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This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Louie "ImaLouigi" Hillman about flopping two pair in the main event! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses player types, ICM factors, calling ranges, the equity of drawing hands, and more! Come sign up for a free account at 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/2019-main-event-day-4-with-top-bottom/

When it comes to poker podcasts, Chad McVean is all about that #podlife! Known as the king of poker podcast twitter, Chad @Veaner85 shares with the panel about how he developed his love for the game, what it's like to listen to and share over 50 poker podcasts every week, the virtues of mixed games, and some exciting details about playing in private games in and around Toronto over the years. Listen along, or head to YouTube to watch the video! We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics: It takes a village: http://www.rec.poker/support homegames coming up http://www.rec.poker/homegame

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Eric "Binkley" Gin about a hand where the action is limped to his small blind. To raise or call? That is the question - and if to raise, how much and why? Join the panel a we discuss the various facctors at play in spots like this - implied odds and pot odds, position, cash vs. tournament styles, and more! Come sign up for a free account at 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/medium-pair-in-sb-facing-2-limpers/

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Adam "ARW" Wolfe about two hands played an orbit apart in a blind vs blind scenario. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses hand distribution, minimum defense frequency, postflop betting lines, player pool tendencies and more! Come sign up for a free account at 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/cheap-deep-should-i-call-river/

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Chris Jones about flopping the world but losing the hand. The panel talks about hand strength, contorting the range of your foes, board textures, postflop lines, and more! Come sign up for a free account at 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/cooler-or/

This week rec.poker Premium Member Greg "MaxChaos" Clem joins the show to interview the one and only Chris "FiveByFive" Jones, who is the Membership Content Director at rec.poker and has been on a bit of a heater recently! Greg talks to Chris about his history in poker, how to study, what brought him to RecPoker and how his work in the world of literature has made him a better poker player. Plus we get to enjoy the fabled "O Canada" performance from Steve that we've all been waiting for! Chris is active on Twitter as @FiveBFive

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by ImaLouigi about a tell from an exposed card. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses table dynamics, donking ranges, player types, tells, and more! Come sign up for a free account at 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/exposed-card-a-tell-a-redeal-wpt-venetian/

Lara Eisenberg recently won her first WSOP bracelet in the Ladies No-limit Hold'em Championship event, and talks to the panel about the experience, as well as her time skydiving with a world-record-setting crew and her work as a radiologist! She also discusses how she learned the game of poker and how studying it within a group context has made her a better player. Lara can be found on Twitter as @eisen009 We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics: Council Bluffs Road Trip - https://rec.poker/roadtrips/ Lara can be found on Twitter as @eisen009 We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics: Council Bluffs Road Trip - https://rec.poker/roadtrips/

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Chris Jones about an ICM spot in a recent Poker Masters episode. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses when to deviate from GTO, how to apply maximum pressure preflop, how deep is too deep to shove, and more! Come sign up for a free account at 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/hand-from-the-poker-masters-icm-spot-with-a-big-shove/

Tana Karn founded RUNGOOD Gear many moons ago, and it has blossomed into much more than that! Tana and the head of marketing Haley Hochstetler join the panel to talk about their start in poker, running fun events, and how to capture the excitement of live poker for an audience at home. Join us at the next RUNGOOD event from Nov 11-14 at Council Bluffs Iowa for our next RecPoker Road Trip! We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics: WPT/RecPoker Tourney - https://rec.poker/wpt/ WSOP roadtrip - https://rec.poker/roadtrips/

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Dan about holding KK on a less than ideal runout. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses preflop and postflop sizing and frequencies, board textures, hand qualities, and more! Come sign up for a free account at 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-facing-a-raise-on-an-a-high-board-new-acr-player/

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Kim "PetVet" Kilroy about playing Out Of Position in a Progressive Knock-Out bounty tournament. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses stack sizes, hand ranges, bounty incentives, ICM, and more! Come sign up for a free account at 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/tough-hand-in-109-pko-always-difficult-playing-oop/

While down at the WSOP, we took a short break to talk with Jared Tendler - excuse the recording quality of our away-from-home studio! Jared has written many books on the subject of mental game and how pros and amateurs alike can put themselves in the best possible position for success - whether it's poker, golf, trading, or other areas of competition or performance. He has a new video course out that you should check out at jaredtendler.com and you can get a discount by using code RECPOKER at checkout.

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Chris talking about QQ. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses hand qualities, continuing ranges, value targets, calling vs. shoving, and more! Come sign up for a free account at 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/lets-talk-about-qq/

This week, with the Chats gang getting ready for Vegas, Jim Reid leads the panel through a BONUS forum post by Chris Jones about bluff-catching. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses hand ranging, postflop action, player types, and more! Come sign up for a free account at 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/picking-off-bluffs-in-3bet-pots/

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Michael about a hand played in the monthly Tournament of Champions. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses opening and continuing ranges, postflop action lines, hand-ranging, player tendencies, and more! Come sign up for a free account at 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/interesting-hand-from-orah-toc-final-table-discussion/

AJ Rudolph from Poker Power talks about teaching poker to girls and women, her background as a player and a coach, and how we can all make the poker world a better place! AJ is active on Twitter as @ajrudolph23 We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics: WPT/RecPoker Tourney - https://rec.poker/wpt WSOP roadtrip - https://rec.poker/roadtrips/ RecPoker Staking -https://rec.poker/staking/

As well as being a player, long-time friend of the show and RecPoker collaborator Dara O'Kearney is a coach, author of two #1 best selling poker strategy books “Poker Satellite Strategy” and “PKO Poker Strategy”, and recently published "Endgame Poker Strategy: The ICM Book". A very popular blogger, he also co-hosts the GPI Award winning Chip Race Poker podcast, the Lock-In on Youtube and he writes a free monthly newsletter on poker strategy. He has also commentated on The Irish Poker Open, The Unibet Open and at the WSOP. Dara became a Unibet Ambassador in March 2017.You can find out more about Dara on his RECing Crew page at rec.poker/doke and Dara is also active on Twitter as @daraokearney We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics: WSOP roadtrip - https://rec.poker/roadtrips/ RecPoker Staking -https://rec.poker/staking/

Ryan Laplante is a WSOP bracelet winner, poker coach and founder of Learn Pro Poker. One of the most respected people in poker, Ryan is constantly looking for ways to improve his own game while making his top-notch training accessible to the less experienced player. Ryan has partnered with K.L. Cleeton and Range Trainer Pro to create a powerful solver that does both pre-flop and post-flop solves, which is a herculean effort. Ryan is active on Twitter as @protentialMN The RecPoker panel also welcomed Brian Raben who won the RecPoker VIP Tournament held on ClubWPT, earning him a $2,500 seat in an upcoming WPTDeepStacks event at Thunder Valley. Brian shares a bit about his experience playing the tournament. The panel also chats about their ClubWPT experience, the results of the home games and many other community happenings including: WSOP Vegas Road Trip - https://rec.poker/roadtrips/ RecPoker Staking -https://rec.poker/staking/

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Chris Jones about a hand on the bubble. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses stack sizes, hand ranges, ICM, and more! Come sign up for a free account at 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/stone-bubble-ranging-and-decision/