This week, Jim Reid and John Somsky are joined by some exciting guests to kick off a year of Mixed Games podcast episodes, featuring the “Mixed Game of the Month” in our free home game club! This month, we are practicing No Limit 5-Card Draw - and the first practice game is tomorrow night! John and Jim start with a basic explainer about the mechanics of the game, and then we are joined by several mixed game enthusiasts and experts to give our audience some advice and tips on how to get the most out of each game we feature.

If you are curious about how to play No-Limit 5-Card Draw, then this is the episode for you! And if you are more of a holdem player and don't really get into mixed games, we heartily recommend that you give them a try - maybe you’ll feel more comfortable about dipping a toe in once you’ve heard from our panel about how to avoid some beginner’s mistakes.

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview JP McCann from the Irish Poker Open! JP shares some details about his own love of poker, what led him and Paul O’Reilly to revive the IPO, the importance of the player experience, why it is crucial to hire the best staff, some stories about things going very right and very wrong, the fun times at at the Craic Den, and a lot more!

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Andy Black, Dara O’Kearney and Padraig Parkinson and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

JP is active on Twitter as https://x.com/MccannJP

The Irish Poker Open 2025 details: https://irishpokeropen.com/

Read Jim’s article about the 2024 IPO: https://www.poker.org/latest-news/making-money-friends-and-memories-the-recs-irish-poker-open-experience-aW46k8X0DVDr/

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

03:35 JP Maccan shares about his role in the poker world

13:01 Some prizes at the Irish Open are out of this world

15:55 JP on records of attendance at Irish Poker

18:18 How JP and Paul measure success in the series

21:31 How JP and Paul measure success in the poker series

23:22 Tips to first timer going to Irish Poker Open

30:13 JP talks about employees they get

37:40 The story behind RecPoker promotion at the Irish Open

51:23 Get more about RecPoker charity auction

55:56 Home Game Result updates

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Rob Washam leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a forum post by Bug920 about a live cash game hand they played with deep stacks holding QTs on the button. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses preflop ranges, calling vs. 3-betting, internal biases, playing value hands, player tendencies, what factors to consider in the moment of decision, and more!

Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum or discord for the panel to review!

Link: https://rec.poker/forums/discussion/what-to-do/

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

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RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Lupe Soto about her life as a pioneer in the women’s poker movement! Lupe shares about her love of mixed games, what it feels like to get busted by Jim (sorry, Lupe), how far the poker world has come since she started advocating for women in the game, the importance of giving back, her new women’s tournament festival in Las Vegas alongside the World Poker Tour later this month, some players she really respects, suggestions for some next steps the poker industry should take, and a lot more!

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Rebecca Scales, Tatiana Fox, and Linda Johnson and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Support Joe’s RecPoker Charity Auction: https://givebutter.com/c/RecPokerFB/auction

Lupe is active on Twitter: https://x.com/PokerLupe

Check out her website: https://lupesoto.com/

Support Poker Gives: https://pokergives.org/

Check out the Women’s Poker Association: https://www.wpa.poker/

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

05:07 Lupe Soto defines her role in the poker world

06:26 Looking back to all organizations Lupe has been

08:09 Lupe on being the voice of women in poker

10:31 Women who are now successful in poker

13:59 Lupe talks about women staking opportunities

17:16 Getting connections in poker to get stake

19:39 Who is Lupe Soto in the outside world?

23:00 Win money or enjoy the game

26:36 Absolutely there’s place for women only festivals

36:29 Lupe shares some details about tournaments in Vegas

57:23 Things poker community needs to do

1:11:40 Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

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Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Rob Washam leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a hand played by Chris Jones in ‘The Loncar’ an online tournament hosted on ACR. While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel calling versus raising, bet sizing, player tendencies, ICM factors, relative hand strength, value targeting, and more!

Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today to see all the great comments and replies – and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review!

Link: https://discord.com/channels/608505737454288896/1270506293077217301/threads/1300524489431318639

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview longtime player, pro, and industry professional Rob Perelman! Sometimes, when you are sitting at the poker table, good things happen when you start asking your neighbours about whether or not a hotdog is a sandwich: Jim and Rob met over the summer playing at the same table in a WSOP event, one conversation led to another and here we are! Rob brings a lot of stories from his various roles and experiences in the poker world, and shares some of his favourites with the gang, PLUS we dive into some Bomb Pot strategy, some tips for recs, and Joe Kulas also has a really cool offer for poker fans around the world to support a local food bank and win some AWESOME prizes in his silent auction coming up next month!

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Matt Savage, Jack Effel, and a 100-year-old-Binions-dealer and we Close The Action with our speed round!

Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Rob is on Twitter at https://x.com/veeRob

Check out the bomb pots channel! https://www.youtube.com/@OopsAllBombPots

Link to Joe Kulas’ charity auction: https://givebutter.com/c/RecPokerFB

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

04:11 Rob defines his own role in the poker world

09:06 Rob’s relationship to the game of poker

11:51 Rob on creating the first Blink 182 website

14:01 What drives somebody to reject the basic premise of life?

17:58 Chats: What did Binions smell like in 2007

19:43 Fun part Rob loves about his job

22:23 Rob’s favorite PLO book

23:58 Tips to players who want to start PLO

25:33 What Rob loves about PLO

34:46 Code word that indicates not chopping

39:20 One story that almost shared on TV

59:33 Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid leads the RecPoker RECing Crew through a conversation between Chris Jones and Taylor Maas about some strategic adjustments Taylor has been making recently which have allowed him to have an extremely successful month on the felt, While battling it out against each other in the nightly home game, the panel discusses how and when to deviate from GTO, how to analyze the errors your foes are making, some common exploits you can adapt to recreational fields, the importance of PAYING ATTENTION AT THE TABLE (not just to showdown hands!) and a lot more.

Come sign up for a free account at https://rec.poker/ today and you can post a question of your own in the forum for the panel to review!

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Rob Washam and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Christin Maschmann! Although there are some audio connection issues throughout the interview, this is a fun one. Christin has worn many hats over the years within the poker industry, and shares several stories about some of the roles she has played. Whether it is advocating for the experience of players in live events, helping to evaluate the caliber of floor staff, her experience of writing a book about her travels, her Hendenmob flag collection, creating and co-ordinating promotional material and events, meeting Jim in Vegas, her struggles with Multiple Sclerosis, her favourite mixed games, and what it’s like to travel the world without a home, Christin brings a refreshing perspective to the life of an industry grinder!

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Feder Holz, Christoff Vogelsang, and Karei Ademir and we Close The Action with our speed round!

Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank.

Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Follow Christin on socials:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/niceandsunny/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@niceandsunny

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NiceAndSunny

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

02:52 Christin defines her own role in the poker world

03:32What does the QA manager at a poker event look like?

06:03 Venues following the TDA rules just like WASOP

09:06 The most common complaint from poker players

10:14 Christin on what she loves and hates about her job

11:51 What Christin love and hates about her job

12:50 Living a nomad lifestyle

16:11 Christin talks about her book

20:40 How Multiple Sclerosis affect Christin’s her game

28:05 Favorite poker variant

30:29 Finding accommodations during tournaments

51:55 Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week, Jim Reid and the panel are joined by some exciting guests to kick off a year of Mixed Games podcast episodes, featuring the “Mixed Game of the Month” in our free home game club! This month, we are practicing 8 Game Mix - and the first practice game is tomorrow night! The panel start with a basic explainer about the mechanics of the game, and then we are joined by several mixed game enthusiasts and experts. Get some advice and tips from Chad McVean, Chris Fox Wallace, Mike Patrick, Norman Chad, Robbie Strazynski, and Shannon Van Den Berg on how to get the most out of each game we feature.

If you are curious about how to play 8 Game Mix, then this is the episode for you! And if you are more of a hold'em player and don't really get into mixed games, we heartily recommend that you give them a try - maybe you’ll feel more comfortable about dipping a toe in once you’ve heard from our panel about how to avoid some beginner’s mistakes.

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Help us out: https://rec.poker/support

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview popular poker comedian and video producer Sethy Poker! Seth shares some of his poker origin story, what he loves about making funny poker videos, some lessons he’s learned from his time on the felt, and how he studies to improve as a player. He also talks about the importance of community in poker, treating others with respect, some assumptions about the industry that he was wrong about, and some other players and content creators that he thinks highly of. We also play Stake/Study Stack with Caitlyn Comesky, Casino King and Greg Goes All In, and we Close The Action with our speed round!

Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

Seth is active on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sethypoker

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sethypoker/?hl=en

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sethypoker?lang=en

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sethymoe

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/

Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/

Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/

Timestamps:

03:12 Seth defines his role in the poker world

04:42 How Seth got into poker

07:21 Seth: comedy has been always my niche

08:56 Making a living with playing and producing content

14:52 False assumptions Seth had about the poker community

17:17 False assumptions about the poker community

21:58 Seth shares what he does to improve his game

27:51 Making poker a job: does it take the shine of it?

29:54 Balancing poker and life

34:09 What makes a good short form content in the poker world

40:07 Seth on the code word

51:09 Home Game Result updates

Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity

Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv

Find more info on our sponsors at:

https://RunAces.com

Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity

RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]