Chasing Poker Greatness

On this week's episode, Coach Brad and Jon rewatch a recent HCL stream where current HCL commentator and Brad's old friend, DGAF, makes his HCL debut.

In this week's installment of Philosophical Friday, Brad and Duncan are faced with a simple yet very deep question coming from an active member of the "greatness village" community (Humberto) who wants to know: What is the poker dream in 2022 and is it still alive? Well, let's find out! To learn more about the Free Nuffle promotion, visit: https://freenuffle.com CPG Cash Game Courses! Preflop Boot...

Today’s guest on CPG is an OG of the online poker world, Adam “Roothlus” Levy. In his combined online & live tournament poker career, Roothlus has cashed for close to $8,000,000. And since Adam’s poker career started way, way back… you gotta just know we’re gonna spend some time reminiscing about the golden age of poker… an age where Adam Levy absolutely feasted. In 2006, Roothless hit #5 in Pocke...

On this week's episode of Tactical Tuesday, Coach Brad and Jon decide to switch up the format. Jon presents two hands where he fired a river bluff and Coach Brad has to guess which bluff got through and which one didn't. If Brad guesses correctly, Jon pays $100 and vice versa if Brad guesses incorrectly. See if you can figure out which bluff got through and which one got picked off and who wins th...

In this week's installment of Philosophical Fridays Brad and Duncan explore the ingredients that make poker such a tough game to master. Is struggling an unavoidable part of the learning journey, or can one still expect to find meaningful simplifications to facilitate the process? To learn more about the Free Nuffle promotion, visit: https://freenuffle.com CPG Cash Game Courses! Preflop Bootcamp:...

Today’s guest on CPG is Karina, the founder of Mindset Design, personalized poker coaching that helps you improve your mindset & mental health. Karina has been going podcast crazy lately having appeared on “The Chip Race”, “RecPoker”, and now Chasing Poker Greatness while also firing up her own show: “Mindset Design”. The first three guests on “Mindset Design” include bestselling poker author and...

On today's episode, Coach Brad and Jon each bring in a hand where they bet a small size with a strong value hand in an attempt to induce a raise from villain. Tune in to find out which situations call for an induction bet and how Brad and Jon's attempts worked out.

In this week's episode of Philosophical Fridays Brad and Duncan dissect the traits of winning poker players. What does it take to win at poker? Can these skills be learned by everyone and if so, how? Tune in to find out! To learn more about the Free Nuffle promotion, visit: https://freenuffle.com CPG Cash Game Courses! Preflop Bootcamp: https://bit.ly/Preflop-Bootcamp Fish in a Barrel: http://bit....

Today’s guest on CPG is not only one of the greatest online MTT players in the world, but is also an all-time great in an area very near and dear to my own heart: poker training. Benjamin “bencb789” Rolle is the founder of Raise Your Edge where his flagship product “Tournament Masterclass” has become the gold standard in MTT training and has helped countless poker players (Including past CPG guest...

Coach Brad and Jon review a couple hands from a recent high-stakes live stream that Brad played for PokerCoaching.com. To learn more about the Free Nuffle promotion, visit: https://freenuffle.com 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

This Friday, Brad and Duncan enter the highly nuanced and controversial world of angle-shooting and manipulating behaviors. Join them as they are trying to navigate through the vast semantic spectrum of unfair advantages as well as possible ways to shield yourself against them. To learn more about the Free Nuffle promotion, visit: https://freenuffle.com CPG Cash Game Courses! Preflop Bootcamp: htt...

You read that right folks. Last weekend Coach Brad made a rare appearance at a live poker tournament. On this week's episode, after playing the WSOPC Main Event at Cherokee for 3 days straight, Coach Brad details his experience and shares his thoughts on the live tournament grind.

Doug Lyford is a thoughtful, studious, and exceptionally hard working Villager programs computers by day and turns into a poker demon by night. In today's Villager episode you'll learn about Doug's poker origin story, how he landed in Greatness Village, and all about his plans to take over the world. Enjoy the Show.

In this week's installment of Philosophical Friday, Brad and Duncan deviate slightly from their scheduled topic to discuss a recent controversy over at Hustler Live! where a big slowroll takes place against none other than Garrett Adelstein. Enjoy the show! To learn more about the Free Nuffle promotion, visit: https://freenuffle.com CPG Cash Game Courses! Preflop Bootcamp: https://bit.ly/Preflop-B...

Today’s guest on CPG is the co-host of DAT Poker Podcast and one of the OG online nosebleed end bosses, Terrence Chan. After finding himself in the world of gambling as a middle schooler and then running his own bookmaking business in high school, you could say it was almost destiny that Terrence fell into the world of poker. And it just so happened that as Terrence turned 21 and was bitten by the...

Jon takes a break from the online tables to play the juicy live cash games that always pop up during LAPC. Hand #1 is Coach Brad's favorite: Jon attempting to turn a pair into a bluff. And hand #2 sees Jon's trips with an ace kicker reduced to an unexciting bluff catcher. Tune in to catch the results of both hands! To learn more about the Free Nuffle promotion, visit: https://freenuffle.com CPG Ca...

Brad and Duncan go down the rabbit hole of Solvers and Game Optimal Theory attempting to answer questions about their identity, purpose, limitations and usefulness as well as their relation to more complex topics such as online poker security and even poker Ethics. Will they manage to stay on topic in this first installment of Philosophy Fridays or will the alluring tangents prevail? Tune in to fi...

Today’s guest is, quite frankly, one of the current best overall poker players on the face of the planet, Dan Zack. Dan’s pursuit of greatness in the world of poker reminds me of a Russian proverb: “If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one.” When I put on my research hat while preparing for today’s show, one thing immediately became apparent: Dan Zack, an ELITE and brilliant poker m...

On this week's episode, Coach Brad and Jon analyze two hands that Jon played during a recent 2kNL shot take. To learn more about the Free Nuffle promotion, visit: https://freenuffle.com 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

Today’s guest on Chasing Poker Greatness is the past winner of a WSOP gold bracelet, is a nationally syndicated poker columnist, and is the PokerNews USA Executive Editor Chad Holloway. If there’s a major poker event or news story anywhere in the world, you can be pretty sure Chad has covered it. His career in the world of poker as a writer, editor, and player now spans nearly 15 years. As you’re...

Today’s guest on Chasing Poker Greatness is a blast from the past… Jimmy “Gobboboy” Fricke. Sometimes when you don't hear a poker player’s name for a while in poker media, you can’t help but wonder “What happened to them?” with the typical follow-up thought being, “I really hope they’re okay”. In today’s show you’ll be happy to learn that not only is Jimmy okay, but he’s thriving in a world totall...

In this week’s episode, Coach Brad and Jon take a look at two hands where Jon check raises the flop as a bluff and then makes a pair on the turn. Jon explains why he chose to play the two spots so differently. To learn more about the Free Nuffle promotion, visit: https://freenuffle.com CPG Cash Game Courses! Preflop Bootcamp: https://bit.ly/Preflop-Bootcamp Fish in a Barrel: http://bit.ly/fish-in-...

Coach Brad and Jon take a look at the biggest pot Jon won online last year, as well as the biggest pot he lost. The results of both hands aren't shared until the very end of the episode, so after you've seen both hands, take your best guess as to which hand Jon won and which hand he lost. Leave your guesses in the comments section! To learn more about the Free Nuffle promotion, visit: https://chas...

Cody Walker’s an esteemed member of the United States Air Force who (not all that long ago) thought poker was just pure luck. He's come quite a long way since those cold, dark days. In todays show you're going to learn about his journey into the world of poker, how he's dealt with an extremely painful and debilitating freak injury, and much, MUCH more! So without any further ado, sit back and enjo...

Today’s guest on CPG is one of the premiere live & online poker tournament players in the world (With over 9.3 million in live MTT cashes), Shannon Shorr. It makes sense that Shannon would be special guest number 200 because his first CPG appearance is still, to this day, one of the top-3 most listened to episodes in CPG history. If you haven’t yet checked that one out, I highly suggest hitting th...