The Rec Poker Podcast

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by @MonkieSystem about whe to invite a "flip" in tournaments. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses ICM considerations, stack sizes, shoving ranges, and the important difference that fold equity makes to these calculations! Come sign up for a free account at rec.poker today and post a question...

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 look behind the curtain of a pre-recorded coaching session between Ji...

Michael Acevedo joins the podcast for the first time. Michael is a poker player, coach & author of, "Modern Poker Theory: Building an unbeatable strategy based on GTO principles." He was a core part of the team to build Pio Solver and has an amazing story of perseverance, hard work, and humility.

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by @Jamin96 about facing aggressive postflop action with marginal holdings. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel manages to ALMOST nail the audio cues and discusses positional advantage, ranging your opponents, and bet sizing! Come sign up for a free account at rec.poker today and post a question in th...

We thought it would be fun to share a bit of sample from the RecPoker Seminars, specifically from June around 3-betting. These seminars are held monthly, with the archives available to our premium members. You can check that out at rec.poker or reach out with any questions. Chris Jones, RecPoker's Content Director does an amazing job of putting these seminars together and leading the discussions.

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by @FivebyFive about a preflop spot holding AJx and facing a small iso shove. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel is joined by @Yamel for a final week and discusses the factors you want to be considering when stacks are getting short and realizing your edge pre-flop is a must! Come sign up for a free...

Farid Jattin is currently ranked #8 in the Global Poker Index and is the all-time leading money winner from Colombia with $5.6 million in reported Hendon Mob payouts. We talk about his beginnings in poker and his journey to the top of the poker world. Farid is convinced that learning in community is critical for not only success, but balance in life. He has recently started group coaching which ig...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through another forum post by current RecPoker PoY points-leader @Yamel who joins us again to talk about a hand that culminates in his facing a river bet from a winning player. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses bet sizing, raise sizing, and ranging your opponents in real-time. Come sign up for a free account a...

David Lappin is the co-host of the Chip Race, ambassador for Unibet Poker, and a great player and ambassador for the game. Steve, Jim & Rob sit down with David to chat poker, podcasting, philosophy, and take as many shots as we can at David's co-host Dara O'Kearney. Great conversation and a lot of fun was had by all!

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by @Yamel who joins us on the show to talk about the factors one might consider when holding QQ preflop in a cash game. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses the value ranges of opponents, how certain hands respond to different flops, and how stack sizes can affect preflop action. Come sign up...

Robbie Strazynski & Bruce Briggs join the crew to chat about the end of an era. After 365 episodes, the Top Pair Home Game podcast has come to an end. We chat about their favorite memories and what is next for these two fantastic poker ambassadors.

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through another forum post by @ARW about how to react when you realize you've made an error in-game. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses the benefits of betting on different streets according to board texture, thin value ranges vs checking ranges, and we are joined by @Binkley from the forums for a final week to...

Jonathan Little is a poker player, coach, author, and owner of pokercoaching.com. In this discussion, we get caught up on everything Jonathan has going on, what he enjoys the most, and how in the heck he can multi-table 14 games at the same time. We wonder if he gets bored playing live after spending so much time with the action of multi-tabling online.

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through another forum post by @MonkieSystem about how a solver might approach high-frequency c-betting. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses the game theory behind c-betting, how frequencies shoud change according to position and ranges, and we are joined by @Binkley from the forums for a second week to share his...

Dara O'Kearney is an Irish author, poker player, coach, and podcast. With David Lappin, he hosts the popular "Chip Race" podcast and "The Lock In" YouTube channel. He wrote "Poker Satellite Strategy" and recently released "PKO Poker Strategy" which we spend a good amount of time discussing.

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This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through another forum post by @ARW about how to react when you realize you've made an error in-game. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses the benefits of betting on different streets according to board texture, thin value ranges vs checking ranges, and we are joined by @Binkley from the forums for a final week to...

Chris "Fox" Wallace is a WSOP Bracelet winner and great friend of RecPoker. He has authored "No Limits, The Fundamentals of No-Limit Hold'em" and more recently, "Short Stack Ninja: Tournament Strategy From A Professional Poker Coach" which is the book for the next RecPoker book study.

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by @TaylorMaas about pulling the trigger on a river bluff. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses how board textures and actions can help you narrow down you foe's ranges, how different players may play with thin value, and how to express your skill edge in different player pools. Come sign up...

Lynn Gilmartin is an Australian actress, poker player, and host of the World Poker Tour (WPT). We last hand Lynn on in January of 2020 to talk about her efforts in responding to the Australian fires. While only 9 months ago, it feels like a decade, so it was time to catch up with Lynn on her life (including successful acting auditions) and her reflections on Mike Sexton. We also get to hear a bit...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by @CaptainWalleye about ICM considerations at the final table. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses why you might 3-bet or flat with a short stack on your left, what kind of hands you might consider using for either of those actions, and how tight you really have to be when you are holding o...

Matt Matros is a professional poker player, coach, and author from Brooklyn, New York, who has won three World Series of Poker events. Matros holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Yale University and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Sarah Lawrence College. He is the author of the books, "The Game Plan" as well as "The Making Of A Poker Player: How An Ivy League Math Geek Learned To Play Champio...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by...Jim himself! This one's about betting patterns in a blind vs blind hand. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses bet sizing, how to range your foes after actions on previous streets, and bluff-targeting. Come sign up for a free account at rec.poker today and post a question in the forum for...

Dutch Boyd received substantial media attention during his deep run on the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event, where he finished in 12th place. He was involved in a key hand late in the tournament with Chris Moneymaker. Boyd held KQ and Moneymaker had pocket 3s. After the 9 2 5 flop had missed Boyd, Moneymaker bet 100,000, and Dutch forced him all-in on a bluff. Moneymaker thought for a while a...

This week, Jim Reid (@Jim) leads the panel through a forum post by @Yamel about extracting max value on the river. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses range advantage, repping draws, and @PokerGeekMN talks about some differences between tournament and cash play. See if you can spot when Jim hits a three-outer vs @Andrew Feist to take him out of th...