We talk through our lives living in Las Vegas as professional poker players covering a lot of the struggles that led us to where we are today.

0:00 - Intro
06:12 — Arriving Broke in Vegas
12:38 — The Swedes & a Real Mentor
19:05 — Living on the Las Vegas Strip
25:47 — Clubs, Hosts, and Hustle
32:14 — New Poker Life in California
38:57 — Rock Bottom Hand
51:33 — Andrew’s Struggles

00:00 - Intro
02:33 - Only Friends chat
03:51 - Early days for Conrad
06:11 - Moving to Las Vegas
11:24 - Evaluation of Poker in life and relationships
21:43 - Poker Highlights

This episode discusses how to approach tournament decisions when deals are on the table and how it affects your overall strategy.

0:00 Intro & catching up post-WSOP
3:20 Chopping tournaments explained
7:25 Why Andrew agreed to a 3-handed deal
12:17 How deals change dynamics & remove pressure
17:46 Payout oddities and lessons from Houston result
19:53 Thunder Valley trip and $200K win
23:27 Handling setbacks & mindset at the table
29:17 Closing out Thunder Valley victory
34:00 The financial pressure of tournament poker
40:54 Identity, family, and life beyond poker
46:55 Redefining success & being present as a father
58:08 Outro & support the show

Johnnie sits down with Olga to discuss the challenges of changing careers and the secrets to fast tracking success.

0:00 Intro
1:44 Beginning of Brazil God’s Poker Journey/Moving up in Stakes 
8:21 Intuition in Poker
11:25 Hitting a crossroads in Poker/The Pandemic
16:19 Cultivate a good environment at the Poker Table
23:30 Day job/ Poker Schedule/Online Private Game
26:23 Stakes on Private Game/Swings in Poker
31:00 Neymar Story
36:09 Connecting with People 
43:03 Measuring Success/Goals
48:30 What’s the Path to Poker Success?
52:50 Staking Story
55:30 Final Thoughts

This episode dives into a truly insane poker hand, where Corey Eyring risks his entire net worth.

This episode touches on the struggles of professional identity and the often-curated realities presented on social media.

0:00 Intro
1:17 Johnnie’s Background
5:50 Poker Content Origins
9:00 Plateau and Burnout
13:00 Being Critical of your Craft
16:10 Creativity Dying with Poker/Solvers
19:00 The Poker Economy is Dying
22:10 Switching to Poker Tournaments
24:05 Taxes for Poker Tournaments
25:30 Why I stopped uploading/and why I am uploading now
29:00 Final Thoughts

Andrew and Johnnie get together again to talk about their results and the 2025 World Series of Poker.

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0:00 Intro 
0:55 Villains in Poker
4:30 Trash talk / Speech play 
11:00 Will Kassouf 
13:00 Action clocks / Stalling 
15:45 Collusion / Chip dumping 
23:30 WSOP and WPT Beef
27:50 10k people at The Main Event 
29:40 Recs at the Main Event / Mistakes in Poker 
32:10 Compassion / Criticism in the Poker Community 
35:37 Doing the right thing?
41:18 Andrew’s Results / Stress in Poker 
46:44 Expectaions in Poker 
48:35 Johnnie’s Results 
51:24 Johnnie’s experience playing the series 
54:45 Andrew’s Lifetime Tournament Results 
58:38 What’s Next?

After a long hiatus Johnnie sits down with Andrew to discuss the feasibility of Tournament poker in 2025 and beyond.

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