Fresh off a $2 million win in the WPT World Championship, poker pro Soheb Porbandarwala shares his story with Carlos and Andrew: winning five figures as a high school student, explaining poker to his Muslim parents, why it pays to be the worst player in your group chat, and more!

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Mystery Bounty Poker Strategy by Dara O’Kearney

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Soheb Porbandarwala is a professional poker player with 12 WSOP Circuit rings and a gold bracelet. He recently took second in the WPT World Championship for nearly $2 million!

Carlos and Andrew answer Thinking Poker Daily listener questions about ICM, training your folding muscle, and more!

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Russ Fox joins the show after a thirteen-year hiatus to discuss the Big Beautiful Bill’s disastrous change to how gambling losses are taxed. And what you can do about it!

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Russ Fox is an Enrolled Agent and author of the Taxable Talk blog, which often addresses issues related to poker and gambling. With Scott Harker, Russ is the author of Why You Lose at Poker and Mastering No-Limit Hold ‘Em, and with Nick Christenson, of Winning Strategies for No-Limit Hold ‘Em. He is also the author of Tax Strategies for the Small Business Owner.

Tech entrepreneur Victoria Livschitz discovered poker in 2021 and quickly befriened some of the best players in the game. She’s now a force to be reckoned with both on and off the felt, with multiple major final tables under her belt plus the Octopi Poker training site and Pocket Queens study group for women.

Andrew and Carlos look back on a year’s worth of conversations to choose their favorites and recommend some hidden gems.

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Victoria Livschitz is a former tech entrepeneur with multiple successful businesses under her belt and, since diving headfirst into poker, multiple major final tables as well. She is the co-founder of Octopi Poker and Pocket Queens.

Andrew and Carlos look back on a year’s worth of conversations to choose their favorites and recommend some hidden gems.

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Our conversation from Episode 488 continues (without Nate, unfortunately). We even talk some poker strategy!

For more Joel:

First appearance on Episode 409

Another two-part conversation begins with Episode 484

Joel’s blog
Old Man James
DJ Renegade on Soundcloud
Joel’s book Ideas of Improvisation

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Joel Porter-Dias is a poet who has earned a living from gambling for over thirty years. He has also been a DJ, a computer programmer, and probably a few other things we didn’t even get to ask him about. His book Ideas of Improvisation is available from Thread Makes Blanket Press.

It’s an epic meeting of the minds as former Thinking Poker host Nate Meyvis meets guest extraordinaire Joel Porter-Dias to discuss the NBA/poker cheating scandal, AI poker coaching, poetry, trivia, and more! 

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Nate Meyvis is a software engineer and a former professional poker player and original co-host of the Thinking Poker Podcast.

Joel Porter-Dias is a poet who has earned a living from gambling for over thirty years. He has also been a DJ, a computer programmer, and probably a few other things we didn’t even get to ask him about. His book Ideas of Improvisation is available from Thread Makes Blanket Press.

Mixed game master and Main Event final tabler Alex Livingston joins Carlos and Andrew to discuss playing mixed games, coaching mixed games, teaching in Rwanda, and coining the term Old Man Coffee.

Alex and Chris Vitch teach the Mixed Minds video training course.

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Alex Livingston is a professional poker player and coach. With Chris Vitch, he teaches the Mixed Minds course. Alex finished 3rd in the 2019 WSOP Main Event for $4 million.

Rene “TheWakko” Kuhlman is one of the best no-limit cash game players in the world, and he’s an even better teacher! With Andrew and Carlos, he discusses his rocky journey to the top and the lessons he learned along the way about bankroll management, mindset, and success.

More from Rene:

The Mechanics of Poker coaching program

The Mechanics of Poker Podcast

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Rene “TheWakko” Kuhlman is a professional poker player specializing in high stakes online cash games. He is a coach for The Mechanics of Poker and GTO Wizard and co-host of The Mechanics of Poker Podcast.

This is the conclusion of our interview with Joel Porter-Dias, which began with Episode 484. Joel first appeared on Episode 409.

Joel’s blog
Old Man James
DJ Renegade on Soundcloud
Joel’s book Ideas of Improvisation

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Joel Porter-Dias is a poet who has earned a living from gambling for over thirty years. He has also been a DJ, a computer programmer, and probably a few other things we didn’t even get to ask him about. His book Ideas of Improvisation is available from Thread Makes Blanket Press.