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The panel discusses how to handle the situation that comes up often in long re-entry, big field, small buy-in tournaments online; and that situation is having those players that frequently are shoving 30, 40, even 70 big blind stacks over an open raise. It can be frustrating to face, but what do we do?

Ben Hayles & Merv Harvey are the co-hosts of the Postflop Poker Podcast and generally great guys! Ben “gamb64” Hayles is a poker player, coach, author and content provider. At postfloppoker.com you will find the Postflop Poker Podcast (PPP), 13 poker books, the PTP video series, blogs, and information on Ben’s 1 to 1 coaching services. The episode can be viewed at: https://youtu.be/IeLChC4U9LY

Nate Meyvis is the co-host of the Thinking Poker Podcast with Andrew Brooks, a student of ancient philosophy, and an all-around great dude. He joins the panel and talks about a number of things including breaking down an AQ hand in early position. You can also watch the discussion at https://youtu.be/3Vf7E9Su1Q4

Jennifer Shahade is a two-time U.S. Women’s Chess Champion, speaker, host, author and PokerStars Ambassador. The Program Director at US Chess Women, Jennifer is passionate about female empowerment and creative work around the games she loves most, chess and poker. She is the author of Chess Bitch and Play Like a Girl, books that, along with her work for US Chess Women, aims to bring more females into the game. Jennifer believes that thinking inside the GRID, the title of her poker podcast, is a way to organize our thinking in a hectic world, as well as a portal into deep and beautiful thought. The grid is both a reference to the 8×8 chess board, and the 13×13 color coded grid of all possible poker hands, which poker professionals now use to study the game. Jennifer is also an author and host at the Grand Chess Tour and of the award winning podcast, Ladies Knight. In 2020, The GRID won the Global Poker Award for the best poker podcast in the World.

The crew chats with Zach Elwood, author of Reading Poker Tells, Verbal Poker Tells, and Exploiting Poker Tells. He also hosts the podcast, “People Reading People.” We have a chance to discuss several specific areas of tells ending with a dive into what we can use when playing online poker. Make sure to check out rec.poker/resources for all the partnerships and bonus RecPoker is offering. Specifically, Red Chip Poker is offering RecPoker listeners a free week of CORE by using the code RECPOKER. The episode can be viewed at: https://youtu.be/hlcYa2vkuDA

The crew does a check-in on how they are getting along during the corona virus. They then discuss an AK hand Chris Jones played recently on ACR. Make sure to check out rec.poker/resources for all the partnerships and bonus RecPoker is offering. Specifically, Red Chip Poker is offering RecPoker listeners a free week of CORE by using the code RECPOKER.

The RecPoker panel of Steve Fredlund, Jim Reid, Chris Jones, Rob Washam, John Somsky, and Andrew Feist discuss what they have been learning, struggling with, and working on in regard to recent on-line poker experience. They also take a look at a hand history from the Russia Super High Roller Bowl. ITM ($800k to 5th/$3.7 mil 1st), FT, 5 left. Folds to us (Adrian Mateos, chip leader at 3.4 million at the 15k/30k/30k level) in SB. We open QsQc to 65k. BB (Timothy Adams 1.8 million behind) defends. There is one short stack at table (about 650k, rest of table besides Mateos is all around 1.6-1.8 million). Flop is 8d6d3s. Mateos leads for 100k. Adams raises to 320k. This is the spot I want to talk about. It’s a spot where I flat almost 100% of the time, and I plan to continue big on turns that aren’t death such as 5d, 7d, 9d. But Mateos shoves. Is this purely an ICM move? What should Adams be calling with here? Is this a better play than flatting? Is this a flat in different spots, but not here? Or is this potenti

The crew sits down with Elliot Roe, one of the greatest mindset coaches around, and certainly the leading authority for poker mindset, having worked with some of the greatest players in the world such as Fedor Holtz, Brian Rast, Phil Galfond and more. Elliot has a new A-Game Master Class for poker players and we are delighted to partner with him on getting the word out on that; you can go to rec.poker/resources for more info and to link to that product page. You can also connect with Elliot through elliotroe.com and pokermindcoach.com

For many recreational players, the idea of playing online seems appealing, especially in our current world of social distancing and self-quarantine. But where do we start? What are the risks? Is it even legal? What should we be playing? What site should I use? Is my money safe? The RecPoker panel of Steve Fredlund, Jim Reid, Chris Jones, Rob Washam, and John Somsky discuss these questions and more, highlighting John’s extensive knowledge and involvement with online poker and the personal experience playing on line with the panel. RecPoker has a few additional related opportunities for you: 1) If you become a new member of Americas Card Room (ACR) you can use one of the following codes to get you additional benefits: “RecRake” with give you a payback of 27% of all of your paid fees and “RecElite” will give you additional bonuses from activity, 2) Taylor Maas put together a quick overview video of ACR highlighting where to find different games -- https://youtu.be/CSu-JqIRAmI -- and 3) on Monday March 30, m

Brad Wilson is a poker player, coach, and host of “Chasing Poker Greatness.” We enjoyed a wonderful conversation with Brad including talking strategy and reviewing a specific hand. RecPoker has launched daily tournaments on PokerStars we are calling our “Social Distance Series” to help stay connected and sharp on the felt. Details are at rec.poker/homegame

This two-part episode includes an interview with Bernard Lee, host of the Bernard Lee Poker Show and fellow member of the Cardplayer Lifestyle Family of Podcasts along with RecPoker and the Top Pair Home Game Podcast. Following that interview is a hand history breakdown using a hand played by Kou Vang in the World Series of Poker Main Event. Check out http://rec.poker/train-connect/ for information on joining our membership site or discord channels.  http://rec.poker/homegame/ has all the info to join in our home games on the first and second Wednesdays of each month.

The crew reflects on RecPoker Day at Running Aces on February 29, 2019, including picking Rob’s brain on his two deep runs that day. We include a sample of interviews conducted on RecPoker Day as well as the expansion of RecPoker through new programs and our first official ambassador, Josh Schwartz in Colorado.We also look at a and history from Shayan Bhattacharyya where the panel all have some different perspectives on the approach to the hand.  Check out http://rec.poker/train-connect/ for information on joining our membership site or discord channels.  http://rec.poker/homegame/ has all the info to join in our home games on the first and second Wednesdays of each month.

The crew chats with the fantastic Maria Ho including a brief discussion of her big fold with a set of tens (watch here: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6bqwcb ) Make sure to follow Maria on Twitter @mariaho and pretty much everywhere else! You can also watch on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/0ofhqriKQ8I

Jim Reid, John Somsky, & Chris Jones chat with author, coach, and professional poker player Ed Miller. Also, make sure you check out the RecPoker link to a free trial of Ryan Laplante’s Learn Pro Poker right here: https://www.learnpropoker.com/a/22141/pvLxagfX

Steve Fredlund, Rob Washam, John Somsky, & Chris Jones chat with K. L Cleeton. K.L. is the greater of Range Trainer Pro, a tool to help define hand ranges in different situations. He works closely with Ryan Laplante and the crew at Learn Pro Poker. You can connect with K.L. and the tool at raingetrainerpro.com.

Steve Fredlund, Jim Reid, Rob Washam, John Somsky, & Chris Jones chat with Dara O’Kearney. Dara is involved in many poker-related things as a player, ambassador, and author, as well as an international distance runner. Follow at @daraokearny on Twitter to connect.

Steve Fredlund, Jim Reid, Rob Washam, John Somsky, & Ian Matakis chat with Fedor Holz who retired from poker after quickly earning more than $33 million on Hendon Mob and more on-line. Fedor is incredibly interesting on his perspectives of life and you can learn more about him and connect at FedorHolz.com, Instagram Fedor Holz, or Twitter @crownupguy. You can watch the video at https://youtu.be/H3nl0rXEFaw

Steve Fredlund, Jim Reid, Chris Jones, John Somsky, & Rob Washam chat with John Reading, WSOP bracelet winner and Minnesota poker pro. We reflect on his bracelet, poker strategies, psychology, and his new adventures. You can reach John through Twitter @kikamo88 or email hypnojohn23@gmail.com.

Steve Fredlund, Jim Reid, Chris Jones, John Somsky, & Rob Washam chat with Grant Denison, Jonathan Levy (The Poker Guys) including breaking down a hand.

#161: BONUS: Lynn Gimartin and Australian Bush Fires Lynn Gilmartin is interviewed to update us on the fires in Australia and what we can do to help. Click here to donate to the Australia Zoo Wildlife Warriors. https://www.facebook.com/donate/2469743949803401/3254610994565365/