Chasing Poker Greatness

Welcome back my fine feathered friend to another episode of the “Chasing Poker Greatness” podcast. I’m your host, founder of Chasing Poker Greatness, Brad Wilson. Today the one and only Carlos Welch is back for the third time on CPG and I couldn’t be more thrilled! Don’t tell Andrew Brokos over at the Thinking Poker podcast but I’m secretly dreaming Carlos will reach out to me about being a regular co-host of CPG. He’s just the kind of dude that, ...

On today's episode, Coach Brad and Jon review two 3bet pots from Jon's recent 2kNL shot take where Jon arrives at the river with bluff catchers and has to decide whether to call off the rest of his stack.New CPG Cash Game Courses!Preflop Bootcamp: https://bit.ly/Preflop-BootcampFish in a Barrel: http://bit.ly/fish-in-a-barrelNeutralize Flop Leads: https://bit.ly/2OkN8Yt

Today’s guest is one I’m very excited to finally welcome back onto CPG. He’s an award-winning co-host of one of the most popular and revered poker podcasts “The Chip Race” (Along with past CPG guest Dara O’ Kearney), the cheery, exuberant, and (sometimes) controversial Irishman, David Lappin. David spent seven years in college studying Arts, Philosophy and Screenwriting - obviously laying the foundation for a lengthy career poker career.He’s also an ambassador for Unibet Poker, and of course a world-class ...

In today’s episode, I have the great pleasure of welcoming back Ignition poker sponsored streamer & one half of the PokerCoaching.com study stream dynamic duo Shaundle “Crazysixes” Pruitt. Shaundle’s a long-time and accomplished MTT wizard who exudes confidence and has every reason to do so. He’s just one of those dudes who consistently does things the right way.Whether it’s managing his volume battling on the green felt or keeping his game sharp through regular dedicated poker study, Shaundle is a ...

On this week's episode, Coach Brad and Jon break down two more hands where Jon had KQo and found himself in tough spots postflop. Don't miss these two hands where over $4,000 finds its way into the pot both times!New CPG Cash Game Courses!Preflop Bootcamp: https://bit.ly/Preflop-BootcampFish in a Barrel: http://bit.ly/fish-in-a-barrelNeutralize Flop Leads: https://bit.ly/2OkN8Yt

Today’s guest on the show is the always contemplative and thoughtful “Master of Live Poker Tells” Zach Elwood.Zach is a former professional poker player, podcaster, and author, who has also doubled as a Poker Tells consultant for two WSOP Main Event final table players.His books, “Reading Poker Tells ”, “Verbal Poker Tells”, and “Exploiting Poker Tells” have been called “invaluable”, “transformational”, and “required reading for live poker”.In the same social psychology vein as his poker books, Zach has also recently ...

On today's show, I have the pleasure of welcoming back one of the OG CPG guests, the always thoughtful, genuine, and incredibly hard-working Lyle Bateman. Lyle is a former contributing editor at Poker News Canada who’s a self-professed computer streaming geek who quite recently snagged a streaming sponsorship deal with Unibet Poker.He and I are about to dive deep on his new gig at Poker Fuse and Lyle’s thoughts and emotions surrounding his good friend Vanessa Kade’s storybook-like $1.5 million ...

Coach Brad finds a multiway flop donk bet on two separate occasions and gets raised BOTH times. On this week's episode, find out how Coach Brad deals with this rare situation and why he decided to lead the flop in the first place.New CPG Cash Game Courses!Preflop Bootcamp: https://bit.ly/Preflop-BootcampFish in a Barrel: http://bit.ly/fish-in-a-barrelNeutralize Flop Leads: https://bit.ly/2OkN8Yt

Today I am super pumped to welcome back a good friend of CPG, the always thoughtful, articulate, and way too wise for his age Jack Laskey.For Jack, the poker dream all began at a tender age of twelve, yes twelve, when most of us were navigating our way through Middle School and spending our free time playing video games, Jack and his crew had already entered the online poker streets. Today, he’s a founding member of the "Just Hands Podcast", ...

Today’s guest on the Chasing Poker Greatness has $4.7 Million in live MTT cashes including a $1.9 Million victory at the 2016 Five Diamond Poker Classic, the one and only James Romero.James is a giant in the world of poker and a force at every single table he sits down at. Despite his poker accolades, James lives a low-key, chill lifestyle while finding joy in helping those around him.In today’s very special Round 2 conversation you’re going to learn:- How ...

On today’s episode of the Chasing Poker Greatness podcast my guest today is Michael “Gags30” Gagliano. Gags has been lighting up the poker streets as a professional since the late 2000’s and has been a respected poker coach for almost a decade.Despite experiencing mixed emotions about the whole poker career path deal, Michael settled in and has experienced an extremely successful journey thus far having cashed for more than $2 million in live tournaments despite battling primarily in the online ...

Coach Brad is rejoined by Jon this week as Jon provides a recap of his recent trip to Las Vegas to take some shots at the biggest no-limit games running on the strip.Hand 1Live 8-max 10/20 w/ Big Blind AnteEffective Stack: $8560PREFLOP:Jon opens AdKc $60 from EPBB 3bet $340, Jon calls $340FLOP: Jc7d2h ($710)BB bets $260, Jon calls $260TURN: Jc7d2h 3d ($1230)BB bets $660, Jon calls $660RIVER: Jc7d2d 3d Td ($2550)BB bets $1000, Jon raises to $4300BB raises all-in, $7300, ...

Today’s guest on the Chasing Poker Greatness podcast has made his living in the cash games streets for the past 14 years & has quickly built up a rabid YouTube following of nearly 50,000 human beings as of the release of this episode, Mr. Johnnie “Vibes” Moreno.For Johnny, poker has always been a family affair. His brother Andrew is a high stakes live crusher and his sister-in-law is future CPG Hall-of-Greatness member Kristy Arnett-Moreno. But as you’re about to learn, ...

Today’s guest on the Chasing Poker Greatness podcast is Martin Jacobson who has racked up over $17 million in poker cashes in his live MTT career.Some of his career highlights include:- Winning the 2014 WSOP ME for $10,000,000. Hard to top this one on the highlight reel.- An $800k score at the 2013 $111,111 buy-in One Drop for $807k.- And a $762k runner-up finish at the 2011 EPT Deauville Main Event.If you’ll notice, Martin’s WSOP ME victory came AFTER his ...

On this week’s episode Coach Brad answers a handful of questions that his student Jon prepared in anticipation of his return to live cash.New CPG Cash Game Courses!Preflop Bootcamp: https://bit.ly/Preflop-BootcampFish in a Barrel: http://bit.ly/fish-in-a-barrelNeutralize Flop Leads: https://bit.ly/2OkN8Yt

Today’s guest on the Chasing Poker Greatness podcast is the winner of the 2016 $300k buy-in Super High Roller Bowl who has racked up over $21 million in live poker tournament cashes Rainer Kempe.If that sounds like a lot of money and success, that’s because it is.Here are just a few highlights of the 31-year-old’s poker career thus far:A $2 million score for a 3rd place finish in 2018’s Super High Roller Bowl in Macau.A $900k victory in the 2019 ...

Today’s guest on the Chasing Poker Greatness podcast is professional poker player, YouTube’r, and future New York Times Bestselling Author the multi-dimensional Kristy Arnett.Kristy’s first appearance on Chasing Poker Greatness was packed so full of Greatness Bombs you almost had to listen to it twice so I had very high hopes for this Round 2…And, of course, Kristy knocked it out of the park.In today’s show with Kristy, she’s going to go deep on all the things she’s been up ...

On this week's episode of Tactical Tuesday, Coach Brad and Jon discuss two hands where Coach Brad decides to execute one of his least used plays: the hero fold. Listen in to hear Coach Brad's reasoning for folding top pair/top kicker in a 3bet pot and an over-pair with the nut flush draw blind vs. blind. Could either of these massive folds be correct? Stick around to the end of each hand to find out!New CPG Cash Game Courses!Preflop Bootcamp: ...

Today’s guest on the Chasing Poker Greatness podcast is the author of “The Total Poker Manual” Sasha Sutton.Sasha’s path, which you’re about to learn all about, to the world of poker is unlike pretty much anyone I’ve met in the poker world.After spending 3+ decades as an extremely successful creative and financial writer, she made the fated decision to attend a workshop at the age of 55 where she was introduced to the world of poker.After getting bitten by the ...

Today’s guest on the Chasing Poker Greatness podcast is one of my all-time favorite human beings in the poker world Jon “Apestyles” Van Fleet.Besides being one of your favorite podcast hosts' favorite humans in poker, Apestyles is also an absolute legend who has racked up more than $17 Million+ in lifetime online MTT cashes with no signs of slowing down anytime soon.As a matter of fact, since the last time the Great Ape was on Chasing Poker Greatness, he’s began ...