Thinking Poker

Poker superfan Jay Kelly tried to hook Gloria Jackson up with Carlos more than a year ago, when the two women first met. She joins Andrew, Carlos, and Gloria to help tell the story of her and Gloria’s friendship and Carlos and Gloria’s podcast-born romance.

We highly recommend listening to Gloria Jackson’s first appearance on Episode 401. It’s a fantastic episode in its own right and a good introduction to this conversation.

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Jay Kelly is a poker superfan who lives in London but dreams of Las Vegas. She attempted to introduce Gloria and Carlos a year before they actually met!

Gloria Jackson is a mother of five and a 10+ year professional poker player.

Carlos and Andrew answer a slew of strategy questions from the Patron: running it twice, folding a full house, playing short stacked in the Big Blind, and much more!

Links to Strategy Questions

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Joel Dias-Porter is a true renaissance man, capable of mastering a metaphor, programming a computer, hedging a parlay, spinning a record, and bluffing your face off. In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss pre-Boom Atlantic City poker, whether poker is a creative pursuit, why we need more poker literature, and what exactly depends upon a red wheelbarrow. Plus, he reads a few poems for us and gives Carlos a run for his money in the hip hop trivia department.

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

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Joel Dias-Porter 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.

High stakes cash pro and prolific content creator Saulo Costa talks big data, population reads, exploits, and more in this wide-ranging, mind-expanding conversation. Plus a little Marvel Snap strategy in the intro.

Saulo’s YouTube channel
Five Tips to Study Poker via GTO Wizard

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Saula Costa is a HSNL professional, a prolific content creator, and founder of Metagame Poker.

Dayanna Ciabaton finished second in the recent Women’s Event at the Seminole Hard Rock. The first place winner was a man. Dayanna, Caitlyn Cobb, and Gloria Jackson join Andrew and Carlos to discuss the need for women’s events and the problem of men who insist on playing them.

Caitlyn invites all women, including trans women, to join the #WomenPlayPoker Twitter Events Committee.

Dayanna Ciabaton co-owns Naples Print Source and aspires to play poker semi-professionally upon her retirement. Besides poker, Dayanna’s proudest accomplishments are raising 4 amazing children, taking in 2 homeless youth, and volunteering many thousands of hours to help disadvantaged youth.

Caitlyn Cobb describes herself as a force that makes change. Caitlyn is the former Coordinator of Public Education for @NationalHomeles and Social Media Director of @TJC_DC.

Gloria Jackson is a mother of five and a 10+ year professional poker player.

Ebony Kenney has been playing serious poker longer than Andrew or Carlos, but she only recently started serious studying. That didn’t keep her from making three final tables at the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series, including a $1.7 million dollar score for her 5th place finish in the $200K event. In this extraordinary interview, she discusses the life-changing experience, her unique career, and her unique approach to life.

In the strategy segment, Andrew and Carlos discuss playing the turn after the pre-flop raiser declines to continuation bet the flop.

This three-part documentary tells the story of Ebony’s trip to Cypress for the Triton Poker Super High Roller series.

Women can join Ebony Kenney’s Embodied Confidence group at https://www.ebonykenney.com/confidence.

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Ebony Kenney is a professional poker player, Twitch streamer, confidence coach, and overall badass.

EPT Paris runner-up Peter Jörgne joins Carlos and Andrew to talk about entrepreneurship, philanthropy, and holding his own against seasoned professionals at the highest stakes. Plus, Carlos and Andrew discuss out-of-position c-betting.

OOP C-Betting
Playing as the IP Cold Caller

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Peter Jörgne is an entrepeneur, investor, and poker player. He recently finished second in the EPT Paris Main Event for €780,100.

From PC gaming to pool to competitive skydiving to poker, Lara Eisenberg has always crushed the competition. And she does it all while still working as a radiologist! Carlos and Andrew pry from her a few of the secrets to her success, plus we’ve got a major life update from Carlos!

Poker League of Nations
The Art of Learning
Heroic app

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Lara Eisenberg is a radiologist, a serious poker player, and a former competitive skydiver. She has a WSOP bracelet from the 2021 Ladies Championship and recently took second in the WPT Prime Championship.

Poker cashier Jesse Segall joins Carlos and Andrew to discuss his experience in the Wynn $10K, why dedicated poker cashiers are valuable, and much more. Plus Andrew explains how to play a big stack at the final table.

New! ICM-Focused Tournament Review
GTO Wizard Blog
Thinking Poker Daily

Jesse Segall, now the cage manager at the Lodge, is a poker player and former poker cashier at Aria.

Matt Glassman discusses his prize-winning poker essay and how he prepared to take on the best players in the world in the PSPC $25K. Plus a bonus interview with Tommy Angelo discussing his new article How to Meditate While You Play Poker.

New! ICM-Focused Tournament Review
GTO Wizard Blog
Thinking Poker Daily

Matt Glassman is an avid card player and a Senior Fellow at Georgetown University’s Government Affairs Institute adept at explaining politics through the lenses of game theory and card strategy.

Matt is a frequent Thinking Poker guest who first appeared on Episode 191.

Tommy Angelo has been practicing and coaching painless poker for decades. His many books and videos are seen as essential teachings for any serious player. Tommy’s site is tommyangelo.com.

Tommy is a frequent Thinking Poker guest who first appeared on Episode 2.