Chasing Poker Greatness

Welcome to a brand new series on Chasing Poker Greatness called "Aspirants" ... they are conversations with folks who aspire to achieve longtime success on the green felt.These episodes are going to be a little different than what you're used to hearing on Chasing Poker Greatness and, if they aren't your cup of tea, they will be labeled as "Aspirant" in the show title so you can just skip them when they show up in your feed.If you listen to ...

Today’s guest is longtime live tournament CRUSHER Shannon Shorr.Shannon has over $8,000,000 in live tournament cashes in his 15 year career with some highlights including:$960k and $247k victories at the Bellagio Cup in Vegas.A bronze medal in one of the toughest tournament fields in poker, the $10k WSOP 6-handed event.And a 5th place finish at the WPT 5 Diamond Classic for a cool $408,000.Shannon and I, despite never having met one another before this show, but having a ton of ...

To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.comToday’s guest is PartyPoker pro and the current #7 GPI ranked player in the world Kristen Bicknell.Kristen has over $5,000,000 in live cashes to go along with $3.7 million in online earnings which is, as Larry David might say, “Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good”.There was a hand Kristen played recently that I stumbled across on Twitter that shows you why she’s one of the best in the world:With blinds at 15k/30k and a big blind ...

To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.comToday’s episode features the highly requested round 2 with “Sessions” podcast host DGAF.DGAF is a good friend of mine who I have battled with many times. He’s one of the good guys in poker that genuinely cares about the human beings he interacts with on the felt.We’re going to jump into the Jungleman saga and why neither one of us really care, the pitfalls of online poker, and why I have come to hate ALL ...

To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.comToday’s episode features one of my good friends who I have mentioned many times in previous episodes of Chasing Poker Greatness, Olympic gold medalist, elite performance coach, and author of “The Responsibility Ethic” Adam Kreek.Adam is an absolute wealth of knowledge on the subject of high performance and, despite having almost zero experience with the world of poker, somehow still managed to blow me away with poker relevant greatness bomb after greatness bomb.If you have ...

To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.comToday’s guest is the author of the most recommended book by guests on the pod “The Mental Game of Poker”, Jared Tendler.It was a genuine thrill catching up with Jared and learning how he’s personally coped with the Covid crisis, what his plans for the future are (Here’s a hint, there are more “Mental Game of …” things headed your way), In today’s episode, you’ll learn:- How Jared, who is NOT a poker pro, found ...

To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.comToday’s guest is tireless elite poker coach and course creator Matt Hunt.Matt is one of the head coaches for two of my favorite poker training entities SolveForWhy (Founded by past Chasing Poker Greatness guest Matt Berkey) and PokerDetox (Founded by multiple time Chasing Poker Greatness podcast guest Nick Howard).Going into my conversation with Matt I didn’t really set any specific expectations for how things would go. Outside of Twitter, him and I hadn’t had any ...

To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.comToday’s guest is one of the foremost authorities on poker coaching and one of the founders of Red Chip Poker James “Splitsuit” Sweeney.James has been in the poker coaching and training business for over a decade and it was easy for me to see why … helping guide folks in their poker journey lights him up like the fourth of July. As a man who has seen and heard about his fair share of shady ...

To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.comToday’s guest is the always tenacious and thoughtful Veronica Brill.Veronica has been in and around the poker world for over a decade and was, of course, recently thrust directly into the spotlight for blowing the lid off of the alleged Mike Postle cheating scandal.While we do touch base on the Mike Postle scandal, I wanted to make a conscious effort to avoid a conversation fully focused on a man who has done so much harm ...

To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.comToday’s guest is Swedish poker BEAST Anton Wigg.At just 33 years of age, Anton has managed to rack up $10.8 million in combined online and live MTT cashes.Some of his career highlights include:- A $672k EPT main event victory in Copenhagen in 2010.- Victories in the Sunday Milly and Sunday 500 on Stars.- And recently vanquishing past Chasing Poker Greatness guest Ari Engel at LAPC back in the good ole days of February when live ...

To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.comToday’s guest is someone the entire poker world ought to be thankful and grateful for, one half of the 2 man crew who wrote Rounders, a movie near and dear to the hearts of all poker players, Brian Koppleman.Brian and his writing partner David Levien are also the men behind films like Knockaround Guys and Oceans Thirteen as well as the critically acclaimed Showtime series “Billions”.(Which ramps back up for season 5 in a month ...

To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.comToday’s guest is one of the GOATs and a man I have looked up to for many years Andrew “LuckyChewy” Lichtenberger.Andrew has racked up over $10 million in live MTT winnings as well as being one of the foremost crushers of all-time in any form or setting or poker he decides to dive into. Just a few of his MTT career highlights include:5 WSOP final tables, including a bracelet earning victory in 2016 for $569k.Winning ...

To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.comToday’s guest is author and teacher Zachary Elwood.If you’ve ever been interested in diving deeper in the art of reading and interpreting physical tells, this is the show for you.Zach is a former professional poker player and the author of the “Reading Poker Tells” trilogy (That has now been translated into 7 languages) as well as the man behind the uber popular and valuable Reading Poker Tells YouTube content.In our conversation today we’re going to ...

To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.comToday’s guest is a man who has never been shy about following his bliss, Carlos Welch.Carlos is an MTT grinder and poker coach who exemplifies the phrase, “Dance to the beat of your own drummer.”In our conversation you’re going to hear all about Carlos’s journey from being a high school math teacher who had “all the things you’re supposed to have” (House, car, job, relationship) to traveling around the country and living a life that’s ...

To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.comScott Seiver is a man infused with so much greatness that he needs no introduction.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

To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.comToday’s very special guest is online and live tournament crusher David Lappin.In David’s 13 year career he has racked up over almost $4.5 million in online and live MTT cashes with, more importantly, over a million dollars in profit.He’s also the co-creator of the GPI award winning podcast “The Chip Race” with previous CPG guest Dara O’ Kearney.Currently David is hard at work helping pub games and home games stay together in the current pandemic ...

To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.comToday’s guest is one of the all-time beasts in both the online and live poker realm Ari Engel. Ari has over 7 million dollars in live tournament winnings, was the number 1 ranked online player for tournaments in 2006, and is currently the 35th ranked tournament player in the world according to the global poker index.Coming off of a scorching hot LAPC with 2 wins and 2 runner-ups, Ari is showing no signs of slowing ...

To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.comToday’s guest is high stakes cash game LEGEND and BEAST Sean Snyder.Sean is, in his own words, one of the “poker misfits” who regularly plays the biggest mixed games stakes spread in his home city of San Diego.Sean was suggested to me by one of my favorite humans in the poker world, DGAF, and you’re going to see straight away that birds of a feather flock together.Sean is brutally honest and forthcoming about his journey ...

To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.comToday’s very special guest is PartyPoker US and Borgata sponsored poker pro Katie Stone.Katie has been a mainstay battling in the poker tournament world for over a decade from Texas, to her home turf the shores of New Jersey, to the fabled online haven of Rosarita, Mexico.In our conversation today we’re going to dive into Katie’s journey from growing up immersed in competition (whether it be chess or any and all kinds of sports) to ...

To support the show visit https://ChasingPokerGreatness.comToday’s guest is a LEGEND in the poker media arena Norman Chad.Before we jump into the conversation, I want you to take a second to imagine a time when NO poker was on television and it wasn’t even a given that the WSOP would continue on a year-to-year basis.It was in this environment that Norman was asked to be a commentator for a thing that he or almost anybody else on the planet even knew ...