Travis Jonas is probably one of the most entertaining guests we've had on the show. He was a professional dealer and poker player before and after the Moneymaker era. Travis has stories of dealing some of the biggest games in Vegas, including Pros such as Johnny Chan, TJ Cloutier, Phil Hellmuth, and Phil Ivey. When he was getting started in his career he was backed by Phil Ivey. Travis won a bracelet in the 2001 Dealers Event in Limit Holdem. He also tells an awesome story of how he took $100 to the craps tables in Vegas and turned it into $68,000 over the weekend! We really enjoyed this interview and we know you will too.
Intro:
Welcome, results from Steve and Mike's Sunday Online grind.
Strategy hands one from Steve and one from Mike.
Welcome Travis:
The LA Tournament - Travis KJ < KT Mike
Travis' start in poker, TJ Cloutier, Minh the Master, 2/4 Limit - 3/6 Limit, Panguingue (PAN), starting as a dealer, dealing for Tony Deeb, Johnny Chan and Frank Henderson, $200,000 pots, winning a bracelet in 2001, Winning a prop bet with Phil Hellmuth and being interviewed by him 2 years later, being backed by Phil Ivey for tournaments and super satelites, watching Phil Ivey play stud for 1 1/2 months at the Commerce Casino, 2004 best weekend in Vegas of his gambling career - turning $100 into $68,000 in a weekend, investments in stocks, winning a degen bet with Layne Flack, and one last strategy hand - pocket sevens in late position.
Steve's HH: 2/3 NL
UTG 3
(300) Villain EP 3
MP1 3
MP2 3
(300) Hero As5s CO 3
SB 3
BB 3
Flop (21) Ac 4c 7s
SB ck BB ck UTG ck
Villain 17
MP1 fold MP2 fold
Hero 17
SB and BB fold
Turn (55) Jh
Villain 25
Hero 25
River (105) 7c
Villain 25
Hero 25
Villain shows AKo
Mike HH: 5/5/10
(1460) Hero UTG AxKd 40
folds around to Villain in the straddle 40
Flop (90) Ax Td 7x rainbow
Villain ck
Hero 60
Villain 60
Turn (210) 8d
Villain ck
Hero ck
River (210) 5d
Villain ck
Hero 200
Villain shoves for 1160 more. Pot is 1770 and it's 1160 for Mike to call.
Hero calls and Villain shows 89o for a pair of eights.
Steve HH: 2/3 NL
(300) Villain UTG 3
MP 3
(300) Hero CO 7c7s calls 3
SB 3
BB 3
Flop (15) 2d 2h Jc
SB ck BB ck UTG ck MP ck
Hero 12
SB, BB fold
Villain UTG calls 12
MP folds
Turn (34) 4d
Villain ck
Hero 35
Villain 35
River (104) 3c
Villain 30
Hero 30
Villain shows 99
Thank you for listening. Hope you enjoyed the show. Have a great week and we will be on next week interviewing Steve's Mom.
Derek "Killingbird" Tenbusch started Tournament Poker Edge in 2010 with his friend and co-owner Diego "Ron Fez Buddy" Lomanto. Tournament Poker Edge, or TPE, is a tournament poker training site with hundreds (if not thousands) of training videos by dozens of professionals in the game. Derek is modest when he says that he's not a professional poker player. But if grinding over 80 hours a week, being a consistant winner in the game, being financially backed, having a poker coach, and running a poker training site doesn't make you pro, then we don't know what does.
Intro:
Saving cats from trees, fist fights at the tables, karma comes back to bink a tournament.
Welcome KB:
Podcasting, getting started in poker, binking a $2500 SNG, starting Tournament Poker Edge, MTTs on Bovada, Winning Poker Network & Merge, Having a poker backer, work ethic = 80+ hours per week, TPE videos, going into the mailbag.
Strategy:
Mike folds KK preflop twice in the last couple weeks, check call, check call, check call line.
Steve HH:
EP 3
Hero QQ 21
MP 50
EP folds
Hero all in 200 effective, MP calls w/ AK
Mike HH: MTT 600/1200 blinds
Hero UTG AKs Raise 3,100
CO shoves 31,000
Hero calls
Steve HH: 2/3NL with a $6 straddle
Straddle 6
UTG1 6
MP1 6
Hero Jc8c MP2 6
CO 6
But 6
SB 6
BB 6
Straddle checks
Flop ($48) Qc 9c 3c
SB ck, BB ck
UTG 81 all in
UTG1 folds
MP1 calls 81
Hero folds :(
Mike HH: 5/5 NL
EP 5
MP 5
(2500) Hero 88 $45
(2045) Villain BB 45
EP 45
MP folds
Flop (145) As Qs 8c
Villain ck
EP 300
Hero 300
Villain 300
Turn (1045) 5c
Villain ck
EP ck
Hero 800
Villain 800
EP folds
River (2645) Xc
Villain shoves 900
Hero calls 900
Villain shows Ac2c for the backdoor flush
Hope you guys like this episode as much as we enjoyed making it. Please leave comments on iTunes and hit us up on Twitter and Facebook. Have a great week and play well on the tables!
It is obvious to anyone who listens to Marc how passionate he is about the game. You can hear it in his voice. Marc is a true American mtt grinder, getting up and playing all the major online tournaments that are available in the USA. Marc offers a unique insight into the level of dedication and amount of work it takes to be a true professional. His work ethic and love of the game is top notch and second to none.
Topics of this episode include (but are not limited to...)
Playing online, warm up routine and meditation, getting a coach, playing out of the small blind and the big blind, sports gambling, being a degenerate, study time vs play time, Elliot Roe - Mental Coach Pokermindcoach.com, Marc's recent score on the Merge Network, being a Sponsored Lock Poker Pro and then losing a metric $hit ton of money on Lock Poker, Online poker in California, tilt, strategy, and being a TPE professional on Tournament Poker Edge.
Hand History: MTT blinds 2000/4000 5 handed, final table bubble
Spree43 (147k) raise 8,500
Hero (170k) QQ reraise 19,999
But (100k) folds
LAchance (83k) 4bet all in 83,000
BB (35k) folds
Spree43 shoves all in for 147k
Hero with QQ???
Hope you guys enjoyed the show. You can get a hold of Marc on twitter, @aznAllin007
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In this episode we interview Jared Tendler, author of The Mental Game of Poker and The Mental Game of Poker 2. Jared is a poker coach that helps players with issues of tilt and any problems they have with their game that revolves around the mental aspect. Jared is not a strategy coach, but a coach for your mental stability at the tables. We had a blast doing this interview and we know you will enjoy it.
If you would like to contact Jared for coaching or order his books, you can reach him at http://jaredtendlerpoker.com/
Jared also has a podcast called The Mental Game of Poker Radio Show. Mike and I have listened to every episode from start to finish, and we would highly recommend it to you as well. Very good interviews with professional players, and a great listen.
Steve's Strategy Hand:
Hero (300) AsTs UTG 13
UTG+1 (200) 13
MP 13
SB (200) 13
BB 13
Flop ($65) Ac Ks 8d
SB ck, BB ck
Hero 25
UTG+1 25
MP folds
SB 25
BB folds
Turn ($140) 5h
All 3 players check
River ($140) Jc
SB ck, Hero ck
UTG+1 30
SB 30
Hero folds
Mike's Strategy Hand:
But raise 65
Hero (1700) SB AxTs 200
BB (2200) calls 200
But folds
Flop ($485) Js 4c 2s
Hero 375
BB 375
Turn ($1235) As
Hero ck
BB 600
Hero shoves 1125
BB calls
Hope you guys enjoyed the show.
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