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This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview popular poker streamer Jon Pardy! After muddling through the usual audio cue issues (lol) the Crew gets right into discussing Jon's past as a winner of Big Brother, how that led to his start in poker, the kinds of games he likes to play, some mistakes he sees players make in those games, and how to make poker more FUN! Jon also shares some details about his life since Big Brother and gives some tips for players looking to get started on their own streaming journey. Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too! Jon is active on Twitter as https://twitter.com/Jon_Pardy Check out his stream here: https://www.twitch.tv/jonpardy 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://

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew panel through a forum post by Roger Schutte about his New Year's Resolutions for 2023! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses the difference between goals and "calling your shot", the importance of having goals you can control, the S.M.A.R.T. system of setting goals, some poker goals for themselves in 2023, 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/new-years-poker-resolution/ 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 bu

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew panel interview Poker Podcast King Chad McVean! Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too! Chad is also EXTREMELY active on Twitter as https://twitter.com/Veaner85 and he also handles social media for Poker Life Media and RF Labs which you can check out here: https://twitter.com/PokerLifeMedia/ https://twitter.com/rflabsinc/ 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/ Find our free videos at:  http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity Join the Discord group here:  https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv 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,

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew panel through ANOTHER discussion with Rob Gardner "The Poker Pastor" https://twitter.com/RobGardnerLive about multiway pots: this time with a specific hand example. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses an AK offsuit hand from Chris Jones that features strategic elements to do with flop textures, c-betting options, bet sizing, postflop betting lines, stack sizes, player types, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to join the fun – 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 relations

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew panel interview popular streamer Jaime Staples! Jaime talks about his life as a twitch streamer, and how he knew immediately when he first tried it that he had found something special. Jaime shares some stories about growing up in Alberta and discovering poker, what he still loves about the game, the importance of bet sizing, the consequences of taking pots multi-way, how he used to study, and he even shares some big-picture tips for recreational players like us! Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too! Follow Jamie's stream at https://www.twitch.tv/pokerstaples Jaime is active on Twitter as https://twitter.com/jaimestaples 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.p

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew panel through a conversation about the Theme of the Month: Multiway Pots! This week we are joined by "The Poker Pastor" @robgardnerlive Rob Gardner and while battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses the general concept of multiway pots and how we should approach them. We cover hand qualities, player types, preflop hand selection, postflop betting line adjustments, bet sizing theory, tournament scenarios, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to join the fun  – 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 b

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew panel interview Angela Jordison! Angela mounted an impressive Player of the Year campaign for 2022 and shares her experiences on that roller coaster ride - the fun, the pressure, the logistics, the strategic adaptations, the experience of coming SO CLOSE but ultimately falling just short - and displays her amazing attitude about poker and winning and the friends she made along the way.  Angela also shares her experiences as a coaching student and compares how playing live and online can contribute different strengths to your own learning journey. The panel also gets into different ways to study, how different player pools demand different exploits, how to adjust mid-game, the value of her poker community, and a lot more! Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too! Angela is active on Twitter as @angelajor

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Ben Enslow (Bejamin96) about facing an overbet on the river. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses bet sizing, hand ranges, defending the blinds, playing out of position, player types, balance, 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/facing-a-river-overbet-on-acr/ 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

To wrap up the year, Jim Reid and RecPoker RECing Crew member Joe Kulas interview Nick Howard from Poker Detox! They talk about Nick's poker journey, the obstacles that most recreational players face, the science of data-analysis, the intersection of physics and psychology, some mistakes recreational players make both on and off the felt - and Nick even shares a discount code listeners can use to get involved in his coaching for profit program in 2023, starting with a 30-day course beginning on January 7th that brings players along a daily series of steps they can take to prepare themselves for success in their own poker games! Join us on YouTube every Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win a prize just for showing up, too! Nick is active on Twitter as @nickhowardpoker Check out his new course here: https://pokerdetox.com/course/30-day-training-camp/ and don't forget to use the code "BALANCE" to get a discount at signup. Plus you can check out the article abou

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by John Crowell (7high11) about playing a suited connector in position multiway in a limped pot. John had an excellent result in this tournament, and we start by talking a little about how far he has come as a player and what he has enjoyed most about RecPoker along the way. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses stack sizes, hand qualities, player tendencies, limping ranges, raising ranges, postflop betting lines, 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/playing-suited-connectors/ 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 https://

*Explicit language is present in this episode* This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew panel interview Sammie G about her recent ascent in the poker world! Sammie talks about her dad's role in her poker story, the role that her love of math has played in her life on and off the felt, climbing the tournament ladder from charity tourneys to WSOP events, working with our awesome friends at Rungood, her perspective as a younger woman in the poker world, the value of community, life in Florida, and a lot more!  Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us on YouTube every Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too! (but not Dec 26th 2022, there is no show that night...but don't tell Phil!) Sammie is active on Twitter as @thefakesammieg 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! -

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by a new member, Buchr, about playing in a triple-up tournament and facing a tough spot holding 77. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses open raise sizes, their own first forum posts, the difference between satellites and MTTs, how a solver looks at spots like these, villain types, stack sizes, ICM factors, contorting your foe's range, 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/dragged-into-a-bad-situation-9-person-triple-up-tourney/ Find our free videos at:   http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity Find more info on our sponsors at: https://RunAces.com https://WebsiteAMP.com RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building heal

This week Jim Reid and the panel interview poker author and coach Jason Su who shares some thoughts with the panel about how to manage the mental/emotional side of poker, and how we can become better players - and happier people! - through mastering how we react to the effects of the outside world on our own study, play and results. The gang talks about the difference between pro and rec mindset, some common errors recreational players make. how to 'reset' yourself between hands, and a lot more! Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too! https://rec.poker/go/presence-and-profit/ https://www.pokerwithpresence.com/ Jason is active on Twitter as @jasonbsu Timestamps: 03:15 Welcome & Introduction 06:48 Introduction to Jason Su 07:22 Jason talks about the work that he does with top-level poker players 09:27 Parts of poker that excite Jason 10:42 To be a h

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Taylor Maas about a heads-up spot where the main objective is to get ALL the chips into the middle...but how? While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses position, SPR, postflop betting lines, player types and tendencies, calculating 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! Link: https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/heads-up-for-a-tournament-win-how-do-we-get-all-chips/ Find our free videos at:   http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity Find more info on our sponsors at: https://RunAces.com https://WebsiteAMP.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 me

This week Jim Reid and the panel interview James "SplitSuit" Sweeney about the RecPoker Theme of the Month: playing against limpers.  James is a prolific members of the poker community, from his youtube channel to his Red Chip Poker site and podcast, to his books and apps - he's even done voiceover work for PokerTracker! Listen in as we learn about playing against limpers from this phenomenal player and coach. The gang also goes over some changes to the Home game club and some new special tournaments coming over the holidays and into 2023.  Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too! James is active on Twitter as @splitsuit and you can check out is work at these links: https://www.redchippoker.com/gto-ranges-app https://www.redchippoker.com/gto-gems-book https://www.splitsuit.com/1-2-live-cash-poker-vlog https://discord.com/invite/cCeQ3YP5eC Time

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Chris Jones about an ICM spot in a tournament he played the other day. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses stack sizes, tournament stages, ICM pressure, villain types, the tension between "fold equity" and "domination when called", 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/big-icm-spot-exploitative-shove/Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity Find more info on our sponsors at: https://RunAces.com https://WebsiteAMP.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

This week Chris Jones and the panel interview Ben Enslow and Troy Chapman, two new members of the RECing Crew! They talk about what got them interested in poker, their favorite parts of the RecPoker membership, their exotic accents (lol), the value of community in their own poker journey, some details of their lives away from the tables, and their hopes for the future both as poker players and for the game as a whole. Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us 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 Troy at https://rec.poker/troychapman/ Find out more about Ben at https://rec.poker/bejamin/ 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/ Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity Find more info on

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through Chris Jones' Theme of the Month at RecPoker: this month it is all about Responding to 3-bets! The group talks about the factors to consider when facing 3-bets: position, sizing, villain types, tournament stages, blockers, board coverage, postflop play, and a lot more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question of your own in the forums for the panel to review! ----- Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity ----- Find more info on our sponsors at: https://RunAces.com https://WebsiteAMP.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

This week Jim Reid and the panel interview Gareth James from the MTT Poker School! After overcoming some fun audio issues in the first couple minutes, they talk about the Theme of the Month at RecPoker, which is "Responding to 3-bets" by discussing position, size, player tendancies, and hand characteristsc, and they also get into the difference between 'studying' and 'training' as well as talkimg about a new Book Gareth is working on that focusses on how to play when you find yourself at the final table of tournament. Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too! Gareth is active on Twitter at @gazelligpoker but spends most of his social media time on facebook (search for the group 'poker profits') and you can check out his "Train and play like the pros" course here: https://rec.poker/go/mtt-poker-academy/ We also go over this week's home game results and

This week, the panel talks with RECing Crew member Rob Washam about his latest Book Study that just wrapped up, "Endgame Poker Strategy: The ICM Book" by Dara O'Kearney and Barry Carter. Rob goes into some depth talking about the different ways that ICM pressure can be applied, who should be applying it, and who should be feeling it the most. We also get into the different stages of the tournament and the different stack sizes at which ICM pressure is most powerful, some common mistakes recreational players make, some general rules to help you master this difficult concept, and even some tips you can use in the later stages of the tournament (and even into dealmaking) to give your own ROI a big boost. Listen and learn! ----- Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity ----- Find more info on our sponsors at: https://RunAces.com https://WebsiteAMP.com ----- RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building h