Poker in the Ears

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Can't get enough of the EPT? Are the television shows and live streams not enough for you? Well, don't do anything as drastic as picking up a book or going outside! We've got you covered. EPT Not Live is the show behind the show. The show between the show. The show inside the show. It's a (mostly) weekly, (mostly) uncensored dose of James Hartigan and Joe Stapleton, with a smattering of (mostly) special guests. There's even a chance for you to get involved. What more could you want. Subscribe now. We (mostly) won't judge you...

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It's a streamer special, with two members of Team Pro making guest appearances. First up, Georgina 'GJReggie' James, who's just launched the #Dare2Stream competition, followed by Tom 'Majin' Hayward who recently anchored cards-up coverage of the #BountyBuilderSeries Main Event. James ...

Poker in the Ears episodes:

10.22.2021 Episode 228 – 22/10/2021 – Georgina 'GJReggie' James and Tom 'Majin' Hayward It's a streamer special, with two members of Team Pro making guest appearances. First up, Georgina 'GJReggie' James, who's just launched the #Dare2Stream competition, followed by Tom 'Majin' Hayward who recently anchored cards-up coverage of the #BountyBuilderSeries Main Event. James ...
10.14.2021 Episode 227 – 14/10/2021 – California Split with Joseph Walsh + Money Plane After discussing Phil Hellmuth's behaviour at the World Series of Poker, James and Joe launch into a poker movie double bill. One great. One…not so great. They revisit 'California Split' (first reviewed on Episode 156) in the company of the ...
10.07.2021 Episode 226 – 07/10/2021 – Norman Chad As the World Series of Poker gets underway in Las Vegas, James and Joe are joined by #WSOP legend Norman Chad: long-time TV presenter and part-time stud player. Norm talks about being involved with the WSOP for nearly two decades, ...
09.30.2021 Episode 225 – 30/09/2021 – Paul Schrader Joe has been dropping Paul Schrader's name for the better part of two years now. Finally, the writer-director of 'The Card Counter' makes an appearance on the #PITE podcast. As James says on the show, Paul is one of the ...
09.23.2021 Episode 224 – 23/09/2021 – Benjamin 'bencb789' Rolle James and Joe run through some recent developments in the poker world, including the sighting of an EPT champion at the US Open Tennis final and the signing of Benjamin 'bencb789' Rolle to the Team Pro roster. Ben is the ...
09.17.2021 Episode 223 – 17/09/2021 – WCOOP 2021 champs 'Spraggy' and 'tonkaaaa' + Howard Swains With #WCOOP2021 now in the rear view mirror, James and Joe enlist Howard Swains from the PokerStars Blog to provide a full recap of the series, summarise the headline stats and highlight a few incredible achievements. There's also the chance ...
09.10.2021 Episode 222 – 10/09/2021 – WCOOP 2021 champs 'Perrymejsen' and 'great dant' + Howard Swains Featuring the adventures of Joe Stapleton: Hollywood Poker Consultant! He travelled to Colorado for the Telluride Film Festival and is now in Philadelphia for a special screening of #TheCardCounter for PokerStars PA players. Meanwhile, as #WCOOP2021 heads towards its final ...
09.03.2021 Episode 221 – 03/09/2021 – Mr and Mrs Spragg + WCOOP 2021 with Howard Swains The podcast agenda continues to be dominated by #WCOOP2021, with the PokerStars Blog's Howard Swains providing the latest headlines and stats. But there's also a WORLD EXCLUSIVE on this week's show, as James and Joe talk to Mr and Mrs ...
08.27.2021 Episode 220 – 27/08/2021 – WCOOP 2021 champs 'pvigar' and 'Proudflop' + Howard Swains James and Joe are fully immersed in #WCOOP2021, streaming three nights a week on Twitch and YouTube and following the headlines on the PokerStars Blog. The boys are joined by their WCOOP Correspondent Howard Swains to pore over the latest ...
08.19.2021 Episode 219 – 19/08/2021 – Mason 'pyefacepoker' Pye The podcast is back, and is now on Discord! Join the conversation: psta.rs/Discord. During the summer months, Joe travelled to Foxwoods for a live poker session and battled Nate Silver at the online tables. Now, the boys are focussed on ...
06.17.2021 Episode 218 – 17/06/2021 – Season Finale For their last episode of the 'season', Joe provides James with a detailed report of his trip to the RunGood Poker Series in San Diego, including his deep run in the Main Event. Plus, the boys reflect on their recent ...
06.10.2021 Episode 217 – 10/06/2021 – Kim Caramele This week, James and Joe are joined by comedy writer/producer and poker fan Kim Caramele. Kim got her break writing sketches for her sister on the TV series 'Inside Amy Schumer'. She also worked with Amy on the movies 'Trainwreck' ...
06.03.2021 Episode 216 – 03/06/2021 – 5 Card Stud with Penelope Bartlett For their latest poker movie special, James and Joe discuss the 1968 Western '5 Card Stud', starring Dean Martin and Robert Mitchum. They're joined for a spoiler-filled review of the film by Penelope Bartlett, Director of Programming at the Criterion ...
05.27.2021 Episode 215 – 27/05/2021 – Parker 'tonkaaaa' Talbot Joe is back from Mexico, where he got to hang out with some of the poker industry's finest at the wedding of former WSOP finalist Garry Gates. However, he did miss out on an exciting instalment of #PokerStarsRetro, featuring a ...
05.20.2021 Episode 214 – 20/05/2021 – Ryan Firpo Joe has declared that, because of this episode, #PITE is now part of the MCU! The boys are joined by Ryan Firpo, the American film-maker who directed the poker documentary 'Bet, Raise, Fold' (2013) and made a series of mini ...
05.13.2021 Episode 213 - 13/05/2021 - We Run Bad with John Curry James and Joe present the latest instalment of the #PITE book club, as they review the poker-themed novel 'We Run Bad' (available in physical, digital and audio form). They're joined by the book's author John Curry – possibly the most ...
05.06.2021 Episode 212 – 06/05/2021 – SCOOP 2021 with Fintan Hand James and Joe are back with their first post-SCOOP podcast. Yes, after 306 tournaments, 18 live streams and a controversial end to the Player of the Series contest, it's time for an event recap. And who better to join the ...
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04.01.2021 Episode 211 – 01/04/2021 – Andy 'BowieEffect' Wilson James and Joe present the #SCOOP2021 preview show, as they look ahead to three-and-a-half weeks of the Spring Championship of Online Poker, and 20 streams on the PokerStars Twitch and YouTube channels, including live cards-up coverage of the $25k Super ...
03.25.2021 Episode 210 – 25/03/2021 – Sunday Million Anniversary winner Vanessa Kade A lot of poker's been played in the last seven days, so there's plenty to discuss on this week's show. Both James and Joe took part in the #CommentatorShowdown (streamed live last week, and now available to watch on the ...
03.18.2021 Episode 209 – 18/03/2021 – Matt Waxman In addition to their own live streams and TV shows, James and Joe reflect on some of the other poker content being produced right now, specifically the YouTube series 'POKERithm', created and hosted by WPT champion and WSOP bracelet winner ...
03.11.2021 Episode 208 – 11/03/2021 – Rhys James The boys are done with another #SundayMillion (Joe has some words of wisdom for Spraggy, following THAT fold) and their special #MICOOP broadcast with Andrew Neeme. They're also one episode into the new series of #PokerStarsRetro streams, and share their ...
03.04.2021 Episode 207 – 04/03/2021 – Danny's Game with Lance Bradley James and Joe have a lot going on right now. In addition to their #SundayMillion streams every Monday, they're hosting #PokerStarsRetro on Thursday afternoons, they're back on TV in the USA (new episodes of the #PSPC air every Friday at ...
02.25.2021 Episode 206 – 25/02/2021 – Craig 'onscreen' Shannon & Superfan Bert 'girafganger7' Stevens Joe is back – and sounding better than ever! To James's horror, he describes, in graphic detail, the surgical procedure on his vocal chords, and gives a lightning-fast summary of everything he's watched while in recovery. Meanwhile, James recaps the ...
02.04.2021 Episode 205 – 04/02/2021 – Niall Farrell It's a pop culture special on this week's podcast, as James and Joe discuss some of the movies and TV shows they've watched in recent months – with the assistance of an EPT champion! Special guest reviewer Niall Farrell reveals ...
01.28.2021 Episode 204 – 28/01/2021 – Chris Moneymaker James and Joe present, 'The Chris Moneymaker Tribute Hour'! As Chris's 17-year partnership with PokerStars comes to an end, he reflects on the last two decades and his role as poker's best-known ambassador: from winning the World Series of Poker ...
01.21.2021 Episode 203 – 21/01/2021 – True Geordie In the first episode of 2021, Joe talks openly and honestly about the ongoing issues with his voice and his need for surgery – and his demand that people don't send him messages of sympathy! On a more positive note, ...
12.17.2020 Episode 202 – 17/12/2020 – Hank Azaria For their final episode of 2020, the boys interview actor Hank Azaria, best known for voicing several characters in 'The Simpsons', and for his roles in 'The Birdcage', 'Heat' and 'Ray Donovan'. Hank talks about his (now legendary) Hollywood home ...
12.10.2020 Episode 201 – 10/12/2020 – Michael Cera Following their 200th anniversary celebration, James and Joe present the after-party! And, having just spoken to the writer/director of 'Molly's Game', they now get to interview one of the stars of the movie, Michael Cera, also known for his roles ...
12.04.2020 Episode 200 – 04/12/2020 – Phil Hellmuth, Aaron Sorkin & Joshua Malina (with Maria Ho, Jennifer Shahade & Spraggy) James and Joe present the 200th episode of the podcast, available in audio AND video form (watch the show at psta.rs/YT or psta.rs/YTUK). In this special extended edition of #PokerInTheEars, the boys reflect on making it to the double century, ...
11.20.2020 Episode 199 – 20/11/2020 – Timothy Adams James and Joe celebrate the success of the first ever virtual European Poker Tour festival, recapping the results of the major tournaments and re-living some of the highlights from their live streams. Plus, they talk to Timothy Adams, the Canadian ...
11.13.2020 Episode 198 – 13/11/2020 – Ben Wilinofsky James and Joe have reached the end of their journey through the European Poker Tour archives. The last few #EPTRetro streams featured Ben Wilinofsky's victory in Berlin in April 2011, and deep run in Madrid a few weeks later. As ...
11.05.2020 Episode 197 – 05/11/2020 – Matthew Dicks James and Joe are back on Twitch and YouTube with more #EPTRetro streams, covering Season 7 of the European Poker Tour. They discuss some of the 10 year-old tournaments they've been revisiting, and look ahead to the first ever #EPTOnline ...
10.29.2020 Episode 196 – 29/10/2020 – Shade & Stuey As a follow-up to their 'Bad Poker Movies' special from three years ago, James and Joe lift the lid on two more "classic” films from the height of the poker boom (2003). They start with 'Shade', starring Stuart Townsend, Thandie ...
10.22.2020 Episode 195 – 22/10/2020 – Bert 'girafganger7' Stevens For this week's episode, James and Joe are joined by UK-based Belgian pro Bert 'girafganger7' Stevens. Bert talks about the origin of his online handle, his journey towards becoming a high stakes player, his ever-growing menagerie (!), his social media ...
10.16.2020 Episode 194 – 16/10/2020 – The Only Way To Play It with Peter Alson While James was off sick, Joe turned 48 and moved house. He also failed to keep his promise to take a break from Hold'em, and has continued to run horribly. (He seems intent on sharing his pain, telling bad beat ...
10.01.2020 Episode 193 – 01/10/2020 – Grand Tour with Nick Walsh James and Joe are still in recovery mode after #WCOOP2020. Joe's been trying to unwind by playing online poker, but it hasn't really worked out! This week, the boys take a detailed look at Grand Tour, the cycling-themed game that ...
09.25.2020 Episode 192 – 25/09/2020 – WCOOP 2020 ME winner 'PTFisherman23' (plus 'Zapahzamazki' & 'calvin7v') The World Championship of Online Poker is over! James and Joe are a tad exhausted after completing their run of 21 live streams, but are able to draw a line under #WCOOP2020 with a recap of the final week of ...
09.17.2020 Episode 191 – 17/09/2020 – WCOOP 2020 Champs (including 'theNERDguy', 'probirs', 'KuuL' & 'Spraggy') It's a #WCOOP2020 special, as James and Joe discuss some of the big stories from the series so far, and replay some of the interviews from their ongoing World Championship of Online Poker live streams (twitch.tv/pokerstars and youtube.com/pokerstars). Full list ...
09.03.2020 Episode 190 – 03/09/2020 – WCOOP 2020 with Shaun Deeb This show focuses on #WCOOP2020, which is now underway. And who better to talk to about the World Championship of Online Poker than Shaun Deeb, a player with eight WCOOP titles? Plus, Joe reveals he's seen a rough cut of ...
08.27.2020 Episode 189 – 27/08/2020 – Griffin Benger The podcast is back from its two-month summer hiatus. But James and Joe haven't had a break. They've been hard at work on the #StadiumSeries live streams and preparing for another three weeks inside the PokerStars Arena hosting cards-up coverage ...
06.25.2020 Episode 188 – 25/06/2020 – Sam Grafton For their season finale, James and Joe look ahead to the #StadiumSeries (starting Sunday 5th July) and the 23 consecutive days of live coverage they'll be providing at Twitch.tv/PokerStars (Monday 13th July – Tuesday 4th August). The boys are joined ...
06.19.2020 Episode 187 – 19/06/2020 – Melissa Burr James and Joe talk prop bets, and look at some of the more interesting wagers happening in the poker world right now (what Joe is describing as 'The Prop Bets of Quarantine'). They have updates on the challenges Max Silver ...
06.05.2020 Episode 185 – 05/06/2020 – The Biggest Bluff with Maria Konnikova After recapping the final, FINAL stats from #SCOOP2020, and discussing the latest developments in the Mike Postle case, James and Joe are joined on the podcast by psychologist and author Maria Konnikova, ahead of the publication of her new book ...
05.29.2020 Episode 184 – 29/05/2020 – SCOOP Correspondent Benjamin 'Spraggy' Spragg There may still be a few days to go until #SCOOP2020 is in the books, but that's not going to stop James and Joe from recapping the series right now! They take a deep dive into this year's Spring Championship ...
05.22.2020 Episode 183 – 22/05/2020 – David Costabile After a two-week break from podcasting – while they focussed on streaming #EPTRetro and #SCOOP2020 – James and Joe are back to recap the Stars CALL For Action Celebrity Charity Tournament and talk to the winner of the event: David ...
05.01.2020 Episode 182 – 01/05/2020 – Rounders retrospective For their latest 'Poker Movie Monday on a Wednesday' (only this time, it's recorded on a Thursday and released on a Friday), James and Joe take a deep dive into 'Rounders'. Specifically, they review the version of the 1998 film ...
04.24.2020 Episode 181 – 24/04/2020 – Poker & Pop Culture with Martin Harris This week, James and Joe are joined by respected writer, teacher and poker reporter Martin Harris to talk about his award-winning book 'Poker & Pop Culture', specifically the sections on poker in the movies and poker on TV. Elsewhere, the ...
04.17.2020 Episode 180 – 17/04/2020 – Lee Jones James and Joe reflect on the #GalfondChallenge and look ahead to #SCOOP2020, #MicroMillions and #LexNotLive. As they're continuing to revisit the early seasons of the European Poker Tour on #EPTRetro (streaming every Wednesday and Thursday on the PokerStars Twitch and ...
04.10.2020 Episode 179 – 10/04/2020 – Michael Kaplan James and Joe speak to Michael Kaplan, Senior Features Writer at The New York Post, about his recent article on the real 'Molly's Game', suggesting Tobey Maguire and Houston Curtis were the real masterminds behind this infamous high stakes Hollywood ...

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Poker in the Ears episodes:

Episode 228 – 22/10/2021 – Georgina 'GJReggie' James and Tom 'Majin' Hayward

Episode 227 – 14/10/2021 – California Split with Joseph Walsh + Money Plane

Episode 226 – 07/10/2021 – Norman Chad

Episode 225 – 30/09/2021 – Paul Schrader

Episode 224 – 23/09/2021 – Benjamin 'bencb789' Rolle

Episode 223 – 17/09/2021 – WCOOP 2021 champs 'Spraggy' and 'tonkaaaa' + Howard Swains

Episode 222 – 10/09/2021 – WCOOP 2021 champs 'Perrymejsen' and 'great dant' + Howard Swains

Episode 221 – 03/09/2021 – Mr and Mrs Spragg + WCOOP 2021 with Howard Swains

Episode 220 – 27/08/2021 – WCOOP 2021 champs 'pvigar' and 'Proudflop' + Howard Swains

Episode 219 – 19/08/2021 – Mason 'pyefacepoker' Pye

Episode 218 – 17/06/2021 – Season Finale

Episode 217 – 10/06/2021 – Kim Caramele

Episode 216 – 03/06/2021 – 5 Card Stud with Penelope Bartlett

Episode 215 – 27/05/2021 – Parker 'tonkaaaa' Talbot

Episode 214 – 20/05/2021 – Ryan Firpo

Episode 213 - 13/05/2021 - We Run Bad with John Curry

Episode 212 – 06/05/2021 – SCOOP 2021 with Fintan Hand

Episode 175

Episode 211 – 01/04/2021 – Andy 'BowieEffect' Wilson

Episode 210 – 25/03/2021 – Sunday Million Anniversary winner Vanessa Kade

Episode 209 – 18/03/2021 – Matt Waxman

Episode 208 – 11/03/2021 – Rhys James

Episode 207 – 04/03/2021 – Danny's Game with Lance Bradley

Episode 206 – 25/02/2021 – Craig 'onscreen' Shannon & Superfan Bert 'girafganger7' Stevens

Episode 205 – 04/02/2021 – Niall Farrell

Episode 204 – 28/01/2021 – Chris Moneymaker

Episode 203 – 21/01/2021 – True Geordie

Episode 202 – 17/12/2020 – Hank Azaria

Episode 201 – 10/12/2020 – Michael Cera

Episode 200 – 04/12/2020 – Phil Hellmuth, Aaron Sorkin & Joshua Malina (with Maria Ho, Jennifer Shahade & Spraggy)

Episode 199 – 20/11/2020 – Timothy Adams

Episode 198 – 13/11/2020 – Ben Wilinofsky

Episode 197 – 05/11/2020 – Matthew Dicks

Episode 196 – 29/10/2020 – Shade & Stuey

Episode 195 – 22/10/2020 – Bert 'girafganger7' Stevens

Episode 194 – 16/10/2020 – The Only Way To Play It with Peter Alson

Episode 193 – 01/10/2020 – Grand Tour with Nick Walsh

Episode 192 – 25/09/2020 – WCOOP 2020 ME winner 'PTFisherman23' (plus 'Zapahzamazki' & 'calvin7v')

Episode 191 – 17/09/2020 – WCOOP 2020 Champs (including 'theNERDguy', 'probirs', 'KuuL' & 'Spraggy')

Episode 190 – 03/09/2020 – WCOOP 2020 with Shaun Deeb

Episode 189 – 27/08/2020 – Griffin Benger

Episode 188 – 25/06/2020 – Sam Grafton

Episode 187 – 19/06/2020 – Melissa Burr

Episode 185 – 05/06/2020 – The Biggest Bluff with Maria Konnikova

Episode 184 – 29/05/2020 – SCOOP Correspondent Benjamin 'Spraggy' Spragg

Episode 183 – 22/05/2020 – David Costabile

Episode 182 – 01/05/2020 – Rounders retrospective

Episode 181 – 24/04/2020 – Poker & Pop Culture with Martin Harris

Episode 180 – 17/04/2020 – Lee Jones

Episode 179 – 10/04/2020 – Michael Kaplan

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