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Happy Halloween! This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through the Spooky Theme of the Month at RecPoker: Middle Tournament Stages and Approaching the Bubble! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses their favourite Halloween candy, and also how to make the most out of the middle stages of poker tournaments. The group goes over the different stack sizes and their incentives, how to apply pressure, how to avoid pressure, the value of cashing, the GREATER value of running up a stack, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and join the fun! Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv Help us out: https://rec.poker/support Find more info on our sponsors at: https://RunAces.com RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can n

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew welcome Tommy Angelo back on the show to talk about his book Waiting For Straighters - and if you are listening to this episode before the end of October, you can claim a free copy! Learn how at the end of the show. Tommy gets right into sharing how he came to write the book, and some immediate benefits to Hold’em and Omaha players that follow his guidelines for a happier, less stressful, more profitable poker game. They discuss the potential downsides of playing fewer hands and Tommy makes an argument that a lot of those downsides are really upsides in disguise. They talk about Omaha specifically, and how it’s a difficult game to make preflop charts for, but how Waiting For Straighters as a philosophy can make a big difference in playing Omaha hands - with a few caveats and exceptions for paired or Ace hands. Tommy (or ‘Tony’ as Jim likes to call him) answers some questions from the YouTube chat about playing tight in private games and the trade-offs we shoul

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Chris Jones about holding an overpair when facing a check-raise. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses stack sizes, positional ranges, postflop betting lines, player types, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and join the fun! Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv Help us out: https://rec.poker/support Find more info on our sponsors at: https://RunAces.com RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other memb

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Mike “O8GRINDER” Serrano! Mike and the gang talk about his time streaming popular tournaments when no-one else was doing it, what it's like building a YouTube following from scratch, making a place in the poker world, balancing poker and life, and he also shares some personal details about some challenges in his life over the past year. Plus we play Stake, Study, Stack for the first time and Mike’s answers may (or may not) surprise you! Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too! Mike has a YouTube channel here: http://youtube.com/o8grinder Email Mike directly here: lo8grinder@gmail.com We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics: How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/ Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/ Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

This week, Chris Jones leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Dingo about burnout from a recreational player perspective. If this is supposed to be a hobby we enjoy, why does it sometimes not feel like it? How do we address a sense of burnout or fatigue? What are some ways to recharge? The group looks at practices including meditation, taking breaks, building structure, and understanding our goals.  Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review! Link: https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/burnt-out-after-wsop/ Resource mentioned in the episode: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/breathe2relax/id425720246 Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv Help us out: https://rec.poker/support Find more info on our sponsors at: https://RunAces.com RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker le

(EXPLICIT LANGUAGE) This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Abe Limon, known among other reasons as the former owner of Live At The Bike and his popular Poker Sesh! Abe has been a fixture in the poker world for the last 25 years and shares his thoughts on a range of topics: from the history of poker learning on boards like 2+2 and rec.gambling.poker, to private games of yesteryear and the state of poker today; from his portfolio of advantage plays available to casino-goers, to the differences between tournament and cash play, and how to spot less-experienced players at the tables! Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too! Abe is active on Twitter as @‌limonpoker We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics: How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/ Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/ Go Prem

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post ARW about when we can consider flatting an open with a premium hand like KK. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses the different stages of the tournament, the stacks in play, how often we need the opponents behind us to squeeze to consider flatting, and they even break into a conversation about how to randomize at the table if we can't make up our minds.  Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review! Link: https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/kk-call-or-3-bet/ Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv Help us out: https://rec.poker/support Find more info on our sponsors at: https://RunAces.com RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committ

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interviewed Caitlyn Arnwine! Caitlyn shared her experiences in the poker world, including her meteoric rise in earnings and her advocacy efforts for causes such as homelessness and representation in poker media, before continuing with a discussion of the challenges faced by women in the male-dominated world of poker. Caitlyn and Sasha Sutton shared their experiences and emphasized the importance of mental game work in overcoming these challenges. The group also discussed the need for a more inclusive and respectful poker community. Caitlyn shared her time management strategies and reading list, and the panel delved into the complex issues surrounding women in poker, including gender bias and harassment. Jim provided updates on upcoming RecPoker events and discussed the home game league and monthly competition for premium members. The winners for September were announced, and they will join the show sometime in the future to ask questions to a guest. The group d

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through another question from a new friend at Running Aces over the summer. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses that feeling you get when you have been playing great all day and you get to a spot in a hand where weren’t paying perfect attention for a second and you made a play - and now you feel stupid! We’ve all done it - how can we stop ourselves from making careless mistakes at the poker table? The group discusses a few tips and tricks to help you keep playing your A-game for as long as possible, and eliminate (or at least minimize) errors like these. Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today - and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review! Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv Help us out: https://rec.poker/support Find more info on our sponsors at: https://RunAces.com

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Matt Stout, poker pro and founder of the Charity Series of Poker! They talk about family life, running charity tournaments and events, wrangling donations, tournament versus cash games, the ‘pro’ mindset, and a lot more! Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too! Matt is active on Twitter as @‌mattstoutpoker Email Matt at matt@charityseriesofpoker.org Find out about future CSOP events at their website: https://www.charityseriesofpoker.org/ We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics: How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/ Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/ Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/ Timestamps: 00:15 Welcome & Introduction 03:36 Introduction to Matt Stout 04:00 Matt defines his space in the poker world 09:39 Having a full-balan

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a question raised at our summer RecPoker RoadTrip to Running Aces, which we thought deserved an answer on the air. New member Lawrence asks “what can I say to folks in my life that will make them more supportive of my playing poker?” While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses the importance of knowing what your goals are as a player, trusting yourself and your loved ones to be honest, deciding whether you have a bankroll or a budget, how to tell if you are a wining player, how to talk to friends about poker, the dangers of gambling, how poker is different than other kinds of gambling, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review! Plus, here’s a link to resources that might help you if you think you have a problem with gambling: https://rec.poker/problem-gambling/ Find our free videos at: http://youtube.co

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Derek Tenbusch from Tournament Poker Edge! Derek talks about the arc his career has taken: from playing semi-professionally, to forming TPE, transitioning through the Black Friday era, streaming on Twitch, his new day job running a distillery, the importance of following your passion, some tips for recreational players, and a lot more! Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too! Twitter: https://twitter.com/derektenbusch Twitch: http://twitch.tv/killingbird We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics: How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/ Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/ Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/ Timestamps: 00:14 Welcome & Introduction 02:40 Introduction to Derek 02:53 Derek's evolution throughout the poker world 10:37 Fi

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Chris Jones about a hand he played at Running Aces at RecPoker Weekend! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses stack sizes, player types, shoving versus calling, draw equity, fold equity, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review! Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv Help us out: https://rec.poker/support Find more info on our sponsors at: https://RunAces.com RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew talk about all the crazy different kinds of home games are out there - wild cards are just the tip of the iceberg today! The group runs down some popular home game variants that you might want to try out yourself, and they even talk about some of their favorite NON-poker games (shudder)! Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too! We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics: How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/ Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/ Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/ Timestamps: 00:15 Welcome & Introduction 07:59 Chris shares his experience playing a game he had never played before 10:06 Some mixed games that are good and fun 12:10 Rob shares home games he played before: Blind Baseball? 15:39 Jim talks about a game he grew up playing

This week, Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew are joined by recent Chats guest @‌AbbyPoker34 Abby Merk! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, Abby and the panel discuss two hands Abby thinks she could have played better: they get into cash game strategy, limped pots, monotone boards, blocker bets, etiquette about disclosed cards, player types and how to exploit them, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review! Link: https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/limpers-they-all-do-our-heads-in/ Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv Help us out: https://rec.poker/support Find more info on our sponsors at: https://RunAces.com RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building h

This week our own Ben Enslow is stepping into the hosting chair and we are throwing back to another great interview in Kim Kilroy's Poker Empowerment series - featuring WSOP bracelet-winner Lara Eisenberg! Recorded a while ago, Lara shares some memories about her recent run at the WSOP, what led to her success at the tables, what its like balancing poker with a rich, full professional life, and some experiences she’s faced as a woman player in a game dominated by men. Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too! Lara is active on twitter at https://twitter.com/eisen009 We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics: How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/ Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/ Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/ Timestamps: 00:14 Welcome & Introduction 02:10 Introduction to Lara Eisenb

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a discussion of Chris Jones’s Theme of the month for SEPTEMBER - Early Stage Tournament play. The panel discusses stack sizes, opening hand ranges, ICM pressure, stack-to-pot ratios, late registration, deep-stack mistakes, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review! Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv Help us out: https://rec.poker/support Find more info on our sponsors at: https://RunAces.com RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Jesse Fullen! Jesse has been all over the poker scene, as a reporter for Poker News, selling T-shirts for Run It Up, running social media accounts and managing communities - and now he’s on a new adventure with Poker Royalty! He shares some fun stories about his time on and around the felt, offers some advice for folks looking to get into the poker industry, and lets us all know how he REALLY feels about Ace-King! Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too! Catch up with Jesse on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jessefullen Check out Poker Royalty here: https://pokerroyalty.com/ We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics: How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/ Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/ Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/ Timestamps: 00:1

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a hand Chris Jones played recently where a blind vs blind battle developed some unexpected action! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses opening versus limping the small blind, stack sizes, raise sizes, ICM pressure, player types, the importance of position and of being the aggressor, pot odds, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review! Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv Help us out: https://rec.poker/support Find more info on our sponsors at: https://RunAces.com RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in o

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Zak Zimbile on Taxes for Poker Players. Even as a recreational player, YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE - Zak shares a TON of interesting factors about how you can take the best possible care of your bankroll, and remain in compliance with the tax requirements of various jurisdictions. Everyone on the panel learned a thing or two about the importance of keeping good records, of tracking your wins and losses, about knowing what kinds of expenses you can write off against gambling winnings, what you can do throughout the years so that the filing deadline isn't such a hassle, and a lot more! Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too! Find Zak on his website or on Twitter: Website: https://www.zakthecpa.com/ Twitter: @‌ZaktheCPA We also go over this week's home game results and discuss t