Free Crush Live Poker Podcast

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Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 226: Sleepy Bart Plays a Night Shift Jul 10, 2026

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This week, Bart recaps a rare nighttime session since moving back to the East Coast and talks about the importance of avoiding play when tired. He breaks down how fatigue affected his decision making at the table

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 225: How I Handle Bad Beats Jul 03, 2026

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On this week’s episode, Bart discusses how to handle bad beats during a session, how to use the temporary table image they create to your advantage, and how to recover mentally after losing a big pot when the money went in with a major equity edge.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 224: How to Combat The Fog of War Jun 19, 2026

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In this week’s episode, Bart explores the “fog” players often feel when facing a difficult decision during a hand. He offers practical techniques for thinking more clearly in those moments and reflects on how he overcame the same challenge in his own career.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 223: Finding Mistakes Even When Winning Big Jun 05, 2026

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On this week's episode Bart reviews a "super session" where he won over $4000 in his afternoon session. He discusses the mistakes that he made in the session making the case that you can always learn from review even when winning big.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 222: Donk Leads, Slowplays and Big Pairs on Ace High Boards May 29, 2026

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In this week's episode Bart discusses hands that went very multiway while he had a bad image.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 221: Mental Game; Working Through Frustrating Sessions May 22, 2026

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On this week's episode Bart discusses one of his most frustrating sessions in years and comments on how he dealt with the mental game aspect of not making a single hand at a great table.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 220: Straddling and Wild Preflop Situations May 15, 2026

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This week Bart discusses a massive super session where he won $3800 at $2/$5 at Encore Boston Harbor and explains how the straddle played a roll. He also delves into large deviations preflop that he made in the session due to player profiles.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 219: Finding a Gauge for Table Selection May 08, 2026

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This week Bart discusses the state of the live NL games and the use of a "player gauge" when it comes to finding the best game in the room. He then covers hands from one of the softest $2/$5NL tables that he has experienced in six months--although the game only lasted like that for two hours.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 218: Too Thin for Stacks? May 01, 2026

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This week Bart play's a grindy, awful $2/$5 NL game but makes his way into a 5/5 and 2/2 PLO game.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 217: Versus Short Term Steam Apr 24, 2026

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In this week's episode Bart talks about the importance of paying attention to pick up on those players that might be on short term tilt.