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This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by MonkieSystem (Keith Brandt) about facing a small river lead after betting for two streets. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses betting lines, hand ranging, bet sizing, opponent 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/facing-a-river-lead/

Sky Matsuhashi from The Poker Forge joins the panel to talk about finding leaks, plugging leaks, exploiting leaks, and ways to get the most out of PokerTracker and other software and study tools.

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post about other ways to play No Limit Texas Hold'em. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses cash vs tournaments, MTTs vs STTs, field sizes, variance, shootouts, 'double or nothings', turbos, sit and gos 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/podcast-subject-holdem-variants/

The full return of live poker is around the corner and the panel talks about their experience during the pandemic and looking forward to the upcoming months. We also talk about the RecPoker Road Trips coming up May 22 (Fargo, ND), June 21-27 (Council Bluffs, Iowa), and the WSOP Las Vegas. We are so excited to be playing live and getting to finally meet all of RecPoker Nation!

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Stueyy about a spot with a strong draw Out Of Position. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses flop leads and how they shape players' ranges, different ways to play draws against different villain types, and the wonderful world of blockers! Come sign up for a free account at rec.poker today to see all the great notes and details and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review! Link to the study group: https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/11-scoop-nlhe/

Once a month, a premium rec.poker member gets together with a member of the RECing Crew in The REC Room! This month we go behind the scenes with Jim to observe a pre-recorded coaching session with Matt, who we have heard from in parts one and two before. In this final segment they go over a few hands together and make some plans for Matt to reach his poker goals! Anyone interested in spending some time in the REC Room with Jim or any of the other members of the RECing Crew can email jim@rec.poker for more details!

Martin Jacobson started the November 9 Final Table in 2014 in 8th position, but was able to win the bracelet at $10 million first place prize. In this episode, he recalls the preparation put into that final table, including the support of his poker inner circle. Martin also talks about his time as a chef on a Swedish battleship and his journey to become a poker superstar.

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Hubs about bankroll management. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses pro vs. rec mindset, game selection, variance, moving up and down in stakes, and more! Come sign up for a free account at rec.poker today to see all the great notes and details 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/bankroll-management/

Chris Jones is the Membership Content Director at rec.poker and every month he produces a seminar around a specific topic - this month the topic was Turns and Rivers and Chris talks about specific factors for later streets and also about a new twist on the seminar format starting next month! It's just one perk of our premium membership. Find out more at rec.poker now!

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Jim himself about the recent Learn Pro Poker training video on defending against C-bets. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses some of the factors we went over in our Saturday LPP Study Group, like position, sizing, board texture, and more! Come sign up for a free account at rec.poker today to see all the great notes and details and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review! Link to the study group: https://rec.poker/groups/learn-pro-poker-study-group

Bernard Lee is a professional poker player who first came to prominence by finishing 13th in the 2005 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Since then, Lee has enjoyed tournament poker success as well as becoming a poker writer, podcast host, and author. His most recent book, "Poker Satellite Success" is being released this month (April 2021) with D&B Publishing.

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by KIm Kilroy (PetVet) about feeling "raiser's remorse" on the river when a 2-bet has unfortunate consequences. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses streets of value, turn factors, value targeting, and hand ranging! Come sign up for a free account at rec.poker today to see all the great notes and details 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/the-perils-of-getting-greedy-on-the-river/

Jason Su, a veteran poker pro who lives in Boulder, Colorado, has experience with a wide range of stakes and variants: live and online, cash and MTTs, and limit, pot limit, and no-limit hold ‘em. He is the author of "Poker with Presence" and is launching his online app called "Presence & Profit." He's a great friend of RecPoker and we are always excited to hang out with him.

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Troy Chapman (Chappo) about losing his cool vs limping players. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses stack sizes, raise sizes, hand ranges, hand qualities, and more! Come sign up for a free account at rec.poker today to see all the great notes and details 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/

Once a month a Premium member goes one-on-one with a member of the RECing Crew to break down a hand, talk strategy, or discuss how to otherwise get the most out of their poker experience. Email jim@rec.poker if there’s a member of the RECing Crew that YOU’D like to connect with, and we’ll try to match you up! In this episode, we join Taylor Maas and Chris Jones in a behind-the-scenes look at a coaching sample database review video from Taylor. As always, the video version of this podcast will be more informative than the audio version so sign up for a free Community account at rec.poker to watch the video versions of all our podcasts – and a lot more - for free!

Sarah Herrings is the Head of Video & Podcast with PokerNews and a great friend of RecPoker. In this episode we explore Sarah's journey into motherhood, the announcement that the WSOP is returning in late 2021, and her thoughts on the Bilzerian/Kade controversy.

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by MarblesJam who is considering entering a live 6-max tournament and wants to know how to adjust their strategy. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses the 6-max format as well as 8, 9, and 10-handed variations and how to adjust to the subtle shifts in optimal play, and we also go over Bounty tournaments and Satellite tournaments before running out of time - we're going to have to save some other variations for another episode! Why don't you post your favorite variant in the forums today? Come sign up for a free account at rec.poker today to see all the great notes and details 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/6-handed-mtts/

Ashley Adams has been playing poker since 1963 when he learned it, literally, at his grandfather’s knee. He has written more than 1,000 poker articles (Card Player Magazine, Poker Player Newspaper, pokernews.com) and written several books, including his latest, "Winning Poker in 30 Minutes a Day" (D&B Publishing, 2020). The book provides a step-by-step guide for break-even or losing no-limit hold’em players to transform to someone who can beat typical games. Since 2007, Ashley has hosted the longest running broadcast poker radio show in the world, House of Cards (www.houseofcardsradio.com). Ashley can be best reached at asha34@aol.com orr houseofcardsradio.com.

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Chris Jones (FiveByFive) about a hand where he calls a small raise from the big blind. What could go wrong?!? While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses pot odds, postflop betting and calling lines, opponent modelling, and intentionality postflop! Come sign up for a free account at rec.poker today to see all the great notes and details 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-big-blind-defend-spot/

RecPoker's Membership Content Director Chris Jones was our guest this week so Jim Reid and John Somsky discussed with him the recent monthly rec.poker seminar which was all about post-flop betting lines, and how we can combine our knowledge of ranges and board textures to really put our opponents in some tough spots!