The Rec Poker Podcast

This week Jim Reid and the panel interview Maanit Madan from rfpoker.com who shares some context around possible technical/security weaknesses in the streaming world that have been mentioned in the conversations around The Hand that we've all been hearing about for the last few weeks, and some of the technical factors that go into tracking and streaming technology on today's tables. Maanit recaps...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Black_Spruce about playing the nut flush draw OOP and multiway on a dynamic, monotone board in a limped pot. What could go wrong?!? While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses player types, exploitative sizing, value-targeting, counting combos, postflop betting patterns, and more! Come sign up fo...

This week Jim Reid and the panel interview longtime pro player and coach Kevin Rabichow about his experiences as a high-stakes heads-up player - and how it's led him to create his new training course at Run It Once. Kevin gets right into his insights about adjusting from full-ring to short-handed play, some theoretical implications of only having two players in each hand, why postflop analysis is...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by John Crowell about facing multiple limpers in the cash games he plays in. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses A LOT of factors about limping: player types, stack sizes, raise sizes, hand ranges, hand qualities, postflop tendencies, variance - and more! Come sign up for a free account at h...

This week Jim Reid and the panel interview Dr. Alex Chauran, a twitch streamer, writer, and instructor with Poker Power who thoroughly enjoys working with beginner players and taking their game to the next level. A practicing Wiccan, Doc runs her own coven in British Columbia, Canada, and shares some details about what life is like practicing witchcraft, how poker has helped her overcome adversity...

This week, Jim Reid and the panel AGAIN welcome Carlos Welch back to the show to talk some strategy on the Forums edition! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel talk to Carlos about a specific hand example from Jim's WSOP main event experience earlier this summer, and find a few ways he could have made better assumptions about his foe, and better decisions to...

This week Jim Reid and the panel interview Matt Berkey, the founder of Solve For Why and a longtime friend of the show. Matt starts by talking about the goals for Solve For Why Academy and how they approach leaning, we get into common misconceptions that recreational player have about the game in the abstract, we discuss applying fold equity as it relates to the strength of your hand, Matt analyze...

This week, Jim Reid and the panel welcome Carlos Welch back to the show to talk some strategy on the Forums edition of the show! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel talk to Carlos about some of the basic concepts that we should be thinking about when facing a c-bet, and they find a few rabbit-holes along the way too! Come sign up for a free account at https...

This week Jim Reid and the panel interview Dan Ross from PokerLiveUpdates.com about championing recreational poker players from around the world, and celebrating their successes! Dan and his crew are actively involved in reporting poker tours and results for not just the biggest tours around - but also the smaller ones that we seems to have the most fun at. Dan and the panel talk about the logisti...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Ben Enslow (Bejamin96) about a tough spot holding King Jack suited in late position. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses calling ranges, raising ranges, postflop betting lines, player tendencies, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great co...

This week Jim Reid and the panel welcome Veronica Brill back to the show and they have a great time talking about what goes on behind the scenes of the poker world, from streamers and vloggers to meet-up-games and high-stakes cash play, she's seen it all! They also discuss what makes poker a pleasure, and how players, professionals and venues can all work together to make the game more accessible...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a hand he played on day 2 of the WSOP main event - this tournament has a unique dynamic when it comes to raising ranges, as we've explored in a few previous episodes. In this one, the group discusses 3-betting and 4-betting ranges, board textures, delayed c-bets, getting thin value hands to showdown, and a lot more! Come sign up for a free account at htt...

This week Jim Reid and the panel are joined again by Greg Clem, our resident RECing Crew Interviewer, who puts our own Rob Washam in the hot seat! Rob is one of the founding members of RecPoker and an active member of the RECing Crew - affectionately referred to as the Zen Master of the panel, Rob runs the biweekly Book Study group and contributes heavily to the strategy content RecPoker produces...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Eric Anderson about preparing for a trip to WSOP or another major tournament or series. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses everything from player cards to bathroom locations to how to time your breaks to what to carry in your bag - and a LOT more! Come sign up for a free account at rec.p...

This week Jim Reid and the panel interview the one and only Norman Chad about a host of subjects, from working with that jerk Lon to selecting his next glass of red wine - and beyond! Jim overcomes his usual technical issues just in time to ask Norman about getting his start in poker, why he loves mixed games so much, how recreational players like us can improve, being a poker insider - and Norman...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Louie Hillman about a tricky spot in this year's WSOP where he faces a check-raise on a dynamic board while holding an overpair in position. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses flop textures, player types, counting combos, the value of aggression, and more! Come sign up for a free account...

This week Jim Reid and the panel interview Rob Gardner, a pro player and content creator who shared a table with Jim in the WSOP main event this year. Rob opens up about his experiences playing as a tournament pro over the last several years, what got him into poker in the first place, how important it is to know if you are playing for fun or money, how he improves and studies the game, how it's c...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through Chris Jones' Theme of the Month for August: playing Blind vs. Blind. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses the virtues of small blind open-raising vs completing, big blind raising ranges, who has range advantage in various scenarios, how this might inform your postflop play, and more! There are some very i...

This week Jim Reid and the panel don't interview anyone at all - instead they review some elements of this year's World Series of Poker, go over a hand Jim played on Day 1 where flopping the nuts has a tinge of anxiety attached, they talk about 3-bet and 4-bet dynamics, hand rages, tournament structures, blind vs blind play, and more! ---------------------------------------------- Timestamps: 00:0...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Rob Washam about recognizing range advantage, and what we can do to maximize our advantage when it comes up - particularly against opponents who have given up the betting lead. While battling it out in the nightly home game, the group discusses flop textures, donk bets, probe bets, float bets, and other ways of leveraging range advantage...

This week Jim Reid and the panel interview Ace Poker, a popular YouTube vlogger who shares some stories about getting started in the game, growing his community, what motivates him to keep competing in poker and improving as a player, what it's like trying to record footage in various casinos and cardrooms, and they even have time to discuss some strategic elements of sizing preflop and what kinds...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a discord post by Jacob Kieke about downswings and negative results. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses their own struggles when things aren't going their way at the tables, some techniques for dealing with negative outcomes, and other advice and commiseration. Come sign up for a free account at rec.pok...

This week Jim Reid and the panel interview Clayton Fletcher, host of the popular Tournament Poker Edge podcast. Clayton shares some details about his recent trip to Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker, what it's like to record the podcast on his own, the importance of bankroll management and game selection, what to look for when choosing a table, and a lot more! Clayton is active on Twitter as...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by John Crowell about flopping top set on a dynamic board and seeing two all-ins before he gets to act. While nailing the audio cues (lol) and battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses villain types, postflop betting lines, hand equities and pot odds, guidelines for buy-ins, and more! Come sign up for a...

This week Jim Reid and the panel interview Poker Power instructor Sarah Stefan who shares some stories about her role as an instructor, how the organization has grown over the years, some common learning opportunities for recreational players, and what it means to be a good member of a friend's "rail" when they are going deep in a tournament! Sarah is active on Twitter as @sarahkstefan Find out mo...