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Art (x.com/artparmann) and Justin (x.com/justinyoung07) sit down with Brock — a sharp mind who left a successful start in finance to chase something far riskier: his love for poker.

From spreadsheets to chip stacks, Brock’s story is one of obsession, resilience, and finding meaning in the game that never stops calling you back. Ride the swings as we talk bankrolls, burnout, and the beautiful chaos of going all in on what you love most.

• 00:00 Early life & finding poker
• 07:37 Obsessions & family
• 09:51 Fleecing the boys for $10k, $10 at a time
• 15:36 From finance to poker
• 29:02 “Lucksacking” Bitcoin
• 36:06 First year as a pro & not understanding rec players
• 46:59 Ali Imsirovic & the breakout year
• 52:55 Move up where they respect your raises
• 54:38 The heater & the passion
• 1:00:21 COVID poker & coaching
• 1:10:56 Recent success & the Darren Elias effect
• 1:15:34 The $50k WSOP run

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Episode 96: Mike “The Grinder” Mizrachi

Mike “The Grinder” Mizrachi is chaos personified. He’s won millions, gone broke, won it back, and somehow always ends up in the biggest games. In this episode: why he plays fearless, how he handles going broke one week and rich the next, and the mindset that makes him unforgettable.

If you love poker, action, and wild life swings… you’ll love this one.

Show Notes

• 00:00 – Welcome Grinder!
• 06:21 – Finding Poker Young
• 10:27 – Bankroll Swings
• 12:30 – A Gambling Family
• 15:52 – Finding Tournaments
• 20:42 – The Grinder Style
• 24:22 – Keeping It In The Family
• 28:00 – The Gumball 3000 & The Golf Career
• 33:03 – Main Event & Venetian Ambassadorship
• 37:25 – First Main Event Run & Playing To Win
• 40:29 – Mixed Games & Family Rivalry
• 45:39 – Future Poker & Targeting Degeneracy
• 51:42 – Angel AI & Justin’s Tech Prowess (or lack thereof)
• 53:27 – 2025 PPC, the Main, & Hall of Fame
• 1:03:29 – No Chill, All Grind

Grinder’s Links

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Jeff Boski didn’t plan on being a YouTuber. He just wanted his mom to see what poker life looked like.
But that small idea turned into 100,000+ fans, sponsorships, and a front-row seat in the high-stakes world.

In this episode, Boski talks about:

• 🎥 How vlogging for one person turned into a full-time audience
• 💰 The scrappy hustles that got him free meals, deals, and a poker sponsorship
• 😅 20 years of WSOP pain — and why he keeps showing up
• ♠️ What poker really looks like when you live it every day

This is the story of a guy who proved that sometimes, all you need to do is ask.

• 00:00 Early Life and Magic the Gathering
• 06:57 Finding Poker
• 11:56 College Aspirations
• 13:38 Getting Serious About Poker
• 17:35 Moving to Vegas with $10k & Spinning to $400k
• 20:56 Black Friday & Career Change?!
• 31:45 Owning Justin (literally)
• 38:13 Scrappy Promoter Energy
• 44:27 Starting the VLOG & Negotiating
• 53:05 Content as a Purpose
• 56:43 WSOP Misery Has Company
• 1:03:54 Deal Making and High Roller Tournaments
• 1:17:22 Still Playing A Lot Online?
• 1:19:50 Boski at Table 1 & High Stakes Summer?!

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Grew up outside Philly. Played lacrosse at Penn State. Obsessed over Counter-Strike.

Accidentally turned a Puerto Rico casino trip into an $8k “beer money” bankroll.

By senior year of college? $150k in his poker account.

Six months later? Nearly dusted it. Then hit for $60k at PCA and never looked back.

John has lived the full poker arc: Black Friday moves to Toronto, huge scores in Europe (including tilting Luke Schwartz in Prague), New York DJ lifestyle, Bay Area private games… and now? He’s running A5 Labs, a 200-person tech team building AI that hunts bots and collusion across online poker.

This episode is funny, wild, and brutally honest. It’s about how obsession becomes opportunity, how every poker player eventually faces the “what’s next” moment, and how John turned his into a career shaping the entire industry.

• 00:00 – Early Life & Penn State
• 07:22 – Counter Strike
• 10:19 – Finding Poker
• 15:49 – Making Poker Friends
• 19:23 – Life as a Poker Pro
• 24:35 – The Luke Schwartz Story
• 26:47 – Moving Across The Country
• 31:12 – Getting Into The Poker Security Industry
• 40:25 – How The Anti-Cheating Software Works
• 49:11 – Does John Still Care About Poker?
• 53:51 – Growing the Company
• 58:58 – Family Life + Poker + Business
• 1:04:35 – Golf?
• 1:10:34 – The Future! (And That Pesky Card Showing Feature)

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What do you get when you cross a 7-year-old playing poker at his great-grandpa’s funeral, an 18-year-old getting sent to max security, and a man who once ran a dice game out of a garage before he could drive?

You get Episode 93: Brian Green.

Texas-born. Prison-scarred. Bracelet-wearing.

Brian sits down with Art Parmann and Justin Young to tell one of the wildest life arcs you’ll ever hear—how he went from hustling on the streets to final tabling the $1M One Drop and cracking kings to win a WSOP bracelet.

🧠 But this episode isn’t just about bad beats and big wins.
It’s about how a guy who once lost $174K in minutes now pushes gratitude, positivity, andself-awareness in a game full of ego.

👊 Spoiler: He’s still a total degen. But now? He’s a thoughtful one.

• 🎲 Garage Gambling: How 12-year-old Brian ran dice and poker games before puberty
• 🚔 Six Years in Max Security: The PTSD, the survival, and how he came out stronger
• 💸 One Drop Miracle Run: From a $10K blackjack stake to $1.17M at the final table
• 🥇 WSOP Bracelet Victory: 6 BBs, a mid-tourney bathroom sprint, and one cracked pair of kings
• 😅 Punting $174K at Aria: What he did right after a Poker Masters heater
• 🫣 Viral Fail: His “Lucky Box” livestream moment (wrong item, wrong name… card declined)
• 🙌 Philosophy: On poker, emotions, competition, and finally—playing to win

• “A9 is my nemesis... and my savior.”
• “Every day is a great day when you’ve been in a cage.”
• “It’s not a macho contest. Play poker, bro.” — Cary Katz

📺 Subscribe now and watch a man tell his story like he plays the game: raw, real, and with nothing left in the tank.
Brian’s not perfect. He’s not polished. But damn, is he unforgettable.

• 00:00 — Introduction to Cards
• 07:29 — Emotions in Poker
• 12:41 — Bouncing Will Kassouf From a Party
• 15:02 — RIP Jack McClelland
• 18:22 — The 11 Year Old Drug Dealer?
• 26:39 — Prison???
• 35:51 — Getting Out!
• 45:17 — Debts in the Gambling World
• 49:30 — $10k to $1,000,000+ in the One Drop!
• 1:05:25 — Playing Up To Your Competition & Trusting Your Instincts
• 1:14:18 — Winning to a Bracelet!
• 1:20:27 — The Vending Machine Story
• 1:30:16 — One Degen Story For The Road

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Luke Schwartz is famous for outbursts and sh*t talking at the table. Today he gives @Art & @Justin a few miles in his shoes. And now our feet hurt!

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🎙️ Episode 92: Luke Schwartz

You may know him as Full Flush, or that guy who stuck it in David Benyamine's eye. Luke's not afraid of a little smack talk (so much so he even got his chat privileges revoked back in the day). But here he is 15+ years later to tell you how he's been getting on.

He gives us the full run down of his gambling career — from finding beatable slot machines to running up (and down) big online accounts. He's the spirit animal of a lot of poker players out there. And he even shares how he once won a $100k push-up prop bet at a home game.

💡 Sit back and crack a cold one. You're gonna enjoy this.

📝 Show Notes:

• ​00:00 Childhood Slot Hustling
• ​07:49 Hello Poker
• ​10:14 Upswinging
• ​13:31 Learning Omaha at High Stakes
• ​15:32 Famous Shit Talking, Full Tilt & Getting Hacked
• ​17:34 Finding Tournaments & Mixed Games
• ​19:52 Matchbook/PokerFarm Staking
• ​21:13 MTTs
• ​24:04 Luke’s Favorite Game & His WSOP Bracelet
• ​27:18 What’s Better, Cash or MTTs in Vegas?
• ​30:44 Ego in Poker
• ​35:22 In Your Eye You Arrogant Guy
• ​41:28 Villain Characters in Poker
• ​44:28 Heads Up Challenges
• ​46:55 Big Games & Prop Bets
• ​56:12 Sleeping Props And Sweating Cards
• ​1:02:49 Learn A New Game!
• ​1:09:21 Pudgy Penguins, Crypto & Isildur

🔗 Table 1 Links

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• ​Twitter
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• ​Twitter
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• ​PokerHQ – Run Your Home Game Like a Pro

Doug Polk clicked “Raise” and made millions.
Clicked “Upload” and built an army.
Taught the world how to win — then sold the playbook.
Now? He owns the card room too.

Doug Polk isn’t just playing poker.
He’s playing the whole damn game.

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He roasted poker pros.
Built a brand off beef.
Bought a poker room.

Then in a surprise move he sold Upswing Poker to one of the biggest online poker operators in the world!

Code Doug indeed.

Now?
He’s not just creating content... he’s controlling the game.

This episode is fun, fast, honest, and loaded with behind-the-scenes stories that’ll make you say:
“Wait… he said that on air?!”

Go listen now before someone makes us takes it down.

Show Notes:

• 00:00 The NBC Heads Up Championship!
• 05:34 Young Doug
• 11:05 Competitive Gaming to Poker
• 16:20 Live Poker & Try Harding
• 21:31 Poker Reboots
• 23:18 Phil Hellmuth
• 27:28 The ESPN Story
• 31:22 One more Phil story please!
• 35:59 Is Poker Good For The World?
• 38:25 Back to the Storyline…Maybe
• 43:34 Make Poker Fun Again & High Roller Egos
• 47:59 Young Polk Struggling & TwoPlusTwo
• 51:38 The Recovery and Upswing Poker Sale
• 56:14 Daniel Negreanu
• 58:31 Where’s the Beef With Berkey & Nik Airball
• 1:05:59 Some Stand Up?
• 1:08:58 Vegas to Austin & The Lodge
• 1:12:22 The WPT vs WSOP & The $1,000,000 Promotion
• 1:20:36 Markup Police!

Doug's links:

• The Lodge Card Club - https://thelodgepokerclub.com/
• X - https://x.com/DougPolkVids
• YouTube - @DougPolkPoker
• https://clubwptgold.com/   Code: DOUG

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Episode 90: Crazy Mike

He's polarizing and he knows it. From HU Limit Holdem on a Navy ship to Heads Up Limit Holdem slot machines in Vegas, to learning mixed game poker at $300/$600 stakes. Mike's poker life has been a heads up session vs anyone that stands in his way. And he's here to tell his story.

Enjoy this conversation with a 1 of a kind man.

Show Notes

• 00:00 Who is Crazy Mike?
• 06:59 The Origin Story
• 11:25 Poker in the Navy
• 19:08 Childhood Gaming & Finding Poker
• 21:39 Bankroll Management & Heads Up Slot Machines
• 27:18 Vegas Dating Scene
• 30:29 Learning Mixed Games at 300/600 stakes?!
• 33:29 The Mixed Game World is Small
• 39:10 Why Private Games Exist
• 48:00 Mike Learning His Power
• 56:20 Georges vs Toms
• 58:52 Games of the Future
• 1:06:03 How to Get Into Mike’s Game

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• https://x.com/ArtParmann

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Adam Hendrix just final tabled the WSOP Main Event for $1.9 million… but his story goes way deeper than one summer heater.

He joins @ArtParmann & @JustinYoung07 for a hilarious, insightful, and surprisingly emotional episode covering his epic run to the 2025 WSOP Main Event final table. From icy bachelor parties to underground cowboy home games, Elvis prop bets, and deep dives into high-stakes PLO — this one has everything.

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You’ll hear:

• 🃏 The humble start — from Pink Hat poker games with Grandma to sketchy basements with cowboy hats
• 🌍 What it’s like going to high school in Egypt and moving to Vegas during COVID
• 💸 The real grind behind taking shots in high rollers, the PLO circuit, and the 50K
• 🧠 Why he delayed going pro, how he explained poker to his parents, and the bankroll target he set before quitting
• 👑 His full breakdown of the 2025 WSOP Main Event run

Plus:

• Getting sick during the Rio Legionnaires disease summer
• The psychology of spewing a $100 last-longer
• Why Planet Hollywood is still his favorite place to play (Hint: It’s the misery)
• Coaching, bankroll, mindset, and more

• 📸 Instagram: @IcemanHrix
• 🐦 Twitter: @AdamHendrix10
• 🧠 Coaching: PokerCoaching.com

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In back-to-back years, Matt Affleck was chip leader deep in the WSOP Main Event.
In 2010, with 15 players left and ~40% of the chips in play, he got it in with aces vs. jacks against Jonathan Duhamel… and watched the river end his dream on ESPN.

The image of him walking out — water bottle flying, pain on his face — became one of poker’s most replayed clips.
This is the story before and after that moment.

🎮 From a $480K SCOOP win in college to a high school where seven classmates became million-dollar poker winners.
🃏 The truth about back-to-back Main Event deep runs — including the hand.
🌎 Life after ESPN heartbreak: live cash grinds, world travel, and becoming one of poker’s top coaches.

If you only know Matt Affleck from that river card, you don’t know the full story.

• 0:00 – Intro
• 11:30 – Early poker life: high school full of future pros, online beginnings, first big wins
• 24:01 – Qualifying for majors & discovering the thrill of international travel
• 41:32 – Revisiting Main Event heartbreak & the story behind the famous hand
• 45:04 – Legendary Seattle cash games & their colorful personalities
• 47:05 – Moving for poker & adapting to new scenes
• 51:46 – COVID poker boom, coaching surge, and changes in approach

• Email: [email protected]
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• @mcmattopoker

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