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Hollywood Dreams To Poker BOOM...The Real Story Of Kenna James. Mar 07, 2026

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Before poker ever entered the picture, Kenna had already lived a few lifetimes. Actor. Mime. Clown. Waiter on Rodeo Drive. Then somehow…a traveling poker pro sitting next to legends during the early poker boom.

In this episode of The Table 1 Podcast, Art (https://x.com/artparmann) and Justin (https://x.com/justinyoung07) sit down with one of poker’s true originals — Kenna James.

From deep runs during the Moneymaker era to wild prop bets with Mike Sexton, Kenna’s journey through poker is unlike anyone else’s.

But this episode goes deeper than results.

Kenna opens up about the emotional highs and brutal lows of the game — losing everything, rebuilding his life, and eventually turning his experience into a philosophy of coaching that blends poker, psychology, and personal growth.

It’s a story about ambition, ego, mistakes, second chances… and learning how to win the game beyond the felt.

Kenna’s Links

Website: https://kennajames.com
Twitter/X: https://x.com/Kenna_James

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He Won a Bracelet…Then Helped Grow The Biggest Fantasy Sports Company In The World. Jon Aguiar Tells All! Feb 28, 2026

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In this episode of The Table 1 Podcast, John Aguiar (aka “Fatal Error”) shares his journey from early online poker grinder to WSOP bracelet winner to DraftKings executive. We discuss the poker boom, 25/50 short stacking, Black Friday, Playa del Carmen grind houses, being staked by Tom Dwan, and how daily fantasy sports evolved just like poker did. If you love poker history, high-stakes online stories, and behind-the-scenes DFS insights, this episode is packed.

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Stuck at $1/$3 Poker for 10 years. How Andrew Moreno Finally Broke Through... Feb 20, 2026

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Andrew “AMO4SHO” Moreno joins Art Parmann (https://x.com/artparmann) & Justin Young (https://x.com/JustinYoung07) for a wide-ranging poker life story that starts in small-stakes online heads-up battles…and somehow ends with a $1.4M Wynn Millions score.

All while coaching, staking, and trying to balance the tournament grind with being a husband + super dad.

We talk:

the true origin of “AMO4SHO” (and sibling rivalry)
quitting college the moment poker “clicked”
the degenerate heads-up era (when nobody had tools and everyone was kinda bad)
the $3,300 online sit-n-go where he triple-barreled ace high for his bankroll…then took a limo to celebrate and met his wife, Kristy
building (and later taking over) a live cash-game stable + coaching mindset
leveling up into tournaments with Chris Brewer coaching
the run that turned into Win Millions and a life-changing score
why the PokerGO Studio can be “too fun” (aka: too easy to fire more bullets)
travel costs, taxes, and why he’s playing less this year

👇 Drop a comment with your favorite “I can’t believe that worked” bluff story.

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Show Notes

00:00 Justin’s Therapy Session
03:45 Early Life & Gaming
12:15 Finding Poker & Choosing Heads Up Sit n Go’s
24:00 Justin The Celebrity!
27:10 The Night He Met His Wife
30:30 Getting Backing & How to Run A Stable Without Going Broke
41:30 Getting into Tournaments & Chris Brewer Coaching
44:07 The Wynn Millions $1.4 Milly Win
52:14 The Tourney Bug
55:43 PGT Thoughts
59:10 Family Changes Things
1:03:50 Coaching & The Future

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Andrew's Links:

Get Coached By Andrew: https://www.amo4sho.com/
X: https://x.com/Amo4sho
IG: https://www.instagram.com/amo4sho
Skill Game Mafia Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@SkillGameMafia

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He Makes Millions Trading...And Punts In Poker For Fun! Luiz "Brazil God" Rizental Tells All! Feb 13, 2026

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Luiz Rizental (aka “Brazil God”) is one of those poker guys where the résumé sounds fake… but somehow it’s all real:

Brazil-born kid → moves to Austin at 9 → full immersion, no ESL, straight into American school
SMU soccer player → investment banking during the 2009 crash → then full-time trader addicted to volatility
Never played poker seriously until 2017 → loses $1,000, then $60,000 in a week during the pandemic app-game boom
Break-even became the goal → survival mode turned into studying, stream games, and eventually an NBC Heads-Up Championship run

In this episode, Art (https://x.com/artparmann) and Justin (https://x.com/justinyoung07) sit down with Brazil God to talk about:

How trading and poker are similar… and why poker is way more dangerous psychologically
Why you can make a terrible decision in poker and still get rewarded (and how that messes with your brain)
The $60K week that forced him to actually learn strategy
Why most “smart” people stay bad at poker forever
Hustler stream games, personality vs strategy, and whether he’s “putting on a show”
The ACR shirt troll vs Nacho (and the 11-minute cooler that ended it)
Playing Justin in the NBC Heads-Up Championship and the Brian Rast shirt revenge arc
Why he hates tournaments… and why he loves sweating pieces instead

If you’ve ever wondered what happens when a high-volatility trader walks into a poker room and refuses to take it too seriously—this is it.

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Chapters

0:00 – The Origin of “Brazil God”
5:11 – Moving from Brazil to America
12:05 – Discovering Poker (Late Start)
17:29 – From Investment Banking to Trading
23:39 – Trading vs Poker: Why Poker Hits Harder
29:50 – Pandemic Poker & Losing $60K in a Week
40:05 – Learning to Survive in Poker
53:35 – Breaking Into Stream Games
1:00:16 – NBC Heads-Up Championship Run
1:13:34 – Why Tournaments Aren’t for Him
1:20:29 – Buying Pieces & Main Event Strategy
1:28:56 – Vegas Plans & Playing on His Terms
1:30:38 – Outro & Where to Follow

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Guest: Luiz Rizental (“Brazil God”)

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The Guy With 3 Bracelets Says: “Tournaments Aren’t Real Poker” - Chris Vitch Shares His Journey Feb 07, 2026

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Chris Vitch (aka “Death Donkey”) has one of those poker origin stories that feels made up:

Tucson kid → board games, StarCraft clans, and a nickname that stuck for decades
One quarter of grad school at UCSD → then a 3-month heater worth $150K playing 30/60 limit online
Limit streets → 2-7 Triple Draw, Stud 8, mixed games… and eventually 3 WSOP bracelets (yes, including a PLO win)

We talk mixed-game learning, DeucesCracked + Black Friday, “cash game real poker” vs tournaments, Commerce degeneracy stories, and why mixed games are shifting toward cap big-bet (solvers + mental game included).

Behind-the-scenes mixed game universe—this is it.

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Chapters

0:00 Intro
5:12 Phenom Poker
6:00 “Death Donkey” origin
11:20 “I don’t want a job”
14:45 $150K heater
34:15 DeucesCracked
43:05 Black Friday
49:35 Commerce story
1:04:40 Bracelet #1 (2-7 TD)
1:08:50 Bracelet #2 (10K Stud 8)
1:12:10 Bracelet #3 (PLO)
1:17:10 DonkeysOnly tools
1:28:45 Wrap

Chris: deathdonkey.com | x.com/DeathDonkey
Art: x.com/artparmann | Justin: x.com/justinyoung07

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He Got BANNED from Bellagio…So He Built A Better Poker Game at The Venetian?! Brian Okin Tells ALL Feb 01, 2026

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Mafia Poker Rooms, Molly’s Game Checks, and Building a Vegas Stream Game | Table 1 Podcast

Some poker stories start with a “buddy taught me Hold’em in college.”

Brian Okin’s starts with a craps addiction in Vienna, a nickname that luckily didn't stick (Dice), and an underground Manhattan room where you had to buzz in like Rounders… and somehow turns into: running a dot-com era e-commerce business, losing $100k+ in a three-day session (plus the cursed cashmere hoodie), playing Molly’s Game (and cashing what might’ve been her last check), and eventually building a high-stakes streamed cash game at the Venetian.

In this episode, Art and Justin sit down with Brian Okin for one of those conversations that zig-zags between poker, business, and the kind of New York stories you’re not supposed to say out loud.

What we talk about:

The most confusing legal name in poker: A. Peter Brian Okin
Growing up Long Island → Manhattan for 18 years
Board games, Uno scoring, and why Monopoly is “the true model of business”
First real gambling: Vegas as a kid → self-deal poker → then… an “underground casino” run out of a synagogue 😭
Studying abroad in Vienna + London and falling into craps (aka: “six months of addiction”)
The Rounders/Moneymaker-era lightbulb moment: first bluff ever in a 1/2 underground game
The “destiny” hand: river gets redealt… and the same river comes again
The bachelor party that turned into a Bellagio nightly cash + 5th-place finish
Brian Okin’s infamous marathon sessions (and why coffee is basically a performance-enhancing drug)
The $100k+ loss + the cashmere hoodie he had to throw away
Playing Molly’s Game 10–15 times… and the story of the $13k check
Leaving the family plumbing business → starting a dot-com home goods business → the website disaster that nearly killed it
New York home game scene: PLO, no-limit Stud 8, “trading action,” and why Vegas players were sharper
Moving to Vegas in 2015… by smuggling cats on a train (yes, really)
Pre-COVID Vegas vs private-game era: politics, access, and the fork in the road
Launching Okin’s Game at the Venetian + going live on stream
Heads-up PLO battles and why he thinks it’s the purest form of gambling

Brian’s links
https://okinsgame.com
https://x.com/brianokin
https://instagram.com/brianokin
https://youtube.com/brianokin

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Want a seat in our game at Aria?
Go to https://table1.vegas → click “Get a seat in the game” and fill out the form.
Minimum buy-in $5,000. Art or Justin will text you.

Phenom Poker — now running daily MTTs
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From Bull Riding to Bellagio: How Lee Markholt Survived It All Jan 23, 2026

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Lee Markholt: Bull Riding, Old-School Poker, and the Wild West Era of Vegas Games | Table 1 Podcast

Some poker careers start with solvers and staking deals.

Lee Markholt’s started with bulls, butcher shops, and a $10 “please just get on this thing” rodeo spot… and somehow turned into a decades-long poker run that included early WSOP final tables (hello, Daniel Negreanu), WPT cash-game glory, and a whole lot of “I never went broke” discipline.

In this episode, Art and Justin sit down with Lee for one of those conversations that feels like you’re getting a peek behind the curtain of two disappearing worlds: rodeo and pre-boom poker.

What we talk about

Growing up in Tacoma + a family story that sends him to the farm at 12
The bull riding dream (and the injuries that came with it)
Dropping out before high school… then out-working everyone anyway
The moment poker “clicked” during shoulder surgery
Early card rooms: dealer’s choice, stud games, wild stuff, and “IOU poker”
Tournaments in the early days (including the legendary Seymour Flop story)
Working as a floor / running rooms… and the twist that pushed him into full-time play
WSOP memories + the final table where Negreanu won his first bracelet (and the brutal hand)
The boom years, shot-taking, bankroll rules, and why Lee never borrowed to stay alive
Bellagio’s golden era, private-game politics, and why phones changed the feel of poker
Why Lee game-selects more than ever now (and what he’s chasing these days)

Quick shoutouts / links

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If you enjoyed this one, hit Subscribe and drop a comment with your favorite Lee story — we read them all.

Show Notes

00:00 Early Cowboy Life & Growing Up Fast
10:04 The Bull Riding Days
20:07 Lee’s Worst Injury & Biggest Rodeo Spots
24:01 Getting into Poker & Tournaments
31:18 Dropping Bulls for Poker
40:22 The Poker Boom & Money Management
47:36 From Backers to Binking
56:58 Family + Poker
1:00:30 Getting Stiffed & Almost Going Broke
1:13:39 Make Poker Fun Again!
1:25:18 Good Decisions & The Future
1:30:56 One More for the Road

“Losing Other People’s Money Almost Broke Me” - How Landon Tice Got From $0.01/$0.02 To PokerGO Jan 17, 2026

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Landon Tice didn’t “make it” the normal way.

He didn’t quietly climb stakes.
He didn’t stay in his lane.
And he definitely didn’t avoid mistakes.

In this episode of The Table 1 Podcast, Landon Tice sits down with Art and Justin for a brutally honest conversation about poker, ego, ambition, and the cost of trying to grow up in public.

From timestamping Joey Ingram’s podcast for free, to high-stakes backing deals, to losing other people’s money, to winning life-changing tournaments, to realizing he didn’t actually know what he thought he knew — this is the full arc.

No highlight reel.
No PR polish.
Just the real story.

You’ll hear about:

How providing free value changed Landon’s entire career
The dangerous confidence curve every young poker player hits
What it’s like being staked before you’re emotionally ready
Why “results” can lie to you
The difference between loving poker and respecting it
How faith, humility, and perspective eventually replaced ego
Why growing up off the felt mattered more than winning on it

This episode isn’t about strategy.

It’s about identity, responsibility, and what happens when talent outruns maturity — and how painful (and necessary) that correction can be.

If you’ve ever:

Thought you were ready before you were
Wanted validation more than truth
Confused confidence with competence
Or learned lessons the hard way…

This one will hit.

Show Notes:

00:00 Child of the Sim’s Childhood
21:29 College & Dropping Out for Online Poker
41:12 Early Poker Life
51:42 Getting out of the Basement & Meeting Nick Schulman
1:09:13 The MSPT $200k Score
1:17:47 The Bill Perkins Match
1:27:32 Buying Negreanu’s Car
1:33:29 Landon vs Jeremy Becker
1:44:00 Patrick Leonard’s Influence
1:50:33 High Rollers, Faith, and the Future

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David Lappin on Selling Yourself in Poker (and Media) Jan 10, 2026

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Poker careers don’t usually start with a screenwriting degree, a philosophy PhD track, and a failed TV pitch.

But David Lappin’s did.

In this episode of the Table 1 Podcast, David Lappin joins Art and Justin for a wide-ranging conversation that connects poker, writing, creativity, and the emotional reality of life in the game. From late-night UK poker TV to $5 sit-and-gos on Full Tilt… from near-miss Hollywood scripts to building one of poker’s most respected podcasts… this is a masterclass in how strange, nonlinear careers actually happen.

David opens up about growing up around film and theater, falling in love with philosophy, and how rejection in the writing world prepared him for poker’s brutal swings. He breaks down the need to scratch the creative itch—and why so many players eventually build podcasts, write books, or create something outside the game.

In this episode:

The origin story of The Chip Race and how David and Dara O’Kearney built an award-winning poker podcast by treating interviews like game trees
Why most poker content fails to market the actual poker audience (and how that hurts the ecosystem)
The Irish Poker Open’s transformation into one of the best poker festivals in the world (and why player experience matters more than prestige buy-ins)
A sharp critique of modern tournament structures, late registration abuse, and re-entry culture
David’s personal Black Friday story—and how it quietly reshaped European poker
Why poker players, writers, and creatives all struggle with the same thing: rejection, confidence, and meaning

There are hilarious Full Tilt chatbox stories, honest industry takes, commentary war stories, and thoughtful reflections on how poker has changed—and where it should go next.

If you care about poker beyond hand histories…
If you’ve ever felt the urge to build something outside the game…
Or if you just want to hear one of poker’s smartest voices talk candidly about the life behind the results…

This one’s for you.

Show Notes:

00:00 Early Life & Film Studies
20:12 The Poker Grind
27:19 Meeting his Girlfriend In A Sit n Go?!
32:34 Favorite Poker Stops
46:10 Value to the Players (WSOP vs WPT)
54:48 Black Friday & Staking Deals
1:04:49 The Chip Race Podcast
1:19:20 The Future!

David's Links:

The Chiprace Podcast - www.thechiprace.com
X - www.x.com/DKLAPPIN
Simplify Poker - www.SimplifyPoker.com

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The 13 Wildest, Craziest & Most Underrated Poker Stories That You Probably Haven't Heard. Jan 03, 2026

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This wasn’t just our year.It was the year of stories that somehow slipped through the cracks.In this episode, we break down the past year by revisiting the most under-viewed, overlooked, and borderline-unreal poker stories we came across — pulled from podcasts, interviews, and moments that deserved way more attention than they got.Some are wild hand histories.Some are offhand comments that reveal everything.Some are stories told once… to the wrong audience.We clipped them.We replayed them.And then we told you what actually matters.You’ll hear:– Crazy hand histories that never went viral (but should have)– Moments from other podcasts that completely flew under the radar– Stories that explain why poker is the way it is — ego, luck, discipline, tilt– How hearing these clips changed how we think about the game and the people in it– And the handful of moments that made us stop and say, “Wait… did you catch that?”This episode is part year-in-review, part film room.Just us doing what we love most — finding great poker stories and putting a spotlight on them.If you like:• under-viewed content• real hand histories• poker stories told by the people who lived them• and episodes that feel like you’re sitting around after the game replaying the nightThis one’s for you.👇 Comment with the clip or story that stuck with you👍 Like & subscribe if you want more under-the-radar poker stories🎙️ And if you’ve got a clip we missed… send it. We’re always watching.Speaking of crazy…come play with us online at Phenom Poker!The true underdogs of online poker!👉 https://play.phenompoker.com/register?r=Table1 (And get 200% Deposit Bonus + a chance to win up to 100 USDT every week until New Year's!)OR come play with us live in Vegas at Table 1👉 https://table1.vegas--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Show Notes:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Table 1 Links:What is Table 1? https://table1.vegas200% Deposit Bonus at Phenom Poker: https://play.phenompoker.com/register?r=Table1Follow us on X: https://x.com/table1vegasFollow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/table1vegas--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Art's links:https://x.com/artparmannRounders To Founders Newsletter - https://rounderstofounders.comSlotMaps- Beat Slots with AI (seriously) https://slotmaps.comPokerHQ- Run your home game like a pro: https://pokerhq.io--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Justin's Linkshttps://x.com/justinyoung07Play poker with Justin on Phenom: https://play.phenompoker.com/register?r=JYPoker

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