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Ep 441 - Chats: Sammie G on Florida, Math, Chasing Rungood, and more! Dec 23, 2022

Show notes

*Explicit language is present in this episode* This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew panel interview Sammie G about her recent ascent in the poker world! Sammie talks about her dad's role in her poker story, the role that her love of math has played in her life on and off the felt, climbing the tournament ladder from charity tourneys to WSOP events, working with our awesome friends at Rungood, her perspective as a younger woman in the poker world, the value of community, life in Florida, and a lot more!

Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us on YouTube every Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too! (but not Dec 26th 2022, there is no show that night...but don't tell Phil!)

Sammie is active on Twitter as @thefakesammieg

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

00:13 Welcome & Introduction

08:34 Introduction to Sammie G

09:53 Sammie on getting into poker

12:33 How Sammie’s dad influenced her poker game

19:47 What Sammie's last six or seven months have been like

24:06 Sammie’s role in the poker world

26:50 What is different about higher buy-in tournaments?

29:31 Sammie as a younger woman entering the poker world

32:12 Sammie: It can get overwhelming playing with a variety of unfriendly men

38:49Discovering a community and a way to study

50:34 Sammie: You can do everything right and lose, or everything wrong and win

01:04:44 John: Home Game Result updates

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Ep 440 - Forums: Triple Up Tourney (Buchr) Dec 20, 2022

Show notes

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by a new member, Buchr, about playing in a triple-up tournament and facing a tough spot holding 77. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses open raise sizes, their own first forum posts, the difference between satellites and MTTs, how a solver looks at spots like these, villain types, stack sizes, ICM factors, contorting your foe's range, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review! Link: https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/dragged-into-a-bad-situation-9-person-triple-up-tourney/

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Ep 439 - Chats: Jason Su on Presence, Flow, and Playing in the Zone! Dec 16, 2022

Show notes

This week Jim Reid and the panel interview poker author and coach Jason Su who shares some thoughts with the panel about how to manage the mental/emotional side of poker, and how we can become better players - and happier people! - through mastering how we react to the effects of the outside world on our own study, play and results. The gang talks about the difference between pro and rec mindset, some common errors recreational players make. how to 'reset' yourself between hands, and a lot more!

Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

https://www.pokerwithpresence.com/

Jason is active on Twitter as @jasonbsu

Timestamps:

03:15 Welcome & Introduction

06:48 Introduction to Jason Su

07:22 Jason talks about the work that he does with top-level poker players

09:27 Parts of poker that excite Jason

10:42 To be a high-level, winning poker player, you need to accrue lots of knowledge

12:39 How players become top-ranked and get a big name

14:35 Jason on balancing knowledge and variance

18:46 Training the brain to analyze efficiently and effectively

24:10 Jason's thoughts on limpers from a mental game standpoint

28:50 Being honest and true about being a better player than others

41:57 Chats: Any tips for resetting between hands that you lose

47:41 John: Home Game Result updates

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Find our free videos at:

Find more info on our sponsors at:

Ep 438 - Forums: Heads Up and Getting Paid (Taylor) Dec 13, 2022

Show notes

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Taylor Maas about a heads-up spot where the main objective is to get ALL the chips into the middle...but how? While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses position, SPR, postflop betting lines, player types and tendencies, calculating equity, and more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review! Link: https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/heads-up-for-a-tournament-win-how-do-we-get-all-chips/

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Ep 437 - Chats: James "Splitsuit" Sweeney on playing against limpers! Dec 09, 2022

Show notes

This week Jim Reid and the panel interview James "SplitSuit" Sweeney about the RecPoker Theme of the Month: playing against limpers. James is a prolific members of the poker community, from his youtube channel to his Red Chip Poker site and podcast, to his books and apps - he's even done voiceover work for PokerTracker! Listen in as we learn about playing against limpers from this phenomenal player and coach. The gang also goes over some changes to the Home game club and some new special tournaments coming over the holidays and into 2023.

Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

James is active on Twitter as @splitsuit and you can check out is work at these links:

https://www.redchippoker.com/gto-gems-book

https://www.splitsuit.com/1-2-live-cash-poker-vlog

https://discord.com/invite/cCeQ3YP5eC

Timestamps:

00:14 Welcome & Introduction

11:48 Introduction to James Splitsuit Sweeney

12:05 James defines his role in the world of poker

13:17 James shares his poker story and journey

15:26 A weekly rest day helps to balance work and productivity

17:22 Responding to email and being available all the time

22:12 James on being the voice and part of the Poker Tracker

28:33 How James consolidates players in the Holdem Hand Range Visualizer

35:30 James’s approach to playing against Limpers

49:16 How important is it to build a pot early?

55:42 When to stop raising over Limpers

59:11 The importance of balance when playing with Limpers

01:07:16 John: Home Game Result updates

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Find our free videos at:

Find more info on our sponsors at: