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Host Steve Fredlund and Stacey Nelson sit down once again with Kenna James, co-host of the Heartland Poker Tour television broadcast and fantastic player & coach.

Host Steve Fredlund sits down once again with WSOP bracelet winner Chris "Fox" Wallace to discuss some strategy pieces, like the keys to running deep in big field tournaments. Fox also shares an exciting announcement about his latest poker tournament ventures... and of course we chat a bit about his emerging photography hobby. Good stuff with one of the good guys of poker. Follow on Twitter at @ininjapoker and @ininjoke -- you can also follow Fox @foxpokerfox.

Host Steve Fredlund chats with "Mr. HPT" Craig Casino, a business man and recreational poker player who has had great success, specifically on the Heartland Poker Tour. You can follow Craig on Twitter at @cragicasino1 and the HPT at @hptpoker.

Host Steve Fredlund continues his conversation with Minnesota Poker Hall of Famer Mike Schneider, who is founder of the Poker is Fun Tour, which has three events coming up July 20-22. Details at piftpoker.com or twitter @piftpoker. You can follow Mike also at @schneidspoker on Twitter.

Ep 087 - Mike Schneider again - Pt. 1 by RecPoker | Jim Reid

Host Steve Fredlund recaps briefly his trip to the WSOP in Vegas and then shares his interview with Poker News reported Sarah Herring, known as @auntychardonnay on Twitter.

Host Steve Fredlund interviews Alec Torelli, who is a poker coach as well as a speaker about life, poker, and the intersection of them. You can find out more at alectorelli.com.

Interview with James "Splitsuit" Sweeney from Red Chip Poker; you can find out more about them at what they offer at redchippoker.com

Dr. Tricia Cardner is a thought-leader in the area of achieving peak performance through mental preparation & awareness, specializing in helping poker players. She is a regular contributor to the RecPoker podcast with fantastic feedback, including a groundswell request for a full interview. So here it is folks! Enjoy and check out peakpokermindset.com and give her a follow @drtriciacardner

Host Steve Fredlund interviews Jordan Young, partner and instructor with the Solve for Why Academy - https://solveforwhyacademy.com/

Host Steve Fredlund interviews British professional player, trainer & coach Gareth James who leads the MTT School.

Part 2 of Steve's discussion with poker player, coach & author Jonathan Little. Check out pokercoaching.com for more information about Jonathan's training & coaching.

Part 1 of 2 of the interview between host Steve Fredlund and Jonathan Little, who is an accomplished player, coach & author and leader pokercoaching.com

This is the second of two parts of an interview with poker professional Matt Berkey, one of the founders of the Solve for Why Academy, a poker training organization.

This is the first of two parts of an interview with poker professional Matt Berkey, one of the founders of the Solve for Why Academy, a poker training organization.

I have been playing tournament poker recreationally for 6 years and feel like I have been learning strategy piecemeal as I have increased how much I play. However, I often feel like I’m lacking an overall approach to the game; like some of the tools I have in different situations are not really congruent with each other; like they don’t necessarily fit into an overall strategy -- and I am wired with a need to have an overall construct or framework upon which everything else is built. So, I’m curious if you have a general overall strategy when it comes to tournaments upon which all the tools fit into -- and, if so, how would you describe that overall strategy. Another way to think about this would be if you were advising a brand new player and you wanted to give them some high level, overall strategic thoughts about how to approach a tourney - what would you say? And how would you have them start building their skills on that overall framework?

What are the various types of staking arrangements that are out there (for both pros & recreational players)? Have you personally had investors or invested in others (what types of arrangements)? What are the pros & cons? Any advice for less experienced recreational players who want to move up in stakes but don’t have the personal bankroll to do it? Ideas on financial support/backing to help make that happen? SIDE QUESTION: What is your approach to tipping after cashing tournaments?

Bad beat stories are incredibly common in poker rooms everywhere, and many of us feel that others are luckier than others. How can we handle the luck factor in poker and our emotional response to that? What kind of advice do you give someone who consistently gets it in good in the biggest spots in tournaments, but seems to always lose?

Throughout our hand examples, we have heard a number of different thoughts about bet sizing post-flop, but I would like to dig a little bit into this directly. I know our pros prefer to address specific hand situations, but I would really like our listeners to be able to understand a bit more of the strategic theory behind bet sizing on the flop. Let's assume blinds are 100/200 and we all have at least 10,000 chips (50 big blinds). We raised from middle position to 500, we got called by the button and the blinds folded, so a pot of 1,300 chips. Regardless of what we are holding, the flop will either: 1) Be great for us 2) Be really bad for us 3) Not be great or horrible for us, but better for our range than our opponents 4) Not be great or horrible for us, but better for our opponents range than ours Assuming we decide we want to continuation bet, how does the flop connection with our hand (the four options above) impact the size of our bet -- or do we bet the same size regardless of how we connected? How

In prior episodes we have talked about bet sizing to open pots including the potential of varying the size base on stage of tournament, position, and the adjustments for limpers. This question is specifically about the risk & reward of playing at loose tables early in tournaments. In many of the weekly tournaments I play ($100 or less), a raise to 2.5 to 3.5 big blinds invites 4-5 calls most of the time. In order to successfully steal blinds or even get to heads up post-flop, you would need to open raise to about 5-6 big blinds. However, this seems like an extreme amount of risk for the reward of picking up 1.5 big blinds (if everyone folds). So, in these situations, I wonder what the optimal strategy might be. Let's say I am in early/mid position, UTG+1 with 99 and we are all basically sitting at the 10k starting stack with blinds at 25/50. It's too early to have dead reads on everyone but I expect it to play like most of these tournaments with a bet of 200 not accomplishing much, or getting it dow