2+2 PokerCast

This week on the Pokercast, Adam and Ross come in to the studio to put together a bit of a different episode during the holiday season. When the hosts asked for listener submissions to be aired on the show, MTT pro Ryan "Protential" Laplante sent in an audio blog of his experience at the recent WPT Five Diamond in Las Vegas. It was his first $10k tournament and he recorded his thoughts about the experience, giving us insight into his ...

This week on the show: Adam and Terrence are joined by Scott Ball of Twitch.tv to talk about the quickly growing phenomenon of people live-streaming online poker on the popular streaming platform. Scott also talks about the crazy story of StickyRice1 who went on an amazing heater, running 2k into 40k in one night of streaming at Bovada. The guys also talk about some of the big stories of the week, including Pokerstars decision to show all-in equity as a ...

This week on the show: Adam and Terrence give the listeners an update on the adventures of Bunner, before launching into the stories of the week in poker. The breaking news of Amaya offices being raided in Montreal is covered with a guest appearance by Chris Grove of www.onlinepokerreport.com. Chris speculates on what could have been the reason for the raids and what the ramifications might be. Terrence and Adam then discuss the bullet that online gaming in the USA ...

This week on the show: Terrence joins Adam from Hong Kong to talk about some of the stories of the past week including Daniel Negreanu's blog about Vicky Coren's decision to leave Pokerstars Team Pro and the article in Forbes magazine on Amaya CEO David Baazov. Marco Valerio joins the guys to talk about the new bill in California to regulate online poker as well as his Spontaneous Act of Poker Kindness charity drive. Dani Stern is the feature interview ...

This week on the show: Terrence joins in from Hong Kong to break down many of the stories in poker for the last two weeks. The guys talk about Ultimate Poker closing it's doors, Dan Colman versus Phil Hellmuth and the ESPN WSOP ratings for the final table. Next topic up for discussion is the news that Pokerstars is launching a casino product in the very near future and Vicky Coren's decision to leave Team Pokerstars as a result. The ...

This week on the show: MJ returns to co-host the annual November 9 Final Table discussion show. This year, Mike and Adam are joined by 2013 World Poker Tour player of the year Matt Salsberg to break down everything from the ESPN coverage of the November 9. Lots of general observations are made before breaking down several key hands from the action. Mike and Adam also get to a couple of the non-WSOP topics from the week including Howard Lederer ...

This week on the Pokercast: The boys are on location at the City of Dreams Casino in Macau for the Pokerstars Asia Championship of Poker. Terrence was originally scheduled to co-host, but decided to go deep in the $100k HKD buy-in main event instead. Pokernews on-camera host Remko Rinkema took his place on the mic as he and Adam talked in-depth about the recent rake increases at Pokerstars. As Remko is close friends with November nine chipleader Jorryt Van Hoof, ...

This week on the Pokercast: Terrence is traveling to Macau, so Adam is joined in studio by co-hosts Phil Galfond, Farah Fath and Ben Tollerene. In the first segment the four hosts talk about some of the poker stories of the week including the 2014 Poker Hall of Fame inductees and the possibility of the Game Show Network bringing back High Stakes Poker for another season. Other topics covered are the movement to protect the casual online poker player with ...

This week on the Pokercast, Adam and Terrence are joined by Pokerstars Team Online member Issac Haxton. Ike tells us what a typical poker playing day is, his view on some of the drugs that some poker players are taking to help with concentration and he answers some vague speculation that Daniel Cates made against him. Ike then breaks down all streets of a big hand he played online against Doug Polk and Wilhasha and lastly he plays stripper trivia ...

This week on the show, Adam and Terrence get into how to make televised poker a better product. This year's ESPN WSOP Main Event coverage is discussed including some of the things that the guys feel could be improved. This week there is another call to MJ at his office to get his take on the Doug Lee vs Jimmy Fricke angleshooting controversy from the $500k Planet Hollywood final table. Before they let Mike go, they test his poker celebrity ...

This week on the Pokercast Adam and Terrence welcome Fantasy Football $1M winner Matt Smith to talk about his big win from the past weekend as well as some fantasy football strategy. Spencer “360flip19” Moe also makes his Pokercast debut to talk about his 2014 WCOOP win in event #12 and give us some insight into the HUNL community. Lots of topics for Adam and Terrence to throw around, including the WSOP Player of the Year race currently in full ...

The feature guest this week on the Two Plus Two PokerCast is high stakes Pot-Limit Omaha specialist Ben 'Ben86' Tollerene. Ben joined us in studio to talk about his 2012 heater, his relocation north of the border to stay in action, his dedication to fitness and shares some PLO strategy. Also featured on the program is Kristin Wilson, Owner and founder of Poker Refugees, a company which helps players relocate to online poker friendly countries. Later in the program the ...

This week on the Two Plus Two PokerCast Mike & Adam provide coverage of the World Poker Tour event that just wrapped up in Montreal, Quebec. The tours return to Canadian soil drew a record breaking turnout including many notable poker pros, professional athletes and mainstream celebrities. The guys get tournament wizard and fan favorite Jason Mercier on the line for an introduction to Open Face Chinese Poker, a variation of the popular card game that is sweeping the degen ...

The feature guest this week on the Two Plus Two PokerCast is high stakes cash game specialist Ben Sulsky. Better know by his online handle "Sauce123" Ben joins Mike and Adam to talk about his nearly seven figure weekend, how it feels to be the biggest online cash game winner so far this year and even shares some Pot-Limit Omaha strategy. In the first segment the guys get Las Vegas pro and Aria regular Nick DiVella on the line to ...

The feature guest this week on the Two Plus Two PokerCast is World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Greg Merson. Greg joins Mike and Adam two weeks to the day after winning the most coveted prize in poker to discuss several topics including his 2% swaps, his battle with drug addiction and some interesting hands from the final table. Mike "Schneids" Schneider of CardRunners.com is back providing some strategy on "Holdem Cycles" in this weeks Card Runners Strategy Minute. ...

This week on the Two Plus Two PokerCast Mike and Adam are joined by two time SCOOP champion and professional tough guy Terrence Chan in studio to help break down the World Series of Poker Main Event final table. The guys discuss some interesting hands from the lengthy record breaking final table and review the ESPN television coverage. Mike and Adam check in with SteveD at PokerStars headquarters to talk about the $100k Heads-Up NLH All-Star Showdown currently underway on ...

The feature guest this week on the Two Plus Two PokerCast is the newest PokerStars Team Online member Isaac Haxton. Isaac returns to the program to talk about his new relationship with PokerStars, his legendary heads-up battles with Viktor “Isildur1” Blom and his recent relocation to Malta. Mike and Adam connect with ESPN.com columnist and producer Andrew Feldman to help preview the World Series of Poker Main Event final table. They go around the final table discussing chip stacks, playing ...

The feature guest this week on the Two Plus Two PokerCast is professional poker player and face of the new Full Tilt Poker Gus Hansen. Gus makes his highly anticipated return to the program to discuss several topics including his new Full Tilt Poker deal, his online heater prior to Black Friday, life in Monaco and his love of racquet sports. Next Mike and Adam connect with online poker marketing expect Will Griffiths to get his thoughts about the future ...

The feature guest this week on the Two Plus Two PokerCast is ESPN sports writer and commentator Norman Chad. Norman makes his long overdue return to the PokerCast to talk about this years World Series of Poker Main Event coverage, his final table run in the $2,500 1/2 Omaha 8 1/2 Stud 8 event and play some college nickname trivia. Also featured on the program is October Nine member Russell Thomas and his Final Table coach Jason Somerville. The pair ...

This week on the Two Plus Two PokerCast Mike and Adam start things off by analyzing last weeks lengthy Howard Lederer interview discussing a new series of articles "The Distortion of Truth in the Lederer Files" by Diamond Flush. Next up they provide coverage of the World Series of Poker Europe including all completed events, the currently underway Main Event and some controversy involving Brandon Cantu and Jon Aguiar. The strategy minute is back featuring Mike "Schneids" Schneider of CardRunners.com ...