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This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a spot from premium member Phil’s recent big score where he chopped a final table after late registering a live tournament. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses the pros and cons of registering early or late, why you might treat some tournaments differently in this regard, the difference between live and online tourneys, player types, deal-making, important factors to consider when chopping, 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

This week we are throwing back to another of Kim Kilroy’s interviews from her Poker Empowerment sessions! In this session we welcome Maureen Blöechlinger, poker player, former poker dealer, poker promoter and RecPoker member based in Zurich Switzerland. We discuss her journey in poker and her work as an advocate for women in poker as well as her Facebook group, Globetrotting Poker Ladies. And after the interview it gets REALLY weird when Jim’s Mom takes some liberties in the YouTube chat… Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end! 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 04:39 Introduction to Maureen Bloechlinger 06:05 Maureen shares her poker story and journey 08:11 How COV

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Ben Enslow (Bejamin96) about slowplaying aces preflop - and what comes next! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses GTO vs exploitative play, player types, stack sizes, postflop betting lines, board textures, and more! Plus Jim screws up some math, right on the air. There’s something for everyone! 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/how-far-do-we-slowplay/ 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 Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interviewed TJ Reid from Poker.Org! TJ shared some stories about his journey into the world of poker; from working retail and service jobs to playing full-time, and how he treated it like a small business by tracking his results and hourly rates. They also discussed the importance of not depending solely on poker for income and the definition of a recreational player. TJ Reid discussed his passion for traveling and playing poker, and how his current role as a live reporter allows him to do both without financial stress. He also talked about the shift in poker reporting towards storytelling and finding interesting content to share with the world. Chris Jones and TJ discussed the success of new approaches to reporting in poker media, including initiatives like First-Hand Hands and Inside the Rail content. TJ provided valuable advice for recreational poker players, highlighting common mistakes and stressing the importance of situational awareness and having a lon

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by OutFocusMetal about playing GTO. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses GTO vs exploitative playing styles, player pool tendencies, the importance of GTO as a strategic starting point, how to deviate from it to exploit the mistakes the players in our fields are playing, the difference between learning GTO vs playing GTO, 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/groups/solvers/forum/discussion/best-way-to-practice-gto/ 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

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interviewed Abby Merk about playing as a pro, creating content and enjoying the great game of poker! To start, Abby introduced herself as a professional poker player, advocate for female empowerment, and content creator. She discussed her passion for poker and how it is a game of strategy and competition. Abby discussed her summer working with Poker News and how it allowed her to meet and become friends with her poker idols. She explained her content creation strategy and how her experience as a reporter and interviewing players about their strategies helped her improve her own game by learning about different approaches and perspectives. Abby also discussed her journey to becoming a professional poker player and shared a hand she played with Stephen Chidwick. She analyzed her betting strategy and decision-making process, discussing the range of hands Chidwick could have and ultimately deciding to fold on the river to a shove. The group discussed the importance

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a blog post by Eric “Binkley” Gin about the proper language to use around table positions. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses the ambiguity of language around table positions, why it’s so confusing, why order matters, and how we can make it all a LOT simpler by using a consistent language as Eric lays out. 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 to Eric’s blog post: https://rec.poker/announcements/blog/nomenclature-for-table-position-in-poker/ 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

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew celebrate the recent release of episode #500 by taking our audience behind the curtain into our Premium Membership! We are sharing one of Chris Jones’s Deep Dive seminars from June, when the theme of the month was Player Reads. In this video, we break down how and when to use reads at the table to adjust our strategy. If you are listening to the audio version of the show, you might consider switching to YouTube for this episode - you’ll get a little more out of it. We look at four specific spots and ask the question: what kinds of information would help us adjust our standard play into more exploitive play. And stick around to the end for another audio cue flub by Jim, ugh. 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

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a couple hands he played in the WSOP Monster Stack in June. Is Jim getting nitty in his old age? You be the judge! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses calling ranges, value-targeting, player pool tendencies, deviating from GTO, 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

This week we throw back to Kim Kilroy’s interview with tournament grinder and women’s advocate Ruth Hall. Ruth owns a World Series of Poker Circuit Ring, a LIPS Grand Series Gold Bracelet and several other titles, including the Texas Star Ladies Poker Champion for 2020. She is a member of the WPA Board of Directors and a two-time breast cancer survivor. This interview is another in Kim Kilroy’s series about poker Empowerment, you can find out more about Kim and her groups at https://rec.poker/petvet/ 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 05:04 Introduction to Ruth Hall 07:18 Ruth shares how she got s

For episode 500 (!) Chris and Rob discuss a spot where they are in the money but facing an odd river spot. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses ICM considerations, late-stage tournament dynamics, 3-bet bluff candidates, stack sizes, variance, HUD stats, postflop betting lines, getting value, and a lot more! This episode has a visual component as Chris shares his screen of the replayer - if you want to watch on YouTube you might get more out of it. 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 priorit

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Joseph and Toni from The Poker Oasis in Las Vegas! They run a fantastic home game down there, and they take very seriously the cause of FUN in poker - and they are great at making newcomers feel welcome. The group talks about their beginnings in poker, moving to Las Vegas and getting started, helping others to learn the game, some great friends they’ve made a long the way, and 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 handles: @‌thepokeroasis @‌Hockey_Poker (Joseph) Instagram/Threads: @‌itsthefuzzy (Toni) Websites: www.thepokeroasis.com https://meetu.ps/c/4XtvQ/TQPWD/a 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/ Times

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by DJ Kriegel (HawkPlays) about a microstakes hand where he is considering a Continuation-bet in a 3-bet pot. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses reasons for betting, board textures, c-bet theory, when to deviate from theory, player types, denying equity, the importance of bet sizing, 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/acr-low-stakes-hand-230605-1/ 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 buildin

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew discuss their recent WSOP experiences, some lessons they learned, they go over a couple of hands from the series, and share some exciting details about things to come in RecPoker Nation! 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: 06:40 Welcome & Introduction 10:22 What John and Rob really missed about the WSOP 13:41 Chats: WSOP has got my sleep pattern screwy 17:40 Taking a photo of the seat card and table sign before a break 22:10 John tends not to be on social media during the event 23:21 Rob on paying attention and taking notes during a game 29:02 Jim: Table your hand all the time 3

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Rob Washam (Rabman50) about a hand where he used his HUD to prepare to exploit two very different players at his table. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses HUD stats for online play, and other tells and leaks that players might display to their opponents either live or online. Learn about key stats, odd tells, the importance of timing, 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/using-hud-stats/ 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 lear

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview RECing Crew member Gareth James about his new book The Final Table! Gareth gets right into the details about what it’s like to right a book by himself, having co-authored before, and what led him to work on this subject for his next book. They go over some of the strategic elements of different phases of the final table, how to write for different audiences, 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! Order the book here: https://dandbpoker.com/products/the-final-table-play-your-best-poker-when-it-matters-most Check out these ways to get in touch with Gareth: Gareth’s RECing Crew page: https://rec.poker/mttpokerschool/ FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pokerprofits Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mttpokerschool YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/mttpokerschool Twi

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Eric Gin (Binkley) about a cash game on ignition that results in a river spot where one of the players is considering going for very thin value - or are they? While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses cash versus tournament sizing, rake structures, live vs online play, hand reading, getting the most out of Flopzilla, postflop betting lines, thin value, value targeting, player types - and a lot more! Plus soon you can line up along with everyone else for your “Be a Rob” T-shirt - coming soon, patent pending. 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

This week, if we can make it through some technical issues early on, we are throwing back to an excellent interview of Lupe Soto by Kim “PetVet” Kilroy as part of her Poker Empowerment series! Lupe is the founder of Ladies International Poker Series (LIPS), and a member of the Senior Poker Tour, Women in Poker Hall of Fame, Vegas Connected, Poker Gives and Women’s Poker Association (WPA). An important member of the poker industry and advocate for women in poker. Lupe talks about various ventures and projects aimed at women in poker, including some ways that men can show their support (Are you a Purple Tie Guy?) 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 out more about LIPS Here: https://ladiesinternationalpokerseries.com/ We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics: How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/ Ho

This week, Jim Reid leads RecPoker RECing Crew member Rob Washam through a forum post by Eric Anderson about “Risk Premium” in ICM spots. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, Rob talks about what Risk Premium means, how it relates to ICM pressure, Bubble Factors, assumptions you have to make at the poker table, common mistakes in this type of scenario, the difficulty of prepping for these spots without some kind of help, 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 foruFind 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

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Garry Gates from Poker.Org! Garry talks about his own 4rth place finish in the 2019 WSOP main event, his new role with Poker.Org, their new “First-Hand Hands” program, one thing he would do differently, the importance of spending time with people that you love, and 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! Garry is active on Twitter as https://twitter.com/GarryGates 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 07:44 Introduction to Garry Gates 08:27 WSOP 2019: life-changing for Garry 10:42 How Garry ended up getting more involved with Poker.Org 12:28 Garry talks about the First-Hand H