Chasing Poker Greatness

Today on Chasing Poker Greatness I'm going to be conversing with PartyPoker Team Online pro and Twitch streamer extraordinaire, Jeff Gross. Jeff’s been playing poker online and live for about 15 years and boasts a very impressive a very impressive resume with over $4 million in tournament winnings. At the time of recording, Pocket Fives poker database ranks Jeff at number 104 worldwide. Their numb...

Welcome back to the Chasing Poker Greatness podcast. This is your host, Brad Wilson, and today I’m sitting down for a conversation with Twitch superstar and mid-stakes tournament grinder Matty Staples. Spending nearly all of his time playing in online tournaments, Matt is currently a member of Team PartyPoker. By his own estimation, about 99.9% of his tournament poker career has been streamed live...

Today’s guest is live cash game crusher, online personality, and my good friend DGAF. DGAF is one of the best professional live cash poker players in the world. He’s been playing poker as a pro since 2007 (and saying he’s going to quit since about 2012). He’s a personal friend; someone I’ve had the pleasure and the honor of playing the game with, and against, during my own poker career. We talk ab...

in today’s episode, I have the pleasure of sitting down for a talk with an all-time poker legend and future hall of famer, Dan “Jungelman” Cates. As poker’s version of Alexander the Great, Jungleman has conquered pretty much all there is to conquer in the poker world at the ripe old age of 29. At 21 years old he accepted the “Durrr” challenge and blistered Mr. Dwan so badly that the challenge stil...

Today I’m speaking with the 2007 WPT player of the year Jonathan Little. Jonathan is a 2 time WPT tournament champion with more than $6.8 million in tournament wins. He’s also published 14 of the most high impact poker strategy books on the market … with number 15 and 16 hitting shelves in the near future. And not only is Jonathan a tournament crusher extraordinaire, as the founder of pokercoachin...

Today you’re going to hear from Shaundle Pruitt. Shaundle is an accomplished tournament player, streamer, and—as you might not expect—real estate agent. He comes from a strong gamer background as a man who, surprise surprise, fell in love with strategy games at a young age. Infatuated by the added element of luck in poker, he found success at micro stakes cash games online before turning his atten...

Maurice currently holds the record for both earnings and titles on the World Series Of Poker Circuit. He has earned more than $1.7 million on the WSOP circuit and is the proud owner of an astonishing 13 gold rings (Now 14!), including 4 from main events. He made his first tournament cash back in 2005 and has since managed to reach 86 final tables, raking in lifetime wins worth more than three and...

Today I’m going to be talking with co-founder, publisher, and business operations manager of Ante Up Magazine, Scott Long. Ante Up is the most widely distributed poker magazine in the United States and has managed to survive where so many other prominent poker magazines have failed. Scott and his partner, Chris, worked together at the St. Petersburg Times, which was Florida’s largest newspaper pub...

Today I have the pleasure of sitting with the co-host of JustHandsPoker Jack Laskey. At 25 years old, it’s safe to say he’s one of the most experienced young players currently in the game and speaks with a wisdom well beyond his years. He’s enjoyed success in the online and live poker world since turning 18 in 2012, although his career and love for the game go back quite a bit before then … like,...

Today’s guest on Chasing Poker Greatness is Lyle Bateman. For those who aren’t familiar with his name, Lyle is a contributing editor at PokerNews Canada. He began writing for the magazine after he was discovered by then Chief Editor Lane Anderson. Lane saw a blog post that Lyle had written, which he’ll tell you about during our conversation, and asked him if he’d be interested in writing something...

Today I’m speaking with one of the most fun and animated women to ever mix it up on the green felt. Known simply as “Q”, she recently began publishing a chronicle of her own poker plays and thoughts through the ”P’s and Q’s Poker Vlog” on YouTube and it has skyrocketed in popularity. Full showpage: https://chasingpokergreatness.com/Q She’s a well-established cash game player who admittedly likes t...

Today I’m speaking with Robbie Strazynski, founder of CardplayerLifestyle.com. Robbie has made immeasurable contributions to the beautiful game of poker through his own blog as well as other poker media since he got started around 2009. He’s a well-respected member of the community who is admired by both the players and the fans. Robbie knows and is known by many people in the poker world. He’s in...

Today I’m speaking with Robbie Strazynski, founder of CardplayerLifestyle.com. Robbie has made immeasurable contributions to the beautiful game of poker through his own blog as well as other poker media since he got started around 2009. He’s a well-respected member of the community who is admired by both the players and the fans. Robbie knows and is known by many people in the poker world. He’s in...

Today's guest on the Chasing Poker Greatness podcast is a high stakes nose bleed legend. I could not be more excited to share with you my conversation with guest Matt Berkey (Hereafter known as Berkey … poker players and their original nicknames, amirite?) a professional player since 2003 who’s known for playing in some of the highest of high stakes games on the planet—and that’s the way he likes...

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