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This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew welcome back to the show new Crew member LoriAnn Persinger! As a Las Vegas resident, LoriAnn shares some details about how she chooses what tournaments to play, and what cardrooms she prefers to play in. We also discuss field sizes, prizepool guarantees, structures, re-entry formats and more. Plus LoriAnn shares some stories from working in the poker industry over the years, as well as some entertaining exploits she’s encountered as a player! The group talks about their favourite places to play poker in Vegas, what makes for a fun cardroom, how we can all make the poker world a better place, and what LoriAnn is looking forward to doing with RecPoker. We also play Stake/Study Stack with Jen Shahade, Mario Ho and Jamie Kerstetter and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our gues

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through Part 2 of a conversation with RECing Crew member Mark Zhang about how we can exploit the poorly-constructed ranges of our opponents. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses the importance of visualizing your entire range to find the counter-intuitive combos of hands you’ll need to continue with on earlier streets in order to be balanced by the end of the hand - and how you can punish the folks you are playing against that don’t! This is more advanced than many of our podcast episodes, so you might want to listen twice and take some notes! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question of your own in the forum or our discord for the panel to review. Link: https://discord.com/channels/608505737454288896/1278203000631857264 Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv Help us out: https

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew welcome back poker player, commentator and host Veronica Brill! Veronica unfortunately had a front-row seat to the terrible situation with Nick Vertucci at Hustler Casino Live and she shares her perspective on how events there unfolded over time, culminating in the public scandal that has broken out over the last few weeks. Veronica, who made a name for herself in the poker community by being at the forefront of the Mike Postle cheating scandal several years ago, shares her perspective on how the HCL situation came about, the warning signs she wishes she had paid more attention to along the way, how the public has reacted to her role, some advice she would share to other folks in the poker industry, how her life as a public figure has been affected by the vitriol and anger of some people in the poker industry since that time, and a lot more. The panel also discusses various problems and solutions available to the poker world as a whole, and Jim gets a little, u

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a conversation with RECing Crew member Mark Zhang about how we can exploit the poorly-constructed ranges of our opponents. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses the importance of visualizing your entire range to find the counter-intuitive combos of hands you’ll need to continue with on earlier streets in order to be balanced by the end of the hand - and how you can punish the folks you are playing against that don’t! This is more advanced than many of our podcast episodes, so you might want to listen twice and take some notes! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question of your own in the forum or our discord for the panel to review. Link: https://discord.com/channels/608505737454288896/1278203000631857264 Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv Help us out: https://rec.poke

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview long-time friend of the show and RECing Crew member Dara O’Kearny and his fantastic perennial co-writer Barry Carter! This dynamic duo shares some exiting news about their new video platform for training materials, what makes creating videos different from writing books, things they don’t love about their jobs, the strategic difference between bounty tournaments and progressive knockouts, and a lot more! We also play Stake/Study Stack with Barney Boatman, David Lappin adn Andy Black and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too! Follow Barry https://x.com/Barry_Carter and Dara https://x.com/daraokearney on Twitter and find out more about their awesome new material for poker players here: https://simplifypoker.com/fre

This week, Jim Reid and the panel are joined by some exciting guests to kick off a year of Mixed Games podcast episodes, featuring the “Mixed Game of the Month” in our free home game club! This month, we are practicing Limit 2-7 Triple Draw - and the first practice game is tomorrow night! The panel start with a basic explainer about the mechanics of the game, and then we are joined by several mixed game enthusiasts and experts. Get some advice and tips from Bernard Lee, Chad McVean, Chris Fox Wallace, Kathy Chang, Mike Patrick, Norman Chad, Robbie Strazynski, and Shannon Van Den Berg on how to get the most out of each game we feature. If you are curious about how to play Limit 2-7 Triple Draw, then this is the episode for you! And if you are more of a hold'em player and don't really get into mixed games, we heartily recommend that you give them a try - maybe you’ll feel more comfortable about dipping a toe in once you’ve heard from our panel about how to avoid some beginner’s mistakes.

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview new RECing Crew member Craig Savage! A teacher by trade, Craig has been a poker player and coach for many years, and is excited to be sharing his experience with our members as one of our RecPoker coaches! Craig shares about what makes teaching easier and harder, what he loves about the competition of poker, the importance of mindset, what it’s like playing on day 6 of the WSOP main event, and a lot more! We also play Stake/Study Stack with three of craigs coaching clients: Mike Day, Hubie Sacilowski and Gary Rains - and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too! Craig is active on Twitter as https://x.com/XsavageX We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics: How to help us out - https://

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Rob Washam about a hand he played at the Orleans against an aggressive foe while out of position. Rob 3-bets preflop and gets called, and flops pretty well - but how can we maximize our profitability in this spot versus this opponent? The last few weeks we looked at how to avoid ‘giving up’ out of position when we don’t hit our hand - now how do we get max value when we DO connect with the board? While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses raise sizes, player types, postflop betting lines, planning for good and bad runouts, when and how to deviate from GTO, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question of your own in the forums or on discord for the panel to review! Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv Help us out: https://rec.poker/support Find more in

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview long-time player, coach and now RECing Crew member Matt Affleck! Matt and Jim have some exciting news to share about a coaching collaboration over the next few months, and they also share some details about how Matt will be contributing to the learning materials available to RecPoker premium members. They also examine a few leaks of Jim’s that Matt has already discovered, and the overall structure of Matt’s coaching program. Join our first two collaborative coaching sessions, October 9th at 6pm EST and October 23rd at 8:30pm EST, open to all RecPoker premium members! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too! Matt is active on Twitter as https://twitter.com/mcmattopoker Work with Matt in his coaching program: https://pokercoaching.com/privatecoaching/ Get

We hope you enjoyed last week’s episode, because this week Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a THIRD discussion about Taylor’s KQ hand from the WSOP this summer! We just can’t stop getting good feedback about this hand and some of the postflop situations that we should be trying to avoid - or at least to understand them well enough that we don't HAVE to avoid them! Pro player and RECing Crew member Mark Zhang joins the discussion this week to shed some light on why many recreational poker players miss out on postflop opportunities to profit when others don’t. Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv Help us out: https://rec.poker/support Find more info on our sponsors at: https://RunAces.com Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview James Hartigan! A former journalist, film critic and radio presenter, James has been anchoring poker TV shows and live streams for nearly two decades. Best known for his work as the lead commentator on the European Poker Tour, he has also hosted live coverage of the NAPT, PCA, PSPC and World Series of Poker. He won the Global Poker Award for Best Broadcaster in 2023, while the Poker in the Ears podcast, which James co-presents with Joe Stapleton, was named Best Podcast in 2022. We also play Stake/Study Stack with Maria Ho, Sam Grafton and Griffin Benger and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too! http://x.com/J_Hartigan https://www.youtube.com/@James_Hartigan http://YouTube.com/PokerStars We also go over this w

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a live YouTube episode reviewing some feedback we got on a recent podcast where we examined a hand Taylor Maas played in the WSOP this summer. The panel and the YouTube chatters discuss the difficulty of playing out of position as the pre-flop aggressor, and share some ideas on how to avoid ‘waving the white flag’ when the board doesn't suit our hand. Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv Help us out: https://rec.poker/support Find more info on our sponsors at: https://RunAces.com Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Franke Von Zweigbergk about his Festival Series, an outrageously fun collection of international competitions spanning poker, table games, and many other ‘gambly’ ways to test your mettle. With an emphasis on hospitality and the player experience, Franke has championed this series for several years with many stops at fabulous European locations, including an upcoming visit to Bratislava in November! Find out more here: https://www.thefestival.com/ Follow Franke on Twitter: https://x.com/FrankeSWE Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too! We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics: How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/ Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/ Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/ Timestamps: 05

This week, Jim Reid and the panel are joined by some exciting guests to kick off a year of Mixed Games podcast episodes, featuring the “Mixed Game of the Month” in our free home game club! This month, we are practicing 6+ Hold’em a.k.a. Short Deck- and the first practice game is tomorrow night! The panel start with a basic explainer about the mechanics of the game, and then we are joined by several mixed game enthusiasts and experts. Get some advice and tips from Chad McVean, Mike Patrick, Norman Chad, Robbie Strazynski, and Shannon Van Den Berg on how to get the most out of each game we feature. If you are curious about how to play Short Deck, then this is the episode for you! And if you are more of a hold'em player and don't really get into mixed games, we heartily recommend that you give them a try - maybe you’ll feel more comfortable about dipping a toe in once you’ve heard from our panel about how to avoid some beginner’s mistakes. Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

This week Rob Washam and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Greg Liow from Greg Goes All In! They discuss Greg's start as an actor and children's television host and producer, what makes for compelling poker content, how he worked at improving at poker (and how tournaments derailed that progress), and why niche fame is great unless you are getting punched in the spine. We also play Stake/Study Stack with Slow Poker, Brad Owen, and Rampage, and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too! Find more Greg here: https://www.youtube.com/@GregGoesAllIn https://www.instagram.com/greg.goes.all.in/ We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics: How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/ Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/ Go Premium! -

This week, Jim Reid and Rob Washam from the RecPoker RECing Crew discuss a forum post from our Discord by Chris Jones from a hand he played in the Venom where he 3-bet versus an aggressive opponent from the blinds, but then had to play out of position postflop and make some tricky decisions for his tournament life. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses raise sizing, player types, board textures, postflop betting lines, overbets, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://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! Or check us out on Discord: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv Help us out: https://rec.poker/support Find more info on our sponsors at: https://RunAces.com Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a hand played by Taylor Maas in the WSOP PokerNews Deep Stack tournament! Starting with King-Queen offsuit facing a squeeze opportunity with Dara O’Kearney in the hand, how would you proceed postflop when the board runs out against you? While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses calling versus squeezing, raise sizes, calling ranges, live tournament tendencies, anticipating play from pros, and a lot more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review. Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv Help us out: https://rec.poker/support Find more info on our sponsors at: https://RunAces.com Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed t

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Jon Rand, aka Slow Poker! Jon shares some stories about transitioning from life as a playwright to being a poker content creator, what he loves about the game, some challenges he faces in his new role, what success looks like, balancing work and a family, and the virtues of taking bathroom breaks before podcasts! We also play Stake/Study Stack with Marle Spragg, Greg Goes All In, and Caitlyn Comesky and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too! Find out more about Jon: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/slowpokertime?sub_confirmation=1 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/slowpokertime/ TWITTER/X: https://twitter.com/slowpokertime FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/slowpokertime TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@slo

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a hand played recently by Kim Kilroy from day 2 of the WSOP Super-Senior’s event, a $1K buy-in tournament with over 3,000 entrants. This hand takes place past the bubble, but early in the money, and Kim faces an overbet shove from an opponent looking to get it in. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses stack sizes, player types, overbet ranges, range equity, ICM pressure, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review! Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv Help us out: https://rec.poker/support Find more info on our sponsors at: https://RunAces.com Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game

This week, Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew discuss different player types and how to exploit the mistakes they make! Whether it’s Old Man Coffee, limpers, maniacs or pros, whether they are to your right or to your left, see what tips the panel and our YouTube chatters have in store for the next time YOU sit down at the felt. Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review! Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv Help us out: https://rec.poker/support Find more info on our sponsors at: https://RunAces.com Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at