If you're looking for strategy, this is it. Four guys talking poker. Carlos Welch is back, coming on last minute to fill in for Mike during the first 10 minutes. Mike played and bagged chips in a WPT Main Event the night before, and slept through his alarm. He comes on shortly after starting the show, and goes over his Day 1 play. KK Cornish is an avid listener of the show, and we bring him on to talk about a couple spots that had him puzzled in a recent MTT.
Carlos will be on the road this month, and twitching from the Nit Mobile. If you would like to watch Carlos grinding, you can do so M W F at 11am EST, at http://www.twitch.tv/carloswelch
Intro
Welcome KK! 5:00
Strategy KK 9:30
Strategy Mike 57:30
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Dr. Daren Wooten is an ER doctor, a farmer, and new to the world of poker. Daren was on a cruise when he first played poker just over a year ago, and he's been hooked ever since. Daren asked Mike to review a tournament that he made a deep run in, and instead we did it over a podcast. Mike talks about his upcoming live events, and we go over the Presidential race.
Intro
Mike's upcoming live schedule 5:00
Presidential race 17:15
Welcome Dr. Daren 21:30
Strategy 37:50
Ac3c 39:00 Ad8d 43:30 JhJc 52:40 KcQc 1:00:00 J8o 1:10:10 AsTs 1:15:45 A4o 1:19:00 ATo 1:21:00
Push / Fold chart 1:22:30
3 Betting light 1:30:30
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Carlos is always entertaining, and this time is no different! Carlos is coming to us from the Nit Cave, and Steve and Mike pick his brain about his recent purchase of his new Nit Mobile. Carlos has a van that he plays poker from and twitches while he does it. If you would like to watch Carlos grinding from the Nit Mobile, you can do so M W F at 11am EST, at http://www.twitch.tv/carloswelch
Intro
Steve's plan to go pro 4:00
Steve Strategy 17:45
Welcome Carlos 28:30
Mike Strategy 69:30
Steve Strategy 1:31:30
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Darius is relatively new to the poker scene, but already has an impressive record. Last year at the 2014 WSOP he finished 2nd in $5000 PLO 6 max event, bringing home over $300k. And this year he finished 184/6420 in the 2015 WSOP Main Event for $40k.
When Darius was laid off from his job after company downsizing in January, he started playing poker full time. Darius is a regular in the underground cash games in New York, and he travels the East Coast for poker tournaments. You can follow Darius on Twitter here.
Intro
Steve and Mike's week 3:45
Upcoming MTTs 20:00
Welcome Darius 26:30
NY local cash games 54:20
Omaha Strategy 58:00
Darius Strategy final table w/ Phil Laak 1:44:30
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Alex "Assassinato" Fitzgerald is professional in every sense of the word. He started grinding at 17, and after more than a decade has built a small empire in the poker world. After black friday he moved down to Costa Rica where he lives with his wife and dogs. He has over $3,000,000 in tournament winnings, and is an instrutor for Cardrunners.
Alex does a podcast called OneOuter and you can listen to that by Clicking Here. He also streams on TwitchTV and you can get free lessons by watching Alex play live. Alex grinds on Americas CardRoom, and you can sign up by going to his website, and clicking on the Americas CardRoom icon in the middle right side of the page here.
Steve and Mike go over their last week of play, for Mike at Oceans and Steve on Americas CardRoom. Alex comes on and we talk battle rap, future plans, poker, and min cashing in a tournament. Alex gives advice for poker coaches, and for those who want to transition from a 9-5 job to a poker pro.
Intro
Mike and Steve's last week 3:00
Mike Strategy 14:00
Welcome Alex 27:15
Battle Rap 35:30
Future Plans 48:00
Alex on Poker 108:00
Steve Strategy - Min Cashing 114:00
Alex on Coaching 1:33:00
9-5 to Pro 1:41:00
Thank you for listening, and we will talk to you next week!
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Doug Lyford is back giving us an update on his first 6 months as a professional poker player. Doug has been playing both live and online MTTs, mostly online. He recently shipped a Bovada $55 for over 4k. Doug is starting a podcast with Daryl Jace, a TPE pro. You can listen to the podcast here: Poker and Stuff with Doug and Daryl.
Doug is also looking for 2 more students. He is giving a first lesson for $10, and if you are interested in some coaching, contact Doug on Twitter or at his website Here.
Mike describes his perfect day, including shipping a Bovada MTT for over 12k. Steve has had several deep runs and goes over hands for the strategy session with Doug and Mike.
Intro
Mike's week at Oceans and Bovada 2:30
Steve's week on Americas CardRoom 18:00
Steve Strategy 29:15
Welcome Douggyfr3sh 46:30
Steve Strategy 1:29:15
Thank you for listening, and we will talk to you next week!
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LoriAnn Persinger is a poker player in Souther California. She was an author for Ante Up Magazine, and Mike first met Lori in Los Angeles and then again out at the 2015 WSOP. You can see an interview of Lori with Mike here on YouTube. You can also follow Lori on Twitter here @LoAnPer66. Thank you for tuning in!
Intro
Books to read 5:30
Strategy Mike 13:00
Welcome Lori! 27:15
Women in Poker 33:00
Writing for Ante Up 43:00
Working at Hooters 53:00
Strategy Lori 65:30
Strategy Steve 80:00
Upcoming Circuit Events 98:30
Mike's Main Event 103:30
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Dr. Alan Schoonmaker is a Poker Psychologist. He has written several books on poker including The Psychology of Poker, Your Worst Poker Enemy, Your Best Poker Friend, Poker Winners are Different, and DUCY?. You can order those books by clicking here.
Dr. Al is not a strategy coach. He specializes in reading people at the table, body language, and helping clients get the most out of a session by improving their mindset. If you would like to contact Dr. Al for coaching you can do so here:
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Intro
7stud, Limit Holdem 7:00
The Psychology of Poker 13:00
Keeping Records 19:30
Your Worst Poker Enemy 23:00
Learning Efficiency 30:00
Wednesday Poker Discussion Group 36:20
Befriend the players at your table 40:45
When to quit 50:50
Winner's Laws 55:00
Positive Poker by Jonathan Little & Patricia Cardner
Thank you for listening, have a great week!
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Mike goes over his WSOP Main Event run, reviewing several hands and going over his table. Steve runs through his poker goals for the 2015-2016 fiscal year. Steve and Mike break down 4 hands from Steve's deep run in a Sunday tournament.
Intro
WSOP rundown HH 2:00
Steve's goals 16:00
Steve Strategy 42:00
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Ben Reason is a real professional poker player and business man. Not only a winning pro, he backs other professionals to be a part of a community, stay accountable, and reduce his variance. Ben started playing poker at the age of 14, and now 11 years later he has 17 circuit cashes, 5 WSOP cashes, and 2 circuit rings. Ben is a big advocate of vipassana meditation, and goes into detail about his warm up routine and meditation rituals. Ben is also a very accomplished musician. If you would like to contact Ben for coaching, you can visit his blog, Twitter handle, or Tournament Poker Edge by clicking below:
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Intro - Mike's update at the WSOP
Steve Strategy - KJo 7:15, K3o 3bet? 18:30
Ben Reason - Staking, Coaching ... 29:00
Meditation for poker 45:00
Ben the musician 57:00
Mike Strategy 103:00
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Chris Moon is a professional poker player, TPE instructor, coach, and fun guest. He lives in Detroit, crosses the Canadian boarder to play online, and is a regular in Pot Limit Omaha cash games. Mike had a coaching session with Chris in the past and that one session still influences his game today. You can contact Chris for coaching on twitter by clicking here: @whichchrismoon
Mike is back at the WSOP, Steve is back in California, and they go over several hands from Mike's return. Chris comes in and talks over strategy, using Ace and King blockers in your 3bet range, and instead of discussing bad beats the guys go over "Poker is not dead" stories.
Thank you for listening and please support the podcast by reviewing us on iTunes. Sign into your iTunes account and click on the "Ratings & Reviews" tab. If you would be so kind as to leave us a 5 star rating we would really appreciate it and we will read your review on the air. Have a great week!
Intro
Mikes 2nd WSOP appearance 26:00
Chris Moon 37:40
Strategy 51:30
A & K blockers 104:45
"Poker is not dead" 104:45
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Mike has had quite the successful WSOP trip and is now back in Oceanside. Steve is back out at the WSOP and hoping to have a successful trip as well. They break down several hands from Steve's tournaments, and one from Mike's deep run in the Millionaire Maker that involved Olivier Busquet @olivierbusquet.
Intro
Steve's Hands 1:30
Big error 4:00
Flatting with Big hands instead of 3betting 20:00
Turning a made hand into a bluff 41:00
44 vs AJo 55:00
AQo 105:15
Mike's Hand with Oliver Busquet 120:30
Backing & soft spots 142:30
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Marc Alioto @aznAllin007, Peter Tarsiewicz @PeteTarz, and James Gettinger @dogzpp get together with Steve and Mike to talk WSOP poker. Strategy is sprinkled in throughout the podcast, several hands being discussed in depth. Mike and Peter make day two of the Millionaire Maker. Peter fills us in on his 60bb gift from a shove of T5o. James goes over his bustout hand against the self proclaimed "best hand reader in the world". Mike talks about getting his laundry done at the Rio for only $2.50 for every pair of socks, and $6 per t-shirt. Women in poker is brought up, and what we can do to encourage more women to play the game.
Intro with Steve, Mike and Marc
Peter: 17:30
Mike's Laundry: 39:00
James: 43:00
Women in Poker: 112:00
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WSOP poker is treating Mike well ... Mike has a break in the action to go over his Venetian deep stack win for $50,000, and his 14/2200 finish at Planet Hollywood for $11,000. He is going on to play the 6 max WSOP event, and Steve is chomping at the bit to get out there.
Intro
Review of Mike's MTTs: 02:00
Hand Reviews: 12:00
Steve coming out to the WSOP: 34:00
Mike's new bankroll and dating updates: 37:00
More hands: 47:00
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Mike is out at the WSOP, and Steve is back from his vacation. Mike is backed for the WSOP, and has over a dozen tournaments on his schedule. He will be playing all the $1500 events and below. He will be out there from now until June 14th. Steve will be out at the WSOP on June 4-7, and again June 14-20. There will be a HUPP meet up on either June 5th or 6th, pay attention to our Twitter and Facebook for details. Thanks for tuning in! Good luck at the tables and hope to see you out there!
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This week we interview the man, the myth, the legend ... Carlos Welch. Carlos is an online MTT grinder from Atlanta Georgia. He is a student of Andrew Brokos, and a member of TPE. Although this month Steve and Mike have had some nice scores, they pale in comparison to Carlos' month of winning over $30,000.
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Steve and Mike discuss a few hands and then bring on a fan of the podcast who is a competitive eater. He has competed in many challenges, his best was devouring pounds of pickles in only a few minutes, beating out the raining champ. You can check out Brian's website by clicking here.
Thank you for listening!
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In this episode we talk to Eric Crain. Mike and Eric have butted-heads in online MTTs on the Merge network - Eric seems to have gotten the better of Mike in those matchups. Eric has been playing professionally for about a decade, winning and losing over a million dollars twice.
Thank you for listening!
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Steve and Mike pick up right where they left off from last week discussing Mike's deep run on Merge. Thank you for listening!
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Steve and Jacob make the final table together of a Sunday $30 MTT on the Winning Network. They break down several hands that they played together, and Jacob gives Steve a lesson in ranges. This is a two part episode, Mike comes on at the end and next weeks episode Steve and Mike discuss Mike's deep run in the Sunday High Roller.
Thank you for listening. You can follow Jacob on Twitter @Jacob_SharkTank. If you would like to contact us, send us hands, feedback of the show, here are the links:
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This week we interview Jennifer Harman. Jennifer won two WSOP bracelets, one in duece to seven lowball and another in limit texas holdem. She also authored a chapter in Super Systems 2 on limit holdem. She is a regular at the Aria and Belagio in Las Vegas, playing the high limit cash games. Jennifer was also a part of "The Corporation", a group of professional poker players who pooled their money together to play heads up against Andy Beal. Andy is a Texas billionaire who wanted to play heads up limit holdem against the best in the world. The Corporation won.
Jennifer supports the NSPCA, a no kill rescue shelter for animals. You can reach Jennifer on Twitter @REALJenHarman
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Thank you for listening, and have a great week.
Dusty "Leatherass" Schmidt is a rockstar when it comes to volume and mass multitabling. For two years he had the highest win rate on Pokerstars. He was a former member of Team Pokerstars, and is currently the only elite pro on Americas Cardroom. He has written Treat your Poker like a Business, and Don't listen to Phil Hellmuth.
Dusty also has a twitch stream where you can watch him play along with thousands of other followers; it's basically free coaching from a professional as he plays live in the biggest online cash games available on ACR.
You can contact us on Twitter, Facebook, our Blog, or email us at Headsuppokerpodcast@gmail.com
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Steve and Mike dissect several hands from recent tournaments; it looks like Mike has found the job he was looking for; and the subject of reading opponents and narrowing their range down to just a few hands. Thank you for listening!
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Joe LaPinta is a professional poker player living in New Jersey. He puts in 200+ hours per month, is a regular at the 2/5 NL at Borgata, and also plays on Party Poker and WSOP online. Joe took down the title of a WSOP Circuit Main Event after he was heads-up with his roommate Joe Wertz.
In this episode we talk about what it takes to be a true grinder; the work ethic, study, dedication and love of the game that keeps us coming back to the tables. Thank you for listening!
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Doug "DouggyFr3sh" Lyford is an Electrical Engineer turned Poker Pro! Doug took the leap of faith on March 1st and put in his notice to pursue his dream of becoming a professional poker player. DouggyFr3sh is currently backed to play on US sites, and he is coached by Marc Alioto and Ben Reasons.
Doug has his own website, PokerProductivity.com, where he is offering free coaching sessions to the first students that apply. You will get:
* 30-45 minute Skype session to talk about you game.
* Two 1-hour coaching sessions for HH review, help with software, etc.
* Detailed hand analysis write up for any 10 hands of your choosing.
CLICK HERE TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST TO APPLY. SPOTS WILL GO QUICKLY.
Intro: How is the grind?
Welcome Doug!
Leaving a $70,000 per year job for poker, what do your parents think? Doug's goals, on a down swing, 6000 MTTs this year, 6-8 tabling, $11 buy-in plus, twitch for HH review, bigdogpckt5s twitch link.
Poker is a team sport - coaching, study group, learning from coaches, backing, Bovada vs WPN: syncronized breaks at WPN or softer tables at Bovada. Keeping a balanced life in poker.
Strategy:
Doug WPN 250/500/50
V (23000) SB R 1000, H BB 98o C 1000
Flop (2350) 9 Q 6r, V 1000, H 1000
Turn (4350) Ah, V 2000, H 2000
River (8350) 3s, V ck, H ck; V shows 62o
Steve WPN 75/150
H (11924) UTG1 KhQd 333, V (10570) 333, BB (5555) 333
Flop (1209) Ts Jc Jd, BB ck, H 888, V 888, BB F
Turn (5971) 5h, H ck, V 1493, H 1493
River (5971) 5d, H ck, V all in 7856, H F
Steve WPN 150/300
V (7060) MP 600, H (7115) CO KQo 1888, V 3176, H 3176
Flop (7012) 2 4 5r, V shoves 3884, H F
Steve WPN 250/500/50
But (10137) 500, SB F, H (12426) BB 99 all in, But F
Thank you for listening! Have a great rest of the day :)