Rec Poker Podcast

Kyna England was one of the first players to join Poker Power, which is a phenomenal organization that is spreading their love of poker to women around the world. In 2021 she won the MSPT Player of the Year with an impressive tournament run, and we talk about that experience and what life has been like since. We also discuss how to study, tips for beginner players, how Kyna plans her tournament schedule, and all about the "Kyna Cool Song" ...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by "Website Mark" Praschan about a spot where he felt like he had a lot of equity in the hand - but also felt way behind and was facing a large bet. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses stack sizes, raise sizes, villain types, blockers, position, and more! Come sign up for a free account at rec.poker today to see ...

Jake Hershfield is the founder of unshuffled.io which is a free online poker platform offering short weekly poker challenges for real prizes! Jake talks to the panel about what drew him to poker in the first place, the challenges of building a free social poker platform, what makes mixed games more fun, how to win prizes for free, and some exciting collaborations with RecPoker coming up involving introducing more mixed games to poker fans around the world. Find out more ...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Rob about a hand where he holds JJ in late position and faces some tricky spots postflop. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses raise sizes, postflop betting lines, exploiting different players, solvers vs. actual humans, and more! Come sign up for a free account at rec.poker today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can ...

In this special edition of the podcast, we interview Kevin Mathers LIVE on YouTube on the day the WSOP releases their schedule for this year! We take questions from the panel and the guests in the chat, and cover a range of topics from a day in the life of KevMath to the logistics of the new venues. Plus the gang reviews the schedule event by event, and we announce a new contest: Everyone who signs up for premium membership ...

Ryan Laplante is the founder of Learn Pro Poker and a great friend of the show for many years. He joins Chris Jones to talk about living in Vegas and the live poker scene there these days, chasing Blake Bohn on the all-time Minnesota money list, combating Real Time Assistance in the world of online poker, ICM studies at LPP with RECing Crew member Dara O'Kearney, and they even get into a strategy session from a hand Chris played against ...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by "Ep1ct3tu5" about a tricky spot where a nitty player open shoves 18 big blinds and we look down at AK offsuit. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses tournament stages, shoving and calling ranges, player types, and more! Come sign up for a free account at rec.poker today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can ...

This week Jim Reid and the panel interview Karina Karagaeva, the CEO of Mindset Design, about how plugging leaks in your mental game can be profitable in all areas of your life - on and off the felt! Whether it's issues you know about - tilt, losing focus, apathy - or leaks you might not even know you have, like poor goal setting or session prep, the solutions might be closer than you think! Karina talks about her professional path ...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by John Crowell about playing your hand vs. playing your range, and other concepts similar to that idea. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses range betting, range analysis, equity denial, value betting, why to play your hand against some players and your range against other players, (and what that really means) and more! Come sign up for a free account ...

Robbie Strazynski is the founder of cardplayerlifestyle.com and is heavily involved in a number of different aspects of the poker world, from The Orbit podcast, to CardsChat, to his mixed game festival at the Westgate in 2021. This week, Robbie talks to the panel about his love of mixed games, home games, and finding ways to talk about poker as often as possible! Robbie is active on Twitter as @cardplayerlife We also go over this week's home game results and ...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Chris Jones about a hand where he opened QQ from early position, got called by half the table, and got put in a tough spot on a dry board. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses how the number of players in the hand affects your c-betting frequencies, the ranges that pros like to call with, common post-flop betting line ...

(Explicit language used) If you love poker you already know podcast host and commentator Joe Stapleton, who returns to the show to talk about comedy, commentating, and how various aspects of his professional career have been affected by the events of the last two years. We also get to meet Josh Wilson from CryptoHoldem, who talks to the panel about the different parts of cryptocurrencies and NFTs that seem to attract the poker-playing community. You can learn more about Josh ...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Keith about flopping trips and taking an aggressive line multiway. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses betting lines, checking ranges, relative hand strength, bluffing combos, and more! Come sign up for a free account at rec.poker today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for ...

This week the gang looks back on 2021 at RecPoker, John shares some amazing feats and stats from the home games, Rob talks about some prizes and plans for the Book Study, Mark takes listeners behind the curtain of the website a bit, and the panel looks forward to everything that 2022 has in store. Whether it was Steve singing in the Strip, our Farid Jattin training course, the WSOP RecPoker house, the live event Road Trips - even in ...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Flynny about a tricky spot at a final table. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses hand ranges, villain types, live vs. online players, blocker bets, and more! Come sign up for a free account at rec.poker today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for ...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by 7high11 about finding spots to get it in preflop with AK. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses stack sizes, shoving ranges, calculating equity, ICM factors, and more! Come sign up for a free account at rec.poker today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for ...

Gareth James is the founder of the MTT Poker School and Academy and brings a lifetime of work as an educator and coach to his passion for helping people improve at their study of poker. Gareth recently started a monthly study group for RecPoker Premium Members and we talk about that and also get into the story of Gareth's poker philosophy, what he finds interesting about the game, how recreational players can improve the most, and more! We also go ...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post about playing in position on the flop, all based around the teachings of Gareth James and the MTT Poker Academy! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses board textures, bet sizing, pre-flop ranges, opponent tendencies, and more! Come sign up for a free account at rec.poker today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a ...

Taylor Maas is an actuary by day, and a killer poker streamer by night! This week we are once again joined by resident core-team-interviewer Greg Clem to find out more about this Taylor Maas character and what makes him tick. One of the original members of the RECing Crew, Taylor can be found every Thursday night on the twitch.tv/recpoker channel, and is a frequent panelist on the Forums edition of the podcast. We talk about his style of play, how ...

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Greg about developing a strategy for playing in a regular home game. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses note taking, player pool tendencies, postflop lines, sizing, and more! Come sign up for a free account at rec.poker today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum ...