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, Hero calls.
Turn ($0.61) 4s. Hero bets $0.45,
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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
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Fan favorite Matt Glassman is back to discuss Mike Postle, impeachment, Twitter strategy, the shortcomings of prediction markets, and building his own poker table.
Matt Glassman first appeared on episode 191. Nate’s original trip report from the 2011 WSOP is still
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Jacki Burkhart, mother, dental hygienist, and “serious recreational” poker player, joins Andrew to discuss her life, her career, and her attempts to keep a low profile while high rolling. In the strategy segment, the two review a hand Jacki played in a
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After a cross-country drive, Andrew has finally reunited with Nate in Las Vegas for the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event! The two are joined by Carlos to talk about a few hands Nate played in a preliminary 10-game event, low-stakes
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Vlogger Matt Vaughan joins Andrew to discuss content creation, building and feeding an audience, meet-up games, and more.
Timestamps
0:30 Hello & Welcome
2:07 Strategy
33:26 Matt Vaughan
Strategy
2/3$ (9 handed) We start the hand with 450ish, oppo covers us.
A
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Nate and Andrew discuss Mambo Stud, some innovative policies at the new Encore Boston Harbor casino, and two interesting strategy hands.
Timestamps
0:30 Hello & Welcome/Encore/Mambo Stud
16:56 Strategy
Strategy
Hand 1
1/2 NLHE. Hero has $750 8 handed. Main villain has
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Phil Galfond, who previously appeared on Episode 229 and Episode 288, discusses delegating, the online poker economy, and the trend towards private and semi-private casino games. Follow Phil on Twitter and check out Run It Once.
Timestamps
0:30 Hello
3:03 Strategy
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Nate and Andrew discuss the Commerce Casino, the new Encore Boston Harbor, and when to sit in the biggest game in the room. In the strategy segment, Hero rivers a straight flush, but is it strong enough to raise?
Timestamps
0:30 –
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Alex “Assassinato” Fitzgerald joins Nate and Andrew to talk about his childhood in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, winning and losing a fortune, abusing drugs and getting clean, and his new life in Costa Rica.
Alex Fitzgerald is a poker
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Matt Glassman reminisces about the early days of
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This interview first aired in 2014 on the Poker News podcast stream. It was never available on the Thinking Poker stream, which is why we’re re-releasing it now.
Leo Wolpert joins Nate and Andrew from Las Vegas to discuss safety precautions for
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Andrew and Nate discuss Andrew’s 125th place finish in the WSOP Main Event.
Timestamps
0:30 – hello and welcome5:36 – bustout hand
71:32 – pocket fours
Strategy
Hand 1
30K/60K HJ (9M) opens to 120K, Hero (5.5M) calls from BB.
Flop
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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.
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Legendary poker author David Sklansky is our guest for Episode 300. We discuss his long career in gambling and writing about gambling, his new book The Theory of Poker Applied to No-Limit, and more. Plus real-time strategy from the WSOP and
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Berk Brown sits down with Andrew in Las Vegas to discuss flying around the world to deal nosebleed games, the short lifespan of delusional pros, and the state of Las Vegas poker in 2019.
Andrew’s new book, Play Optimal Poker, is available
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This interview first aired in 2014 on the Poker News podcast stream. It was never available on the Thinking Poker stream, which is why we’re re-releasing it now.
Ari is a perfect #nitcast guest, sharing tips on how to travel the circuit
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When I first released Episode 298, I made an offer to give free e-books to people who bought a paper book wrote a review. Unfortunately, I think that’s not consistent with Amazon’s policy on reviews, and I don’t want to run afoul … Read full post
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Andrew’s book, Play Optimal Poker, comes out on Tuesday, June 4. He and Nate discuss writing, editing, publishing, and the book’s contents. The e-book is available to pre-order now, but be sure to listen to the episode first if you plan
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Andrew’s working furiously to finish his book, so there’s no guest this week, just a quick strategy segment where he and Nate discuss whether to slowplay top set.
Timestamps
0:30 Hello
8:07 Strategy
Strategy
$2/$5 at Turning Stone in upstate NY. We’re
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Nate and Andrew discuss the new premium podcasts, Andrew’s forthcoming book, and a tricky hand where the Hero makes top pair, top kicker in a four-way pot.
Timestamps
0:30 hello & welcome
14:17 strategy
Strategy
5/5 NLHE, $1500 effective
Hero raises
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Carlos Welch is a “professional poker student” and long-time friend of the show. He plays, coaches, and studies poker, lives in a van, and substitute teaches. He first appeared on Episode 39.
Carlos and Andrew have a
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Steven van Zadelhoff is a Dutch poker player residing in Malta. Among his many accolades is a victory in the Main Event of the 2017 World Championship of Online Poker.
Long-time poker pro Steven van Zadelhoff discusses the
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Thomas Pinnock is a poker player and coach, a contributor to Upswing Poker, and a medical student at the University of Western Australia. He is the founder of Zenith Poker.
Thomas Pinnock is a master of balance. Not only
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Tommy Angelo discusses the concept of Waiting for Straighters as well as his collaboration with Lee Jones and his thoughts on collaboration more generally.
Tommy previously appeared on Episode 2, Episode 29, and Episode 192, Episode 211, and
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Software developer Mark Thompson joins us to discuss the common pitfalls and important “Aha!” moments for new players, as well as how a desire to create software to assist with his own development led to a commercial project.
In the strategy segment,
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This wide-ranging interview explores not only Brad Willis’s new project Murder Etc but also creativity, journalism, the podcasting medium, and what it means to know a place.
Timestamps
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Timestamps
0:30 – Hello
7:18 – Strategy
34:21 – Barry Carter
Strategy Hand Details
100 BB effective stacks
Dealt to Hero: Ks Ts
UTG folds, Hero (MP) raises to 3BB, Villain (CO) calls, BTN folds, SB folds, BB folds.
Flop: Qh 6s
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Phil Galfond, who first appeared on Episode 229, returns to the show to discuss the launch of his real-money poker site Run It Once and how it differs from the traditional online poker experience. Follow Phil on Twitter for more updates! … Read full post
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Thanks to a last-minute cancellation, Nate and Andrew put together a quick all-strategy episode. What do you do when you flop the nuts but the river pairs the board? How should you transition from tournaments to online cash games?
Strategy
It’s a … Read full post
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Luke Vrabel (@SlayAbides) began his career as bdbeatslayer, one of the top “female” MTT players online, eventually winning a bundle of cash and a Lamborghini in the 5th Anniversary PokerStars Sunday Million. Since Black Friday, though, he’s had a rocky … Read full post
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GirafGanger7 consistently cracks Pocket Fives’ list of the top ten online MTT players, and between games, he helps his girlfriend care for rescue animals from cats to chickens to goats. We talk to him about his unique life, his approach to game … Read full post
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Martin Harris, perhaps better known in the poker world as Short-Stacked Shamus, is the author of the forthcoming book Poker and Pop Culture (available for pre-order now!) as well as the Hard-Boiled Poker blog. He is a freelance writer, and … Read full post
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Richard is a long-time poker player, dealer, floorperson, and tournament director in the Baltimore area. He started out playing Magic: The Gathering with some other poker players you’ve probably heard of. We geek out on dealer training and procedure but also get … Read full post
My deepest run this summer was in the $2500 no-limit hold ’em event at the World Series of Poker. Like most WSOP events, opponents represented a range of experience and skill levels ranging from extremely amateurish to world-class.
In my latest series for Tournament Poker Edge, I review the … Read full post
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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
Links
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Ben Saxton teaches literature and writing classes at Tulane Medical School and Bard Early College. He’s also a poker writer whose interviews for Two Plus Two Magazine have a lot in common with those you’d hear on the Thinking Poker Podcast! He … Read full post
In the latest installment of my poker serial, our hero finds himself in a Seven-Card Stud game, among other new experiences:
… Read full post“First time?” Mike laughed good naturedly at his hesitation. “It’s already lit, just suck it a little, like a straw. There you go. Wait, wait, don’t blow it
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Long-time listener Tony Neuman wrote to us about a hand that he played in a home game against a brother, and we discussed it on Episode 267. Now he’s on the air to follow up with a discussion of straddling, image, … Read full post
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KL Cleeton returns to the show to discuss what makes poker fun and what makes it interesting. Plus, he’s got some Twitch news to announce, and he and Andrew discuss how to do focused hand history reviews when you don’t have access … Read full post
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Andrew explains fundamental game theory concepts in terms that even a beginner can understand and addresses some common myths and misunderstandings.
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The Art of War is a classic on the subject of military strategy. How can it help us to think about poker? Join me in my latest series for Tournament Poker Edge for a discussion of what this ancient text can teach us about preparation, deception, aggression, and more!
Not … Read full post
Now through the end of 2018, I’m offering 25% off custom strategy videos when you purchase two hours or more. That’s two hours for just $150!
Get the most out of your poker study time with a poker strategy videos custom-tailored to your needs. If you play online, I can
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Nate and Andrew put out an hour of pure strategy, brought to you by our friends at Tournament Poker Edge. Topics include limp-raising, thin value three-betting, donk betting, overbetting, and mixing up your play (or not).
Links
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Walter Tine is home for Christmas, but all he wants to do is play poker. Read more about his travails in my latest piece for Two Plus Two Magazine: Walter Tine’s Poker Odyssey, Part 4.
… Read full postWalter received several poker books for Christmas – they were the only gift he’d
In the last three years, Thinking Poker listeners have raised more than $25,000 for the Bay Area Urban
Debate League. I’d love to set a new record this year, and to make that happen, I’ve got a special reward exclusively for folks who donate to this year’s fundraiser:
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Happy Thanksgiving!
As those of you who follow me on Twitter know, I’m currently in Big Bend National Park, which is one of the more remote parts of the continental United States. Not a whole lot of internets down here. I haven’t had the opportunity to gear up for this … Read full post
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Andrew Therriault is an enthusiastic poker player and the former Director of Data Science for the Democratic National Committee. We discuss how data is changing political campaigns and [host] Andrew’s recent experience canvassing for Beto O’Rourke in Austin, TX. Andrew’s first appearance … Read full post
No new podcast this week, but…
I’ve been writing some serialized poker fiction for Two Plus Two Magazine recently, and the third installment was just published. If you’ve been following along so far, I hope you’re eager to read more, because Walter Tine is eager to play!
He arrived early, … Read full post
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John “the Lawyer” makes a third appearance on the podcast to talk about why he’s dipping a few toes back into lawyering. We talk about Stud, the New England poker scene, why the games are getting less good, why prosecutors are the … Read full post
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This week’s guest asked us not to use his name, but he’s got quite a resume. The octogenarian has served as an executive and a Board member for several major US corporations, and now that he’s finally retired, he’s a regular in … Read full post
Now through Sunday, I’m offering 15% off newly commissioned custom strategy videos. That’s just $85/hour of video!
Get the most out of your poker study time with a poker strategy videos custom-tailored to your needs. If you play online, I can review a database or hand history for you, … Read full post
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Paul Runge and his wife LeAnn own and operate the Bend Poker Club. We talk to him about the politics and particulars of Oregon’s social gaming regulations and the business of running a poker club.
Timestamps
0:30 hello & welcome
4:46 strategy… Read full post
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Bill Chen (@BillChenPoker) is a quantitative researcher at the Susquehanna International Group and the co-author, with Jarred Ankenman, of The Mathematics of Poker. We talk to him about the connections between poker and trading, and Nate dares to make … Read full post
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Danny Sprung, whom you may recall from Episode 194, joins us from the World Bridge Federation Championships. We compare this event to the World Series of Poker and discuss some key hands from Danny’s very deep run in the Monster Stack … Read full post
Last month I went out on a limb and published a (poker-themed) piece of fiction in Two Plus Two Magazine. I wrote it primarily as a standalone story, though it admittedly concluded in an open-ended way.
I was pleasantly surprised by how many encouraging comments I received and how many … Read full post
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Derek “Killingbird” Tenbusch is a co-founder and -owner of Tournament Poker Edge. He’s also a poker streamer and a beagle rescuer. We discuss all three, plus house hunting in Las Vegas and leaving Las Vegas.
Derek’s first appearance on the … Read full post
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Why is the sports book always next to the poker room? Is the Supreme Court a political actor? Should check and raise be permitted? Our wide-ranging conversation with the always-interesting Matt Glassman covers these topics and many more.
Matt Glassman is a … Read full post
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Andrew and Nate share some book and podcast recommendations and, inspired by Dara O’Kearney, discuss the value of taking days off. In the strategy segment, Andrew takes an unconventional line vs Phil Galfond in a Progressive Knock-Out.
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0:30 hello
24:19 … Read full post
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Should dealers announce bet sizes if no one asks? Nate and Andrew discuss the arguments for and against this procedure. Plus, they discuss a strategy hand from the perspective of both active players, who happen to be brothers!
Timestamps
0:30 Hello & … Read full post
My latest piece for Two Plus Two Magazine is (poker-related) fiction called Walter Tine’s Poker Odyssey, so I’m particularly curious to know what you all think of it.
… Read full postIf he crossed the street now, they would surmise that he crossed because of them. This would surely cause offense and perhaps
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Andy Bloch is a long-time professional poker player and computer programmer who was one of the pioneers at the intersection of these fields. He was also a member of the MIT Blackjack team that was the subject of Bringing Down the House… Read full post
