Ante Up! Pokercast

MARCH 19 POKERCAST RECAP: With poker rooms returning more and more, will there be a mini boom? Will the players who never strayed reap the benefits of rusty players or even new players? We also compare crypto traders to poker players, update the WPT sale and it looks like Chris can retire after all, thanks to compounding interest on Shaun Deeb's $50. We also complete an O'Mally's Move and Chris Mahon has the Hand of the Week again with QQ.

MARCH 12 POKERCAST RECAP: Chris finds a decades-old post by Chicago Jason on ChicagoPokerClub.Net that opens an old wound; the WPT may be bought by another company and our sources tell us the WSOP may be in July or August. We also have a new O'Mally's Move and Chris Mahon has our Hand of the Week with A-Js.

MARCH 5 POKERCAST RECAP: The World Poker Tour will get to complete its three final tables that have been on hiatus since the Covid-19 outbreak. Also, Norman Chad still is suffering from Covid, Brent Carter is in hot water and Calvin Ayre is shutting down his website. We also complete an O'Mally's Move and Matt Hayward has a PLO entry for Hand of the Week.

FEB. 26 POKERCAST RECAP: Full Tilt Poker is gone, plus we explore suggestions, amid COVID, for the WSOP and how to restart a home game now. We also have a new O'Mally's Move and Tim Champ returns with A6s in our Hand of the Week.

FEB. 19 POKERCAST RECAP: Poker predictions for 2021, Polk-Negreanu feud-match ends and GGPoker promotes female players. We also have some poker-room reopenings, we complete an O'Mally's Move and we have our final Hand of the Week from Paul G.

FEB. 12 POKERCAST RECAP: Our more-than-a-decade-long streak of producing a show each week comes to an official end. We discuss duplicate poker and other variants, there's a new O'Mally's Move and Paul's fourth straight Hand of the Week is J-10 offsuit on the button.

JAN. 29 POKERCAST RECAP: We have another poker-movie ranking to disparage, plus gender-neutral cards and disgraced Midway Poker Tour founder Dan Bekavac shows up at the MSPT event. We also complete the O'Mally's Move and it's Hand No. 3 from Paul Garritson in our Hand of the Week segment. He has 9-7s.

JAN. 22 POKERCAST RECAP: The World Poker Tour gets sold yet again; Michigan launches online gaming, sans poker for now, and Mike Postle is back in the news. We have one poker room reopening, a new O'Mally's Move and Paul Garritson's second Hand of the Week is 10-10.

JAN. 15 POKERCAST RECAP: Online poker opponent and Venetian owner Sheldon Adelson and beloved poker pro Howard "Tahoe" Andrew died this week. Also, Michigan is close to launching online gaming. We also complete an O'Mally's Move and Paul Garritson has our Hand of the Week.

JAN. 8 POKERCAST RECAP: There's a new WSOP world champ, the WSOP announces an online circuit series and PokerStars parts with Chris Moneymaker. We have a new O'Mally's Move and Tim Champ has the Hand of the Week with 7-6o.

JAN. 1 POKERCAST RECAP: Joe Hebert wins the U.S. side of the WSOP main event, Huck Seed lands in the Poker Hall of Fame, PokerStars has a massive $1.2M overlay and Scott gets quoted again. Plus we complete an O'Mally's Move and Brannen Hough has the Hand of the Week with A-Q.

DEC. 25 POKERCAST RECAP: Chris has a poker nightmare, the Poker HOF has its nominees and Michigan inches close to online poker. We have a new O'Mally's Move and Brannen Hough returns for Hand of the Week with A-Q.

DEC. 18 POKERCAST RECAP: The hybrid online World Series of Poker is getting down to it with an international champ crowned and the U.S. event at its final table. Also, the lawyer who represents Mike Postle wants to quit and we complete an O'Mally's Move. Brannen Hough is back with our Hand of the Week and he has 5-5.

DEC. 11 POKERCAST RECAP: High Stakes Poker will see the return of Gabe Kaplan and A.J. Benza as hosts of the show next week. Also we have more poker quotes and news about Dan Bilzerian. There's a new O'Mally's Move and Steve Calmy has the Hand of the Week with KQo.

DEC. 4 POKERCAST RECAP: Poker Hall of Fame nominees sought, Ungar's daughter speaks out, a Casino Royale mistake, Molly's Game rant and another Queen's Gambit item. We complete an O'Mally's Move and Mark Kelly has the Hand of the Week with K-8.

NOV. 27 POKERCAST RECAP: We have more poker quotes and poker room openings and closings. Plus we have a new O'Mally's Move and a Hand of the Week from Mike Buck with 6-6.

NOV. 20 POKERCAST RECAP: There will be a WSOP $10K main event, but it's not what you typically think of when you hear that. And there's only going to be one Poker Hall of Famer announced this year. We also complete an O'Mally's Move and Brannen Hough's string of Hands of the Week comes to an end with A-5s.

NOV. 13 POKERCAST RECAP: We find a story with inspirational poker quotes from modern players and we give you more news on poker room reopenings around America. We also have a new O'Mally's Move and Brannen Hough's seventh Hand of the Week.

NOV. 6 POKERCAST RECAP: Ex-world champ Jonathan Duhamel owes back taxes in Canada, or does he? Twitch poker accounts are flagged for copyright violations and many casino issues were passed in our favor this last election. We complete the O'Mally's Move and Mr. Hough's sixth Hand of the Week is A-3s.

OCT. 30 POKERCAST RECAP: High Stakes Poker is returning in December; online poker event suffers an outage, and a world record is set. We also have more poker-room reopenings, suggest poker strategy books and continue with our Brannen Hough Hands of the Week. This time, he has KK.