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This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew welcome back co-host of the the Thinking Poker podcast and online pro Carlos Welch! Carlos talks about how his life has changed since he was last on the show, with a shiny new bracelet on his wrist and the love of his life, Gloria Jackson, on his arm. Carlos shares some of his experiences as a host, why he prefers playing online to live, some mistakes recreational players often make, how to respond to player that 3-bet you too often, Biggie Smalls (yes, Biggie Smalls), and more! We also play Stake/Study Stack with Andrew Brokos, Gloria Jackson and Alex Fitzgerald 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! Carlos is active on Twitter as https://x.com/HipHop101Trivia We also go over this week's home game results and

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by John Crowell (7high11) about check-raising the flop with a plan. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses John’s improvements as a player, what factors to consider when making a check-raise, multi-way equity, denying equity to hands you are beating, villain types, planning for different runouts, 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! Link: https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/check-raise-bluffing-from-the-blinds/ 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 p

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview poker author Alex O’Brien, who shares some stories about her career as a writer and player, the difference between science writing and poker writing, balancing time for projects she is passionate about, life lessons from poker and from writing, playing in the 2024 WSOP and the role of one’s rail, and a lot more! We also play Stake/Study Stack with Dara O’Kearney, Jen Shahade and Maria Konnikova 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 Alex on socials here: https://x.com/obrientweet https://www.instagram.com/alexob2209/ 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:

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Kili19341 about a hand where they were holding AK offsuit and faced a 3-bet shove. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses how to approach each hand, putting your opponents on a range, ‘fake’ bubbles, ICM pressure, and Jim even breaks down some poker math right on the show - a rare occurrence, will he screw it up in real time?! 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! Link: https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/fold-call-or-raise/ 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 encourag

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview recent bracelet winner Mark Checkwicz, who you might know better as the Cookie Monster! Mark recently won the very first ever Senior’s High-Roller event at the WSOP and shares some details about his journey to a bracelet. The group talks about what makes the WSOP different, the importance of having fun with your life, the darker side of gambling, and a lot more! We also play Stake/Study Stack with Nick Shulman, Dara O’Kearney, and Angela Jordison 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! Mark has fun on Twitter as https://x.com/PokerCookieM 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 Pre

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 RAZZ - 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, Chris ‘Fox’ Wallace, 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 RAZZ, then this is the episode for you! And if you are more of a holdem 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 Join the Dis

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Byron Jacobs from D&B Publishing! D&B Publishing (incorporating the imprint D&B Poker) was created by Dan Addelman and Byron Jacobs in 2002, coinciding with the birth of the online poker boom. D&B is now clearly established as the world’s premier publisher of poker books. Over the past few years D&B has published books by many of the poker world’s most famous names including Phil Hellmuth, Jonathan Little, , Greg Raymer, Chris Moorman, Michael Acevedo, Alexander Fitzgerald, Fernando (JNandez) Habegger, Dylan Linde, Evan Jarvis, Dr. Patricia Cardner and the late, great, Mike Sexton to name just a few. WSOP bracelet winners, WSOP Main Event winners, WPT champions, leading poker coaches and trainers – they all publish with D&B. This year D&B will be publishing three titles – Mastering Small Stakes No Limit Tournaments by Lexy Gavin-Mather which has just been released; How to Beat Players Who Never Fold by Alexander Fitzgerald

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a hand Chris Jones played recently in an online tournament, where he was facing a river shove and had to make a tough decision. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses stack sizes, villain types, betting incentives, board textures, postflop betting lines, bluff vs value combos, meta-game considerations, 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, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not o

This week we throw back to another one of Kim Kilroy’s fantastic Poker Empowerment sessions! Kim interviews Lisa Pickell, the first woman to ever win a circuit ring in a NLHE event! Lisa talks about her poker journey, her work with Poker Power and other women’s advocacy groups, her love of poker, and a lot more! 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! Lisa is active on Twitter as https://x.com/lisapickell 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: 03:45 Lisa Pickell shares her poker journey 12:26 Lisa talks about her involvement with Poker Power 14:53 Moving out to Vegas 16:47 Lisa on playing poker as a woman 21:27 How Lisa keeps her game crushed 25:56 Tips to encourage more women to play 31:30 Travel bucket list to play poker 35:05 Positive outlook in l

This week, for our 600th episode (wow!) Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a trip down memory lane. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses some of their favourite tips and breakthroughs they’ve learned at RecPoker over the years! 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 rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a to

This week Rob Washam and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview new member Scott Lum! Recently retired from his day job and focusing on ways to help people learn about poker, Scott talks about the importance to the ecosystem of bar leagues, how they can be feeders for underrepresented player groups like women, what it's like to adjust to different player pools, and why he's excited to join the RECing Crew. We also play Stake/Study Stack with Joe Kulas, Jim Reid, and Kim Kilroy 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! Scott is active on Twitter as https://x.com/DaChiwaiian 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.pok

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Rob Washam about a preflop spot where he had to chose between calling a 3-bet multiway out of position, or going for the storied 4-bet bluff with Ace Five suited! While stealing each other's chips in the nightly homegame, the groups discusses the difference between 3-bet and 4-bet ranges, squeeze spots, dead money, position, particular hand qualities, 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! Link: https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/do-you-ever-4bet-here/ 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 p

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview award-winning photographer Rachel Kay Winter! Known on Twitter as RachKayPhoto, Rachel is an active photographer in the poker industry. Working predominantly for 8131 Media, PokerNews, and WPT, she is often seen snapping photos of players at the RunGood Poker Series, WSOP Circuit, and WPT Prime, as well as at the World Series of Poker over the summer. While her husband, Brian Winter, travels with her and plays professionally, Rachel only plays poker recreationally -- occasionally online, with friends, or during live series. She recently won a GPI Award for "Best Media Content: Photo" for her winner's photo of Nick Schulman at the 2023 World Series of Poker. Rachel talks about the challenges of her profession, what she loves about photographing poker players, some stories from the final tables, and a lot more! We also play Stake/Study Stack with Drew Amato, Danny Maxwell, and Haley Hochstetler and we Close The Action with our speed round!

This week, Jim Reid and 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 Stud 8 or Better - 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, Chris ‘Fox’ Wallace, Mike Patrick, Kathy Chang, 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 Stud 8 or Better, 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

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Kathy Chang, who has been on a TEAR recently with several top-level finishes in live mixed game events around the country! A long-time RecPoker member, Kathy shares some stories about her journey into poker and her ascent from being a new recreational player to…well, STILL being a recreational player, but winning a lot of poker tournaments at the same time! Kathy talks about mentorship and coaching, how she improved as a mixed game player, what she loves about poker, some tips for new players, the importance of family in her life, why it’s best to be a REC - and more! We also play Stake/Study Stack with Ryan Laplante, Robbie Strazynski, and Miami John Cernuto 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! Kathy is ac

You might want to watch this episode on YouTube, folks, there are some helpful visual aids - because we are going DEEP into the strategy pool today! This week, Jim Reid welcomes new RECing Crew member Ryan Laplante from Learn Pro Poker into the Forums panel to talk about flop C-bet factors! While Ryan has been a longtime friend of RecPoker, for some reason we haven’t officially made him a part of the RECing Crew - until now! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, Ryan and the panel discuss 7 major factors to consider when planning your c-bet frequencies and sizes - and then they use Range Trainer Pro to drill down and test themselves! 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. Join Ryan and his team at Learn Pro Poker for amazing training videos and coaching opportunities here: https://rec.poker/go/lpp/ Find out more about the new LPP community here:https://www.skool.com/learn-pro-poke

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Grant Denison and Jonathan Levy from the popular podcast The Breakdown! They share some stories about getting started in the industry, how they choose their hands for the show, hearing from pros about their analysis, the worst tilt they’ve seen in person, some tips for playing in live cardrooms, common mistakes recreational players make, and more! We also play Stake/Study Stack with Matt Berkey, Phil Helmuth and Alec Torelli 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! Jonathan and Grant are active on Twitter as https://x.com/2PokerGuys 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! - h

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a third hand from Lauchlan Swann’s deep run in the Australian Poker Open main event, this one from the final table! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses 3-bet sizing, ICM pressure, the importance of stack sizes, different reasons for betting, player types, postflop 4-bet ranges, 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! Link: https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/hand-history-from-apo-3-3k-main-event-day-1-2-3/ Lauchlan is active on Instagram at @‌SwannPoker 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 i

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Ashley Frank! You probably know her better as Pokerface Ash and she has built a tremendous following through her live poker travels and vlogs. Ashley talks about her life as a travelling poker pro and vlogger, her role at the WPA, how she has benefited from studying and coaching, playing and making new friends as an introvert, how she identifies newer players at the table and gets the most out of them, some tips for recreational players to improve their game, and there’s even a few questions about how she likes to relax and her passion for cooking! We also play Stake/Study Stack with Caitlyn Comeskey, Jaman Burton and Dan Lowery, 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! Ashley is active on Twitter: https://twit

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a second hand from Lauchlan Swann’s Australian Poker Open’s main event! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses open raise sizing, polarized versus condensed ranges, value targeting, getting paid with the nuts, 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! Link: https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/hand-history-from-apo-3-3k-main-event-day-1-2-3/ Lauchlan is active on Instagram at @‌SwannPoker 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