The Rec Poker Podcast

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through Chris Jones’ Theme of the Month for April: Turn Strategies! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses hand ranges, bet sizing, postflop betting lines, reviewing stats, exploiting your opponents, streets of honesty, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to join the...

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview the President of the Women’s Poker Association, Tara Smith! Tara shares some details about her own entry into the world of poker, and how she became drawn to the cause of advocacy for women with the game. She shares some of the origin story of the WPA and her role with it now, as well as outlining some of the issues women face in the poker...

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a conversation with Sky Matsuhashi about Bread And Butter Spots - and if you like what you hear, you can get a GREAT deal on membership at Sky’s Poker Forge training site with the link below! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses the power of position, why it’s easier to play against fewer o...

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Wesley Cannon! You may have heard of Wes from his solver work for another great podcast, The Breakdown (I mean…it’s no RecPoker, but whatever) but he’s also making a name for himself in both the live and online poker arenas! Wes shares some details about his approach to poker since taking it more seriously over the pandemic, with subjects r...

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Marcel Dusyk about streets of value. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses the meaning of the term (Jim screws it up but luckily has some help in the booth), what a value bet really means, how to ‘value target’ parts of your opponent’s range, absolute vs. relative hand streng...

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Tom Bower from Lights Camera Action Poker! The group gets right into Tom’s history as a player and professional in the poker industry, and they discuss many aspects of broadcasting final table streams throughout Australia - from game security to player analysis to the value of learning by watching. Tom also shares some stories about his tim...

This week, Chris Jones leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Eric Anderson about when, if ever, to ‘soft play’ in a poker tournament. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses collusion, bubble factors, stack sizes, tournament dynamics, side pots, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great...

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview recreational poker player LoriAnn Persinger! LoriAnn shares some stories about her time in the military, becoming an expert on winning game shows, what changed (or didn't change) after her big WPT score, why streams are so important to her learning about poker, and how her enthusiasm and positivity has opened doors for her in the poker...

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by new member Dingo about extracting max value when out of position. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses absolute vs relative hand strength, value targeting, postflop betting lines, bet and raise sizing, range composition, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://r...

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview John Barrows, the Casino Tournament Manager at Running Aces! John gets right into the merits of different tournament structures, how he and the Running Aces gang got involved with RecPoker “back in the day”, what makes for a successful poker room, the issue of shot clocks, penalties for rule-breakers and how they are enforced, and a lot mor...

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through the Theme of the Month: C-bet Sizing Theory. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses board textures, microbets, overbets, range elasticity, hand qualities, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a quest...

This week the Australian Invasion continues as Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Steve Davy from the Australian Poker League! Steve shares some details about how he got started with the league, and how it prioritizes the fun of the game we all love. They get into some eccentricities of the legality of various kinds of poker in Australia, the value of having a community of poker frien...

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by new member Mikey_Aces. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses ICM, bubble factors, field size, player types, tournament stages, counterfactuals, stack sizes, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and y...

This week Chris Jones and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Australian regular Luke Hannah about playing in different leagues, the importance of game selection, adjusting to different fields, having fun in poker, travelling to play, and a lot more! Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guest...

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Louie Hillman. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses playing against good regs, thinking ahead, different ways to play draws, postflop bet sizing, the power of position, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and re...

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview poker pro and coach Brendon Rubie from his podcast "The Australian Poker Mindset". Brendon was already a very accomplished player when he decided to start coaching several years ago, and he shares some fun stories about his playing days and how they have informed his work as a coach and podcaster. Brendan shares some great advice for recrea...

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post about a hand played live over Twitch by Ben Enslow, who goes by Bejamin96 or EastCoastBidder. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses player types, hand strengths and qualities, postflop ranges, bet sizing and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to se...

This week, without a guest, Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew panel give away some prizes and talk about some exciting events coming up over the next few months, and unveil some new monthly study opportunities for both free Community members and also paid Premium members! The gang also gets into some of the amazing training videos from other sites that RecPoker members get to view, new home ga...

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a discussion about an upcoming freeroll tournament at the one and only Running Aces! The group discusses different strategies that players may use to maximize the value of their voluntary add-on(s) and what factors you might consider when playing in a typical live event freeroll like this. Come sign up for a free RecPoker account at https:...

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Shannon Van Den Berg from the Mixed Games Academy! The first in a series of guests from Australia, Shannon is the founder of the Mixed Games Academy and gets right into talking all about his favourite mixed games and all the different events going on in Australia this year that you can visit to join in the fun! Whether it's to get an edge o...

It's finally here, folks! The WSOP just released their full schedule for 2023 this morning so you KNOW we had to jump right on the air with the one and only https://twitter.com/Kevmath to get his thoughts and take some questions from our members about all the fun that's coming up this summer. We can't wait! Join us on YouTube every Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real tim...

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew panel through a forum post by Rob Washam from the latest book study on "The Poker Brain" by @matt_matros . While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses the concept of having different 'buckets' to consider for all the hands you have in your range at any given decision point, and how this can help us simpli...

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview popular poker streamer Jon Pardy! After muddling through the usual audio cue issues (lol) the Crew gets right into discussing Jon's past as a winner of Big Brother, how that led to his start in poker, the kinds of games he likes to play, some mistakes he sees players make in those games, and how to make poker more FUN! Jon also shares some...

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew panel through a forum post by Roger Schutte about his New Year's Resolutions for 2023! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses the difference between goals and "calling your shot", the importance of having goals you can control, the S.M.A.R.T. system of setting goals, some poker goals for themselves i...

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew panel interview Poker Podcast King Chad McVean! Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too! Chad is also EXTREMELY active on Twitter as https://twitter.com/Veaner85 and he also handles social media f...