Ante Up! Pokercast

JAN. 17 POKERCAST RECAP: We have World Series schedule news and an update to the Global Poker Index Award selection process. Plus, we chat about how to get players to a poker room at specific hours, Restock the Shelves, the upcoming AUPT at Vee Quiva, our poker cruise schedule and a new O'Mally's Move. Matt Easterbrook's second Hand of the Week sees him with a suited Q-10 in the big blind.

JAN. 10 POKERCAST RECAP: We discuss poker predictions for 2020, plus poker goodwill and a Mike Postle update. Also, we learn O'Mally's Move and Matt E. has A-J for the Hand of the Week.

JAN. 3 POKERCAST RECAP: The Global Poker Index announces its players of the year and the WSOP drips out some more schedule news. We also have a new O'Mally's Move and Len Miller has an interesting Hand of the Week.

DEC. 27 POKERCAST RECAP: Chris and Scott take a look at two hands played by longtime fan and often-submitter Vic Galante. We will return to our normal format next episode.

Given it's the holiday season and the poker news is slow, we decided to dedicate this shorter show to a pair of Hands of the Week from one of our most dedicated listeners.

DEC. 13 POKERCAST RECAP: The World Series of Poker has announced the dates for its 51st series, another cheating scandal is in the news and poker lost another important figure, Mike Gainey, who died after a long illness. We also complete an O'Mally's Move and Vic G. has the Hand of the Week.

DEC. 6 POKERCAST RECAP: We have yet again more poker awards news, plus we explore what poker players should be "thankful" for this year. We also have a new O'Mally's Move and a Hand of the Week from some guy named Vic.

Daniel Negreanu has signed with a new poker site and we discuss a piece that has a few suggestions to make tournaments better. Also, we complete an O'Mally's Move and Jonovan Ottenbacher has the Hand of the Week, 5-4 on the button.

Ken Sumner wins the AUPT main event at Wild Horse Pass in Arizona. We also discuss the Venetian "drawing" tournament again and wonder if an opportunity was indeed missed. Doc Frank has the Hand of the Week.

NOV. 15 POKERCAST RECAP: Scott went to the Deep Stack Charity Classic at the Isle in South Florida, a clerical error takes away the WSOP POY title from Daniel Negreanu and the AUPT event at Wild Horse Pass in Arizona is under way. We also complete an O'Mally's Move and Matt Hayward has the Hand of the Week.

We have lots of Ante Up events to promote, but somewhere inside all of those items is a news report about Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang being for federal regulation of poker. We also have a new O'Mally's Move and Vic is back with a Hand of the Week.

Scott interviews a few Ante Up PokerCast fans aboard our Ante Up Poker Cruise. Our regular show returns next week.

It's our Oct. 25 show and we discuss Daniel Negreanu's idea of a new tournament series, though it's not clear if this would be a tour. We also find some controversy in the deaf poker community and we complete an O'Mally's Move.

Our PokerCast was nominated for Best Content Provider by GulfCoastPoker.net. We also have a minor update to the Postle debacle and a new O'Mally's Move. The show is capped with Sean Hamstra's Hand of the Week, K-10 in the small blind.

We use broad strokes to discuss the alleged cheating scandal that has hit the poker world in California.

Scott returns from the successful Ante Up Poker Tour Sweetwater Series. Also, the parent companies of Paddy Poker and PokerStars have merged. Plus we chat about the Venetian's controversial tourney.

Scott gives a report from the Ante Up Sweetwater Series, an Ante Up Poker Tour stop at Jamul Casino just outside San Diego. We also discuss the recent sale of the Rio and what it means to the World Series of Poker.

We chat about the upcoming Ante Up Poker Tour Series at Jamul Casino in San Diego, bots wreaking havoc on investing in online poker and Phil Ivey is in the news again.

We chat about Ronnie Bardah on Survivor, PokerStars sports betting and revisit our Call the Floor from last week. We also complete an O'Mally's Move and Ante Up Ambassador Michael Young has the Hand of The Week.

Apparently, some people care about the true winnings players have on the tournament circuit. Do we? And, that old chestnut of ranking the greatest poker song of all time has returned, so we weigh in. We also have a new O'Mally's Move and a fine Hand of the Week.