Chasing Poker Greatness

Tactical Tuesday returns this week with a breakdown of two AQ hands that Coach Brad played recently at 5/10NL on Ignition. Coach Brad gets to the river in both hands, yet finds himself with two very different decisions. Should he fire a bluff on the river in a 4bet pot with nothing but AQ high? Should he raise a river bet for value with top pair-top kicker? Find out on today's episode!Hand 1Hero Hand: AhQdHero Position:UTGEffective Stack:133 BBAction:PREFLOP: Hero raises ...

Today’s guest on the Chasing Poker Greatness podcast is longtime poker professional Shane Schleger.Shane has racked up $1.4 million in tracked live MTT cashes throughout his poker career.Shane’s life as a poker professional has had its fair share of ups and downs (Basically like pretty much every other poker player's life I know) and he has written extensively about his past battles with addiction.And even though we don’t cover that chapter of his life in our conversation, I just wanna ...

Today’s guest on the Chasing Poker Greatness podcast is a high stakes mixed-game legend who basically needs no introduction, Eli Elezra.But just because the man doesn’t NEED an introduction doesn’t mean he isn’t gonna get one anyway.Eli has led quite the life on and off the felt, and he’s about to take you way back to the very beginning of his poker career. Starting with his time in the Israeli Army and then traveling through working in a cannery and ...

In today's episode of Tactical Tuesday, Jon asks Coach Brad some of his favorite Chasing Poker Greatness questions, including:- Who was the biggest influence in you becoming a poker professional?- What are the stories behind your least favorite & most favorite poker sessions?Coach Brad takes a trip down memory lane that covers missed flights, walking 6 miles to the post office in the dead of winter (uphill both ways), losing most of his money on Earth because of a real ...

Today’s guest on the Chasing Poker Greatness podcast is the founder of Faded Spade & Above the Felt Entertainment Tom Wheaton.Tom and I both entered the poker world at about the same time which means Tom has been a cardplayer for a very, very long time.When we got into poker current poker supernova Landon Tice was barely 4-years-old. If that doesn’t make me feel old then I guess nothing will - yeesh.But even though Tom entered poker in 2004, he ...

Today’s guest on the Chasing Poker Greatness podcast is split pot specialist, author, and poker coach Greg Vail.Greg’s back for a Round 2 because I got so distracted by our amazing first conversation that I forgot to ask him any of the regular CPG questions you’ve come to love and expect like:What is Greg’s regular process for improving his own game? What does Greg think is the most high impact action you can take to improve your game?And breaking down ...

Coach Brad and Jon return for another round of hand breakdowns on this week's Tactical Tuesday.In this episode you'll hear about two hands Jon played recently at $5/$10 6-max cash. Both hands involve tricky monotone flops and both hands result in maximum pain for one of the players involved. Will Jon be the one dishing it out or will he be the one left with nothing but virtual felt in front of him? Find out on today's episode!Hand 1Hero Hand: ...

Today’s guest on the Chasing Poker Greatness podcast is the brilliant Greatness Bomb dropping Ana Marquez.Ana’s an online MTT soul crushing cyborg, former #1 ranked poker player in Spain, and has amassed $1.8 Million in lifetime live MTT cashes.This CPG episode is especially meaningful to me because it’s a reminder of why I’m going to do my best to continue making these shows forever.When I started out my own poker journey in 2004 it was because the prospect of being ...

Today’s guest on the Chasing Poker Greatness podcast is the founder of Solve For Why, nose bleed cash game legend, and one of the best souls in the entire poker world Matt Berkey.In case you aren’t up to date on your CPG history, Berkey was guest #1 back way back when CPG launched in late 2019.Since our first conversation I’ve learned Berkey is one of the most honest, generous, and genuine human beings I’ve ever had the pleasure of getting ...

Tactical Tuesday returns this week with a pair of hand breakdowns by Coach Brad and Jon.Our heroes both face overbets and find themselves with tricky river decisions despite having very strong hands. Find out what our heroes ended up doing in-game and whether their decisions are CPG approved. If you would like to have one of your hands analyzed on Tactical Tuesday, sign up for the VIP Newsletter and get your access to Greatness Village today (where both of these ...

Today’s guest on the Chasing Poker Greatness podcast is Craig Mason.Craig has had a love affair with the game of poker for as long as he can remember.Back in the Moneymaker Boom when he was a special education teacher, he’d travel to the WSOP in Vegas just sit in the bleachers and watch his heroes fight tooth and nail for life-changing cash, prestige, and the hardware that comes with it.Fast forward to 2018 where at the PartyPoker Caribbean Poker Party ...

Today’s guest on the Chasing Poker Greatness podcast is one of the top poker performance coaches in the entire universe... the facilitator of flow, the patriarch of presence Mr. Jason Su who is back for a long anticipated Round 2.And no, I didn’t mean for that to rhyme but I’m very happy it did.This round 2 with Jason Su features a new CPG format I’ve dreamt up for return guests that zooms in on some of the most memorable moments ...

In today's first segment Coach Brad and his student Jon share their opinions on whether or not they think the Doug Polk vs. Daniel Negreanu high stakes heads-up challenge was ultimately good for the game of poker.After the jump they give their opinions on ways they think these challenges could be improved upon moving forward into the future.Pros and Cons- Grudge Matches are always fun.- More streamed high stakes poker of any kind.- Lots of hype for poker.Negatives:- Hole cards ...

Today’s guest on the Chasingh Poker Greatness podcast is former online MTT poker professional Luciana Manolea.Luciana’s poker journey spans over 10 years where she’s cashed for over $4.5 million dollars in her combined live and online poker career.Luci considers her poker origin story a “fortunate accident” while she was in college studying computer science. It was there that she realized the heart pumping thrill of competition was in her blood not 1’s and 0’s, and she made the life altering ...

Today’s guest on the Chasing Poker Greatness podcast is Matt Waxman who’s back for a very special Round 2.He’s a WSOP bracelet winner, WPT Champ, and founder of the insanely addictive and innovative video-game like poker format PokeRithm.If you’re one of the sad souls who missed Matt and I’s Round 1 conversation, I’d highly suggest you go back and listen to it because it was an all-time classic…I daresay our Round 2 lives up and perhaps even exceeds the original.In ...

In today's episode of Tactical Tuesday Coach Brad and his student Jon break down the differences between high stakes live cash games and low stakes live cash games.In the first half of the show they break down the strategic differences and in the back half they discuss the environmental differences.The strategic differences they go into are: - The role rake plays in your strategy: Drop rake vs. Timed rake- The strategic differences in stack depths (100 bbs at small stakes ...

Today’s guest on the Chasing Poker Greatness podcast is Jordan Zucker.Jordan’s a high stakes mixed-game grinder who was referred to yours truly by his friend and past CPG guest, the nosebleed mixed-game Queen Supreme, Melissa Burr.Jordan and I’s wide ranging conversation will take you from his poker origin story many moons ago to a never-before-covered setting on this show the New York private game scene of yesteryear, and then on to present day where he’s battling on the green felt.In ...

Today’s guest on the Chasing Poker Greatness Podcast is Gareth James.Gareth is the founder and head coach of the prestigious MTT Poker School, the co-host of the mindset poker podcast Poker on the Mind where he and past CPG guest Dr. Tricia Cardner (Who herself is a poker performance wizard & author who sports PHDs in both psychology & criminology) help you improve your mental game, and co-author (along with the aforementioned Dr. Tricia Cardner) of Purposeful Practice for Poker.Gareth ...

On this week's Tactical Tuesday, Coach Brad and his student Jon take a look at a couple of hands posted in Greatness Village. The first hand features Coach Thomas choosing to take an unorthodox line from the big blind against the button at 500NL. In the second hand, a villager raises preflop, bets the flop and the turn with a combo draw and arrives at the river with absolutely nothing. Tune in to find out whether you should be bluffing ...

Today’s guest on the Chasing Poker Greatness podcast is the author of SCOOP! Winning High Low Concepts for the Hold’em Mind volumes 1, 2, & 3 Greg Vail.Greg’s a Red Chip Poker Coach and cash game pro who specializes in the world of Big O and Omaha Hi-Lo.Greg’s poker career is split into two acts: The first act was from 2005-2010. He was a young, immature kid with horrible spending habits and no discipline trying to figure out how to ...