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**The Poker Grid**

The Grid is a 169 episode poker hand scavenger hunt hosted by chess champion and PokerStars pro Jennifer Shahade. Jen interviews poker players about dramatic hands they’ve played, aiming to fill out all 169 possible starting poker hands, from the worst, seven-deuce offsuit to the best, pocket aces.

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**The Grid 055 ft. May Siu – Pocket-Jacks** May 01, 2021
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Jennifer welcomes high stakes cash game player and Poker for Good and Murals for Good founder May Siu to the GRID to discuss one of the most coveted- and detested hands: pocket jacks. May was playing a big pot in a New York City cash game against one of her regular foes, “General Bang Bang.” Holding jacks in a 5-10-25 (straddle) game, she called Bang Bang’s under the gun open, and went four ways to an 8h-7s-2c rainbow flop. Playing 6K deep, Bang Bang bet big and fast on flop, turn (4h) and river (9s) to get all his money in by the river, putting May in the tank. This dramatic hand ended up being the last live poker hand they played in a year, as the pandemic surged and sent May and her trusted poker circle to online ZOOM games.

May also talks about a less pleasant experience in NYC games: a cheating scandal, in which five players infiltrated their home game, using marked cards that could only be detected with a black light. She explains how she helped eventually sniff them out and gives advice on how to rid your games of cheating.

Jennifer and May then go on to discuss May’s organization pokerforgood.org, and how she got so heavily involved in philanthropic initiatives from her work to spread #StopAsianHate awareness, to teaching child cancer survivors poker.

May is currently running a campaign muralsforgood.org to connect communities with mural art to #StopAPPIHate. Check out the website and gofundme here.

She is also running poker tournament fundraisers on 5/4 for AAPI NYC Comptroller Candidate Reshema Patel, as well as a fundraiser in conjunction with the Children Brain Tumor Foundation on 5/23.

Stay posted with May and learn how to get involved on muralsforgood.org and pokerforgood.org.

Now that May Siu has taken pocket jacks, there are 114 hands left on thepokergrid.com. You can now find previous episodes using our new Episode Finder.

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**The Grid 054 ft. Doug Polk – Queen-Eight Offsuit** Mar 06, 2021
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Jennifer Shahade welcomes Doug Polk to the GRID. Doug covers a massive six figure pot from his high stakes heads up challenge against Daniel Negreanu, where Doug ended up winning well over a million dollars. In the crucial hand, Daniel opened the button to 1K at 200/400 and Doug called with queen eight offsuit. The flop wasJ 9 5 and Doug checked to Daniel, who bet 800 into 2k. Doug called to see the turn (J 9 5) 7. The action heated up on the turn as Doug checked again, and Daniel bet pot, $3600. Doug raised it up to 20,675 and Daniel called. The river blanked, bringing a final board of (J 9 5 7) 2.

Doug breaks down every decision and frequency in the hand, and explains if he would have played the hand different five years ago, when he created his Upswing course on Heads-Up Mastery.

Jen and Doug move on to discuss a variety of subjects, including Doug’s chess beginnings, whether Doug would ever play a high stakes Heads-up chess match against Daniel Negreanu, and his brief stand-up comedy career. They also talk about his approach to heads-up and efficient study.

Follow Doug on twitter @DougPolkVids and YouTube. Now that Doug Polk has taken queen-eight offsuit, there are 115 hands left on thepokergrid.com. You can now find previous episodes using our new Episode Finder.

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The Grid 052 ft. Alex “Thallo” Epstein – Nine-Six Offsuit Jan 20, 2021

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Jennifer welcomes WSOP bracelet winner Alex Epstein aka Thallo Poker to the poker GRID to discuss a thrilling hand with nine-six offsuit. This hand comes from the 2019 10K WSOP short deck event, which Alex won for more than $296,000. It was the first World Series of Poker Event using a “short deck”, or a 36 card poker deck without the deuces, threes, fours and fives. In this format, equities run closer together, giving it some similarities with Alex’s favorite poker variant, Pot Limit Omaha. In the critical hand he speaks about on the GRID, Alex faces poker beast Chance Kornuth. Alex had been battling Chance throughout the event, with both chips and words. The retelling includes a little twist, and a reference to fellow GRID guest Nick Schulman. Alex and Jennifer touch on what Alex misses most about private live games, who he’d most like to play poker with and the worst possible hand in short deck. They also delve into how and why our memory of poker hands can fail us. Epstein also talks about his recent commentary work and how Run It Once developed his PLO game. You can find him on twitter and twitch. Now that Alex Epstein has taken nine-six offsuit, there are 117 hands left on thepokergrid.com. You can now find previous episodes using our new Episode Finder. FIND AN EPISODE AAAKsAQsAJsATsA9sA8sA7sA6sA5sA4sA3sA2sAKoKKKQsKJsKTsK9sK8sK7sK6sK5sK4sK3sK2sAQsKQsQQQJsQTsQ9sQ8sQ7sQ6sQ5sQ4sQ3sQ2sAJoKJoQJoJJJTsJ9sJ8sJ7sJ6sJ5sJ4sJ3sJ2sAToKToQToJToTTT9sT8sT7sT6sT5sT4sT3sT2sA9oK9oQ9oJ9oT9o9998s97s96s95s94s93s92sA8oK8oQ8oJ8oT8o98o8887s86s85s84s83s82sA7oK7oQ7oJ7oT7o97o87o7776s75s74s73s72sA6oK6oQ6oJ6oT6o96o86o76o6665s64s63s62sA5oK5oQ5oJ5oT5o95o85o75o65o5554s53s52sA4oK4oQ4oJ4oT4o94o84o74o64o54o4443s42sA3oK3oQ3oJ3oT3o93o83o73o63o53o43o3332sA2oK2oQ2oJ2oT2o92o82o72o62o52o42o32o22 The post The Grid 052 ft. Alex “Thallo” Epstein – Nine-Six Offsuit appeared first on The Poker Grid.

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