Rec Poker Podcast

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Taylor Maas about a heads-up spot where the main objective is to get ALL the chips into the middle...but how? While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses position, SPR, postflop betting lines, player types and tendencies, calculating equity, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and ...

This week Jim Reid and the panel interview James "SplitSuit" Sweeney about the RecPoker Theme of the Month: playing against limpers. James is a prolific members of the poker community, from his youtube channel to his Red Chip Poker site and podcast, to his books and apps - he's even done voiceover work for PokerTracker! Listen in as we learn about playing against limpers from this phenomenal player and coach. The gang also goes over some changes to the Home ...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Chris Jones about an ICM spot in a tournament he played the other day. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses stack sizes, tournament stages, ICM pressure, villain types, the tension between "fold equity" and "domination when called", and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and ...

This week Chris Jones and the panel interview Ben Enslow and Troy Chapman, two new members of the RECing Crew! They talk about what got them interested in poker, their favorite parts of the RecPoker membership, their exotic accents (lol), the value of community in their own poker journey, some details of their lives away from the tables, and their hopes for the future both as poker players and for the game as a whole. Plus of course we give ...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through Chris Jones' Theme of the Month at RecPoker: this month it is all about Responding to 3-bets! The group talks about the factors to consider when facing 3-bets: position, sizing, villain types, tournament stages, blockers, board coverage, postflop play, and a lot more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question of your own in the forums for the panel to review! ----- Find ...

This week Jim Reid and the panel interview Gareth James from the MTT Poker School! After overcoming some fun audio issues in the first couple minutes, they talk about the Theme of the Month at RecPoker, which is "Responding to 3-bets" by discussing position, size, player tendancies, and hand characteristsc, and they also get into the difference between 'studying' and 'training' as well as talkimg about a new Book Gareth is working on that focusses on how to play when ...

This week, the panel talks with RECing Crew member Rob Washam about his latest Book Study that just wrapped up, "Endgame Poker Strategy: The ICM Book" by Dara O'Kearney and Barry Carter. Rob goes into some depth talking about the different ways that ICM pressure can be applied, who should be applying it, and who should be feeling it the most. We also get into the different stages of the tournament and the different stack sizes at which ICM pressure ...

This week Jim Reid and the panel welcome Sky Matsuhashi back to the show! The popular podcaster, YouTuber and coach shares some thoughts on what goes on behind the scenes of his content creation, why he feels that active study is so important, some factors to consider when facing a 3-bet, and some details about his new video course that you can find at his Poker Forge training site - see the link below. It's always a fun chat when ...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Keith Brandt (Monkiesystem) about holding AQx on the bubble and seeing aggressive action in front of him. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses ICM pressure, short-stack shoving ranges, isolation raises vs cold calling ranges, villain types and player tendencies, when/if to have a flatting range at all, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today ...

This week Jim Reid and the panel welcome Ryan Laplante back to the show. Ryan is an accomplished professional poker player, and the founder of the excellent training site Learn Pro Poker. WARNING: this starts as an interview but quickly turns into a detailed coaching session from Ryan, going over the many factor we should consider when facing a 3-bet. Ryan shares his screen as he uses a solver to break down a hand with visual elements, so while the ...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Black_Spade about three hands from an MTT they played recently. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses preflop decisions at various points of the tournament, the pros and cons of various typical actions and scenarios, villain types, what information to include when posting hands, the importance of closing the action, to shove or not to shove, and more! Come sign ...

This week Jim Reid and the panel interview Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler about a range of topics from his life in the world of poker. Known for his views on tournament structures, Allen gets right into the nuts and bolts of what makes for good and bad structures, how the stack sizes and the blind levels relate to each other, and the value in choosing the right structures for certain events. We also discuss travelling to play poker, the importance of ...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a conversation about October's Theme of the Month: 3-Betting! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses the origin of 3-bets, why people do it, what kinds of hands to choose, what kinds of villains to target, capped ranges, squeezing, and a lot more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you ...

This week Jim Reid and the panel interview Sarah Herring about her 12 years (!) at Poker News and her new start at Poker.org! Sarah talks about her favourite interview and her least favourite (you might be surprised!), she goes into what it's like to get started in the poker media world and gives some advice for people interested in getting started, she shares a few embarrassing stories from her time at Poker News - and Jim's Mom even gets ...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Ben "Bejamin96" Enslow about a deep run he made in a $22 Bounty tournament that he ended up placing second in for about $2k. Congrats, Ben! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses shorthanded play, contorting your opponent's ranges, the importance of bet sizing and how it changes action on future streets, how to factor in the value of bounties ...

This week Jim Reid and the panel interview Maanit Madan from rfpoker.com who shares some context around possible technical/security weaknesses in the streaming world that have been mentioned in the conversations around The Hand that we've all been hearing about for the last few weeks, and some of the technical factors that go into tracking and streaming technology on today's tables. Maanit recaps some current events and gets right into the technical difficulties of securely streaming private card info in ...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Black_Spruce about playing the nut flush draw OOP and multiway on a dynamic, monotone board in a limped pot. What could go wrong?!? While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses player types, exploitative sizing, value-targeting, counting combos, postflop betting patterns, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies ...

This week Jim Reid and the panel interview longtime pro player and coach Kevin Rabichow about his experiences as a high-stakes heads-up player - and how it's led him to create his new training course at Run It Once. Kevin gets right into his insights about adjusting from full-ring to short-handed play, some theoretical implications of only having two players in each hand, why postflop analysis is so important, how he takes notes and how to get the most out ...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by John Crowell about facing multiple limpers in the cash games he plays in. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses A LOT of factors about limping: player types, stack sizes, raise sizes, hand ranges, hand qualities, postflop tendencies, variance - and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies ...

This week Jim Reid and the panel interview Dr. Alex Chauran, a twitch streamer, writer, and instructor with Poker Power who thoroughly enjoys working with beginner players and taking their game to the next level. A practicing Wiccan, Doc runs her own coven in British Columbia, Canada, and shares some details about what life is like practicing witchcraft, how poker has helped her overcome adversity, some missteps new players often make, the different strategies she employs when playing cash versus ...