The Rec Poker Podcast

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Ep 412 - Forums: 3-Betting with KTx in the main event Sep 13, 2022

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This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a hand he played on day 2 of the WSOP main event - this tournament has a unique dynamic when it comes to raising ranges, as we've explored in a few previous episodes. In this one, the group discusses 3-betting and 4-betting ranges, board textures, delayed c-bets, getting thin value hands to showdown, and a lot more! Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ and join the fun in real time next time! ------ 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 411 - Chats: Rob Washam on getting started, meeting Steve, and more! Sep 09, 2022

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This week Jim Reid and the panel are joined again by Greg Clem, our resident RECing Crew Interviewer, who puts our own Rob Washam in the hot seat! Rob is one of the founding members of RecPoker and an active member of the RECing Crew - affectionately referred to as the Zen Master of the panel, Rob runs the biweekly Book Study group and contributes heavily to the strategy content RecPoker produces every month. --- Rob talks about how he got started in poker, how he likes to learn things, how he met Steve and joining RecPoker, playing in home games, early podcast editions, his love of golf , his favourite books, playing in the WSOP Main Event, how to improve as a new player, mindfulness, and a lot more! ---- Rob is active on Twitter as @rabman50 ---- 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 410 - Forums: WSOP Travel Plans? (Eric) Sep 06, 2022

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This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Eric Anderson about preparing for a trip to WSOP or another major tournament or series. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses everything from player cards to bathroom locations to how to time your breaks to what to carry in your bag - and a LOT more! Come sign up for a free account at rec.poker today and get your own questions answered! ------------------------------------ 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 409 - Chats: Norman Chad on mixed games, fun in the booth, and a lot more! Sep 02, 2022

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This week Jim Reid and the panel interview the one and only Norman Chad about a host of subjects, from working with that jerk Lon to selecting his next glass of red wine - and beyond! Jim overcomes his usual technical issues just in time to ask Norman about getting his start in poker, why he loves mixed games so much, how recreational players like us can improve, being a poker insider - and Norman also shares some personal stories about dealing with depression and the value of community. You won't want to miss this one! ---------------------------- Norman is active on Twitter as @normanchad ----------------------------- 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 408 - Forums: JJ in a tough spot (ImaLougi) Aug 30, 2022

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This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Louie Hillman about a tricky spot in this year's WSOP where he faces a check-raise on a dynamic board while holding an overpair in position. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses flop textures, player types, counting combos, the value of aggression, and more! Come sign up for a free account at 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/jj-vs-big-blind-defend-wsop-freezeout/ 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 407 - Chats: Rob Gardner on Creating, Playing, Learning, Teaching Poker! Aug 26, 2022

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This week Jim Reid and the panel interview Rob Gardner, a pro player and content creator who shared a table with Jim in the WSOP main event this year. Rob opens up about his experiences playing as a tournament pro over the last several years, what got him into poker in the first place, how important it is to know if you are playing for fun or money, how he improves and studies the game, how it's crucial to focus on bankroll management and game selection as a pro, how to exploit less savvy players with your sizing techniques, and a lot more! NOTE: In the interview, Rob refers to a 2-year threshold for profitable play - this refers to folks who are actively working hard to become winning players and is not a standard that recreational players who play for fun should hold themselves to. Enjoy! Rob can also be found here: Twitter: @robgardnerlive Youtube RobGardner.Live or youtube.com/RobGardnerLive Twitch: twitch.tv/pokerpastor Instagram: RobGardnerLive TikTok: RobGardnerLive Email: TeamPokerPastor@gmail.com Timestamps: 00:08 Welcome & Introduction 02:17 Introduction to Rob Gardner 03:13 Rob's 2nd time playing at the main event 06:40 Rob’s role in the poker world 13:50 Technical help Rob may provide for the players 20:25 Rob talks about what Chase the Dream is all about 24:34 The 2-year threshold for profitable play 29:43 Rob’s advice on doing a stream 33:46 Playing live vs. playing online 35:38 Mistakes in exploiting poker that are actually good 39:06 What does going into the lab entail? 54:42 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: 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 406 - Forums: Blind vs. Blind (Chris) Aug 23, 2022

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This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through Chris Jones' Theme of the Month for August: playing Blind vs. Blind. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses the virtues of small blind open-raising vs completing, big blind raising ranges, who has range advantage in various scenarios, how this might inform your postflop play, and more! There are some very interesting corollaries to how the preflp actions define player's ranges - even while keeping them incredibly wide and opaque at the same time. NOTE: These strategies mostly apply in tournament poker, as in cash games the rake taken out of each pot that gets postflop incentivizes you to raise and take it down preflop, avoiding the rake. So don't limp the SB in cash games the way you might in tournaments! Come sign up for a free account at 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! 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 405 - Chats: The WSOP experience, a Day 1 hand, and some strat chat! Aug 19, 2022

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This week Jim Reid and the panel don't interview anyone at all - instead they review some elements of this year's World Series of Poker, go over a hand Jim played on Day 1 where flopping the nuts has a tinge of anxiety attached, they talk about 3-bet and 4-bet dynamics, hand rages, tournament structures, blind vs blind play, and more! ---------------------------------------------- Timestamps: 00:09 Welcome & Introduction 04:18 The panel shares their experience and discovery while in the WSOP 11:50 Jim talks about poker hands 16:25 What it’s like hearing the ruffling chip stack at the Bally’s and Paris 21:38 Rob: famous person hunting 23:51 Jim on his first time playing at the main event 29:34 The moment Jim got stuck in a bad table 36:51 Starting with something unique to the main event 49:10 Types of events that draw less seasoned players 53:50 Cold 4 Bet: How strong should your hand be 01:06:40 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: 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 404 - Forums: Range Advantage (Rob) Aug 16, 2022

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This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Rob Washam about recognizing range advantage, and what we can do to maximize our advantage when it comes up - particularly against opponents who have given up the betting lead. While battling it out in the nightly home game, the group discusses flop textures, donk bets, probe bets, float bets, and other ways of leveraging range advantage against the preflop aggressor! Come sign up for a free account at 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/recognizing-range-advantage/ -------------------------------------------------------- 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 403 - Chats: Ace Poker on vlog life, recording live, limping, and more! Aug 13, 2022

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This week Jim Reid and the panel interview Ace Poker, a popular YouTube vlogger who shares some stories about getting started in the game, growing his community, what motivates him to keep competing in poker and improving as a player, what it's like trying to record footage in various casinos and cardrooms, and they even have time to discuss some strategic elements of sizing preflop and what kinds of qualities make different hands better for limping and raising at certain tables. Ace is active on Twitter as @acepoker444 and you can check out his YouTube channel at Ace Poker and his discord channel at Join the AcePoker's server Discord Server! Timestamps: 00:01 Welcome & Introduction 03:41 Introduction to Ace Poker 04:20 The kind of poker Ace plays and his poker journey 07:58 Defining his own space in the poker world 09:40 Jim: Putting good people in touch with good people is a mission we should all have 11:00 How Ace studies and gets better at the game 12:38 Capitalizing on the common mistakes that players make 15:50 Some bluffy hands that Ace might choose to raise instead of limping behind 18:16 Ace recalls his story of recording videos of the game 23:01 Ace’s goals and dreams within the poker world 28:10 John: Home Game updates 34:00 Rob: Book Study 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: RecPoker Community 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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