Rec Poker

It has taken 8 weeks of a winding journey, but in this 100th episode, Steve shares his current default opening hand ranges for the first phase of an MTT tournament ("Preservation" phase). Steve also announces the launch of recpokertraining.com and 3 available programs (monthly seminars, email coaching, and results analytics).

This week Steve summarizes & reviews a portion of a paid webinar from Matt Berkey of the Solve for Why Academy. This portion focuses on the shortcomings of GTO and how we can reframe our understanding of GTO to fit into an appropriate poker strategy. Support by following @recpoker, FB group RecPoker and financially through patreon.com/recpoker

Week 6 of building Steve's strategy from scratch. Unable to find much about GTO preflop, Steve asks where we can get some GTO preflop hand ranges. Turns out there is more available than Steve realized, and Jonathan Little, Rob Washam & Mike Engelhaupt chime in with their thoughts. Support by following @recpoker, FB group RecPoker and financially through patreon.com/recpoker

Week 5 of building Steve's strategy from scratch. We look at the remaining questions about reacting to 3-bets, bet sizing, and limping under-the-gun. Good insight from Mike Schneider, Jonathan Little, Kenna James and several of our recreational players. Support by following @recpoker, FB group RecPoker and financially through patreon.com/recpoker

Week 4 of building Steve's strategy from scratch... but something happened along the way; it's GTO. Realized I need a better understanding of what we are talking about with GTO vs. Exploitative so we take a side trip down that road, with input from Jonathan Little, Chris "Fox" Wallace, and Kenna James as well as others. Support by following @recpoker, FB group RecPoker and financially through patreon.com/recpoker

Week 3 of building Steve's strategy from scratch, providing insights for all players to assess their own current strategies. This week we talk about how many different ranges we should have by position, and then specifically ask about how many hands we should play Under the Gun. Pro insights include submitted audio from Jonathan Little, Kenna James, & Mike Schneider..

Week 2 of building Steve's strategy from scratch, providing insights for all players to assess their own current strategies. This week we talk about how many big blinds is considered "Deep Stack" where we have all our options available to us. Pro insights from Jonathan Little, Kenna James, Mike Schneider, Hunter Cichy, and Chris "Fox" Wallaces

Brand new series starts with the RecPoker community of professional & recreational players giving insight to building Steve's strategy, which also gives insights for all players to assess their own current strategies. This first part focuses on what overall strategy should be used when just starting to build. Great discussion about GTO & exploitive, passive & aggressive, and tight & loose. Pro insights include Jonathan Little, Kenna James, Jordan Young, Mike Schneider and Hunter Cichy.

Host Steve Fredlund interviews Sheree Bykofsky, poker player and author of "The Kaizen of Poker" -- you can follow her on Twitter @shereebykofsky

Host Steve Fredlund and Stacey Nelson sit down once again with Kenna James, co-host of the Heartland Poker Tour television broadcast and fantastic player & coach.

Host Steve Fredlund sits down once again with WSOP bracelet winner Chris "Fox" Wallace to discuss some strategy pieces, like the keys to running deep in big field tournaments. Fox also shares an exciting announcement about his latest poker tournament ventures... and of course we chat a bit about his emerging photography hobby. Good stuff with one of the good guys of poker. Follow on Twitter at @ininjapoker and @ininjoke -- you can also follow Fox @foxpokerfox.

Host Steve Fredlund chats with "Mr. HPT" Craig Casino, a business man and recreational poker player who has had great success, specifically on the Heartland Poker Tour. You can follow Craig on Twitter at @cragicasino1 and the HPT at @hptpoker.

Host Steve Fredlund continues his conversation with Minnesota Poker Hall of Famer Mike Schneider, who is founder of the Poker is Fun Tour, which has three events coming up July 20-22. Details at piftpoker.com or twitter @piftpoker. You can follow Mike also at @schneidspoker on Twitter.

Ep 087 - Mike Schneider again - Pt. 1 by RecPoker | Jim Reid

Host Steve Fredlund recaps briefly his trip to the WSOP in Vegas and then shares his interview with Poker News reported Sarah Herring, known as @auntychardonnay on Twitter.

Host Steve Fredlund interviews Alec Torelli, who is a poker coach as well as a speaker about life, poker, and the intersection of them. You can find out more at alectorelli.com.

Interview with James "Splitsuit" Sweeney from Red Chip Poker; you can find out more about them at what they offer at redchippoker.com

Dr. Tricia Cardner is a thought-leader in the area of achieving peak performance through mental preparation & awareness, specializing in helping poker players. She is a regular contributor to the RecPoker podcast with fantastic feedback, including a groundswell request for a full interview. So here it is folks! Enjoy and check out peakpokermindset.com and give her a follow @drtriciacardner

Host Steve Fredlund interviews Jordan Young, partner and instructor with the Solve for Why Academy - https://solveforwhyacademy.com/

Host Steve Fredlund interviews British professional player, trainer & coach Gareth James who leads the MTT School.