The Rec Poker Podcast

This week, Jim Reid and the panel are joined by some exciting guests to kick off a year of Mixed Games podcast episodes, featuring the “Mixed Game of the Month” in our free home game club! This month, we are practicing 6+ Hold’em a.k.a. Short Deck- and the first practice game is tomorrow night! The panel start with a basic explainer about the mechanics of the game, and then we are joined by severa...

This week Rob Washam and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Greg Liow from Greg Goes All In! They discuss Greg's start as an actor and children's television host and producer, what makes for compelling poker content, how he worked at improving at poker (and how tournaments derailed that progress), and why niche fame is great unless you are getting punched in the spine. We also play Stake/S...

This week, Jim Reid and Rob Washam from the RecPoker RECing Crew discuss a forum post from our Discord by Chris Jones from a hand he played in the Venom where he 3-bet versus an aggressive opponent from the blinds, but then had to play out of position postflop and make some tricky decisions for his tournament life. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discus...

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a hand played by Taylor Maas in the WSOP PokerNews Deep Stack tournament! Starting with King-Queen offsuit facing a squeeze opportunity with Dara O’Kearney in the hand, how would you proceed postflop when the board runs out against you? While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses calling versus sq...

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Jon Rand, aka Slow Poker! Jon shares some stories about transitioning from life as a playwright to being a poker content creator, what he loves about the game, some challenges he faces in his new role, what success looks like, balancing work and a family, and the virtues of taking bathroom breaks before podcasts! We also play Stake/Study St...

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a hand played recently by Kim Kilroy from day 2 of the WSOP Super-Senior’s event, a $1K buy-in tournament with over 3,000 entrants. This hand takes place past the bubble, but early in the money, and Kim faces an overbet shove from an opponent looking to get it in. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel...

This week, Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew discuss different player types and how to exploit the mistakes they make! Whether it’s Old Man Coffee, limpers, maniacs or pros, whether they are to your right or to your left, see what tips the panel and our YouTube chatters have in store for the next time YOU sit down at the felt. Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you...

This week, Jim Reid and and the panel are joined by some exciting guests to kick off a year of Mixed Games podcast episodes, featuring the “Mixed Game of the Month” in our free home game club! This month, we are practicing H.O.R.S.E - and the first practice game is tomorrow night! The panel start with a basic explainer about the mechanics of the game, and then we are joined by several mixed game e...

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview poker pro Jay “Venom” Carrafiello. Jay talks about coming up in the cash game streets playing PLO and learning lessons, dipping into heads-up play for a while, and settling on MTTs as his format of choice. The discussion finds a few rabbit-holes, covering the difference between cash and tournament play, different variants of poker, the impo...

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Joe Millay (jmetape) about how to choose between different shorter tournament types when he doesn’t have time to play a long MTT schedule. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses he pros and cons of sit and gos, double or nothings, single table tournaments, spin and gos, turbos...

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview longtime friend of the show and new RECing Crew member Rob Gardner! Rob shares some details about his work with various poker learning communities over the years, and what he hopes for the future of RecPoker. They talk about the process of transitioning from a recreational player to a pro player, what's involved in streaming as an ambas...

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through his recent deepish run in the WSOP Main Event! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses how to approach a tournament like this, the importance of table draws, how to exploit certain opponents, they review a few hands he played at various points in the tournament, and a lot more! Come sign up fo...

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew welcome back co-host of the the Thinking Poker podcast and online pro Carlos Welch! Carlos talks about how his life has changed since he was last on the show, with a shiny new bracelet on his wrist and the love of his life, Gloria Jackson, on his arm. Carlos shares some of his experiences as a host, why he prefers playing online to live, some mistake...

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by John Crowell (7high11) about check-raising the flop with a plan. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses John’s improvements as a player, what factors to consider when making a check-raise, multi-way equity, denying equity to hands you are beating, villain types, planning for d...

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview poker author Alex O’Brien, who shares some stories about her career as a writer and player, the difference between science writing and poker writing, balancing time for projects she is passionate about, life lessons from poker and from writing, playing in the 2024 WSOP and the role of one’s rail, and a lot more! We also play Stake/Study Sta...

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Kili19341 about a hand where they were holding AK offsuit and faced a 3-bet shove. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses how to approach each hand, putting your opponents on a range, ‘fake’ bubbles, ICM pressure, and Jim even breaks down some poker math right on the show - a...

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview recent bracelet winner Mark Checkwicz, who you might know better as the Cookie Monster! Mark recently won the very first ever Senior’s High-Roller event at the WSOP and shares some details about his journey to a bracelet. The group talks about what makes the WSOP different, the importance of having fun with your life, the darker side of gam...

This week, Jim Reid and the panel are joined by some exciting guests to kick off a year of Mixed Games podcast episodes, featuring the “Mixed Game of the Month” in our free home game club! This month, we are practicing RAZZ - and the first practice game is tomorrow night! The panel start with a basic explainer about the mechanics of the game, and then we are joined by several mixed game enthusiast...

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Byron Jacobs from D&B Publishing! D&B Publishing (incorporating the imprint D&B Poker) was created by Dan Addelman and Byron Jacobs in 2002, coinciding with the birth of the online poker boom. D&B is now clearly established as the world’s premier publisher of poker books. Over the past few years D&B has published books b...

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a hand Chris Jones played recently in an online tournament, where he was facing a river shove and had to make a tough decision. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses stack sizes, villain types, betting incentives, board textures, postflop betting lines, bluff vs value combos, meta-game consi...

This week we throw back to another one of Kim Kilroy’s fantastic Poker Empowerment sessions! Kim interviews Lisa Pickell, the first woman to ever win a circuit ring in a NLHE event! Lisa talks about her poker journey, her work with Poker Power and other women’s advocacy groups, her love of poker, and a lot more! Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in...

This week, for our 600th episode (wow!) Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a trip down memory lane. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses some of their favourite tips and breakthroughs they’ve learned at RecPoker over the years! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question of your own in the fo...

This week Rob Washam and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview new member Scott Lum! Recently retired from his day job and focusing on ways to help people learn about poker, Scott talks about the importance to the ecosystem of bar leagues, how they can be feeders for underrepresented player groups like women, what it's like to adjust to different player pools, and why he's excited to join the...

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Rob Washam about a preflop spot where he had to chose between calling a 3-bet multiway out of position, or going for the storied 4-bet bluff with Ace Five suited! While stealing each other's chips in the nightly homegame, the groups discusses the difference between 3-bet and 4-bet ranges, squeeze spots, dead money, posi...

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview award-winning photographer Rachel Kay Winter! Known on Twitter as RachKayPhoto, Rachel is an active photographer in the poker industry. Working predominantly for 8131 Media, PokerNews, and WPT, she is often seen snapping photos of players at the RunGood Poker Series, WSOP Circuit, and WPT Prime, as well as at the World Series of Poker over...