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Joe Stapleton is a poker player, commentator and television personality whose work includes just about every poker organization including PokerStars, European Poker Tour, Poker Night in America and WSOP. Most recently Joe was hired as a consultant for a movie, "The Card Counter" and is working on a comic book to be released soon. Joe is a great combination of confidence and humility with a vision for success in his life, keeping a great perspective on where he has been and where he is going.

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Keith B about when to start considering ICM at teh final table. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses tournament stages, stack sizes, ICM principles, 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/

Our new website at rec.poker launched in July 2020 and we wanted to celebrate by reviewing the past year in the RecPoker community. So much has happened in the past 12 months beyond the website and it is time to reflect! We are so often focused on looking forward and evaluating what is next, so it is important to look back and acknowledge that path that has been traveled. Everything we do is focused on community, which is evident as the team talks about our journey so far! The regular panel is joined by Mark Praschan, who many of you know as @websitemark in the home games; Mark is the owner of WebsiteAMP, a sponsor of the RecPoker podcast and a huge part of the development and growth of RecPoker. You can reach Mark through WebsiteAMP.com or just reach out to steve@rec.poker to make the connection.

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by MaxChaos about when and how to vary your raise and bet sizing. While battling it out in the nightly home game, we discuss stack sizes, position, hand strength, 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/altering-bet-sizes-based-on-villian-stack-sizes/

Carlos Welch is a player, writer, and coach spending much of his time living out of Prius. Carlos recently won his first WSOP Bracelet, besting a field of 782 entries in the Crazy Eights ONLINE event for $1124,369. He plans on using part of the money to buy a house for his mom in George to serve as the central location for when the Welch family gathers. Carlos shares some tips on being frugal in Vegas during the WSOP and just brings a general positivity to the poker world. Connect with Carlos on Twitter @hiphop101trivia.

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Jacob Kieke about a live tournament getting close to the money. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses blockers, hand ranges, table dynamics, tournament stages, 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/canterbury-150-deep-stack-nearing-the-money/

Mike Patrick is a mixed game specialist who is also a contributing writer for Cardplayer Lifestyle as well as other poker media outlets. Mike will be taking his talents to PokerNews this fall, covering the WSOP for the entire series. Mike has a background in sports television and would love to combine his TV production skills with his passion for poker. Through our conversation, we find out that Mike refers to PLO as the "gateway to mixed game." One of the good guys in poker, you can give Mike a follow on Twitter at @MikePatrick98

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by ARW about a hand played out of the blinds. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses preflop ranges from both positions perspectives, combos, postflop action, 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! https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/blind-vs-blind/

Dara O’Kearney is the co-host of "The Chip Race" podcast and "The Lock-in" YouTube video series. He has authored two books, "Poker Satellite Strategy" and "PKO Poker Strategy." He is currently hoping to complete his next book on ICM (Independent Chip Model) by late August / early September. Dara has been a great friend of RecPoker as a podcast guest, Twitter supporter, and presenter at the RECies Awards. You can follow him on Twitter at @daraokearney

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by ARW about playing some live poker out of position with a strong pair. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses stack and bet sizes, hand ranges, betting lines, 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/nd-poker-tour-pocket-tt/

With Steve out of commission this week, the panel looks back on how they came to meet Steve and join RecPoker, what parts of the community they have come to lead, and we hear from Paul "QuadQuark" one of our Premium Members who had joined us in the chat for the recording!

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post where he knows immediately he has made an error when he can't decide if his flop cbet is a value bet or a bluff. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses hand ranges, bet sizing, board textures, 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-microbet/

Veronica Brill is a poker player, commentator, and YouTube personality. Born in Poland and raised in Canada, she now lives and works in California. In 2019, she became the center of an enormous controversy in the poker world when she accused fellow poker player Mike Postle of cheating. Veronica was also recently instrumental in K.L. Cleeton's new customized van!

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Adam Wolfe (ARW) considering a check-raise against an early position opener. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses hand ranges, board textures, combos, 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! https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/flop-types-k72-rainbow/

Kenny Hallaert is an extremely successful poker player and industry professional. Kenny is originally from Belgium and now lives in London. An electrician by trade, Kenny started playing online and the rest, as they say, is history. He has a combined $11 million in tournament earnings, of which $4.3 is live including nearly $1.5 million earned for his 6th place finish in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in 2016. Completing that final table were Cliff Josephy, Qui Nguyen, Gordon Vayo, Michael Ruanne, Vashtek Rushika, Griffin Benger, Jerry Wong, and Fernando Pons. Each year Kenny puts together a spreadsheet to help tournament players quickly see what options are available and each venue during the WSOP. The spreadsheet is available publicly at https://bit.ly/WSOP2021. Connect with Kenny on Twitter @SpaceyFCB

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Chris Jones (FiveByFive) about a theory question to do with EXACTLY the flop T85r. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses the inherent properties of certain cards (a rare find in poker!), board textures, hand ranges, 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/theory-question-10d8h5c-board/

Kevin Mathers (@kevmath) joins the RecPoker crew as the 2021 WSOP schedule is released! We countdown to the release and then go through the schedule together. Some great tournaments are part of the schedule; if you want to join us in Vegas check out rec.poker/roadtrips

John Barrows is the tournament manager for Running Aces Casino, Racetrack, and Hotel, the official sponsor of the RecPoker Podcast. John opens up to give insight about how poker fits into the context of casino profitability, specifically considering how to balance tournament structure and rake. John can be reached at fbarrows@runaces.com with general feedback welcomed at info@runaces.com

This week, Jim Reid leads the panel through a forum post by Michael about a hand with JJ on the button. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses raise sizes, hand ranging, board textures, 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-on-a-2-pair-board/

Once a month a Premium member goes one-on-one with a member of the RECing Crew to break down a hand, talk strategy, or discuss how to otherwise get the most out of their poker experience. Email jim@rec.poker if there’s a member of the RECing Crew that YOU’D like to connect with, and we’ll try to match you up! Learn more about the RECing Crew here: https://rec.poker/crew/ In this episode, we share a session of Jim Reid doing a PokerTracker database review for a coaching client. Listen or watch along as Jim uses various HUDs, filters, and reports to drill down into different parts of the player's game and finds some areas to work on. As always, the video version of this podcast will be more informative than the audio version so sign up for a free Community account at rec.poker to watch the video versions of all our podcasts – and a lot more - for free!