Carlos and Andrew go all in on strategy, discussing how to adapt to new rules and variants (like the new GG Poker final table rules) and how to play from the small blind versus limpers.
Our earlier episode, recorded live in Cherokee NC, was Episode 314.
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It’s the end of an era, as Nate Meyvis steps down as co-host and Carlos Welch takes up the mantle.
Our fullest accounting of the show’s beginning and early days is on Episode 100 (which Carlos also co-hosted!).
Carlos’s first appearance was
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Magician Shawn Farquhar and filmmaker Jon Ornoy join Carlos and Andrew to discuss their forthcoming documentary. Lost in the Shuffle is a film about the history of playing cards and the magicians who employ them. You can support the kickstarter and watch
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Just a quick solo episode this week, with Andrew discussing the importance of open-mindedness and deductive reasoning for serious poker players. Logic puzzles like these can be a fun way to practice.
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Irish poker pro and long-time friend of the show Dara O’Kearney joins Andrew to discuss his new book, Endgame Poker Strategy. The interview is packed with strategy discussion of final table play, ICM, and related concepts, plus a little James Joyce at
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Poker room manager Chris Pavelchik joins Andrew to discuss the logistics of opening a new poker room: hiring, training, marketing, and much more. In the strategy segment, Andrew talks about adapting to high-rake underground games (or really any loose-passive game).
Chris is
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Andrew delivers a pure strategy episode, answering two questions that get at larger issues about playing overpairs on coordinated flops with deep stacks.
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Kathy Liebert, a true legend of the game, shares tales from the pre-Boom tournament circuit (including her stint as a prop player). She and Andrew compare notes on how an old-school pro can best make use of game theory and cutting-edge software.
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Brazilian pro Guilherme “guix2x” Brasiliero joins Andrew to discuss the Brazilian poker scene, staking stables, the contemporary poker software landscape, and much more.
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Carlos Welch is the latest player to win a WSOP bracelet, thanks to a late-night victory in the “Crazy Eights” event on WSOP.com. Just hours after the victory, he shares his excitement and reflects on the path that led him here.
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Santiago has been working in the poker media from Argentina since 2009. He writes frequent articles and book reviews for Poker Logia and has provided live coverage of the WSOP Main Event in 2015 and 2019. He is the co-author of Cuentos
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Professional poker player and former Magic: the Gathering World Champion Uri Peleg talks about game theory, exploitative play, making sense of solvers, frequency mistakes vs fundamental mistakes, showdown vs non-showdown winnings (i.e. red line vs blue line), and more.
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Carlos celebrates the ten-year anniversary of his first WSOP, reflecting on his career and fondly recalling his former fishiness.
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Nate Meyvis, in classic Nate Meyvis fashion, offers an extended reflection on what he learned from the various games with which he’s been obsessed over the course of his life, most notably Bridge, Quiz Bowl, Poker, and Hearthstone.
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In this all-strategy episode, Nate and Andrew discuss ICM and Risk Premium in non-hold ’em games, then Andrew talks about bluffing, bluff-catching, and tiny continuation bets.
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Byron Jacobs is the B in D&B Poker, publishers of Modern Poker Theory and Why Alex Beats Bobbie at Poker among many other books. He and Andrew discuss the past, present, and future of poker publishing, the Rio convention center hallway, and
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Comedian, poker player, and long-time friend of the show Clayton Fletcher talks to Andrew about creativity, freedom of expression, political correctness, and so-called cancel culture. This is an extremely low-poker-content episode. Rather, it’s a conversation between two friends who don’t see eye
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Keith Dunlap is a poet, novelist, and memoirist took up poker after a cancer diagnosis whose chemotherapy treatment required him to quarantine before it was cool. We talk about why poker interests him, why he thinks it’s good for people, and how
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Dr. Konstantinos “Duncan” Palamourdas joins Nate and Andrew for a marathon conversation about playing poker, teaching poker, learning poker, and learning from poker.
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In this solo episode, Andrew discusses multiway pots, bluff-catching, tells, and “going with your gut.”
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We are playing 2/5 NL at
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In this solo episode, Nate Meyvis discusses the history of the podcast, his own history as a poker player, and what that all has to do with helping you get better at poker now.
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Comedian, poker player, and long-time friend of the show Clayton Fletcher talks to Andrew about social media, missing the WSOP, online poker vs online comedy during the pandemic.
Our first interview with Clayton was Episode 74. We discussed his 96th place
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Nate and Andrew go it alone, discussing processes for studying, finding your leaks, and continuing to grow and improve as a poker player.
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Card player, political scientist, and fan favorite Matt Glassman returns to the show to discuss the assault on the US Capitol Building and the game theory of political violence: what drives it, why does it happen, and how do we create incentives
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Marketing Manager of the World Poker Tour Matt Clark joins us to discuss the past and future of marketing poker to the masses.
The book Matt recommended is Strokes of Genius. You can follow him on Twitter.
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Sean Lango, professional musician/poker player and Thinking Poker’s very own audio engineer, joins us to discuss the podcast, playing poker online, playing music online, the best music of the year, and more. In the strategy segment, we discuss studying with a solver.
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Patrick McKenzie, known as “patio11” on Hacker News and elsewhere, is a blogger, consultant, and all-around public intellectual on subjects related to software and business. He’s also, of course, a poker player. We talk to him about playing poker in Japan,
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Some people/platforms were having trouble with the MP3 I uploaded yesterday. I haven’t been able to figure out what caused that, but it’s a small enough file I’m going to try releasing the WAV as well and see if that works better.
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Farid Jattin moved from Colombia to Miami to play baseball when he was 10 years old. Following an injury in college, he took his athlete’s mindset to poker, where he has become one of the most successful players on the high roller
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In this special, listener-requested episode, Nate and Andrew discuss their favorite books, movies, shows, music, and podcasts (not necessarily poker related).
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Card player, political scientist, and all-around great guest Matt Glassman joins for a special episode about using game theory to think about the upcoming presidential election, the Supreme Court, and more.
In the strategy segment, Andrew explains why you can lose to
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Ashley Adams, host of the House of Cards podcast and radio show (Andrew was a guest in 2010!) and author of the new book Winning Poker in 30 Minutes a Day, returns to the show to discuss poker during
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Carlos Welch and Andrew have a new strategy video available in the Nitcast store, based on Carlos’s specialty: exploiting small stakes tournaments. The two discuss Carlos’s poker and romantic history, the basic principles of exploitative play, and some listener questions.
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Playing aggressively isn’t just about bluffing more! Nate and Andrew answer listener questions about fold equity and equity denial.
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Peter Alson, author of the new poker novel The Only Way to Play It and coauthor of a Stu Ungar biography, joins us to discuss The Mayfair Club, poker in fiction, writing about poker for a general audience, working for a bookie,
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Legendary poker author David Sklansky returns to the podcast to discuss his new book Geeking, Grifting, and Gambling Through Las Vegas. David first appeared on Episode 300.
Timestamps
0:30 Strategy
34:18 David Sklansky
Strategy
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Nate and Andrew break down two hands submitted by listeners, with an emphasis on which player has the more polarized range and how that influences betting and bet sizing decisions.
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Strategy Hand 1
It’s
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Brian Rast may not have the knack for self-promotion that some of the biggest names in the industry do, but he’s been quietly winning at the highest stakes, in a variety of formats, for years. In this interview, he talks about discovering
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Irish poker pro Dara O’Kearney joins us again to discuss progressive knockout tournaments, his new book, and David Bowie. Dara previously appeared on Episode 102, Episode 131, and Episode 218.
Timestamps
0:30 Hello and Welcome
5:32 Strategy
23:34 Dara
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Author and poker player Jane Hitchcock joins us to discuss her journey from high society to underground poker games, her new book Bluff, the real life crime that inspired it, and some PLO8 strategy.
0:30 Hello & welcome
3:17 Jane Hitchcock
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Professional poker player and best-selling author Maria Konnikova returns to the show to discuss focus, multitasking, the progress of her career, and her new book The Biggest Bluff. Maria’s first appearance on Episode 247 is one of our all-time favorite shows!
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Mason Malmuth, owner of Two Plus Two Publishing, joins Nate and Andrew to discuss the history of Two Plus Two, his new book The History of the World From a Gambler’s Perspective, and more.
In the strategy segment, Andrew discusses range
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Jason Su, author of the new Poker with Presence, talks to Andrew and Nate about his background in tennis and debate, his poker career, and his new book.
In the strategy segment, Andrew answers a tricky question about mixed strategies: if a
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Nate and Andrew discuss Play Optimal Poker 2: Range Construction, available now from Amazon (paperback/Kindle) or the Nitcast Store (all e-book formats). Includes chapter-by-chapter discussion of the book’s contents.
The original Play Optimal Poker e-book is currently 67% off on Amazon or
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Long-time friend of the show Matt Glassman joins us for a discussion about the future of baseball, poker (he’s optimistic), Congress, and more.
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Ben Saxton joins Andrew to discuss the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the poker world, from WSOP delays to poker apps to Zoom-based home games. In the strategy segment, they discuss playing out of position in multiway pots. Ben previously appeared
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Old-school gambler, pool hustler, bookie, and poker player Dick Carson returns to the podcast with more stories about the early days of poker, including an origin story for calling the clock. Dick first appeared on Episode 248.
In the strategy segment,
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Economist and professional poker player Andrew Barber joins Nate and Andrew to discuss economic stimulus, changing minds, and betting on beliefs. He recommends Conversations With Tyler, EconTalk, and Wait But Why’s The Story of Us.
In the strategy segment,
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Carlos Welch joins Andrew and Nate from Bullhead City, Arizona to talk about how he’s handling social distancing, his latest score, a tournament hand, and more.
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Dave Denholm, radio play-by-play announcer for the LAFC, joins Andrew and Nate to discuss poker soccer, games of the future, and the state of poker commentary. He recommends Club de Cuervos, Victory, Diego Maradona, and Caging Skies.
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Andrew and Nate field listener questions, inspired by Play Optimal Poker, about playing condensed ranges.
Strategy
Hand 1:
$22k stack at 600/1200/120 (9 handed).
K9o in the small blind, folds to
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In this long lost episode from 2014, Tony “Bond18” Dunst joins the Thinking Poker Podcast to talk about wearing suits, interacting with fans, and treating poker like a job.
Tony Dunst is the
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Nate Silver joins us to discuss his former career as a professional poker player, why he still plays, and how poker influenced his current career as an editor and forecaster at FiveThirtyEight.
In the strategy segment, Andrew offers an intuitive explanation
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Adam “Roothlus” Levy discusses the early days of online poker, his friendship with Chad Battista, MTG, e-sports, studying with solvers, making smaller circles, intuition and feel.
Timestamps
0:30 Hello & Welcome
17:24 Strategy
42:32 Adam Levy
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Andrew goes it alone, discussing concepts from his recent Two Plus Two Magazine article and the forthcoming sequel to Play Optimal Poker. He then discusses range construction in the context of a hand where a listener 4-bets with AK and misses
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Happy new year! Nate and Andrew are finally back on the mic to discuss why you never know how you’re running, when entire poker rooms go on collective tilt, and how to fold a set.
Timestamps
0:30 – Hello and Welcome
13:15
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On this long-lost episode from 2014, Gareth Chantler joins Nate Meyvis from Istanbul, Turkey.
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Gareth Chantler is a globe-trotting poker player, writer,
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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 is a “professional poker student” and long-time friend of the show. He plays, coaches, and
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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
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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, SB folds,
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Andrew and Nate break down hands that were submitted from the audience. One is a cash game hand from an underground joint in New York, and the other comes from a tournament.
Nate and Andrew also discuss a hand they played against
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In this all-strategy episode, Nate and Andrew discuss the importance of drawing to the nuts in PLO8 and why pot odds can be deceptive. Then Andrew talks about how to make bluffing decisions based on blockers.
Strategy Hand #1
It is level
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Rounders co-creator Brian Koppelman, who first appeared on Episode 149, joins us with his own thoughts on the conversation about cheating in poker that began with Episode 309. In the strategy segment, Nate and Andrew debate post-flop play on the
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Travel back to 2014 with the Thinking Poker archives. Nate’s left Las Vegas, but Andrew and Leo Wolpert sit down during Day 6 of the Main Event to talk about their own deep runs in the WSOP as well as some key