Rec Poker

Rec players Stacey Nelson, Taylor Maas, Steve Olson, Rocky Wylie, Steve Fredlund and Chris Gorton answer the following questions: 1) How has your game improved over the past few years? 2) What are the areas of your game you want to improve? 3) What are the most common mistakes you see less experienced players repeatedly making? 4) What are the things you do to improve your game? 5) What are your primary goals

Host Steve Fredlund interviews local regular recreational player Steve Olson.

Reconstructed from the best of my memory of a hand from about 2 years ago at Running Aces. $100 No limit hold 'em tournament 10-handed table 120 people started 40 people left 12 get paid 30,000 average stack 75,000 our starting stack Blinds 500/1,000 with 100 ante • Folded to us in the cut-off with 6h6d and we raise to 2,400 (started with 75,000) • Button calls (started hand with 80,000 chips) -- player has been pretty straightforward ABC; betting/calling when he has it and folding when he doesn't. • Small blind folds • Big blind calls (started hand with 60,000) -- player has been a bit spewy; playing a much wider range of hands pre-flop than most other players at the table. Total pot size 8,700 Flop Js9c6s • Big blind checks • We bet 6,500 (out of our remaining 72,500) • Button calls the 6,500 (out of their remaining 77,500) • Big blind folds Total pot size 21,700 Turn card 10s making the board Js9c6s10s • We lead out for 14,000 (out of our remaining 66,000) • Button calls 14,000 (out of their remainin

Another hand scenario that several people provided input on. (thanks to Steve Webb, Nick Krautkremer, Doug Behrens, Jason Root, Vic Swanson, Matt Hamilton, Steve Olson, Taylor Maas, Rob Washam, Mike Engelhaupt, Rocky Wylie, Chris Nelson, Brian Soja, Andy Kaplan, Hunter Cichy, Joe Barnard, and Mike Schneider). This one is also from Steve's trip to Vegas. WSOP Daily Deep Stack $235 tournament 1,200 entrants; 180 paid; 200 remaining 90,000 chip average with blinds at 500 / 2,000 / 4,000 UTG -- 25 year old pretty LAG (Loose Aggressive) makes is 11,000 from 110k stack Cut-off -- 50 year old TAG (Tight Aggressive) makes it 20,000 from 75k stack We are on the button with AQ suited and 80k stack #1) What is the correct pre-flop play? #2) What changes would cause you to take a different action (stack sizes, knowledge of players/types, our starting hand, tournament situation, etc)? #3) Any other considerations/insights?

Breaking down a specific hand from Steve's trip to Vegas. Input from a great mix of pros & experienced players to those less experienced. Input from Mike "Schneids" Schneider, Joe Barnard, Hunter Cichy, Matt Hamilton, Vic Swanson, Mike Engelhaupt, Jason Ackerman, Doug Behrens, Rob Washam, Steve Webb, Nick Krautkremer, Jason Root, Rocky Wylie, Chris Nelson, Chris Gorton, Taylor Maas, and your host Steve Fredlund. Here's the situation - WSOP Daily Deep Stack $185 tournament - 270 entrants; 41 paid; 35 remaining (in the money) - 77,000 chip average with blinds at 500 / 3,000 / 6,000 - First hand after moved to a brand new table (don't know any of the players) - 60-year old guy in middle position with 90,000 limps - 40-year old guy in small blind with 50,000 calls (completes blind) - We are in the big blind with AJ off-suit and 70k stack

A group of recs discuss their thoughts on continuation betting (c-betting).

Host Steve Fredlund interviews Brian Soja

Host Steve Fredlund interviews WSOP Bracelet winner Chris "Fox" Wallace.

Host Steve Fredlund interviews author Zach Elwood, who specializes in both verbal and non-verbal poker tells.

Host Steve Fredlund interviews Hunter Cichy from Check Shove Poker

Host Steve Fredlund interviews Minnesota Poker Hall of Famer Mike Schneider

Host Steve Fredlund interviews Minnesota player Jonathan Kim who just finished 2nd in the April MSPT after winning in in December.

Host Steve Fredlund interviews Minnesota player Aaron Johnson

Host Steve Fredlund interviews experienced Minnesota player Jason Seitz.

Host Steve Fredlund interviews young Minnesota player Vlad Revniaga, currently ranked in the top 1,000 globally according to the GPI and about 50th in the Minnesota all-time money winnings per Hendon Mob.

On April 1, 2017, All-in for Africa (AIFA) VI was held at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Minnesota. The event raised over $13,000 for the Against Malaria Foundation as part of an effort between Our Response and REG-Charity. AIFA VI had 129 unique entries and featured more than 40 different bounty players. This episode shares some highlight and includes audio captured at the event by Pete Troolin who is the co-host of the Pete & Steve Show which includes RecPoker host Steve Fredlund, who is also the volunteer director of Our Response, the group coordinating AIFA. If you have questions about the tournament or charity, reach out directly to stevefredlund@gmail.com or 651.587.5435.

Host Steve Fredlund sits down with young Minnesota player Matt Hamilton to talk about his background, what he currently plays, and some strategic perspectives on the game.

RecPoker is starting a virtual book study of Jonathan Little's, "Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker - Volume 1". This brief episode introduces the book study and includes some welcoming words from Jonathan Little.

Local pro John Reading (WSOP Bracelet winner in 2015) is interviewed; we talk background, overall perspectives, and some strategy. Follow John at @KiKaMo88 on Twitter.

The group of recreational players discuss how to maximize value