The Rec Poker Podcast

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Ep 422 - Forums: Draw-Heavy Boards (Black_Spruce) Oct 18, 2022

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This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Black_Spruce about playing the nut flush draw OOP and multiway on a dynamic, monotone board in a limped pot. What could go wrong?!? While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses player types, exploitative sizing, value-targeting, counting combos, postflop betting patterns, 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/draw-heavy-board/ ----- Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity ----- Find more info on our sponsors at: https://RunAces.com https://WebsiteAMP.com ---- RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER.

Ep 421 - Chats: Kevin Rabichow on playing heads up, postflop savvy, 3-betting, and more! Oct 14, 2022

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This week Jim Reid and the panel interview longtime pro player and coach Kevin Rabichow about his experiences as a high-stakes heads-up player - and how it's led him to create his new training course at Run It Once. Kevin gets right into his insights about adjusting from full-ring to short-handed play, some theoretical implications of only having two players in each hand, why postflop analysis is so important, how he takes notes and how to get the most out of them, good ways to practice shorthanded play, and we even have time to get into RecPoker's Theme of the Month this month: 3-betting! It's a great chat and there is some fun new developments at the end of the show that you'll want to stick around for as well. ----- Kevin is active on Twitter as @krabichow and you can find out more about him and his course at these links: Course: https://www.runitonce.com/courses/the-game-plan/ Coaching Website: https://www.kevinrabichow.com/ IG: https://instagram.com/krabichow ---- 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/ ----- Standard Additional Description for RecPoker: ----- Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity ----- Find more info on our sponsors at: https://RunAces.com https://WebsiteAMP.com ---- RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, ptroolin@gmail.com

Ep 420 - Forums: Facing Limpers (John) Oct 11, 2022

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This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by John Crowell about facing multiple limpers in the cash games he plays in. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses A LOT of factors about limping: player types, stack sizes, raise sizes, hand ranges, hand qualities, postflop tendencies, variance - 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/opening-ranges-against-multiple-limpers/ ----- Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity Find more info on our sponsors at: https://RunAces.com https://WebsiteAMP.com RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER.

Ep 419 - Chats: Dr. Alex Chauran on practicing witchcraft, writing, teaching poker, and more! Oct 07, 2022

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This week Jim Reid and the panel interview Dr. Alex Chauran, a twitch streamer, writer, and instructor with Poker Power who thoroughly enjoys working with beginner players and taking their game to the next level. A practicing Wiccan, Doc runs her own coven in British Columbia, Canada, and shares some details about what life is like practicing witchcraft, how poker has helped her overcome adversity, some missteps new players often make, the different strategies she employs when playing cash versus playing "Spin & go" poker online, and a lot more! Doc is active on Twitter as @dralexchauran and on twitch at http://twitch.tv/queenofdiamonds Find out more about Poker Power and their goal to teach a million women to play poker at www.pokerpower.com 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/

Ep 418 - Forums: Defending against C-bets with Carlos Welch (part 2 of 2) Oct 04, 2022

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This week, Jim Reid and the panel AGAIN welcome Carlos Welch back to the show to talk some strategy on the Forums edition! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel talk to Carlos about a specific hand example from Jim's WSOP main event experience earlier this summer, and find a few ways he could have made better assumptions about his foe, and better decisions too! 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. ----- You can reach Carlos on Twitter @hiphop101trivia ---- Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity ----- Find more info on our sponsors at: https://RunAces.com https://WebsiteAMP.com ----- RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER.

Ep 417 - Chats: Matt Berkey on learning, misconceptions, and nut flush draws! Sep 30, 2022

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This week Jim Reid and the panel interview Matt Berkey, the founder of Solve For Why and a longtime friend of the show. Matt starts by talking about the goals for Solve For Why Academy and how they approach leaning, we get into common misconceptions that recreational player have about the game in the abstract, we discuss applying fold equity as it relates to the strength of your hand, Matt analyzes different hands equities on a common flop texture, and we learn all about how to play your nut flush draw in various situations! This one is jam packed with strategic goodness so open up your ears and enjoy! Links to learn more: solveforwhy.io & youtube.com/solveforwhy and for social media @berkey11 on all social @solveforwhytv on twitter 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: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity Find more info on our sponsors at: https://RunAces.com https://WebsiteAMP.com RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER.

Ep 416- Forums: Defending against C-bets with Carlos Welch (part 1 of 2) Sep 27, 2022

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This week, Jim Reid and the panel welcome Carlos Welch back to the show to talk some strategy on the Forums edition of the show! While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel talk to Carlos about some of the basic concepts that we should be thinking about when facing a c-bet, and they find a few rabbit-holes along the way too! 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. Join us next week when we'll welcome Carlos back to go over a specific hand example! ----- You can reach Carlos on Twitter @hiphop101trivia ----- Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity ----- Find more info on our sponsors at: https://RunAces.com https://WebsiteAMP.com ----- RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER.

Ep 415 - Chats: Dan Ross on radio, writing, and over a decade of covering poker! Sep 23, 2022

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This week Jim Reid and the panel interview Dan Ross from PokerLiveUpdates.com about championing recreational poker players from around the world, and celebrating their successes! Dan and his crew are actively involved in reporting poker tours and results for not just the biggest tours around - but also the smaller ones that we seems to have the most fun at. Dan and the panel talk about the logistics of reporting, the highs and lows of covering poker, some of his own favourite rooms and tours, the importance of helping other people in need, and a lot more! ----- Check out Dan's slick poker updates page at http://pokerliveupdates.com/ ----- Dan is also active on Twitter as @holdemmedia_dan ----- 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/ ----- Standard Additional Description for RecPoker: ----- Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity ----- Find more info on our sponsors at: https://RunAces.com https://WebsiteAMP.com ----- RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER.

Ep 414 - Forums: KJs IP (Ben) Sep 20, 2022

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This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Ben Enslow (Bejamin96) about a tough spot holding King Jack suited in late position. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses calling ranges, raising ranges, postflop betting lines, player tendencies, 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/trouble-in-the-21-bounty-hunters-on-gg-poker/ ------ Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity ----- Find more info on our sponsors at: https://RunAces.com https://WebsiteAMP.com ----- RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER.

Ep 413 - Chats: Veronica Brill on fun, fear, and her new life in poker! Sep 16, 2022

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This week Jim Reid and the panel welcome Veronica Brill back to the show and they have a great time talking about what goes on behind the scenes of the poker world, from streamers and vloggers to meet-up-games and high-stakes cash play, she's seen it all! They also discuss what makes poker a pleasure, and how players, professionals and venues can all work together to make the game more accessible and fun for new people. But that's not all, they also get into what makes K.L. Cleeton such a jerk, one thing Veronica is afraid of, what she's learned about poker lately, and a lot more! ----- Find Veronica on Social Media: Twitter is @angry_polak Insta is @angry_polakv ---- 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: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity ---- Find more info on our sponsors at: https://RunAces.com https://WebsiteAMP.com ---- RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER.

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