p style=line-height: 16.5pt; background: white;span style= font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; Bruce and Robbie welcome poker coach and strategist strongTadas Peckaitis/strong to the show. In his first-ever audio interview, Tadas shares how he discovered poker in Lithuania, got into the game, and eventually ended up coaching students. He also shares some great home game strategy tips./span/p p style=line-height: 16.5pt; background: white;span style= font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; The hosts also discuss the slow restart of post-pandemic live poker on the home game front as well as in Las Vegas and other poker rooms around the world./span/p p style=line-height: 16.5pt; background: white;span style= font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; BBO Poker Tables’ strongGeorge Chao/strong has a great Table Talk segment explaining how his company is developing new products that address the needs of players in poker rooms and home games in a post-COVID19 era where sanitization and cleanliness is essential./span/p p style=line-height: 16.5pt; background: white;span style= font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; Finally, we’ve got a fun One Outer that truly illustrates how close home game poker friends can (or shouldn’t!) get to one another while playing online with Zoom./span/p

p style=line-height: 16.5pt; background: white;span style= font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; Bruce and Robbie discuss when live poker home games are likely to return – it depends not only on the public data and statistics, but also on people’s personal comfort level. Plus, the back story of how Robbie finally got the opportunity to interview strongDoyle Brunson/strong./span/p p style=line-height: 16.5pt; background: white;span style= font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; Our hosts then get into a lengthy discussion about the planned return for live poker in Nevada, discussing the merits and pitfalls of four-handed play as well as when home poker game players might be ready to hit the tables again./span/p p style=line-height: 16.5pt; background: white;span style= font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; Finally, strongBen Ludlow/strong ends off the show with another great One Outer with loads of laughs and a brand new array of MUST-HAVE online poker products./span/p

p style=line-height: 16.5pt; background: white;span style= font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; Bruce and Robbie welcome back the very first guests to ever have appeared on the Top Pair Home Game Poker Podcast, strongJan Fisher/strong and strongLinda Johnson/strong. Jan and Linda are individuals who have practically been synonymous with the game of poker for decades now. Both of them are founding members of the TDA (Tournament Directors Association) and members of the inaugural class of the Women in Poker Hall of Fame, and Linda is also a WPT Honors recipient and member of the Poker Hall of Fame./span/p p style=line-height: 16.5pt; background: white;span style= font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; Much home game poker talk ensues among the fab foursome, which we know you’ll love. Plus, strongBen Ludlow/strong ends off the show with another great One Outer./span/p

p style=line-height: 16.5pt; background: white;span style= font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; Online poker home games continue to surge in popularity in the Coronavirus era. Bruce and Robbie speak with two home game poker hosts, Robert and Chad, to learn how they handle cash games, tech issues, funds tracking, and more, plus some interesting ideas – like a private “March Madness” style bracket competition for online poker home game aficionados./span/p p style=line-height: 16.5pt; background: white; strongspan style= font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; George Chao/span/strong span style= font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; of BBO Poker Tables speaks about the importance of family bonding while playing board games (not just poker) and strongBen Ludlow/strong caps off the show with a One Outer showcasing a number of unique and interesting online poker products he’s developed that’ll surely give you a good chuckle./span/p

p style=line-height: 16.5pt; background: white;span style= font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; With the poker world and world as a whole consumed by the Coronavirus pandemic, Bruce and Robbie tackle the topic of moving home games online. They speak to a home game host, Robert, about what the experience has been like to play in private online poker home games, settling up via money transfer apps after the fact./span/p p style=line-height: 16.5pt; background: white;span style= font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; Robbie also shares his personal experiences playing in online home games with his regular group, including all the customization options, playing for play money, and using Zoom video meetings to replicate the fun atmosphere of camaraderie./span/p p style=line-height: 16.5pt; background: white; strongspan style= font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; George Chao/span/strong span style= font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; of BBO Poker Tables joins us to talk about social distancing at the felt, and strongBen Ludlow/strong caps off the show with a One Outer talking about an unrecognizable Las Vegas and returning to the online poker grind./span/p

p style=line-height: 16.5pt; background: white;span style= font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; Bruce and Robbie welcome popular veteran poker strategy author strongAshley Adams/strong to the show to talk about his new book emWinning Poker in 30 Minutes a Day/em, published by DB Poker. They discuss the book’s target audience, main messages, and Ashley’s goal of having written it, his third book on poker./span/p p style=line-height: 16.5pt; background: white;span style= font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; Robbie’s home game recap includes an interesting situation regarding what to do in a declare game when having both a strong high and low hand and there’s also plenty of talk about the world’s “topic du jour” – all things Corona virus-related – and how that ought to affect home game poker (or not)./span/p p style=line-height: 16.5pt; background: white; strongspan style= font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; George Chao/span/strong span style= font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; of BBO Poker Tables brings a great segment to the show about the poker table shape and whether a racetrack and cup holders are preferred or not. Finally, we end off with a One Outer featuring a couple of great off-the-cuff remarks overheard at some of our latest home games./span/p

p style=line-height: 16.5pt; background: white;span style= font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; Bruce and Robbie welcome famed poker coaches strongTommy Angelo/strong and strongLee Jones/strong to the show to talk about their great new project called Poker Simple. They also have a short chat with strongSteve Fredlund/strong, founder of the Rec Poker Podcast, to welcome him and the show to the a href= https://cardplayerlifestyle.com/were-creating-the-cardplayer-lifestyle-podcast-family/ Cardplayer Lifestyle podcast family/a./span/p p style=line-height: 16.5pt; background: white;span style= font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; After some traditional home game recaps from our hosts, George Chao of BBO Poker Tables chimes in with a segment featuring all the information you always wanted to know about poker table armrests./span/p p style=line-height: 16.5pt; background: white;span style= font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; Finally, strongBen Ludlow/strong takes a look at the “important tradition of complaining” that some members of the poker community have in the lead up to the World Series of Poker each summer./span/p

p style=line-height: 16.5pt; background: white;span style= font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; Bruce and Robbie are back for another fun-filled show, and they’ve both taken poker trips! Bruce headed to Wendover, Nevada to step foot inside a brick and mortar poker room for the first time in years, while Robbie flew abroad a href= https://cardplayerlifestyle.com/5-things-im-looking-forward-to-at-the-888poker-live-festival-in-madrid/ to cover the 888poker LIVE festival in Madrid/a./span/p p style=line-height: 16.5pt; background: white;span style= font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; After recapping their action at the felt, and Robbie sharing some fascinating “Madrid poker rules”, Bruce talks Oscar night betting strategies./span/p p style=line-height: 16.5pt; background: white;span style= font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; Finally, in the spirit of awards season, strongBen Ludlow/strong’s One Outer tackles some notable (and perhaps somewhat less notable) Global Poker Award snubs./span/p

pstrongWe've Been Adopted By A New Family - Catch Us On Cardplayer Lifestyle/strong/p pstrongRobbie's Rambling Again - Headed To Madrid To Cover Poker Action/strong/p pstrongWelcome Back To The Producer Chair, JEFF!!/strong/p pstrongInterview With Our One Outer Guy - Ben Ludlow - Laughs Poker, What A Combo/strong/p pstrongPoker Tables - The Right Materials Count/strong/p pstrongHigh Stakes Online Play - Engaging Entertaining/strong/p

p style=line-height: 16.5pt; background: white;span style= font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; Bruce and Robbie dive deep into all the different kinds of poker chips you can use when hosting a home game, and recap their last home game sessions of 2019./span/p p style=line-height: 16.5pt; background: white;span style= font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; George Chao of BBO Poker Tables has a great Table Talk segment on giving your home game poker table all sorts of technological upgrades, and Ben Ludlow shares a One Outer take on poker’s current hot topic: tournament re-entry!/span/p