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Ben Reason is a real professional poker player and business man. Not only a winning pro, he backs other professionals to be a part of a community, stay accountable, and reduce his variance. Ben started playing poker at the age of 14, and now 11 years later he has 17 circuit cashes, 5 WSOP cashes, and 2 circuit rings. Ben is a big advocate of vipassana meditation, and goes into detail about his warm up routine and meditation rituals. Ben is also a very accomplished musician. If you would like to contact Ben for coaching, you can visit his blog, Twitter handle, or Tournament Poker Edge by clicking below:

Intro - Mike's update at the WSOP

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Steve Strategy - KJo 7:15, K3o 3bet? 18:30

Ben Reason - Staking, Coaching ... 29:00

Meditation for poker 45:00

Ben the musician 57:00

Mike Strategy 103:00

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Episode 29 - Chris "Moves Like Darvin" Moon WSOP Jun 29, 2015

Show notes

Chris Moon is a professional poker player, TPE instructor, coach, and fun guest. He lives in Detroit, crosses the Canadian boarder to play online, and is a regular in Pot Limit Omaha cash games. Mike had a coaching session with Chris in the past and that one session still influences his game today. You can contact Chris for coaching on twitter by clicking here: @whichchrismoon

Mike is back at the WSOP, Steve is back in California, and they go over several hands from Mike's return. Chris comes in and talks over strategy, using Ace and King blockers in your 3bet range, and instead of discussing bad beats the guys go over "Poker is not dead" stories.

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Intro

Mikes 2nd WSOP appearance 26:00

Chris Moon 37:40

Strategy 51:30

A & K blockers 104:45

"Poker is not dead" 104:45

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motivational speech

Episode 28 - WSOP Hand Analysis & Strategy Jun 22, 2015

Show notes

Mike has had quite the successful WSOP trip and is now back in Oceanside. Steve is back out at the WSOP and hoping to have a successful trip as well. They break down several hands from Steve's tournaments, and one from Mike's deep run in the Millionaire Maker that involved Olivier Busquet @olivierbusquet.

Intro

Steve's Hands 1:30

Big error 4:00

Flatting with Big hands instead of 3betting 20:00

Turning a made hand into a bluff 41:00

44 vs AJo 55:00

AQo 105:15

Mike's Hand with Oliver Busquet 120:30

Backing & soft spots 142:30

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Crush Live Poker w/ Bart Hanson

One Outer w/ Alex Fitzgerald

Episode 27 - TPE House for the 2015 WSOP Jun 15, 2015

Show notes

Marc Alioto @aznAllin007, Peter Tarsiewicz @PeteTarz, and James Gettinger @dogzpp get together with Steve and Mike to talk WSOP poker. Strategy is sprinkled in throughout the podcast, several hands being discussed in depth. Mike and Peter make day two of the Millionaire Maker. Peter fills us in on his 60bb gift from a shove of T5o. James goes over his bustout hand against the self proclaimed "best hand reader in the world". Mike talks about getting his laundry done at the Rio for only $2.50 for every pair of socks, and $6 per t-shirt. Women in poker is brought up, and what we can do to encourage more women to play the game.

Intro with Steve, Mike and Marc

Peter: 17:30

Mike's Laundry: 39:00

James: 43:00

Women in Poker: 112:00

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Motivational speech

Episode 26 - WSOP Round 2 Jun 08, 2015

Show notes

WSOP poker is treating Mike well ... Mike has a break in the action to go over his Venetian deep stack win for $50,000, and his 14/2200 finish at Planet Hollywood for $11,000. He is going on to play the 6 max WSOP event, and Steve is chomping at the bit to get out there.

Intro

Review of Mike's MTTs: 02:00

Hand Reviews: 12:00

Steve coming out to the WSOP: 34:00

Mike's new bankroll and dating updates: 37:00

More hands: 47:00

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Motivational speech

Episode 25 - WSOP 2015 Jun 01, 2015

Show notes

Mike is out at the WSOP, and Steve is back from his vacation. Mike is backed for the WSOP, and has over a dozen tournaments on his schedule. He will be playing all the $1500 events and below. He will be out there from now until June 14th. Steve will be out at the WSOP on June 4-7, and again June 14-20. There will be a HUPP meet up on either June 5th or 6th, pay attention to our Twitter and Facebook for details. Thanks for tuning in! Good luck at the tables and hope to see you out there!

Facbook

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Episode 24 - Carlos Welch May 25, 2015

Show notes

This week we interview the man, the myth, the legend ... Carlos Welch. Carlos is an online MTT grinder from Atlanta Georgia. He is a student of Andrew Brokos, and a member of TPE. Although this month Steve and Mike have had some nice scores, they pale in comparison to Carlos' month of winning over $30,000.

Thank you for listening, and you can contact us and Carlos by using these links:

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Episode 23 - Brian Taylor May 18, 2015

Show notes

Steve and Mike discuss a few hands and then bring on a fan of the podcast who is a competitive eater. He has competed in many challenges, his best was devouring pounds of pickles in only a few minutes, beating out the raining champ. You can check out Brian's website by clicking here.

Thank you for listening!

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Episode 22 - Eric Crain May 11, 2015

Show notes

In this episode we talk to Eric Crain. Mike and Eric have butted-heads in online MTTs on the Merge network - Eric seems to have gotten the better of Mike in those matchups. Eric has been playing professionally for about a decade, winning and losing over a million dollars twice.

Thank you for listening!

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Episode 21 - Steve & Mike May 04, 2015

Show notes

Steve and Mike pick up right where they left off from last week discussing Mike's deep run on Merge. Thank you for listening!