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Steve Fredlund, Jim Reid, Chris Jones, John Somsky, & Rob Washam chat with Grant Denison, Jonathan Levy (The Poker Guys) including breaking down a hand.

#161: BONUS: Lynn Gimartin and Australian Bush Fires Lynn Gilmartin is interviewed to update us on the fires in Australia and what we can do to help. Click here to donate to the Australia Zoo Wildlife Warriors. https://www.facebook.com/donate/2469743949803401/3254610994565365/

Steve Fredlund, Jim Reid, Chris Jones, John Somsky, Rob Washam, & Taylor Maas look at a couple of hands from Chris’ recent tournament. We also reflect on 2019 and look forward to 2020, including exciting content plans for 2020.

Steve Fredlund, Jim Reid, Chris Jones, John Somsky and Jake Mason discuss three hands submitted by RecPoker Nation. These hards came from Josh Schwartz, Rob Adsem, and Chris Jones leading to some great discussion.

Steve Fredlund, along with Jim Reid, interview fantastic young pro Ryan Laplante, who recently launched “Learn Pro Poker”, a training site that sponsors the RecPoker podcast. We talk about Ryan’s WSOP bracelet speech, his history playing poker, and strategy that will help the recreational player. The video is also available at the RecPoker YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9djxr_aVf1pLOta_OkREIA

Steve Fredlund, John Somsky, Chris Jones, Rob Washam has Jim Reid go through questions and thoughts from listeners, including a couple of interesting hand histories. This week features questions from David Baer, FPN Colorado, and Jefferson Kupferberg. The video is also available at the RecPoker YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9djxr_aVf1pLOta_OkREIA

Steve Fredlund, John Somsky, Taylor Maas & Rob Washam go through questions and thoughts from listeners, including a couple of interesting hand histories. The video is also available at the RecPoker YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9djxr_aVf1pLOta_OkREIA

Host Steve Fredlund interviews Lena Evans, Jacqueline Britton & Jeannette Mendez from Poker League of Nations (PLON), the world’s largest women’s poker group. All women are invited to join the Poker League of Nations private group or following this link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PokerLeagueOfNations/ The video is also available at the RecPoker YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9djxr_aVf1pLOta_OkREIA

Host Steve Fredlund & a RecPoker panel interviews Adam Friedman about mixed games. We have broken the interview down into two segments with part 1 airing last week as episode 153. The video is also available at the RecPoker YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9djxr_aVf1pLOta_OkREIA

Host Steve Fredlund & a RecPoker panel interviews Adam Friedman about mixed games. We have broken the interview down into two segments with part 2 airing next week with episode 154. The video is also available at the RecPoker YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9djxr_aVf1pLOta_OkREIA

Host Steve Fredlund interviews Tommy Angelo and Lee Jones from Poker Simple. You can find them on their PokerSimple YouTube channel. The video is also available at the RecPoker YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9djxr_aVf1pLOta_OkREIA

Host Steve Fredlund interviews Alec Torelli chatting about many topics, with some focus on playing small/mid pairs from early/mid position. Check out these links from Alec: Hand Reading System = www.bit.ly/HandReadingSystem Preflop Charts = www.bit.ly/preflopcharts How to Prepare for Tournaments = https://www.consciouspoker.com/blog/prepare-for-the-wsop/ Learn more about Alec = www.alectorelli.com The video is also available at the RecPoker YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9djxr_aVf1pLOta_OkREIA

Chris Jones and John Somsky, two of our core panelists, ran deep in early events of the Fall Poker Classic. Chris brings with a couple of interesting hands from his deep run that he wants to discuss with the crew, including the impact of ICM implications. John also had an interesting ICM spot which we chat about as well. Joining Chris and John are Rob Washam and Steve Fredlund for this discussion. The video is also available at the RecPoker YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9djxr_aVf1pLOta_OkREIA

Daniel Negreanu is one of the greatest players in the history of poker; he is the host of the DAT Podcast and is currently highlighting his poker Masters Class. Our community had a great time chatting with Daniel and getting insights into a number of things such as playing small/mid-pairs from early/middle position, GTO vs. exploitive play, and much more.

Jonathan Little is a player, coach, author, and entrepreneur who takes some time out to talk with Steve and the crew about playing against limpers in low buy-in tournaments. If you want to participate in these interviews, become a member through rec.poker

In this episode, we share a few highlights from four of the most recent content videos available to RecPoker community members. These include hand histories facilitated by Chris Jones, “Hands by Jake” from Jake Mason, Book Study of Andrew Brokos’ “Playing Optimal Poker”, and hand history facilitated by Taylor Maas. We also touch briefly on the launch of rec(dot)poker, our new website home which includes access to our new membership site. You can watch the video at: https://youtu.be/k0X69Sm984w

Matt Hamilton is a wonderful young player with about $275,000 in Hendon Mob earnings. Matt has been with us in the past and his great, methodical way of teaching has been very well received. In this episode Matt discussing playing Ax suited from the blinds, sharing his perspectives on key considerations and the differences of big vs. small blind play. The Panel also discusses the new membership site at recpoker.mn.co - you can get the first month free if you sign-up by the end of September.

Joining the show this week are four Free Poker Network (FPN) champions to chat about what FPN is, the benefits of playing in FPN, and how to approach improving your play to move from free bar leagues to playing in casinos, including cashing in the WSOP Main Event as Joel Smith did. Joel Smith, Nels Peterson, Chris Nelson, and Jake Stringfellow are all accomplished FPN players who took time away to join host Steve Fredlund as well as RecPoker Core members John Somsky and Rob Washam. You can find out more about FPN, including where to play in your area, at https://www.freepokernetwork.com/

Steve Fredlund is the host of the RecPoker podcast but not a big fan of talking about himself. Well, because of a guest cancelation, Steve decides to give the audience what they want, a bit more information about who this guy is. After sharing a brief bit of his story, Steve focuses on a clear communication of the vision of RecPoker to become a “Vibrant & Encouraging Poker Learning Community.” What does that mean for RecPoker and what does it mean for each member? Steve shares his passionate vision for focusing on learning, poker and encouraging each other in the context of a vibrant community. Here are the links to the free opportunities mentioned in the show: RecPoker Community Home Game on PokerStars: If you don't already have it, download the free PokerStars software from www.pokerstars.com. Joining the home game and registering for home game tournaments can only be done from a computer, not a mobile device. Open the main poker lobby, then click on the Home Games tab. Click the 'Join a Poker Club'

Andrew Brooks is a professional poker player, author, blogger, coach, and host of the “Thinking Poker” podcast. He was on the RecPoker podcast episode #130 and is back by popular demand. His recent book, “Play Optimal Poker” has received great reviews and we are honored to have him on our show. In this episode we chat about facing limpers, which is one of the most commonly raised questions too our podcast. We also talk a bit about having our own limping strategy and where that makes sense. Check out everything Andrew has going on at thinkingpoker.net or Twitter @thinkingpoker. Hosting this episode is Steve Fredlund, joined by three other RecPoker Core members: John Somsky, Rob Washam, and Jake Mason. Although Andrew was not on video, you can still watch this episode at: https://youtu.be/GRw0StNCgH0