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A podcast where we talk poker, gambling, and all manner of life experiences on and off the felt. Sometimes we have famous guests on who do it with us. Join us for a laug... more

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Number 1: He Went From Poker’s Golden Boy To Public Enemy #1 Overnight. Garrett Adelstein Tells ALL!
Garrett Adelstein doesn’t have hobbies. He has obsessions. Poker.Money.Chess.Fitness.Survivor.Writing. Whatever it is, Garrett doesn’t dabble. He disappears into it. That obsession made him one of the most feared cash-game players in the world. It also nearly broke him. Everyone knows Jack-Four. Everyone has an opinion. But this episode is not just about one hand. It’s about the kind of person who could grind his way from Tucson home games to nosebleed LA cash, build a reputation as poker’s golden boy, become one of the most watched players in the livestream era, and then watch public perception flip almost overnight. It’s about the cost of being all-in on everything. In this episode of The Table 1 Podcast, Garrett joins Art Parmann and Justin Young to talk through the full ride:♠️ Growing up in Tucson with money always on his mind♥️ Being obsessed with achievement, school, chess, and winning♦️ Staring at a law school personal statement at 2 a.m. and realizing he couldn’t do it♣️ Finding poker and getting completely consumed by it♠️ Running up a massive online bankroll, then losing almost everything♥️ Rebuilding from zero with brutal self-imposed rules♦️ Black Friday and the shift from online poker to live cash♣️ Moving to LA and grinding the legendary Commerce games♠️ The rise of Live at the Bike and stream poker fame♥️ The Jack-Four hand, the tweet, the backlash, and what he wishes he handled differently♦️ Why he has barely played poker since♣️ Spending four years and 60 hours a week writing Beneath the Cards♠️ The Bellagio degen story: drunk flips, Alan Keating, a $500K swing, and a trash bag full of cash♥️ How EDC and electronic music became one of the most important things in his lifeWe also get into:why Garrett says he was already “1.9 feet out the poker door”how public games became private-game warfarewhy poker fame can be dangerouswhat therapy changed for himwhy money did not solve what he thought it wouldwhat the poker world gets wrong about himand why writing the book became the new obsession.This one is not just a Jack-Four episode. It’s a Garrett episode. The hand is part of the story. But obsession is the story. 👇 Drop a comment:Can obsession make you great without eventually costing you something? Show Notes 00:00 — Obsession: Poker, Survivor, School & The Book06:55 — Childhood, Money & Tucson09:24 — First Jobs, Umpiring & Restaurants17:07 — School, Arizona & The “Respectable” Path19:41 — Law School Personal Statement Meltdown21:17 — Telling His Parents He Was Choosing Poker25:04 — Chess, Games & Early Poker Obsession28:00 — Online Poker + Two Plus Two31:03 — Almost A Million… Then Going Broke36:47 — Rock Bottom + The List That Rebuilt Him40:19 — Black Friday Changes Everything42:40 — Moving To LA & Commerce Cash Games47:11 — Cutthroat Game Selection + Poker Politics52:40 — Live At The Bike Begins56:29 — Why People Loved Watching Garrett Play1:00:38 — The Jack-Four Conversation1:03:23 — From Loved To Public Enemy Overnight1:03:56 — The Tweet He Wishes He Could Take Back1:09:05 — Five-ish Poker Sessions In Four Years1:11:43 — Writing, Coaching & Working Harder Than Ever1:13:26 — Selling A Poker Memoir Outside Poker1:16:21 — Bellagio Degen Story Begins1:18:01 — Down Huge → Winning $600K In Flips1:19:24 — The 2,000 Big Blind Pot1:20:31 — EDC Changes Everything1:23:13 — The $300K Trash Bag1:25:00 — Garrett’s Links + Outro Garrett’s Links Website / Socials / Book:https://garrettadelstein.com Book — Beneath the Cards:https://a.co/d/0bkquERr Upswing Poker Course:https://upswingpoker.com/garrett-adelstein-course-waitlist T1 Links Play with us!https://table1.vegas Follow us: X - https://x.com/table1vegasIG - https://instagram.com/table1vegas
August 29, 20261h 28min
Number 2: Her Mom Was A Chemistry Professor…And A Bookie. Jennifer Shahade Shares Her Story!
She was rated 1400 for years.In a family of champions.Her father, a chess champion. Her brother, 2200 and climbing. And Jennifer,stuck — while people talked behind her back about why the kid in the family ofgeniuses couldn't play.Then, at 14, it clicked.1400 to 2200 inside two years. One of the youngest female masters in thecountry. Two US championships.And in the middle of that run, she won a beautiful game against a much strongerplayer — and found a note waiting on her board the next round."Jennifer, it is not nice to cheat with help from friends."She won that one anyway. She was on a roll.In this episode of The Table 1 Podcast, Jennifer Shahade joins Art Parmann andJustin Young for the whole ride:♠️ The mother who was the first female full professor of chemistry at Drexel —and ran a sports book on the side♥️ The overnight Greyhound she took alone at 16 to win a title, and the trophyshe left in the luggage compartment♦️ Why chess players go broke at poker, and what money means in a game thatdoesn't have any♣️ Blowing up her own career to name a grandmaster — and coming out the otherside as an ambassador for US ChessWe also get into:- Teaching her son chess, and the day he told her to stop letting him win- Winning a national championship and oversleeping the live TV interview- Push/shove ranges at the WSOP before anyone played that way ("they just hated me")- Chess boxing, and why the Team USA tryouts were three days ago in Vegas- Her NAPT third-place run, and why being friendly at the table makes youmonstrously strong- Writing Thinking Sideways — and catching herself feeling the exact cognitivebias she wrote aboutThis isn't a strategy episode.It's about what it costs to be the first one to say something — and what ittakes to keep playing after.👇 Drop a comment:Is calling someone out publicly ever the right first move, or always the last resort?--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Show Notes00:00 — Intro + How To Say Shahade 02:18 — Philly, Chess Family & Her Bookie Mom 05:37 — Growing Up Around Chess 09:08 — Greyhound Bus To A Junior Title 10:31 — Process, Pressure & Teaching Her Son 14:41 — Judit Polgar, Kasparov & Chess Drama 18:07 — Cheating Accusations In Chess 22:05 — NYU, New York Chess & National Titles 26:01 — Poker Enters The Picture 30:22 — Online vs. Live: Pattern Recognition vs. Thinking 33:44 — Chess Tells, Poker Tells & A Rivalry Story 35:19 — First WSOP Ladies Event 41:10 — Sunday Million, EPTs & The Poker Travel Bug 42:51 — Thinking Sideways + Recent Poker Heater 45:44 — Black Friday & The Shift To Live Poker 48:38 — PokerStars, Women’s Initiatives & Isle of Man 52:26 — Chess vs. Poker: Bluffing, Money & Tilt 55:26 — Ladies Events + Building Women’s Poker 1:00:00 — NAPT Final Table Run 1:03:06 — The Grid Podcast 1:05:21 — WSOP Summer Plans + Mixed Games 1:07:31 — Whistleblowing, Risk & Support From Poker 1:12:45 — Socials, Substack & Thinking Sideways --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jennifer's Links:https://JenniferShahade.comhttps://x.com/JenShahadehttps://www.instagram.com/JenShahade--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Table 1 Links:https://table1.vegashttps://x.com/table1vegashttps://instagram.com/table1vegas
August 16, 20261h 15min
Number 3: He Was Famous For Cash Games. Now He’s Starting Over. Andy Stacks Tells All!
Get Justin's Crush Live Poker 6-Pack Course On PokerCoaching.com Andy Stacks built his name in the biggest cash games in LA. Then he decided to become a tournament fish. Which sounds insane. Because before the vlogs… before the GG deal… before Live at the Bike turned him into one of the most recognizable cash-game players in poker… Andy was just another kid who found poker at the perfect time. Born in Taiwan. Raised in the Bay Area. Back to Taiwan as a teenager. Then LA. A friend showed him the Moneymaker boom on a giant old CRT TV, taught him the game, and Andy started playing $5 home games. Then came the casinos. One/two limit. Then no-limit. Then 5/10. Then 10/20. Way too fast. He had jobs. He had a graphic design path. He had a normal life somewhere in there. But poker got loud. Eventually, he quit with a bankroll that probably should not have been enough, played no-cap 10/20 at Commerce with $10K on the table, and at one point was down to his last two bullets. Then came the LA private games. Spreadsheets of every game in town. Wild west home games. One game getting raided while he was up $10K. The Bike. The streams. The ego. The nosebleeds. The money. The pressure. The weird poker fame that came from everyone being able to see your cards. And now? He’s starting over. Not because he has to. Because he wants to. In this episode of The Table 1 Podcast, Andy Stacks joins Art Parmann and Justin Young to talk through the whole ride:♠️ Growing up between Taiwan, the Bay Area, and LA♥️ Finding poker during the Moneymaker boom♦️ Sneaking into poker rooms before he was old enough♣️ Majoring in art and working as a graphic designer♠️ Jumping stakes way too fast♥️ Quitting his job with a very questionable bankroll♦️ Playing no-cap 10/20 with two bullets left♣️ Grinding every LA casino and private game he could find♠️ Getting raided mid-hand while up $10K♥️ Battling the toughest Bellagio cash games during the WSOP♦️ Becoming a Live at the Bike staple♣️ Playing massive streamed cash games on his own dime♠️ COVID timing, GG, Taiwan, and Game of Gold♥️ Leaving high-stakes cash to start over in tournaments♦️ Building the Andy Stacks Poker vlogWe also get into:why private games matterwhy the best pros stay privatewhat stream poker did to high-stakes cashhow ego can wreck a bankrollwhy tournament poker feels like heartbreakwhy cash-game players struggle with short stacksand why Andy is willing to look bad in public while learning something new.This one is not just a cash-game story. It’s about getting good at one thing… then having the guts to be a beginner again. 👇 Drop a comment: Would you rather be a cash-game crusher or chase tournament glory? Andy’s Links YouTube: Andy Stacks Poker T1 Links Phenom Poker: https://play.phenompoker.com/register?r=Table1 Play with us in Vegas: https://table1.vegas Card Player Magazine: https://table1.vegas/cardplayer Follow us: X - https://x.com/table1vegas IG - https://instagram.com/table1vegas ```
August 22, 20261h 20min
Number 4: She Was Spain’s #1 Poker Player…Then PokerStars Dropped Her. Ana Marquez Shares Her Story
Ana Marquez once sold a fake Chanel purse for $400. Why? Because she needed a bankroll. Back in business. 25NL, here she comes. That is a pretty perfect Ana Marquez origin story. Ana grew up in Málaga, Spain, came to America for school, studied history and economics at American University, and somehow ended up writing her thesis on poker. Not playing poker. Writing about poker. Then she found the underground Maryland games. Then Borgata. Then online poker. Then the Maryland crew. Then PCA. Then Black Friday. Then PokerStars. Then 888. Then ACR. Then Triton. And somewhere in the middle of all that, her dad found a stash of cash and thought something terrible was going on. Ana had to explain bankroll management. In this episode of The Table 1 Podcast, Ana joins Art Parmann and Justin Young to tell the full story: ♠️ Growing up in Spain and being too competitive for family game night ♥️ Learning five-card draw from her mom with chickpeas ♦️ Almost getting caught tagging graffiti while her dad took pictures ♣️ Moving to Washington D.C. for school ♠️ Studying World War I, World War II, diplomacy, and military strategy ♥️ Discovering poker through friends in college ♦️ Sitting behind a friend for 13 hours at Borgata ♣️ Playing underground Maryland games with the crew that would become poker legends ♠️ Writing her thesis on how tournament poker changed society’s view of the game ♥️ Her dad finding her poker cash and assuming the worst ♦️ Selling a fake Chanel purse to reload for 25NL ♣️ Her first huge live run at PCA ♠️ Winning big online right before Black Friday ♥️ Somehow dodging disaster because her dad told her to get the money off the computer ♦️ Becoming a PokerStars Team Pro ♣️ Getting dropped even while ranked #1 in Spain ♠️ Winning the Hollywood Poker Open ♥️ Why she likes being completely alone during deep tournament runs ♦️ Taking a health break at the worst possible time ♣️ Falling behind during the solver boom ♠️ Rebuilding during quarantine ♥️ Returning to cash games ♦️ Private games in Dubai ♣️ ACR, Triton, Jeju “poker jail,” and what she is chasing nowThis is one of those poker stories that does not feel planned. It feels like someone kept following the next weird door. A thesis became a bankroll. A fake purse became a reload. A hidden cash stash became a family meeting. And somehow, all of it became a poker career. 👇 Drop a comment: What is the strangest thing you’ve ever sold to get back in action?Show Notes 00:00 — Intro + Ana Marquez 01:37 — Growing Up In Spain 05:20 — Good Grades, Bad Student 06:04 — Graffiti, Family & Moving To America 12:13 — American University + The Poker Thesis 13:28 — Discovering Poker 16:30 — Borgata + Underground Maryland Games 19:41 — Dad Finds The Cash 21:22 — The Fake Chanel Bankroll Reload 22:29 — Early Online Poker Grind 30:27 — PCA Breakthrough Run 34:03 — Black Friday Changes Everything 37:25 — PokerStars Team Pro Era 39:35 — Getting Dropped While Ranked #1 In Spain 43:44 — Hollywood Poker Open + Live Tournament Life 49:03 — Why She Plays Best Alone 55:31 — Health Breaks, Solvers & Falling Behind 1:01:37 — Quarantine Rebuild 1:06:39 — Back To Cash Games 1:12:04 — ACR, Dubai & Private Games 1:19:41 — Triton, Jeju & What’s NextAna’s Links Website: https://anamarquezpoker.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anamarquezpokerT1 Links Play with us in Vegas: https://table1.vegas Card Player Magazine: https://table1.vegas/cardplayer Follow us: X - https://x.com/table1vegas IG - https://instagram.com/table1vegas
September 05, 20261h 27min
Number 5: He Chased A Six-Figure Score For Years. Then He Missed It By $2.
Ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-eight dollars. That's what the conversion said. Michael Gagliano had never had a six-figure score. Every friend he had did. He'd been playing for years — good enough that everyone knew the name, never quite good enough to break through. Then he gets fifth in a WPT in Prague. Aces into queens. Paid out in euros. He's standing in the payout line. Plugs the number into XE.com. $99,998. Two dollars. That's the story of most of his career. Always close. Never the guy. He was a hockey goalie who quit one day because video games were more interesting. He wanted to be a sound engineer until his mom talked him out of it. He lasted one semester at UMass, played pool ten hours a day, read Bringing Down the House, and practiced counting cards alone in his room. Except he wasn't 21 yet. And you can't count cards online. So he found poker instead. Then he was a nit. A real one. He'd put $50 online, run it to $300, and withdraw it. Over and over. Never building anything. He became a special ed teacher. Worked 7 to 3:15, raced home, and late-regged whatever was starting at 3:30. He had $1,200 to his name and spent $800 of it on a camera he couldn't afford. His now-wife told him it was the worst decision he'd ever made. The next day he had his biggest score ever. In this episode of The Table 1 Podcast, Michael “Gags” Gagliano joins Art Parmann and Justin Young — recorded in the strange dead air a few days before the WSOP Main Event final table: ♠️ The AIM message from Mark Herm that changed everything: “empty your accounts, I'll send you money next week” ♥️ Why his mom was convinced getting backed meant the mob was going to break his kneecaps ♦️ The bracelet he won completely by accident — he'd busted, he hates turbos, and his arm slipped on the space bar ♣️ Losing $1,500 a day live in Vegas and printing money online every night because every good player was out at the clubs ♠️ The Parx story: an hour drive, 45 minutes at the table, kings into quad jacks, and he has never gone back ♥️ Day 4 of the Main — 14 big blinds, stuck in a parking garage, certain it was over. Day 5 — he bagged 5.3 million and didn't lose a single pot.We also get into: Whether online bracelets “count” — and why beating 2,500 people should mean something The classiest thing an opponent has ever said to him, the night he won his first bracelet Two weeks of waiting for a final table, and why the November Nine was torture Black Friday, six months of Starcraft, and moving to Canada in six weeks to keep playing The month his daughter was born and New Jersey regulated online poker Being one of the first poker streamers on Twitch — and getting banned for it Solvers, PIO, and the coach who told him they were the future when he thought they were stupid A calendar app that turned the hardest table of the tournament into the most fun oneThis isn't a strategy episode. It's about being good for twenty years before anybody calls you great. 👇 Drop a comment: Do online bracelets count the same? He beat 2,500 people in a mystery bounty. Someone else beat 140 in a 10K. Who earned it more?Show Notes 00:00 — Do Online Bracelets Count? 01:51 — Two Weeks Of Waiting Before The Final Table 07:28 — New Jersey, Hockey, And Smash 64 11:11 — First Card Nights, Moneymaker, And One Bad Semester 18:46 — The $50 Nit Cycle And Falling For MTTs 22:07 — The Camera He Couldn't Afford 23:58 — Teaching Special Ed And Racing Home To Play 27:04 — Mark Herm, AIM, And Mom Thinking It Was The Mob 33:33 — First Trip To Vegas, First WSOP Cash 38:30 — Black Friday, Starcraft, And Moving To Canada 41:37 — $99,998 45:24 — A Baby, A House, And New Jersey Going Online
August 07, 20261h 23min