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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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Motivational Speech

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.

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Motivational Speech

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.

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Motivational Speech

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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Motivational Speech

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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Motivational Speech

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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Motivational Speech

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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.

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Will Smith on work ethic

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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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Orson Welles on Cold Reading

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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Al Pacino - Inches to Victory

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

Mike Merge Network HH Link

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 HH Link

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 :)