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Ep 314- Forums: Stone Bubble (Chris) Sep 24, 2021

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This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Chris Jones about a hand on the bubble. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses stack sizes, hand ranges, ICM, 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/stone-bubble-ranging-and-decision/

Ep 313 - Chat: John Somsky on AnteUp, RecPoker, and his love of games! Sep 21, 2021

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John Somsky is the Home Games Director for RecPoker and the Minnesota Ambassador for AnteUp Magazine. John is a true historian of the game, having played many variants and listened to about every poker podcast during his entire life in poker. Not only is he deeply knowledgeable in the game, history, personalities and industry, John is widely considered, "The Nicest Guy in Poker", a label initially given him by WSOP Bracelet winner Chris "Fox" Wallace. In this episode we hear more about John's story and his passion for the game. John is active on Twitter as @pokergeekMN We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics: WPT/RecPoker Tourney - rec.poker/wpt WSOP roadtrip - rec.poker/roadtrips/ RecPoker Staking -rec.poker/staking/

Ep 312 - Forums: Our Range's Runout (Taylor Maas) Sep 17, 2021

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This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by the one and only Taylor Maas about a chance to turn a marginal hand into a bluff. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses hand ranging, bluff targeting, bet sizing, 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/big-blind-defense-very-favorable-runout-for-our-range/

Ep 311 - Chat: Matt Savage on WPT, TDA, Vaccinations and Community Sep 11, 2021

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Matt Savage is the Executive Tournament Director for the World Poker Tour (WPT) among other industry leadership positions. Matt co-founded the Tournament Directors Association (TDA) in an attempt to bring greater consistency to tournament players' experiences across the country. Matt has been at the forefront of building poker into a global business for the past three decades after his start as a chip runner and dealer at his local casino. Matt will be playing as a celebrity bounty in the September 25th RecPoker tournament on ClubWPT. This free entry tournament is available to all RecPoker community (free) members with the winner getting a $2,500 entry into a WPTDeepStacks event at Thunder Valley in December. More information is available at rec.poker/wpt Matt is a great follow on Twitter at @savagepoker.

Ep 310 - Forums: Weird Action (Troy) Sep 10, 2021

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This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through another forum post by Troy Chapman (Chappo) about a drawing hand facing some unusual action. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses passive play, hand ranges, pot odds, equity, 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/calling-with-implied-odds-and-pre-flop-and-things-get-weird-post-flop/

Ep 309 - Chats: Jamie Kerstetter Sep 07, 2021

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Jamie Kerstetter joins the panel to share about her poker industry journey and why she transitioned away from being a lawyer; we also talk about one of her true passions: rescuing dogs. One of the many things Jamie is involved with is Poker King, a great new show that features a lot of great poker action while staying entertaining. Follow @pokerkingmedia on Twitter as well as @JamieKerstetter

Ep 308 - Forums: Even MORE ICM Talk (Keith B) Sep 03, 2021

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This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Keith "MonkieSystem" Brandt that was so good we had to come back for more, so we dive back into a hand from a previous episode to get a more detailed perspective on the action. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses stack sizes, ICM, blocker bets, value-targeting 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/when-to-tighten-up-on-final-tables/

Ep 307 - Chat: Kevin Mathers on WSOP protocols, tips for new players. shooting your shot, and more! Aug 30, 2021

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You already know who Kevin Mathers is - the king of poker information and an essential follow on twitter @kevmath - but now you can get to know him even better through his substack newsletter and his new RECing Crew page at www.rec.poker/kevmath - listen along as the panel chats with Kevin about the WSOP and what to expect for the series in 2021!

Ep306 - Forums: PokerTracker and Study Tools (Eric A) Aug 27, 2021

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This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Eric A about how to use tools like PokerTracker4 to study. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses HUDs, filters, reports, frequencies, 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/groups/jims-pokertracker-review-group/forum/discussion/session-idea/

Ep 305 - Chats: Ben Yu Aug 24, 2021

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Ben Yu joins the panel to share about his life in and out of poker, how to study, the value of learning with friends, and more!

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