The Rec Poker Podcast

The February seminar for RecPoker members was all about board texture. In this podcast we highlight a couple pieces of the seminar including a paradigm shift from wet/dry to a grid combining dynamic/statis and favorable/unfavorable. We also spend time discussing it's relation to next months seminar on betting patterns. The crew also shares the big announcement about partnership with Learn Pro Poke...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by @Rabman50 about a tournament hand where he shoves the flop with top pair top kicker and a sweet redraw. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel talks about 3betting ranges preflop, the sizes available in and out of position, and how to get the most money in the pot - without ensuring that your opponene...

Poker legend Maria Ho joins RecPoker to talk about her worlds of playing poker, commentating poker, and doing reality TV. Maria shares a bit about growing up in a conservative Chinese family and how that impacted college and how she approached getting into poker.

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through another forum post by @Chappo about getting heads up in the home hame and picking up equity on the turn - and how to play it! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses heads-up play, suited connectors as 3-bet candidates, and how you can 'contort' your opponnts range with different bet sizes! Come sign up for...

Star Valdez is a fun poker industry personality who also enjoys writing. In this episode we chat about her poker journey and the poker worlds in and around Biloxi, Mississippi.

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by our own @FiveByFive! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel looks at five different types of hands we might find ourselves with in the big blind when we see a monotone flop and it checks through to the turn. Which will we lead with, which play better as checks, and which of those will call a bet and w...

Once a month a Premium member goes one-on-one with a member of the RECing Crew to break down a hand, talk strategy, or discuss how to otherwise get the most out of their poker experience! Email jim@rec.poker if there's a member of the RECing Crew that YOU'D like to connect with, and we'll try to match you up! In this episode, we come back to part two of Jim and Matt in the REC Room, looking at the...

Ryan Laplante joins us from his training site Learn Pro Poker to talk about playing live again in the pandemic era, what kind of tells he looks for in villains, and we go over a hand where Ryan soul-reads a foe to make a killer river call!

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by @Jamin96 about taking a shot in a big-time tournament. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel talks about selling action, prepping for a tournament, adjustents to your play, and more! Come sign up for a free account at rec.poker today and post a question in the forum for the panel to review! Link: htt...

The January seminar for RecPoker members was all about tells and reads. In this podcast we highlight a couple pieces of the seminar which included conversations with Zach Elwood and reviewing video from a recreational charity tournament as well as an MSPT Final Table.

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by @Chappo about holding TT in a live tournament with a tough field. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses tournament selection, expressing your skill edge, and some lessons from the recent Book Study about injecting aggression into your game! Come sign up for a free account at rec.poker today...

Duncan Palamourdas specializes in the mathematics of poker and poker education. His poker classes at UCLA always fill up early and have long waiting lists. He is also an author at Upswing Poker, Poker News, Card Player and Winning Network. Despite his impressive academic credentials, Duncan’s popularity is a product of his love for simple language and metaphors. Profitable poker play essentially r...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by @Michael about a tricky spot with JJ. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses calling versus raising, stack sizes, preflop shoving ranges, and how there is no 'right' way to pay JJ preflop! Come sign up for a free account at rec.poker today and post a question in the forum for the panel to re...

Lexy Gavin is a professional poker player, coach, and speaker. She was rated the #1 woman player at the WSOP in 2019 and recently the GPI Female Player of the Year for 2020. She will soon be launching her own training site after spending years working with other training sites such as pokercoaching.com

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Keith @MonkieSystem who joins us for another week of strategy chat! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses monotone flops, post-flop overbets, and @Rabman50 even narrows he villains range down to a hand containing exactly the King of spades! Come sign up for a free account at rec.poker today...

Once a month a Premium member goes one-on-one with a member of the RECing Crew to break down a hand, talk strategy, or discuss how to otherwise get the most out of their poker experience! Email jim@rec.poker if there's a member of the RECing Crew that YOU'D like to connect with, and we'll try to match you up! In this episode, Chris Jones talks with Taylor Maas about a tournament hand. Sign up for...

Farid Jattin is currrently ranked #6 in the Global Poker Index (GPI). He is also a top tier coach and instructor who will be conducting a training course exclusively for RecPoker Nation. The course starts February 3 and details can be found at rec.poker/farid. In this episode we talk about the course but, more generally, what recreationally players need to do to become elite players.

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Keith @MonkieSystem who makes his first appearance as a guest on the show! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses bet and raise sizing, postflop lines, and polarizing actions - plus Jim really nails the audio cues! Come sign up for a free account at rec.poker today and post a question in the...

The December seminar for RecPoker members was all about playing bluffs: in position / out of position, different strengths, different stack sizes, different opponenets, etc. In this podcast we highlight a couple pieces of the seminar and get into a bit of strategy. We also chat about the home game changes and results, Farid Jattin's upcoming RecPoker Training Course, and all sorts of cool things h...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by the one and only @Veaner85 - what a treat! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel is joined by Kim @PetVet for a final week, and talks about bet sizing on dynamic boards multiway, and how you can use action on earlier streets to eliminate important parts of your opponent's range. Come sign up for a fr...

Samuli "TheJudas" Sipila (or Sam for short) is a professional poker player from Finland specializing in PLO, both online and live play. In this fun conversation, Sam talks about PLO strategies, bankroll management, and the tennis elbow he has from playing about 11,000 hands/day as he pursues Diamond Elite status. Follow twitch.tv/beastsofpoker and go to beastsofpoker.com to find out more about Sam...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by @EANDERSON85 about bet sizing. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel is again joined by Kim @PetVet to talk about raise sizing preflop, and how bet sizes postflop should affect the range of hands you choose to include in a betting or checking range. Come sign up for a free account at rec.poker today...

Sky Matsuhashi is the host of the Smart Poker Study podcast and leads the membership side ThePokerForge.com. Sky is an expert in online play and has years of experience as an author, coach, player, and podcaster. Connect with Sky at smartpokerstudy.com or thepokerforge.com

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by @PetVet which is all about donking! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel is joined by Kim herself to talk about bet sizing, donking ranges, the assumptions people make , and why some players prefer to check-raise instead. Come sign up for a free account at rec.poker today and post a question in the...

The podcast panel catches up a bit on life and all that is happening inside RecPoker Nation as we prepare for the holidays and the end of the year. We talk a bit about the newly announced (and amazing) training with Farid Jattin, the GPI #5 ranked player. This is a training exclusive for RecPoker and we couldn't be more thrilled! Go to rec.poker for all the details