Texas Poker Podcast

Tyler tests the PLO waters after having no interests in it for a long time. He takes video, and plays with the idea of having a vlog and what it would take to do it. Clint plays a tournament for the first time in a long time, and realizes the room doesn't know what an ICM chop is?

Clint and Tyler go over the good and bad of the popular game PLO bomb pots in Texas. They go over a hand that was submitted to Crush Live Poker discord, and got an answer from Bart Hanson himself. Clint has 2 sessions, and goes over key hands from each session.

Tyler takes a shot at 5/5, and things start out great, but go sideways quickly. He gets into a lot of tricky spots that him and Clint go over. Clint reviews the platinum membership on club GG, and the South Houston poker room.  The podcast gets put in the top 35 poker podcasts. 35 Best Poker Podcasts to Listen to in 2022 (feedspot.com)

Clint and Tyler talk about what its like to play with new players and maniacs, when they are running hot. Clint opens for 75, and Tyler shoves an all in right in his face. 

Clint goes to a vlogger meet up game that features Ben Deach, Ryan Depaulo, and Poker Face Ashe, and gets into a very interesting hand with Ben Deach. Clint goes over the vlogger meet up game, the new room, and a session at TCH. Tyler plays PLO to keep the action players in the game, and gets action.

Tyler plays 2 very big hands with 84.  Also, karma hits a player almost instantly to help Tyler double up. Clint runs like a trash at Doghouse but still gets a bluff off. 

Tyler gets caught up in the middle of a hand that he isnt even in, and things get dicey. Tyler plays at Paramount, and Clint and Tyler both play at Doghouse in an action game for Tyler, while Clint watches the action.

Clint and Tyler record 30 minutes after Clint's biggest cash game win! They go over previous sessions along with their record cash game win at the Dogghouse poker room, that featured several hero calls. They also review a few poker rooms in Houston at the request of the listener later on in the episode.

Tyler runs into a royal and KK vs AA and still manages to win.  

Tyler and Clint both play at Prime during a massive tournament, and they talk about how electric the atmosphere is.  Tyler still can't win with AA, Clint miss reads his hand but it really didn't matter.

Tyler and Clint play a session were Clint miss reads a hand, and Tyler has some stuff to say at the table to him.  Then Tyler and Clint punt their stack at paramount just in different ways. 

Clint and Tyler play a session together where Tyler gets into a ton of tough spots. They also discuss rake, and if your willing to pay slightly more rake for more amenities and nicer place to play.

Clint continues his upswing, and Tyler plays a very speculative hand and ends up in a gigantic pot.

Clint continues his upswing in significant fashion. Clint and Tyler play together in one of the best games that either remember in a long time.

Tyler and Clint play a 1-1 game and discuss how you have to play different based on your stack size and who you're playing against.  Also, they talk about trying to stay on the cash game grind vs playing small tournaments for fun.    

Clint and Tyler go to Texas Card House Houston, and play the nightly tournament, and then play cash after. They get in some sticky situations with bomb pots, and pocket Aces.

Clint tries to recover from a 1 outer that crushed him last week, and gets AK multiple times. Tyler still trying to claw his way out of the downswing gets into several interesting spots.

Clint goes over his Vegas trip, and what its like playing in Vegas right now. He goes over some hands there, and Tyler goes over some hands with super rec players. Clint also plays double board bomb pot out of the rack, and it blows up.

Tyler and Clint talk about a robbery at Legends, and a security guard that apprehended the gunman.  Also Clint has some crazy luck in the PLO streets.  Tyler and Clint talk about a new friend going to play poker for the first time this week.

Clint and Tyler discuss upcoming goals for the new year, and how they feel about the goals they set last year. They also discuss Clint's upcoming Vegas trip, and some hands that Clint could have played differently.

Tyler and Clint battle through the treacherous downswing, but Clint starts to see light at the end of the tunnel. They go over hands and analyze bad luck, vs bad play which they have seen plenty of both.

Clint and Tyler discuss some hands Clint played, while finally getting a little profit and coming out of a downswing. They discuss some bankroll tips, and tell the listeners what they would do if they were opening a poker room.

Clint and Tyler try to battle out of their downswing, and try a new place to play. Clint gets roasted on R/Poker for playing a hand a certain way, and Tyler goes over a possible misplayed AK hand.

Clint and Tyler try a poker room they haven't been to in a long time, and try to bust out of their downswing. Clint discusses how keeping your play optimal in a downswing and how it has affected his play. Tyler gets into several interesting spots, and goes over those hands.

Clint and Tyler are on downswings, and talking about the best ways to deal with them, and identifying bad play vs bad variance. They talk about the drama going on around the Houston poker scene and how it might be viewed by the public.