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Episode 20 - Jacob Tryba Apr 27, 2015

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Steve and Jacob make the final table together of a Sunday $30 MTT on the Winning Network. They break down several hands that they played together, and Jacob gives Steve a lesson in ranges. This is a two part episode, Mike comes on at the end and next weeks episode Steve and Mike discuss Mike's deep run in the Sunday High Roller.

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Motivational Speech

Episode 19 - Jennifer Harman Apr 20, 2015

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This week we interview Jennifer Harman. Jennifer won two WSOP bracelets, one in duece to seven lowball and another in limit texas holdem. She also authored a chapter in Super Systems 2 on limit holdem. She is a regular at the Aria and Belagio in Las Vegas, playing the high limit cash games. Jennifer was also a part of "The Corporation", a group of professional poker players who pooled their money together to play heads up against Andy Beal. Andy is a Texas billionaire who wanted to play heads up limit holdem against the best in the world. The Corporation won.

Jennifer supports the NSPCA, a no kill rescue shelter for animals. You can reach Jennifer on Twitter @REALJenHarman

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Motivational Speech

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Episode 18 - Dusty "Leatherass" Schmidt Apr 13, 2015

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Dusty "Leatherass" Schmidt is a rockstar when it comes to volume and mass multitabling. For two years he had the highest win rate on Pokerstars. He was a former member of Team Pokerstars, and is currently the only elite pro on Americas Cardroom. He has written Treat your Poker like a Business, and Don't listen to Phil Hellmuth.

Dusty also has a twitch stream where you can watch him play along with thousands of other followers; it's basically free coaching from a professional as he plays live in the biggest online cash games available on ACR.

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Will Smith on work ethic

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Episode 17 - Steve & Mike Apr 06, 2015

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Steve and Mike dissect several hands from recent tournaments; it looks like Mike has found the job he was looking for; and the subject of reading opponents and narrowing their range down to just a few hands. Thank you for listening!

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Orson Welles on Cold Reading

Episode 16 - Joe "joesmoe87" LaPinta Mar 30, 2015

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Joe LaPinta is a professional poker player living in New Jersey. He puts in 200+ hours per month, is a regular at the 2/5 NL at Borgata, and also plays on Party Poker and WSOP online. Joe took down the title of a WSOP Circuit Main Event after he was heads-up with his roommate Joe Wertz.

In this episode we talk about what it takes to be a true grinder; the work ethic, study, dedication and love of the game that keeps us coming back to the tables. Thank you for listening!

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Al Pacino - Inches to Victory

Episode 15 - Doug "DouggyFr3sh" Lyford Mar 23, 2015

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Doug "DouggyFr3sh" Lyford is an Electrical Engineer turned Poker Pro! Doug took the leap of faith on March 1st and put in his notice to pursue his dream of becoming a professional poker player. DouggyFr3sh is currently backed to play on US sites, and he is coached by Marc Alioto and Ben Reasons.

Doug has his own website, PokerProductivity.com, where he is offering free coaching sessions to the first students that apply. You will get:

* 30-45 minute Skype session to talk about you game.

* Two 1-hour coaching sessions for HH review, help with software, etc.

* Detailed hand analysis write up for any 10 hands of your choosing.

CLICK HERE TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST TO APPLY. SPOTS WILL GO QUICKLY.

Intro: How is the grind?

Welcome Doug!

Leaving a $70,000 per year job for poker, what do your parents think? Doug's goals, on a down swing, 6000 MTTs this year, 6-8 tabling, $11 buy-in plus, twitch for HH review, bigdogpckt5s twitch link.

Poker is a team sport - coaching, study group, learning from coaches, backing, Bovada vs WPN: syncronized breaks at WPN or softer tables at Bovada. Keeping a balanced life in poker.

Strategy:

Doug WPN 250/500/50

V (23000) SB R 1000, H BB 98o C 1000

Flop (2350) 9 Q 6r, V 1000, H 1000

Turn (4350) Ah, V 2000, H 2000

River (8350) 3s, V ck, H ck; V shows 62o

Steve WPN 75/150

H (11924) UTG1 KhQd 333, V (10570) 333, BB (5555) 333

Flop (1209) Ts Jc Jd, BB ck, H 888, V 888, BB F

Turn (5971) 5h, H ck, V 1493, H 1493

River (5971) 5d, H ck, V all in 7856, H F

Mike Merge Network HH Link

Steve WPN 150/300

V (7060) MP 600, H (7115) CO KQo 1888, V 3176, H 3176

Flop (7012) 2 4 5r, V shoves 3884, H F

Steve WPN HH Link

Steve WPN 250/500/50

But (10137) 500, SB F, H (12426) BB 99 all in, But F

Thank you for listening! Have a great rest of the day :)

Episode 14 - Elliot Roe Mar 16, 2015

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FREE MP3

Mental Game MP3s

Tournament Poker Edge

Elliot Roe is a mind coach for poker. He has developed a hynotherapy program to help players reduce tilt and improve their focus at the table. He also works with UFC competitors to help them mentally prepare for their fights by improving their focus and confidence.

Elliot has downloadable mp3s for before and after session. You listen to the tape for 15-20 minutes and then play your session. He has tapes for online MTTs, online cash, live MTTs, and live cash. He also does one-on-one hypnotherapy sessions to identify your unique issues at the table: tilt, anger, self-sabotage, low confidence or lack of motivation.

Check out all his programs by clicking here.

Intro: Welcome, we are now on Stitcher Radio!

Steve's busy day at work, Haz Mat call, train derailment. Going to the mail bag; Robbie, Brenden, Tony. Mike leaving the east coast and moving to San Diego, maybe only online poker MTTs for Mike? Helping an ameture player, getting backed for the WSOP, Steve's new poker goals - online MTTs, Mike's run at the Commerce Casino.

Strategy hands

Welcome Elliot Roe - Pokermindcoach.com @ElliotRoe1 - Twitter

What is hypnotherapy? For poker players? Removing emotion and tilt from the game, coaching UFC fighters, EFT and corticies.

Great quotes from Elliot during this interview:

"You can win any hand, because you're either increasing your value, or decreasing your opponents value. That's all the game of poker is."

"You can not win the pot in every hand, but the whole concept of poker needs to be: How can I decrease the value of his hands when he's got me beat, and increase the value of mine when I've got him beat? And that's all the game is."

Mike's strategy hand: 1k entry Playboy MTT Commerce Casino - Lvl 6 150/300 blinds

Villain But raise 700, Hero SB Th9h 2100, BB folds, Villain calls 2100

Flop (4725) Jh 6 2

Hero 2600, Villain 5600, Hero 10000, Villain calls

Turn (24725) 7h

Hero shoves 23000, Villain folds

Steve's strategy hand: $1111 WSOP one drop event, Villain Joseph Cheong, 100/200 blinds

Hero MP KTo raise 525, Villain calls 525

Flop (1350) Kc 9c X

Hero 750, Villain all in 3775, Pot 5875 and 3075 to call - 1.9 to 1

Hero calls and Villain shows 8c4c

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Episode 13 - Jacob "jacobsharktank" Tryba Mar 09, 2015

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Jacob is a grinder on Bovada and the Winning Poker Network; he is also a regular in the Tournament Poker Edge forums. He is a math wizard, relying on the numbers to make his decisions. Steve met Jacob about a year ago in the TPE forums, and they met in person out in Las Vegas for the 2014 WSOP.

Intro: Lucky #13! LA tournaments, coached by Marc Alioto, switching to MTTs online, 3bet ranges, small pairs in position, playing on Winning Poker Network, SIGABA, pninwin, TPE poker group, Steve and Jacob at the WSOP, Jacob's study habits, neighbors getting robbed, getting backed online and live, collusion online.

Bet sizing, reshoving ranges - specifically 66, Andrew Brokos value targeting video, Bigdogpkt5s, study habits.

Steve Strategy: MTT 30/60 blinds

(1300) Hero MP TT 240

(660) SB 240

Flop (540) Kc Qs 6s

SB shoves 420

Hero calls 420

SB shows KTo

MTT 100/200 blinds

UTG shoves 1460

Hero AJo 1930 reshoves

Mike Strategy Hand: $225 Sat Rebuy, 45 entries, 13 remaining, 7 handed 400/800 blinds

(45000) Villain Hyjack 1800

(15800) Hero 33 all in

(25000) SB fold

(9000) BB fold

Villain calls and shows KK

Jacob Strategy Hand: Playing against a Brazilian Pro in a live $530 one million garantee MTT

Here is the link to the detailed Hand History

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Episode 12 - Momma Barton Mar 02, 2015

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Steve and Mike bring on Momma Barton for a spot in the show. We talk about getting into poker, how we started playing, and of course some strategy.

Intro: results for the last week, using a HUD online, Mike is improving, learning to quit, Elliot Roe - hypnosis tapes.

Welcome Mom: How has poker been treating you? Tournaments at the Luxor and Excalibur, women poker players, playing with a woman at the table, playing at the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, WSOP seniors event, WSOP daily deep stack events.

Mike Strategy: 5/10 NL

(1500) Hero But 44 raise 35

(1700) SB 85

BB fold

Hero 225

SB call 225

Flop (460) Q 9x 7

SB ck

Hero 250

SB call 250

Turn (960) Kx

SB ck

Hero 475

SB call 475

River (1910) 2x

SB ck

Hero all in 475

SB folds

(1200) UTG 30

UTG2 30

(3000) Hero CO JdTd

(1900) SB 200

UTG 200

UTG2 fold

Hero 850

SB all in 1900

UTG all in 1200

Hero call all in bets 4520 in pot, 1050 to call

Steve Strategy: $55 Bovada Super Stack 100/200 blinds

(7400) Hero AK raise 455

Villain CO rr 1110

Hero calls 1110

Flop (2520) T A 7r

Hero ck

Villain ck

Turn (2520) K

Hero 1234

Villain 2468

Hero all in

Villain calls and shows KK

Thank you for listening! Have a great day and we will talk to you next week! Oh, we are also on Stitcher Radio now :)

Episode 11 - Travis Jonas Feb 23, 2015

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Travis Jonas is probably one of the most entertaining guests we've had on the show. He was a professional dealer and poker player before and after the Moneymaker era. Travis has stories of dealing some of the biggest games in Vegas, including Pros such as Johnny Chan, TJ Cloutier, Phil Hellmuth, and Phil Ivey. When he was getting started in his career he was backed by Phil Ivey. Travis won a bracelet in the 2001 Dealers Event in Limit Holdem. He also tells an awesome story of how he took $100 to the craps tables in Vegas and turned it into $68,000 over the weekend! We really enjoyed this interview and we know you will too.

Intro:

Welcome, results from Steve and Mike's Sunday Online grind.

Strategy hands one from Steve and one from Mike.

Welcome Travis:

The LA Tournament - Travis KJ

Travis' start in poker, TJ Cloutier, Minh the Master, 2/4 Limit - 3/6 Limit, Panguingue (PAN), starting as a dealer, dealing for Tony Deeb, Johnny Chan and Frank Henderson, $200,000 pots, winning a bracelet in 2001, Winning a prop bet with Phil Hellmuth and being interviewed by him 2 years later, being backed by Phil Ivey for tournaments and super satelites, watching Phil Ivey play stud for 1 1/2 months at the Commerce Casino, 2004 best weekend in Vegas of his gambling career - turning $100 into $68,000 in a weekend, investments in stocks, winning a degen bet with Layne Flack, and one last strategy hand - pocket sevens in late position.

Steve's HH: 2/3 NL

UTG 3

(300) Villain EP 3

MP1 3

MP2 3

(300) Hero As5s CO 3

SB 3

BB 3

Flop (21) Ac 4c 7s

SB ck BB ck UTG ck

Villain 17

MP1 fold MP2 fold

Hero 17

SB and BB fold

Turn (55) Jh

Villain 25

Hero 25

River (105) 7c

Villain 25

Hero 25

Villain shows AKo

Mike HH: 5/5/10

(1460) Hero UTG AxKd 40

folds around to Villain in the straddle 40

Flop (90) Ax Td 7x rainbow

Villain ck

Hero 60

Villain 60

Turn (210) 8d

Villain ck

Hero ck

River (210) 5d

Villain ck

Hero 200

Villain shoves for 1160 more. Pot is 1770 and it's 1160 for Mike to call.

Hero calls and Villain shows 89o for a pair of eights.

Steve HH: 2/3 NL

(300) Villain UTG 3

MP 3

(300) Hero CO 7c7s calls 3

SB 3

BB 3

Flop (15) 2d 2h Jc

SB ck BB ck UTG ck MP ck

Hero 12

SB, BB fold

Villain UTG calls 12

MP folds

Turn (34) 4d

Villain ck

Hero 35

Villain 35

River (104) 3c

Villain 30

Hero 30

Villain shows 99

Thank you for listening. Hope you enjoyed the show. Have a great week and we will be on next week interviewing Steve's Mom.

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