Hosted by Andrew Brokos and Nate Meyvis, this weekly poker podcast features in-depth interviews with fascinating people from all corners of the poker world plus sophisticated strategy discussions.

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Episode 314: Carlos in Cherokee

Carlos Welch joins Andrew live in Cherokee, North Carolina to discuss the WSOP-Circuit and his new ride. Timestamps 0:30 Carlos Welch 52:03 Strategy CARLOs WELCH Carlos Welch is a “professional poker student” and long-time friend of the show. He plays, … Read more…

Episode 313: Tommy Lee

Tommy Angelo and Lee Jones discuss their friendship and their collaboration on PokerSimple. Tommy previously appeared on Episode 2, Episode 29, and Episode 192, Episode 211, and Episode 220, and Episode 292. Lee Jones was our guest on Episode 9. … Read more…

Episode 312: Range Construction

Andrew goes solo to answer listener questions with an emphasis on range construction. Strategy #1 $.02/$.05 NLHE $5 effective UTG opens $.15, SB calls, Hero calls 6h 4h from BB Flop ($0.35) Qh Td 4c. Two checks, UTG bets $.13, … Read more…

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Meet your hosts

Andrew Brokos

Andrew Brokos

Andrew has been playing poker professionally since 2005. In addition to playing and hosting the podcast, Andrew's also a poker coach. He offers one-on-one poker private coaching and serves as a video instructor for both Tournament Poker Edge and Red Chip Poker.

One of his most notable poker accomplishments is cashing five times in seven years at the World Series of Poker Main Event, including three finishes in the top 100.

Nate Meyvis

Nate Meyvis

Nate Meyvis has been playing and analyzing poker for 15 years.At the World Series of Poker he has five cashes in no-limit hold 'em events, including a top one hundred finish in the Main Event. He is the author of two tournament strategy books and has been published in PokerNews and Two Plus Two Magazine. Nate loves poker, but it competes for his time with his work in software, his family responsibilities, and his reading habits.

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The full details on a number of ways to help us out a smidge are covered on the Support the Podcast page.

When we set off to make the podcast, we didn’t want to be just another poker podcast. We were really interested in sharing unique but often hidden stories about the people in and behind poker. So we aim to not just talk to the same old big-name pro players, but instead to provide a platform to recreational players, local legends, poker biz insiders, dealers and more to share their stories.

With that in mind, we mostly approach people we think we and and our listeners would be interested to hear from. Some stories are untold for a reason and not everyone is comfortable being publicly interviewed, but we’re very appreciative of those that are!

We welcome your suggestions of guests (you can write us using the form at the bottom of this page), but keep in mind we aren’t interested in guests that are primarily promoting a product and do not accept solicitations by promotional agencies. 

We originally used different intro songs for the podcast, but one from Podcast editor Sean’s former band, Palmyra, quickly became a permanent anthem for the podcast.

Palmyra, now inactive, was a Brooklyn based quintet made up of Gina Pensiero (songs, vocals, guitar), Karl Sturk (guitar), Kenny Roebuck (trumpet, vocals), Sean Lango (bass, synth), and Jonathan Lango (drums).

The intro song is Spires. The outro song is called Whereby the Signatory. And snippets used from bumpers include Cold Coffee, Suicidal Female Poets, and on rare occasions Lights Dot. These can all be found on the Palmyra bandcamp under the albums Hoodcat and The City, On Repeat.

Besides their weekly appearance on the Thinking Poker Podcast, it’s quite likely that the Palmyra-specific chapter is closed. But you can support the band their digital songs on Bandcamp, and Gina’s voice does live on in her collaboration with Sean softcenter

We originally used different intro songs for the podcast, but one from Podcast editor Sean’s former band, Palmyra, quickly became a permanent anthem for the podcast.

Palmyra, now inactive, was a Brooklyn based quintet made up of Gina Pensiero (songs, vocals, guitar), Karl Sturk (guitar), Kenny Roebuck (trumpet, vocals), Sean Lango (bass, synth), and Jonathan Lango (drums).

The intro song is Spires. The outro song is called Whereby the Signatory. And snippets used from bumpers include Cold Coffee, Suicidal Female Poets, and on rare occasions Lights Dot. These can all be found on the Palmyra bandcamp under the albums Hoodcat and The City, On Repeat.

Besides their weekly appearance on the Thinking Poker Podcast, it’s quite likely that the Palmyra-specific chapter is closed. But you can support the band their digital songs on Bandcamp, and Gina’s voice does live on in her collaboration with Sean softcenter

The podcast’s primary sponsor is poker coaching site Tournament Poker Edge.

We are always open to hearing from other high-quality organizations looking to reach our audience, but keep in mind we are quite choosey about who  we work with, and we don’t reply to spam solicitations.

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