The Rec Poker Podcast

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew panel through ANOTHER discussion with Rob Gardner "The Poker Pastor" https://twitter.com/RobGardnerLive about multiway pots: this time with a specific hand example. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses an AK offsuit hand from Chris Jones that features strategic elements to do with flop textures, c-...

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew panel interview popular streamer Jaime Staples! Jaime talks about his life as a twitch streamer, and how he knew immediately when he first tried it that he had found something special. Jaime shares some stories about growing up in Alberta and discovering poker, what he still loves about the game, the importance of bet sizing, the consequences of taki...

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew panel through a conversation about the Theme of the Month: Multiway Pots! This week we are joined by "The Poker Pastor" @robgardnerlive Rob Gardner and while battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses the general concept of multiway pots and how we should approach them. We cover hand qualities, player types, p...

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew panel interview Angela Jordison! Angela mounted an impressive Player of the Year campaign for 2022 and shares her experiences on that roller coaster ride - the fun, the pressure, the logistics, the strategic adaptations, the experience of coming SO CLOSE but ultimately falling just short - and displays her amazing attitude about poker and winning and...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Ben Enslow (Bejamin96) about facing an overbet on the river. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses bet sizing, hand ranges, defending the blinds, playing out of position, player types, balance, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great commen...

To wrap up the year, Jim Reid and RecPoker RECing Crew member Joe Kulas interview Nick Howard from Poker Detox! They talk about Nick's poker journey, the obstacles that most recreational players face, the science of data-analysis, the intersection of physics and psychology, some mistakes recreational players make both on and off the felt - and Nick even shares a discount code listeners can use to...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by John Crowell (7high11) about playing a suited connector in position multiway in a limped pot. John had an excellent result in this tournament, and we start by talking a little about how far he has come as a player and what he has enjoyed most about RecPoker along the way. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game,...

*Explicit language is present in this episode* This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew panel interview Sammie G about her recent ascent in the poker world! Sammie talks about her dad's role in her poker story, the role that her love of math has played in her life on and off the felt, climbing the tournament ladder from charity tourneys to WSOP events, working with our awesome friends at Ru...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by a new member, Buchr, about playing in a triple-up tournament and facing a tough spot holding 77. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses open raise sizes, their own first forum posts, the difference between satellites and MTTs, how a solver looks at spots like these, villain types, stack size...

This week Jim Reid and the panel interview poker author and coach Jason Su who shares some thoughts with the panel about how to manage the mental/emotional side of poker, and how we can become better players - and happier people! - through mastering how we react to the effects of the outside world on our own study, play and results. The gang talks about the difference between pro and rec mindset,...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Taylor Maas about a heads-up spot where the main objective is to get ALL the chips into the middle...but how? While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses position, SPR, postflop betting lines, player types and tendencies, calculating equity, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://re...

This week Jim Reid and the panel interview James "SplitSuit" Sweeney about the RecPoker Theme of the Month: playing against limpers.  James is a prolific members of the poker community, from his youtube channel to his Red Chip Poker site and podcast, to his books and apps - he's even done voiceover work for PokerTracker! Listen in as we learn about playing against limpers from this phenomenal...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Chris Jones about an ICM spot in a tournament he played the other day. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses stack sizes, tournament stages, ICM pressure, villain types, the tension between "fold equity" and "domination when called", and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec....

This week Chris Jones and the panel interview Ben Enslow and Troy Chapman, two new members of the RECing Crew! They talk about what got them interested in poker, their favorite parts of the RecPoker membership, their exotic accents (lol), the value of community in their own poker journey, some details of their lives away from the tables, and their hopes for the future both as poker players and for...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through Chris Jones' Theme of the Month at RecPoker: this month it is all about Responding to 3-bets! The group talks about the factors to consider when facing 3-bets: position, sizing, villain types, tournament stages, blockers, board coverage, postflop play, and a lot more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question...

This week Jim Reid and the panel interview Gareth James from the MTT Poker School! After overcoming some fun audio issues in the first couple minutes, they talk about the Theme of the Month at RecPoker, which is "Responding to 3-bets" by discussing position, size, player tendancies, and hand characteristsc, and they also get into the difference between 'studying' and 'training' as well as talkimg...

This week, the panel talks with RECing Crew member Rob Washam about his latest Book Study that just wrapped up, "Endgame Poker Strategy: The ICM Book" by Dara O'Kearney and Barry Carter. Rob goes into some depth talking about the different ways that ICM pressure can be applied, who should be applying it, and who should be feeling it the most. We also get into the different stages of the tournament...

This week Jim Reid and the panel welcome Sky Matsuhashi back to the show! The popular podcaster, YouTuber and coach shares some thoughts on what goes on behind the scenes of his content creation, why he feels that active study is so important, some factors to consider when facing a 3-bet, and some details about his new video course that you can find at his Poker Forge training site - see the link...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Keith Brandt (Monkiesystem) about holding AQx on the bubble and seeing aggressive action in front of him. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses ICM pressure, short-stack shoving ranges, isolation raises vs cold calling ranges, villain types and player tendencies, when/if to have a flatting...

This week Jim Reid and the panel welcome Ryan Laplante back to the show. Ryan is an accomplished professional poker player, and the founder of the excellent training site Learn Pro Poker. WARNING: this starts as an interview but quickly turns into a detailed coaching session from Ryan, going over the many factor we should consider when facing a 3-bet. Ryan shares his screen as he uses a solver to...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Black_Spade about three hands from an MTT they played recently. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses preflop decisions at various points of the tournament, the pros and cons of various typical actions and scenarios, villain types, what information to include when posting hands, the importa...

This week Jim Reid and the panel interview Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler about a range of topics from his life in the world of poker. Known for his views on tournament structures, Allen gets right into the nuts and bolts of what makes for good and bad structures, how the stack sizes and the blind levels relate to each other, and the value in choosing the right structures for certain events. We also dis...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a conversation about October's Theme of the Month: 3-Betting! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses the origin of 3-bets, why people do it, what kinds of hands to choose, what kinds of villains to target, capped ranges, squeezing, and a lot more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today...

This week Jim Reid and the panel interview Sarah Herring about her 12 years (!) at Poker News and her new start at Poker.org! Sarah talks about her favourite interview and her least favourite (you might be surprised!), she goes into what it's like to get started in the poker media world and gives some advice for people interested in getting started, she shares a few embarrassing stories from her t...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Ben "Bejamin96" Enslow about a deep run he made in a $22 Bounty tournament that he ended up placing second in for about $2k. Congrats, Ben! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses shorthanded play, contorting your opponent's ranges, the importance of bet sizing and how it changes action on fu...