Post Archives Tag: MTT
Episode 402: Matt Glassman and Tommy Angelo
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Matt Glassman discusses his prize-winning poker essay and how he prepared to take on the best players in the world in the PSPC $25K. Plus a bonus interview with Tommy Angelo discussing his new article How to Meditate While You Play Poker
Episode 399: Justin Arnwine Part 2
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In the second half of this epic interview, Justin Arnwine speaks with Carlos and Andrew about merit, representation, and gatekeeping; riding poker’s emotional rollercoaster, recovering from frustration; and why high stakes games attract too much attention.
Be sure to listen to Part
Episode 398: Justin Arnwine
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In the first installment of this epic, four-hour interview Justin Arnwine discusses his poker career, his Hello Kitty wardrobe, and the influence of his mother, a civil rights activist and attorney.
Justin’s Hello Kitty Everything music video
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Episode 390: Rapid Fire Strategy
Episode 389: Big Raises
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Carlos talks about playing on a livestreamed cash game at Best Bet Jacksonville. He and Andrew follow up on the discussion of big opening sizes from Episode 388 and review a hand where Andrew defended his big blind poorly off a 20bb … Read full post
Episode 388: Wizards
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Andrew and Carlos announce a new sponsorship from GTO Wizard! They also discuss responding to unconventional raise sizes, why tournament players are always downswinging, and more.
Now you can support the podcast, get daily strategy discussions, *and* be eligible to win
Episode 363: ICM with Dara O’Kearney
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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
Episode 361: Aces
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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.
Episode 318: Nate Silver
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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
Episode 314: Carlos in Cherokee
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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
Carlos Welch is a “professional poker student” and long-time friend of the show. He plays, coaches, and
Episode 312: Range Construction
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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,
Episode 301: Matt Matros
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Matt Matros is a professional poker player and writer whose works include both fiction and poker books. He and Andrew discuss poker, writing, and writing about poker. In the strategy segment, Andrew discusses floating a flop check-raise deep in a WSOP event.
Episode 282: F*** You, Give Me Candy and Toys
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Carlos Welch is over live poker. He’s currently teaching special education in Portland and grinding mid-stakes MTTs on Ignition. In addition to his recent exploits, he and Andrew discuss tells and bluff-catching.
Timestamps
0:30 Hello & Welcome
42:21 Strategy
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Episode 235: Politics at the Poker Table with Matt Glassman
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Matt Glassman is back with a new job (senior fellow at the Government Affairs Institute), a new podcast (Congress, Two Beers In), and as usual some refreshingly wonky insight into what’s really going on in Washington. Plus when is … Read full post
Good Luck to Andrew Chen!
Fellow Poker Savvy Pro Andrew “achen” Chen is at the final table of the PCA $5000 Bounty Shoot-Out event, set to begin at Noon today. There were prizes for winning the first two tables, but now everybody has same chip count and it’s winner take all for the remainder of … Read full post
Heads Up!
I finished around 163 out of 2300-some runners (it was an odd number, so I guess they did byes for Round 1) in the $200 heads up WCOOP, meaning I went out in my fifth match. My first opponent was easy, just way too tight and predictable. Here was one … Read full post
Poker Strategy Article: Improving Your Multi-Table Tournament Skills
My latest poker strategy article, Improving Your MTT Skills, is now appearing in the July edition of the 2+2 Magazine. It’s a little different in that it doesn’t discuss particular hands or strategy concepts. Rather, it recommends some non-traditional ways to hone MTT skills that MTT specialists rarely … Read full post
FTOPS Event 19: $25,000 Heads Up NLHE
Just kidding, I didn’t play this 😉… Read full post
WCOOP 18
That was quick. Today was the $320 6-max, not the $500 Stud/8, which is actually tomorrow. Mkind was the only named I recognized at the table. Hand 1 I flopped a set of 7’s on 678 flop, raised some dude’s c-bet, bet the turn, and he folded. Then I called … Read full post