Free Crush Live Poker Podcast

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 147: Value Hand Reading Break Down Oct 25, 2024

This week breaks down hands where he found thin value-- but the critical part of the hands had to do with bet sizing which he found through proper hand reading.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 146: Big Blind Playing in Limped Pots Oct 18, 2024

In this week's episode Bart discusses big blind play in limped pots. He covers a situation where he check raised a draw in a limped pot leading to a thin value situation.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 145: Break Down of a Bad Session Oct 11, 2024

On this week's episode Bart reviews some key hands from a poor session recently played at the $2/$5 $1000 cap game at the Encore Boston Harbor. He talks through his decisions, describes his mistakes and also discusses what he learned from his own session notes.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 144: Show Your hand for Future Strategy Oct 04, 2024

On this week's episode Bart discusses his strategy on sometimes showing your hand to gain extra EV at the table. How might showing your hand effect the way that you might play other hands in the short term?

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 143: Playing High Pairs (Same Day) Sep 27, 2024

Bart reviews some of the best hands from a $2/$5 session that he played on the same day as the recording. He is dealt an unbelievable amount of high pairs across several hours leading to interesting preflop and post flop discussion.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 142: Short Stack Strategies while Taking Shots Sep 20, 2024

Strategies for playing with a smaller stack at the next stake level.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 141: Versus a Battler at 2/$5 Part 2 Sep 13, 2024

Bart continues his review of a $2/$5 session played at the Encore Boston Harbor where he faced interesting spots against what he deemed to be a rare opponent (a battler at $2/$5).

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast : These Print Sep 06, 2024

Learn how to navigate situations and win more money. Featuring Turn Donks, River block bets, bluff catching and turning bluff catchers into bluffs.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 139: Versus a Battler at 2/$5 Aug 30, 2024

Bart plays a $2/$5 NL Hold'em session where he battled it out with a younger asian opponent.

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Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 138: Fishy Bros at $5-10 Make Me $6000 Richer Aug 23, 2024

On this week's episode Bart reviews a big $6000 win at a recent $5-$10 session and discusses the influence of bad (fishy) players in a game.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 137: Bart's WSOP Main Event 2024 Aug 16, 2024

Bart reviews interesting hands from his 2024 WSOP Main Event.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast : Restricted Buy Ins and Stack Size Quandaries Aug 09, 2024

This week Bart logs a short $1-$3 $500 max buy in session at a local cardroom and speaks about the odd SPR situations that occurred due to the game being often straddled and the restricted buy in structure.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 135: Mistakes at the 2024 WSOP Millionaire Maker Aug 02, 2024

In this episode Bart covers interesting hands played across all three flights of this year's (2024) $1500 Millionaire Maker at the WSOP.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 134: 2024 WSOP Trip Report Jul 26, 2024

In this week's episode Bart gives a 2024 WSOP trip report and discusses his results from the previous two weeks. He then breaks down interesting hands from a recent $5/$10/$20 NL session that he played in the high limit Kings Lounge.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 133: How to Play and Bluff as the Preflop Caller Jul 19, 2024

This week CLP coach Nate Schmitt (N8Ball) takes over the podcast to discuss advanced strategies to use while playing as the preflop caller. Learn proper bluffs from both in and out of position.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 132: Breaking Down a Super Session (Part Two) Jul 12, 2024

In Part 2 of this two part episode Bart reviews a recent "super session" where he won nearly 1000 big blinds of the course of a short 4.5 hour afternoon. He discusses why having a winning image will increase your winrate when playing such a session and breaks down the final portion of hands from his big win.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 131: Breaking Down A Super Session (Part One) Jul 05, 2024

In Part 1 of this two part episode Bart reviews a recent "super session" where he won nearly 1000 big blinds of the course of a short 4.5 hour afternoon. He discusses why having a winning image will increase your winrate when playing such a session and starts to break down some of the more memorable hands from his big win.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 130: There Wasn't Any Money to be Won! Jun 28, 2024

This week Bart breaks down the math of having too many for profit players in a single game and how that effects overall winrate when factored in with the rake. In his session there was a rare situation where 5-6 winning 5/10 players were grinding it all out waiting for a new 5/10 game to start, something that never happened.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 129: 3 Betting Out of Position and How to Continue Jun 21, 2024

CLP coach Nate Schmitt (N8Ball on Discord) covers learning how to continue on different flop textures after we 3 bet from OOP.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 128: Finances, Flushes, Interest Rates and Bankroll Jun 14, 2024

This week Bart leads the show off with a financial discussion and then explains why your low stakes live poker approach should be the opposite to your financial approach in life.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 127: How to Think About Mega Multiway Spots Jun 07, 2024

In this week's episode Bart covers "mega multiway" spots that can sometimes be typical in loose live games at $2-$5 and below. How should we approach these spots if we are the field caller? How should we approach these spots as the preflop raiser? How does the multiway nature of a hand change the way that we should think about certain situations?

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 126: How Competent Does Your Opponent Need to Be to Make Exploitable Folds? May 31, 2024

This week Bart plays a full $5-$10 session at the Encore Boston Harbor and gets himself into a very difficult spot flopping top and bottom out of the big blind. The hand begs the question, "How competent is your opponent, where you should be making an exploitable fold?

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 125: Ultimate Texas Hold'em and the Afternoon with Doug Polk May 24, 2024

This week Bart discusses his afternoon with Doug Polk at a Red Sox game and then delves into some advantage play dealing with Ultimate Texas Hold'em.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 124: When to Give Up on Bluffs May 17, 2024

This week Bart goes over situations where he thinks that it is correct to give up on triple barrel bluffs. In most of these spots it is important to recognize board texture, especially on rainbow boards, and realize that an opponents' range becomes much more compact after calling an overbet on the turn.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 123: The Cold Hard Truth About Cold Calls May 10, 2024

This week Nate (N8Ball on CLP Discord) take's over the reigns of the CLP podcast and discusses all about cold calls.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 122: Bart Goes Aggro May 03, 2024

This week Bart decides to turn aggression up an extra notch post flop.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 121: Switcheroo and River Forced Leads Apr 26, 2024

Bart takes a look at interesting hands that he played at $2/$5 NL at the Encore Boston Harbor where he explains how a spot was impossible to bluff catch while at the same time a great spot to bluff. He also discusses why you are often "forced" to lead the river when you complete your draw at the mid to low stakes of live No Limit Hold'em.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 120: Examining Winning and Losing Plays at Live NL Low Stakes Apr 19, 2024

Bart examines some of the most common winning and losing plays at the low stakes of live NL by giving hand examples from recent sessions that he played at $1/$3 $500 cap and $2/$5 $1000 cap.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 119: Incentives and Small Stakes Bluffs Apr 12, 2024

This week Bart takes a look at four bluffs that he ran in a recent $2/$5 session. He makes note of what is important when structuring good bluffs at the mid to low stakes of live NL and also discusses the concept of incentive as it relates to entering a pot.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 118: How Do I Lose This Hand? Apr 05, 2024

This week Bart covers a 2/5 NL session from Encore Boston Harbor where he starts stuck about $2300 in the first few hours and was able to claw his way back to almost even.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 117: Bart Is Feeling Alive with KQ Mar 29, 2024

This week Bart reviews the most interesting hands that he played from a recent session at $5/$10 $2000 max buy in at the Encore in Boston.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 116: Folding to Late Street Raises? Mar 22, 2024

This week Bart takes a look at later street raises at the mid to smaller stakes of live No Limit Hold'em? How do we determine whether or not we should continue with strong hands like top pair and overpairs when we are raised on a later street post flop?

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 115: Small Stakes Value Bet Sizing Mar 15, 2024

This week Bart discusses his approach to value bet sizing at the smaller stakes levels of live no limit and discusses why you should sometimes strive to keep weaker players involved in the pot on early streets.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 114: Gameflow and Cbetting Mar 08, 2024

This week Bart reviews some cusp cbet bluffing spots multiway and discusses how he uses "gameflow" as another factor in his decision on whether or not to make a continuation bet as a bluff.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 113: Examining In Position Post Flop Raises in Live Poker Mar 01, 2024

In this week's episode Bart plays several hands where he defends to a preflop three bet in position.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 112: Winning Plays from in the Blinds Feb 23, 2024

How can you improve your winrate through using better techniques from the blinds? Bart covers his approach to blind play with lessons and hand examples.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 111: The Eternal Struggle vs Short Stackers and Button Clickers Feb 16, 2024

Bart covers annoying situations vs short stackers in a review of select hands for a $2-$5 $1k cap session from Encore Boston Harbor.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 110: Nate’s Secrets to Boosting Your Winrate Feb 09, 2024

Nate takes over the reigns of the podcast this week and gives some of his secrets on how to boost your winrate

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 109: A Multiway River Feb 02, 2024

Bart delves into a 2/5 hand played from MikeG at Parx involving multiway cbetting as well as a top pair board pairing river.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 108: How PLO can Make you a better NL Player Part 2 Jan 26, 2024

This is part two of a two part review episode where Bart covers some interesting spots in a recent $2/$5 half NL half PLO session from Chasers in New Hampshire. He discusses some mistakes that he made in reading hands and some small bet sizing errors that he wasn't happy with in his NL hands.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 107: How PLO can Make you a better NL Player Part 1 Jan 19, 2024

This is part one of a two part review episode where Bart covers some interesting spots in a recent $2/$5 half NL half PLO session from Chasers in New Hampshire. He discusses some equity discoveries that he made in PLO hands and also speaks on how multiway setups in PLO differ from NL and what we can learn from PLO in our own NL game.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 106: Razor Thin with Value Cuts Jan 12, 2024

This week Bart discusses why it is so imperative to make thin value bets if you want to increase your winrate in live poker. He breaks down the most common situations where typical players miss river value.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 105: Race to the Five Dollar Blind -- Premiere Episode Jan 05, 2024

The premiere episode of the Race to the Five Dollar Blind podcast. MikeG speaks a bit about his poker background, his transition from limit to No Limit games and reiterates some simple concepts that made his journey possible as he moved up in stakes.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 104: Bart Plays the Live Micro Stakes (Part 3) Dec 29, 2023

Part 3 of a "Micro Stakes" live session review. Bart put in a long session in the $1-$3NL, $500 cap streets at Chasers in New Hampshire and covers every single hand from the eight hour session.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 103: Bart Plays the Live Micro Stakes (Part 2) Dec 22, 2023

Part 2 of a "Micro Stakes" live session review. Bart put in a long session in the $1-$3NL, $500 cap streets at Chasers in New Hampshire and covers every single hand from the eight hour session.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 102: Bart Plays The Live "Micro Stakes" (Part 1) Dec 15, 2023

Part 1 of a "Micro Stakes" live session review. Bart put in a long session in the $1-$3NL, $500 cap streets at Chasers in New Hampshire.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 101: Thinking About Hands As if Dec 08, 2023

This week Bart breaks down NL hands giving his perspective on what he would have done if other cards had fallen, different from what actually came. He explains why this is a good technique to increase your hand reading skills.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 100: Some Small Stakes Expoit Examples Dec 01, 2023

Bart examines hands this week dealing with many small stakes exploits in practice. He also discusses when to raise post flop as the preflop raiser for value when donked into by an opponent out of position both in multiway and headsup scenarios

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 99: One Thirding the Turn Nov 24, 2023

This week Bart discusses the concept of "one thirding the turn" which relates to betting one third of the pot, in position when checked to on blank turn cards. He has discussed this concept before using the term "variable turn sizing". What turn cards are truly bricks in given situations and why should we be betting the turn for 1/3rd sizing with three different classes of hands?

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 98: Bart's Battle with Sia the Bot Nov 17, 2023

Bart reviews his recent trip to the Hustler Casino where he got mixed up with "Sia the Bot" in some big spots from Hustler Casino Live".

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 97: Bart's Small Stakes Session & Non Showdown Image Nov 10, 2023

This week Bart reviews a low takes session of $1-$3 $500 cap buy in. The session was bizarre in that he picked up a lot of big hands but none went to showdown. He discusses how this "aggressive" non showdown image might effect the way that you should play.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 96: Winrate and Game Selection Nov 03, 2023

This week Bart discusses the proper way to think about winrate in NL cash games and also touches on game section.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 95: Value Betting When Top Pair Pairs Oct 27, 2023

This week Bart discusses proper considerations of betting for value on the turn when top pair pairs, making trips and the Hero does not have trips.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 94: When the Board Pairs on Turns After Check Raising Oct 20, 2023

This week Bart reviews an interesting hand played after his recent visit to Hustler Casino Live which brings up the topic of proper action after semi bluffing a large draw from out of position on the flop only to have a (bad) board pairing turn come in on the turn.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 93: In the Small Stakes Streets Part 2 Oct 13, 2023

This is part 2 of a two part episode where Bart reviews some interesting low stakes spots taken from a session played on a Tuesday afternoon at the Encore's $2/$5 $1000 max buy-in game

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 92: In the Small Stakes Streets Part 1 Oct 06, 2023

This is part 1 of a two part episode where Bart reviews some interesting low stakes spots taken from a session played on a Tuesday afternoon at the Encore's $2/$5 $1000 max buy-in game.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 91: Forced to Play All PLO Sep 29, 2023

This week Bart is "forced" to play all 5/10/20 PLO at Chasers because the half half game did not go off. He gives his take on playing PLO vs NL for long term profitability.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 90: Shaking Off a Terrible Session Sep 22, 2023

This week Bart reviews a terrible session at the $5/$10/$20 half half game at Chasers, discusses his bad day and overall bad table image and examines how he "shakes it off."

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 89: More Hands from Twin River Sep 15, 2023

This week Bart takes a look at some of the other hands of note that he played at a recent $5-$10 NL session at the Twin River Casino in Providence RI.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 88: How to Continue After 3 Betting in Position Sep 08, 2023

Nate Schmitt makes his debut on the CLP Podcast discussing how to continue in a hand after three betting in position.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 87: The Philosophy of Hand Reading Using Logic Sep 01, 2023

Bart covers his approach to handreading through the use of logic and conditional "what if" situations. He covers a hand where assumptions were so strong that it led to a very extreme river situation.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 86: Avoiding Prejudice Aug 25, 2023

This week Bart takes a look at a few key hands from his last session where he feels his thought "prejudice" got in the way of the best way to play the hand.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 85: Straight Out of 2006 Aug 18, 2023

Bart reviews a recent $5-$10-$20 HA session at Chasers where some of the "PLO" only players were playing NL like it was "straight out of 2006". Some PLO concepts are covered as well as hand reading and value maximization.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 84: Bart's 2023 WSOP Main Event Aug 11, 2023

Bart reviews the most interesting hands that he played from the 2023 WSOP $10,000 buy-in Main Event. He ended up falling 500 short of the money getting knocked out just before dinner on Day 3.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 83: Bart Plays Half Half Part 2 Aug 04, 2023

Part 2 of the hand review from a 5-10-20 HA session from Chasers.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 82: Bart Plays a Half Half Session Part 1 Jul 28, 2023

Bart breaks down a 5-10-20 recent session where the game is played half PLO and half NL Holdem from Chasers Card Room in New Hampshire. Part 1 of 2.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 81: Low Stakes Bluffing as the Preflop Caller Part 2 Jul 21, 2023

Bart continues with Part 2 of bluffing as the preflop caller diving into playing from both in and out of position.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 80: Low Stakes Bluffing as the Preflop Caller Part 1 Jul 14, 2023

Bart introduces the topic of bluffing as the preflop caller in lower stakes live NL games.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 79: Going For Thin Value at Hustler Jul 07, 2023

Bart covers some situations where he went super thin for value from a recently played session at the Hustler Casino playing 5-5-10-20 from the million dollar weekend in Los Angeles.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 78: When and Why to Check Evaluate On The River Jun 30, 2023

Bart reviews the big Rampage vs Handz hand and brings in a hand of his own played from the Hustler at 5-5-10 breaking down his approach on when to "check evaluate the river".

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 77: The "Same Bet" Concept and Hand Reading Jun 23, 2023

This week Bart takes a look at the "same bet" CLP concept as it relates to hand reading through a subscriber submitted hand.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 76: Epic Live Read vs Drunks Jun 16, 2023

This week Bart reviews a Sunday night $5-5-$10 $1000 max buy in session played at Chasers in New Hampshire, where most of the table was intoxicated.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 75: Checking the Turn for Value Jun 09, 2023

This week Bart covers the major things to consider when faced with the decision of betting or checking back the turn for value as the preflop raiser.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 74: Overbetting in Live Games Jun 02, 2023

This week Bart takes a look at newer school over-betting theory as it relates to typical live play.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 73: When to Defend the Button May 26, 2023

This week Bart covers when and why you should be flat calling to raises (not 3 betting) when on the button. Can we and should we be flat calling with stronger hands that we normally 3 bet?

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 72: Cultivating a Winning Image May 19, 2023

Bart discusses his approach to cultivating a winning image at the table.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 71: Hands of $5-$10 NL May 12, 2023

A shotgun review of Bart's recent Sunday session of $5/$10 $2000 cap NL Hold'em from Chasers in New Hampshire.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 70: Post Flop Check Raising as the Preflop Raiser May 05, 2023

This week Bart goes over his approach to post flop check raises. Most of the time we should making these plays for value at the lower stakes but there are situations to semi-bluff as well. What are the situations that warrant a check raise post flop for value and sometimes as a bluff?

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 69: Protecting Yourself from Being Robbed; Player Safety in Live Poker Apr 13, 2023

Bart interviews a CLP subscriber about an incident where he was robbed after leaving a card room in Florida. Bart gives his tips as to what you can do to protect yourself from such situations and best standards and practices in leaving the casino if you are a regular live poker player.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 68: Learn to Play Limped Pots Apr 06, 2023

Bart takes a deep dive into the art of playing limped pots. In live poker, at the $2/$5 blind level and below, limped pots are quite common.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 67: Very Thin Value Mar 19, 2023

Bart reviews many different spots where he went very thin for value. He explains why going for thin value in NLHE cash games is so important.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 66: Discussing Draws and Fold Equity Mar 05, 2023

Bart discusses his approach to draws. When should you pay a draw aggressively? When should you play one passively? How does overall fold equity come into the equation?

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 65: Donk Betting the flop Feb 18, 2023

Bart begins a discussion of donk betting the flop. When should we lead out into the preflop raiser and why?

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 64: Story of PCA and Being Sent to Jail in the Bahamas (2016) Jan 21, 2023

This is the story from January of 2016 of three Americans being put in local jail in Nassau, Bahamas after not claiming over $10,000 in cash on their way out of the country.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 63: Not Polar, DePolar! Jan 18, 2023

Bart takes a look at the CLP concept of Depolarization. Why is it so important in live NL Hold'em cash games?

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 62: What is "Fifth Street Chicken"? Jan 11, 2023

06:58 -- What is 5th Street Chicken?
16:52 — Out of Position #1 Set of 3s
28:11 — Out of Position #2 AJ as top and bottom
34:52 — In Position #1 AJ
43:39 — In Position #2 9h 8h flush
53:00 — Check folding A3s as top and bottom

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 61: Countering Donk Leads Dec 21, 2022

This week Bart examines "donk bets". What does a donk bet usually mean when your opponent leads into you from out of position with different bet sizings and how should we respond?

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 60: Single Raised Pots and Cbet Structuring Part 3 Nov 28, 2022

In this podcast sample, Bart continues concludes his approach to cbet bluffing different board textures in single raised pots based upon different hand classes.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 59: Single Raised Pots and Cbet Structuring Part 2 Nov 20, 2022

In this podcast sample, Bart continues discussing his approach to cbet bluffing different board textures in single raised pots based upon different hand classes.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 58: Single Raised Pots and Cbet Structuring Part 1 Nov 16, 2022

In this sample of the first of a multi part episode series Bart examines how you should properly structure your cbets in single raised pots, with a concentration on Cbet bluffing. He takes a look at HU and multiway scenarios, different board textures and different class holdings.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 57: First Thoughts That I Have Postflop Oct 14, 2022

This week Bart goes over a selection of hands where he gives the listener an insight into the first thing that he thinks about postflop.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 56: Reviewing the Robbi and Garrett Incident on Hustler Live! Oct 07, 2022

Bart reviews the controversial incident between Robbi Jade Lew and Garrett Adelstein from last week on the Hustler Casino Live! broadcast. Bart was the live commentator and called the hand as it happened, live.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 55: Takeaways Sep 26, 2022

Bart reviews some hands from a shotgun session played at $2-$5 at Chasers Card Room in New Hampshire and gives his takeaways over each little spot.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 54: Remembering the "Run it Twice, No one Time, One Time" Controversy Sep 16, 2022

Taken from 2018, Bart describes the chaotic situation that occurred on Live at the Bike when a player originally agreed to run the board two times with less than 5% equity then changed his decision to running it one time and won the entire pot.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 53: What is a Relevant Card vs a Blank? Sep 04, 2022

This week Bart breaks down what an actual "blank" is in a poker hand and why so many players have such bad hand recall.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 52: Concepts In Reverse Part 2 Aug 20, 2022

Bart reviews a recent session at his new home club, Chasers, in Salem, New Hampshire where he derives poker concepts and explains them before the review of each hand. Part 2 of 2.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 51: Concepts in Reverse Part 1 Aug 12, 2022

Bart reviews a recent session at his new home club, Chasers in Salem New Hampshire where he derives poker concepts and explains them before the review of each hand.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 50: Trouble from the Middle Multiway Aug 05, 2022

Barts examines why it is so disadvantageous to be in the middle and out of position in single raised and 3 bet pots.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 49: Bart's End to the $10k 2022 WSOP Main Event Jul 29, 2022

Bart wraps up the review of his 2022 WSOP Main Event run resulting in a $17,000 cash.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 48: Cash Game Concepts from Day 3 of the WSOP Main Event Jul 22, 2022

Bart covers some of his interesting Day 3 hands from the 2022 WSO Main event that bring up a lot of complex cash game concepts.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 47: COVID gets Bart and Day 2 Main Event Hands Jul 18, 2022

Bart discusses his post Main Event bout with COVID and reviews some key hands played at the $10,000 WSOP Main Event from day 2.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 46: Bart Day 1 of the Main Event 2022 Jul 07, 2022

Bart discusses some of the more interesting hands played from day 1 of the 2022 Main Event at the WSOP.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 45: Overpairs in Multiway Pots Jun 30, 2022

Bart discusses the intricacies of play overpairs in multiway pots, postflop.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 44: Two Pair Value Jun 24, 2022

Bart discusses situations to get max value in bet sizing with two pair.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 43: 2022 WSOP Trip Report and Polarity in Small Pots Jun 17, 2022

Bart goes over his performance during the middle of the 2022 WSOP including his entries into the $10k O8 and Monster Stack tournaments and also discusses a hand that demonstrates polarity in small pots.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 42: Multiway Hell at Hustler Jun 02, 2022

Bart reviews a few hands from his hellish session on Hustler Casino Live! where there we many extreme multiway pots.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 41: Important Poker Checklists May 19, 2022

Bart covers some important poker checklists that will help you become a more winning player.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 40: QQ Down the Drain May 12, 2022

Bart reviews some frustrating hands from his recent appearance on Hustler Casino Live, a $25-$50-$100 No Limit Hold'em cash game.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 39: Bart vs Nick Vertucci May 05, 2022

Bart covers a hand where he thinks he made a major blunder vs Nick Vertucci from last week's $25-$50-$100 NL cash game on Hustler Casino Live.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 38: These are the LARGEST Value Spots in Live No Limit Apr 29, 2022

Bart Hanson examines the spots that will win you the most amount of money in live NL Hold'em cash games.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 37: Walking From the Table and Turn Double Barreling Apr 23, 2022

Bart rants about players that walk away from the table when it's not full in raked games and then discusses what should be your approach to turn double barreling as the preflop raiser in single raised pots vs the BB.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 36: Bart Reviews His First Appearance on Hustler Casino Live Apr 15, 2022

Bart reviews some of his more interesting hands on his first appearance on Hustler Casino Live!

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 35: Playing Paired Boards as a Barreling Defense Mar 31, 2022

This week Bart discusses playing paired boards and how to counter your opponent barreling you on them.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 34: Equity Bluffing Straightening Boards Mar 25, 2022

Bart takes a look at the power of bluffing straightening boards when you have more strong hands in a certain situation than the tight range of the preflop raiser.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 33: Texas Shot Gun Episode at the Low Stakes Part 2 Mar 17, 2022

Bart dives into Part 2 of an old school CrushLivePoker shotgun episode, this time played at a low stakes Texas Card House game.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 32: Texas Shot Gun Episode at the Low Stakes Part 1 Mar 11, 2022

Bart dives into Part 1 of an old school CrushLivePoker shotgun episode, this time played at a low stakes Texas Card House game.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 31: Guide to the 2022 WSOP Mar 03, 2022

Barts gives his thoughts on the best events to play at the 2022 WSOP and how to minimize your time in line while there.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 30: Missing a Good Bluff Feb 24, 2022

This week Bart goes over a poorly played hand from his brief session at the Hustler Casino's $5/$5 game before he went on to do the Hustler Casino Live! commentary.

Hands:

1. 5-5-$10 NL $1k effective +1 t $35 Hero in MP1 Qd Jd 3! to $115, call. Pot: $230

FLOP: 9d 5h 4c . x /$100 call. $430

TURN: 6h x/x

RIVER: 3s x and should I bet?

2. 5-5 NL at Hustler $1,000 Effective

One limp +1, I open Th 8h MP1 to $30.. SB to 3! to $90. Fold I call. POT: $190

FLOP: 7s 5s 4c .. SB bets $75, I call. $340

TURN: 2h x/x

RIVER: 5d x/x he wins w KQdd..

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 29: Raising Flop Leads in Position Feb 18, 2022

Bart examines a few unorthodox spots taken from a recent huge Hustler Casino Live game here the player in position raises a continuation bet with a weak hand.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 28: Doug Polk Gets Trapped Feb 11, 2022

Bart covers a recent hand played on a super high stakes cash game at the Lodge, on the Lodge live stream where Doug Polk gets counterfeit and his opponent plays tricky with a full house.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 27: Doug Polk Flops top Set of Aces Feb 04, 2022

Bart reviews a hand from the $100-$200 No Limit Lodge Live Stream where Doug Polk flops top set of aces but does not get all the money in by the end of the hand.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 26: Epic Guide to Preflop Play Jan 19, 2022

Bart and Conlan Ma speak about preflop play. They look at optimal solutions six handed and how we can shape the data to adjust and fit into a live, loose, nine handed game.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 25: Big Blind Play (Later Streets) Jan 12, 2022

Bart concludes his big blind series examining headsup and multiway spots from the big blind on the turn and on the river.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 24: On the Flop Big Blind Multiway Play Jan 05, 2022

Bart covers what he feels is the absolute best approach to multiway big blind play after the flop.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 23: Big Blind Preflop Hand Defense Headsup Dec 30, 2021

Bart discusses the type of range you should play when facing a single raise and considering defending when headsup from the big blind. This is one of the most common situations in Nl Hold'em.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 22: Image in Restricted buy in No Limit Cash Games Dec 22, 2021

Bart discusses image in live restricted buy-in No Limit cash games and discusses why image is much more of a function of winning or losing in the short term vs looseness or tightness.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 21: Flat calling preflop in the field Dec 15, 2021

Bart covers his approach to flat calling with certain hands preflop in the field.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 20: Keeping your money safe when travelling to cardrooms Dec 08, 2021

Bart discusses the birth of his first child, challenges with healthcare in the individual marketplace and discusses techniques on how not to get robbed travel to and from cardrooms. Link to Youtube video on Individual Health Insurance for poker players here:

https://youtu.be/6dQquhmQvug

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 19: Black Betting and Thin Flush Value Dec 04, 2021

This week Bart takes a look at some special situations where block betting the river from up front may be the correct play and breaks down a super thin value bet he recently made demonstrating the importance of proper flush hand reading on 4 flush runouts.

Hand 1 Bart's Qh 9d Hand at 1:48:00 of Lodge Live stream from Nov 27th

https://youtu.be/Y0FTqAqO-7A?t=6480

Bart opens HJ Qh 9d $75, Jwin calls, CO (9.4k eff) $190

FLOP: Ad 7d 6s -Bart bets $100, call. $390

TURN: Qd x/x $390

RIVER: Td Bart bets $200.. could the alternative be a block to induce a raise if the Kd is rarely possible in our opponents' hand?

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 18: How Much should I claim from Poker and Tipping Nov 24, 2021

This week Bart talks about the rules of claiming money in poker and also answers a question about proper tipping and how it can effect your winrate.

Video on Poker taxes:

Poker Taxation

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 17: Thinning the Field Preflop? Nov 10, 2021

This week Bart takes an email and tries to answer the question "How much should we raise preflop, in order to thing the field?"

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 16: What is Useful Poker Information + DBL Board PLO Bomb Pots Nov 03, 2021

This week Bart discusses skipping the Main Event for the first time in 15 years, and discusses what actually is useful information in poker and what is irrelevant. He also examines common mistakes in PLO double board Bomb Pots.

20:15 Hand 1:

Hero dealt Qh 9c 9d 8h from early position. $50 ante from everyone pot is $400 with $10k effective stacks

FLOP1: Js 8s 3s

FLOP2: 9c 6d 2h

EP bets $200, I call, CO calls. POT: $1000

TURN1: 2d

TURN2: 5h EP bets $900 and I fold.

28:35 Hand 2:

Hero dealt Ac Kh 2s 4h from EP.

FLOP1: 8c 5c 6d

FLOP2: 2d 2c 5h

I check, MP1 bets $300, call, call and I fold

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 15: Tom Dwan calls with 9 High! Oct 27, 2021

Bart reviews the epic weekend where he commentated on the BIG $200-$400 NL Hold'em game featuring Tom Dwan and Phil Ivey and deconstructs a hand where Durrr made a call down with only 9 high.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 14: Ivey playing on a live stream, New WSOP News and Bart plays $50-$100 No Limit (Scare cards) Oct 20, 2021

00:05 -- Bart discusses his huge win on Live at the Palms $25-$50-$100 NL

03:31 -- Ivey playing this weekend on Hustler Casino Live Bart commentating

06:13 -- New WSOP Man Event news with extra starting days and entering directly into Day 2

20:28 -- Bart reviews $10/$25/$50/$100 hand w KK and what is a scare card?

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 13: The Rio is a Dump and Small Stakes Exploits 19 and 20 Oct 13, 2021

Bart discusses the recent events at the WSOP at the Rio and covers small Stakes Exploit No: 19 "Attacking small preflop raise sizing over several limps."

0:00:05 -- Bart discusses his experience in the $1500 mixed O8 event as well as talks about how the Rio is a shithole.

0:06:05 -- Exploit 19 of the Definitive Guide to Small Stakes Exploits -- "Attacking small preflop sizing over several limps."
0:15:10 -- Smmall Stakes Exploit 20 -- Under defend to preflop 3 bets.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 12: 2021 WSOP 1st Week Trip Report Oct 06, 2021

Bart gives a first week's trip report of the fall version of the 2021 WSOP.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 11: Hands vs Rampage at $25-50-100 NL Sep 29, 2021

Bart discusses a few hands that he played from last Saturday night vs vlogger Rampage on a $25-$50-$100 No Limit cash game at the Lodge in Austin.

Hand 1: Rampage Huge but then won after stream .. QQ vs JJ on QJ5Q3

And me BTW. I $(26k) open at 25-50-100 UTG $300 Ac Tc , Rampage (covers) 3! +1 to $1100, Bones ($17k) calls btn and I call. Pot: $3400

FLOP: Qh Jd 3h - I check Rampage $1100, Bones calls, I call. POT: $6700

TURN: Qc - I check rampage checks, Bones $3500, I fold, Rampage calls.

RIVER: 3c - Rampage checks Bones bets $8k, Rampage jams all-in, Bones calls. Rampage has QQ Bones w JJ.

Hand 2: vs Rampage Jc 9c

I open ($30k) Jc 9c btn $300 rampage 3! SB to $1500 I call. $3000.

FLOP: Qs Tc 7h - He bets $2k I call. $7000

TURN: 9s - x/x. $7000

RIVER: 8h - He bets $2300... my decision point.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 10: Response from Low Stakes Players to Small Betting Sep 22, 2021

Bart examines how some small stakes players over react to small bet sizing on the flop.

Hand 1: A8o vs T7 Jd 8d 5c Kd

Hand 2: Qs Qc. Open I 3 bet he calls.

FLOP: 853cc X/ $150 call.

TURN: Ac x/x

RIVER: As. He bets $340 I call he has 23ss

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 9: The Hand that Still Gives me Nightmares Sep 15, 2021

This week Bart discusses how his appearance on an upcoming Doug Polk Podcast came about and revisits a hand that still gives him nightmares to this day.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 8: Hustler Overnight + Accidentally Stealing Equity Sep 08, 2021

0:00 -- HCL Review and commentary w Nick Vertucci

7:00 -- More WSOP news now no mask mandate

11:35 -- Final explanation as to why all parties have to agree to run it more than once in all pots that they are involved with or else it "steals" someone's equity.

3 way all-in. Short stack has $400, Hero and Player B are $2000 effective. Players get it all-in on the flop. Main pot is $1200, side pot is $3200. Short stack has top set, Hero has middle set but his quad out is exposed so he's drawing dead. Player B has a draw.

Scenario 1 -- Short stack wins first run Player A and B lose $400 each in main pot

Scenario 2-- Player B wins first run, short stack is dead. Player B wins 50% of $1200 pot or $600 for a net win on ONLY $200.

Conclusion: Hero has the opportunity to win half the pot if he loses and player B wins first run, but Player B does not have the opportunity to win half the main if the short stack wins run 1.

21:38 -- 2 Hands from Hustler

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 7: Folding Bottom Set and Falling Asleep Sep 01, 2021

00:20 -- Discussion of Travel to LA and Hustler Casino Live Commentary

07:05 -- WSOP Discussion .. Players now have vaccination requirement but not dealers??

12:17 -- Hustler Hand from Friday Night 5/10/20 $2500 effective

6 handed CO (guy with baccarat chips) opens to $60, SB calls. I call in Straddle w 3s 3h. $180

FLOP: Tc 8d 3c checked through.

TURN: Jh SB checks, I bet $130, fold, SB calls. Pot $450

RIVER: Kh. SB checks, I bet $275.. SB check raises to $1075 total, so $800 more to call.

QUESTION: In which position is the villain stronger here, if he had called on the button with the same action and raised the river or where he is by check raising in the small blind?

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 6: Continuation Betting in 3 bet Pots Understanding Volume Betting Aug 25, 2021

0:00:05 -- Bart discusses his history of live stream cash game commentary then discusses his schedule and the fact that he will be commentating on Hustler Casino live on Aug 27th, Sept 3rd and Sept 24th on the Friday night big game.

0:05:45 -- Bart discusses his approach to continuation betting in three bet pots and examines the newer school thought of "volume" betting

HAND EXAMPLE: $2k effective $1/$3 NL "Match the Stack"

MP raises to $15, Hero in CO 3! JJ to $55, MP calls.

FLOP: Ad Qc 4s MP checks, Hero checks.
TURN: 8h MP bets $30, Hero calls.

RIVER: Kd MP bets $105, Hero raises to $405??

2 flush boards -- sometimes check back but when you have the front door card in your hand. On AQ4 the JJ or KK checked back is with the suit 85/15 with the front door no backdoor

Volume bet on 922r is 60% large, 33% check. On two flush boards 51/23/26

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 5: How to Construct a 3bet Defense Range Aug 18, 2021

Bart discusses the math of defending to your opponents 3bets preflop and presents a formula in which you can calculate your own ranges depending upon your position.

0:00 -- Hustler Casino live news and the latest on the 2021 WSOP rules

8:50 -- A discussion on how create your own defense to 3bet ranges, preflop.

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 4: Hustler Live, Latest WSOP and 2 Small Stakes Exploits Aug 11, 2021

0:20 -- Bart recaps first week of Hustler Casino Live and his commentary

5:00 -- Latest WSOP News and Rule 115

10:30 -- Small Stakes Exploit: Sizing Tells

20:39 -- Small Stakes Exploit: Double Barreling vs Weak Ranges

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 3: Intro to PLO Double Board Bomb Pots Aug 01, 2021

PLO Double Board Bomb Pots

Number one rule is to not get involved with trips only on one board, especially low ranked trips where an overfull can easily be possible.

Hand 1: Full Boat/trips
TOP: Q5J5dd

BOT: 9737c

Bart's Hand: 9d 9h 4c 6c.

I bet small on flop a few call. Turn I bet $50 into $125 fold one all-in $60, BB jams he has 9724 other guy AA85 I scoop +$200

Hand 2:
TOP: Kc Tc 5h 4h 7h

BOT: 6h 4d 4c 2h Qc

Bart's Hand -- 6d 6s Jh 2d

BB Hand: T473

HJ: KKxx

$10 ante x 9 is $90. HJ bets $25 I call 3 others call including the BB.

TURN: BB leads out for $215, fold HJ calls, I pot to $1080.. BB calls allin for $700 so about $750 on the side..

RIVER: guy checks I pot he folds.. I win side pot equity blasting

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 2: An Interesting Hand Reading Exercise Jul 31, 2021

An interesting hand reading exercise that comes from an email submission to the Crush Live Call-in show. Bart goes through the logic process and boils down the villain's holding to one specific hand.

UTG ($50) raise to $10, Hero ($1100) calls Ah Ad. Fold to BB ($900) 3! bets to $40, UTG calls. Hero 4! bets to $120.

BB calls, UTG calls all-in for $10.

FLOP: Qs 7h 5d($150/$140) BB checks. Hero bets $175, BB thinks its $75 and calls, doesn’t know its $175 but they force him to keep the $75 in the pot so he calls the $175.

TURN: Js ($150/$490) BB checks, Hero bets $250, BB calls.

RIVER: Ac ($150/$990) BB checks Hero call-in $350, BB calls. What hand does he have here?