The Rec Poker Podcast

WSOP Bracelet Winner and Head of Learn Pro Poker Ryan Laplante joins the podcast. We chat up on what is new and exciting in the world of LPP and talk some strategy, while also paying tribute to the late Mike Sexton

This week, Jim Reid (@Jim) leads the panel through a forum post by @Binkley about facing a river donk bet with a value hand that now feels very thin. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses different post-flop lines and how different villains might play this line, and @Rabman50 talks about how strong value hands tend to get played more "face-up" on ea...

WSOP Bracelet Winner and Head of PokerNews Reporting Chad Holloway join the podcast. We cover Chad's career but also spend significant time discussing the passing of Mike Sexton

This week, Jim Reid (@Jim) leads the panel through a forum post by @ARW about bluff-catching in a specific river spot. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses combos, ranges, and player profiles when considering a river call. Plus @FiveByFive talks about some different post-flop lines on different board textures and run-outs. See if you can spot when...

Jackson Laskey & Zachary Resnick are the founding team of the "Just Hands Podcast." While Jack is still co-hosting the podcast, Zach has dedicated his time to leading Unbounded Capital, investing in the Bitcoin world, where Jack also contributes They are both still avid poker players, but really focusing on playing in what brings them the most joy (much of which is home games). You can catch them...

This week, Jim Reid (@Jim) leads the panel through a forum post by @MonkieSystem asking about facing microbets from a particular opponent. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses some theories about the "Mystery Player M" who has been wreaking havoc in the home games with their aggressive betting style, @SteveFredlund shares some thoughts about how he...

This is part 2 of a two-part conversation with Matt Hunt. Matt is a professional poker player and coach from the UK, currently living in Las Vegas. Matt holds a bachelor’s degree in French and a Master’s degree in Transnational Studies, both from the University of Southampton (UK). As a poker coach, he specializes in MTT math and ICM concepts, short-stacked play, exploration of the No-Limit Hold’e...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by @Wojami asking about taking notes in online tournaments. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses what kind of notes to take, Taylor Maas suggests what info to pay attention to when writing notes, and they talk about different ways to record and review them. Come sign up for a free account at...

This is part 1 of a two-part conversation with Matt Hunt. Matt is a professional poker player and coach from the UK, currently living in Las Vegas. Matt holds a bachelor’s degree in French and a Master’s degree in Transnational Studies, both from the University of Southampton (UK). As a poker coach, he specializes in MTT math and ICM concepts, short-stacked play, exploration of the No-Limit Hold’e...

In our first ever "Forums Edition" Jim Reid (@Jim) leads the panel through a forum post by @Raisy_Daisy asking about hand-ranging tips, drills, and resources. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, they discuss using tools like Equilab and Flopzilla, some general rules about hand-ranging, and a new video Chris Jones (@FiveByFive) recently posted in the forums about how...

Blake Bohn is a professional poker player and the all-time leading tournament money leader from Minnesota. He is in the Minnesota Poker Hall of Fame as well as the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Hall of Fame. His $3.1 million in tournament earnings includes a 23rd place finish at the WSOP Main Event. In this episode we cover a lot of ground, including insights for recreational players wanting to imp...

Clayton Fletcher is a poker player, comedian, and host of the Tournament Poker Edge podcast. Currently living in New York, Clayton shares about his journeys as a stand-up comedian (they love him in Sweden) and experiences making a deep Main Event run. We chat about a number of things including his epic respond during some verbal banter at the WSOP Main Event. He is easy to find including ClaytonFl...

Maria Konnikova is the author of two New York Times bestsellers, The Confidence Game and Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes. Her new book, The Biggest Bluff, was just released in June. She is a regular contributing writer for The New Yorker whose writing has won numerous awards, including the 2019 Excellence in Science Journalism Award from the Society of Personality and Social Psycholo...

Gareth James, known as Gazellig online, has been a tournament poker coach since 2012, teaching the strategies to be successful at multi-table tournaments both live and online. He has worked with all manner of players, from those getting their feet wet in the wonderful world of tournament poker for the first time right up to the high stakes cash game players wanting a tournament poker primer before...

Jason Su, author of "Poker With Presence: Unlocking the Final 15%" joins the panel. Also joining the panel is special guest Woody Adams, the most recent member of the RECing Crew. Jason talks about the importance of the mental game of poker, shares some easy exercises, and shares his own personal experiences. He also gives insight into an actual example from Chris Jones of how we can get thrown of...

One week ago, rec.poker relaunched with an amazing new website. The crew talks about the website, but with a focus on how it is just a tool to achieve our ultimate vision — the creation of a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We love poker; and we love playing and learning in the context of relationship… and now, finally, we have the tool to help us do that effectively. Make sure yo...

The RecPoker panel of Steve Fredlund, Jim Reid, Chris Jones, Rob Washam, John Somsky, and Andrew Feist chat with Adam Friedman, three-time WSOP bracelet winner, all in mixed games, including back to back in 2018-19 in the $10k Dealers Choice event. We talk mixed games, WSOP, and advice for recreational players.

The RecPoker panel of Steve Fredlund, Jim Reid, Chris Jones, Rob Washam, John Somsky, and Andrew Feist chat with Chris Moneymaker, winner of the WSOP Main Event in 2003 resulting in the "Moneymaker Effect" that included a tripling of the Main Event field the very next year. We talk WSOP, recreational player strategy, and the importance of learning in the context of community

Every month, members at rec.poker enjoy a seminar put together by the RecPoker Podcast Panel, led by Membership Content Director Chris Jones. For July, the seminar s all about bluffing and we felt this was a great opportunity to showcase the seminars while providing the podcast audience with some great discussion on the art/science of bluffing. Also check out rec.poker/resources for all the partne...

Jerry Yang has an amazing personal story of growing up in Laos, escaping to Thailand, and ultimately moving to the slums of Nashville, Tennessee. He worked hard on his education, which ultimately served to be his path out of poverty. In 2005 he started learning poker and only two years later found himself on top of the poker world having won $8.25 million and the WSOP Main Event Championship… all...

Carlos Welch is one of the most interesting stories in poker. A player, writer, and coach who decided that to best chase his dreams required living out of his van. Then, the need for overnight A/C moved him to buying a Prius. We talk strategy, game selection, and then dig into a wonderful hand where we face a difficult river shove. Connect with Carlos on Twitter @hiphop101trivia. Make sure to chec...

Andrew Brokos is a great friend of the RecPoker podcast and he joins us again to talk about the release of his new book, "Play Optimal Poker 2" with a focus on constructing ranges. In addition to discussing the book, we talk a bit about the impact of the pandemic on Andrew's personal approach to poker as well as poker overall. Make sure to check out rec.poker/resources for all the partnerships and...

The panel discusses how to handle the situation that comes up often in long re-entry, big field, small buy-in tournaments online; and that situation is having those players that frequently are shoving 30, 40, even 70 big blind stacks over an open raise. It can be frustrating to face, but what do we do?

Ben Hayles & Merv Harvey are the co-hosts of the Postflop Poker Podcast and generally great guys! Ben “gamb64” Hayles is a poker player, coach, author and content provider. At postfloppoker.com you will find the Postflop Poker Podcast (PPP), 13 poker books, the PTP video series, blogs, and information on Ben’s 1 to 1 coaching services. The episode can be viewed at: https://youtu.be/IeLChC4U9LY

Nate Meyvis is the co-host of the Thinking Poker Podcast with Andrew Brooks, a student of ancient philosophy, and an all-around great dude. He joins the panel and talks about a number of things including breaking down an AQ hand in early position. You can also watch the discussion at https://youtu.be/3Vf7E9Su1Q4