses! Preflop Bootcamp: https://bit.ly/Pref...

From listening to CPG from the very first episodes while traveling and backpacking around the America's to being one of the most prominent and respected Villagers, you won't wanna miss Charlie's journey through the world of cards thus far. To learn more about the Free Nuffle promotion, visit: https://chasingpokergreatness.com/free-nuffle-promotion New CPG Cash Game Courses! Preflop Bootcamp: https...

Today’s guest on CPG is a legend of the game who has experienced the evolution and transformation of the poker world first hand over the past 40 years… the indomitable Jan Fisher. I’m not gonna lie to you, this is a hard intro for me to do because the following conversation shifted the paradigm in which I view the legends of poker in the 70’s and 80’s. As it turns out, most of the folks I idolized...

Today’s guest on CPG is a member of the Poker Hall-of-Fame, former owner of CardPlayer Magazine, early investor in PartyPoker, and was a major driving force behind the World Poker Tour coming to reality… the amazing Linda Johnson. It isn’t hyperbole to say that Linda has been one of the most influential figures in the world of poker for at least the past 30 years as both a pioneer and visionary. A...

Three weeks ago on Episode 47, Coach Brad and Jon discussed the thought process that goes into river bluff sizing. On today’s episode, they will go over the same situation except this time with value. To learn more about the Free Nuffle promotion, visit: https://chasingpokergreatness.com/free-nuffle-promotion New CPG Cash Game Courses! Preflop Bootcamp: https://bit.ly/Preflop-Bootcamp Fish in a Ba...

Have you ever wondered how you would live your life if you were certain your time was quickly running out? That's the paradigm in which Ian Armijo has lived his entire life. When he was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis as a kid, his life expectancy was 14 years old. Instead of shying back, Armijo met his genetic challenge head on and did everything in his power to live a full life that's true to him...

Today’s guest on CPG is a leading expert in the mental game of performance and the author of a poker classic you may have heard of, The Mental Game of Poker… the one and only Jared Tendler. This will be Jared’s third Greatness Bomb dropping visit onto CPG so if you’ve somehow missed rounds 1 and 2 I’d highly suggest you visit the back catalog and rectify that mistake. In today’s conversation you’r...

Today’s guest on CPG is a Master Coach (And if you don’t know what that means, he’s about to tell you exactly what that means), founder of 1000 Days Sober, writer, and longtime collaborator with Triton Poker… the one and only Lee Davy. I’m gonna say straight-away that I’ve met my fair share of amazing and compelling human beings, but I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone quite like Lee. His ability a...

Usually we cover high frequency spots but today we're going to break down two hands where regs took unexpected lines that confused Jon and forced him to figure things out on the fly. To learn more about the Free Nuffle promotion, visit: https://chasingpokergreatness.com/free-nuffle-promotion New CPG Cash Game Courses! Preflop Bootcamp: https://bit.ly/Preflop-Bootcamp Fish in a Barrel: http://bit.l...

Today's guest is a good friend of mine for the last five or six years, Joe Desimone. Joe Desimone is a villager. He's currently an MTT Pro, but back when I met him in my old twitch street days he was battling in the cash game arena. He's been a successful professional poker player for the last 10 years or so. Greatest Village is very lucky to have somebody as skillful as Joe around to answer MTT q...

Today’s guest on Chasing Poker Greatness has over $3.2 million in live MTT cashes, feasted in the streets of high stakes mixed cash games for well over a decade, and took down the 2019 DraftKings World Championship for another $2 million in December of 2019… the one and only Jesse Martin. Some of the highlights in Jesse’s live tournament poker career include: Two gold WSOP bracelets coming from th...

Today’s guest on the Chasing Poker Greatness podcast has over $4.2 million in live MTT cashes and is the founder of the Charity Series of Poker, Matt Stout. Matt’s origin story into the world of poker began as a 19-year-old college student and has taken the man around the world. And not just for travel but also for you know… living, as Black Friday forced Matt to seek out places where he could con...

This week's episode features two hands from Coach Brad's monthly cash game stream for PokerCoaching Premium members. To learn more about the Free Nuffle promotion, visit: https://chasingpokergreatness.com/free-nuffle-promotion New CPG Cash Game Courses! Preflop Bootcamp: https://bit.ly/Preflop-Bootcamp Fish in a Barrel: http://bit.ly/fish-in-a-barrel Neutralize Flop Leads: https://bit.ly/2OkN8Yt

Joe Johnson is an up-and-coming young gun who's in hot pursuit of realizing his poker dream. He and his fiance have recently moved to the poker boom-state of Texas where he plans on daily battling on the green felt, building up his poker bankroll, and carving out a successful career in the world of cards. If you'd like to join up with Joe and all the other aspring poker pros who live in Greatness...

Josh Arieh has been in and around the game of poker his entire adult life and has racked up more than $8.1 million in lifetime MTT cashes. I feel like I’m in danger of going full Troy McClure in this intro but you may remember Mr. Arieh from the time he got third in the 2004 WSOP ME (The year that past CPG guest Greg “Fossilman” Raymer went the distance), his two WSOP gold bracelet victories, or f...

Today’s guest on Chasing Poker Greatness is a former StarCraft World Champion and the former owner of a little poker stream you may have heard of, Live at the Bike, Wayne “D22-soso” Chiang. Wayne has lived quite the life navigating the worlds of professional video gaming and then making the natural segue into the world of poker. It’s probably an overlooked quality of both aspiring professional pok...

You've gotten to the river with a hand that has to bluff in order to win the pot. How do you go about deciding the best size with which to bluff? Should you go big, medium, or small? Should you use the same size in every situation? Find out how Coach Brad thinks through river bluff sizing on today's episode! To learn more about the Free Nuffle promotion, visit: https://chasingpokergreatness.com/fr...

Michael Lukich is a data analyst by day & high level poker player by night whose name you may recognize from his series of YouTube tutorial videos on how-to use GTO+. Not only is he one of my most successful private coaching students and a huge asset to Greatness Village, he's also an active member of SolveForWhy where he's dropped Greatness Bombs aplenty in live webinars and threw down in the stu...

Today’s guest is a future poker hall-of-famer (Who sadly missed being inducted last year due to the WSOP shrinking their class by one member) and executive tour director for the World Poker Tour... the one and only Matt Savage. Matt’s career in the world of poker has now spanned 30 years, which, as someone who feels like a dinosaur because of their 17-year poker career, has to make Matt feel like...