Explore " high stakes poker" with insightful episodes like "The poker-playing cardiologist", "March 12th, 2021 - The Greatest Fold in Poker History?", "Poker Stories: Michael Schwimer", "Poker Stories: Dan Smith" and "Poker Stories: Kahle Burns" from podcasts like ""Conversations", "The Tournament Poker Edge Podcast", "Poker Stories", "Poker Stories" and "Poker Stories"" and more!
As a child, before she escaped communist Hungary, Bo Remenyi had no ambitions. But when she got to Australia all of that changed. She's gone from cruising the casino floor as a high-stakes professional poker player, to saving the lives of children in remote Australia (R)
On this episode of the Tournament Poker Edge Podcast, Clayton discusses an amazing laydown buy Doug Polk against Phil Hellmuth on a recent episode of High Stakes Poker. Is it the greatest fold you have ever seen? And, of course, Clayton gets in some strategy discussion.
Michael Schwimer grew up a standout athlete in Fairfax, Virginia and in high school was a star on his baseball and basketball teams. The 6'8'', 240-pound guard led his team to a championship and was even named MVP over future NBA center Roy Hibbert, but ultimately decided to turn down scholarship offers from Coach Mike Krzyzewski at Duke and Coach Rick Pitino at Louisville in order to pitch for his hometown University of Virginia.
Schwimer decided to finish his degree, and even interned at a hedge fund, before he was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies. He spent three years in the minor leagues before making his major league debut, and finished his career with a 3-2 record. Schwimer says he made more money in the poker games on team road trips than he did as a player during his time in the league.
After retiring, Schwimer started Big League Advance, a company that invests in (or stakes) minor league baseball players in exchange for a percentage of their future earnings. His second company, Jambos, is now positioning itself in the rapidly-expanding sports betting market.
This December, Schwimer will be appearing on new episodes of High Stakes Poker, which has returned for an eighth season with original hosts Gabe Kaplan and A.J. Benza. Schwimer will be competing against the lineup that includes Tom Dwan, Bryn Kenney, Rick Salomon, Nick Petrangelo, Jean-Robert Bellande, and Brandon Steven.
Highlights from this interview include being born two feet tall, an early appreciation for data, beating Roy Hibbert for MVP, saying no to Rick Pitino and Mike Krzyzewski, the scorecard of hedge funds, being drafted by the Phillies, the truth about his signing bonus, how 'Houdini' got from the minors to the majors, short-stacking the team $100-$200 poker game, Jonathan Papelbon's favorite hand, big buy-in games with Tom Dwan in London, using the element of surprise on High Stakes Poker, the staking business of baseball, sports betting expansion, singing to Bruce Springsteen, reffing sixth-grade basketball games, pizza socks and slaps in the face, and betting $780,000 on the Super Bowl.
Dan Smith has one of the greatest tournament poker resumes of all time, with $37 million in cashes during his time on the felt. Although he is only 31 years old, Smith has been playing cards for half of his life, having discovered the game as a child chess prodigy. The New Jersey native was already winning big online as a teenager, and by his junior year of high school he had a bankroll that would make many professionals jealous.
Although he had a bit of a slow start to his live tournament career, Smith began to rack up huge scores as he climbed his way to the top of the high roller circuit. He now has 22 tournament titles, along with nine cashes of seven-figures. Smith even cashed in two $1 million buy-in events, finishing third in both the 2018 Big One For One Drop and the 2019 Triton Super High Roller London. He also has a World Poker Tour title, winning the Five Diamond World Poker Classic in 2013. He currently sits in fifth place on poker's all-time money list behind just Bryn Kenney, Justin Bonomo, Daniel Negreanu, and Erik Seidel.
In 2014, Smith founded The Double Up Drive, an organization that matches public contributions dollar for dollar to more effectively help various charities. In the years since, he has brought on more members of the poker and daily fantasy sports community and helped to raise more than $16 million. You can learn more about the cause at DoubleUpDrive.com.
Highlights from this interview include Survivor lockdown, the Vegas pickle ball scene, tying a chess grandmaster, why Mike McDonald might not be invited to future BBQs, his horse betting bankroll at 7 years old, starting off his career in a downswing, the fruitless pursuit of poker accolades, writing your own eulogy, psychedelic adventures in the desert, starting his own charity, why he quit daily fantasy sports, giving gifts to NFL kickers, being the best without a bracelet, climbing the money list, drinking his collectibles, splitting a mortgage with Stephen Chidwick, losing a $250,000 pot, lucky shirts and Doyle Brunson's cowboy hat.
Kahle Burns has been playing poker professionally for more than a decade, grinding his way from play chips online to some of the biggest cash games spread in both Las Vegas and Macau. The Geelong, Australia native started focusing more on live tournaments in 2016, however, and the result has been a quick rise to the top of the high roller ranks.
The 31-year-old has $10.8 million in live tournament earnings, which is good for no. 2 on Australia's all-time money list, just behind WSOP main event winner Joe Hachem. Burns has two WSOP bracelets of his own, including the €25,000 high roller at the 2019 WSOP Europe series. Burns started 2020 off strong, winning the AUD$100,000 Aussie Millions high roller for $1.2 million, and finishing runner-up in the AUD$250,000 Super High Roller Bowl Australia for another another $828,000.
Highlights from this interview include following the job, $10 high school games, racking up play chips, turning his game around after a downswing, climbing the cash game ranks, grinding for months in Macau, getting his pulse felt during a hand, why you show up early for high rollers, the poker faces of Stephen Chidwick and Adrian Mateos, passing up the WSOP for high-stakes cash, where he keeps his bracelets, winning a $1.6 million pot, playing $2,000-$4,000 heads-up for Sydney, Frankie Muniz, the Scrabble analogy, getting to the top of Australia's money list, show me your chips, the death of poker's middle class, and not complaining about runner-up finishes.
Connect with Jonathan Little:
Websites: https://jonathanlittlepoker.com/ | http://www.pokercoaching.com/
Twitter: @JonathanLittle
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Danny Tang was first introduced to poker by his older brother back in Wales, and dreamed of one day sitting head-to-head with the likes of Phil Ivey or Tom Dwan. Less than a decade later, Tang is now hopping from high roller-to-high roller stop on private jets with the very same Ivey and Dwan. The 28-year-old poker pro didn't start competing on the circuit regularly until 2016, but he quickly rose up the ranks and has now racked up more than $8.4 million in live tournament earnings.
Tang had a breakout victory at the PokerStars Championship Prague main event in December of 2017. The next summer, he went deep in the World Series of Poker main event, earning $230,475 for 31st place. Later that year, he very nearly repeated his win in Prague, ultimately settling for fourth place in back-to-back runs. In 2019, Tang picked up the three biggest scores of his career. The Hong Kong resident earned $1.83 million for his runner-up showing to Bryn Kenney at the Triton Montenegro Super High Roller, and then banked another $1.6 million and his first bracelet in Vegas. The Natural8 online poker ambassador followed that up with a third-place showing at the EPT Barcelona High Roller for another $940,803.
Highlights from this interview include quarantine days in Malaysia, being in Neymar's shadow, a helpful nudge from J.C. Alvarado, being the last man standing in the Uber to the Rio, jumping into the high rollers with Paul Phua, not realizing he won a WSOP bracelet, a $1.6 million pot in Macau, thinking in big blinds, dropping Tony G off in Lithuania, skiing with Tom Dwan, being snubbed at the airport, a 'not-ridiculous' six-figure baccarat bet, from James on Geordie Shore to Bob Lam on TVB, God Of Gamblers, a shout out to Michael Addamo, the appeal of short deck poker, lucky underwear, avoiding the shoulder tap, and 7-Eleven chicken teriyaki sandwiches.
Great chat with Jeff Gross - Poker Professional, Poker Live Streamer & Successful Entrepreneur. Tom, Sean, and Jeff talk about Jeff's poker roots - from his biggest poker wins, to fun poker live streaming stories, to his business path and portfolio. Catch Jeff Gross on his Flow Poker Show stream on Twitch and YouTube!
Facebook: @JeffGrossPoker
Instagram: @JeffGrossPoker
Twitch: @JeffGrossPoker
Twitter: @JeffGrossPoker
YouTube: @JeffGrossPoker
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Hosted by Tom Wheaton Founder & CEO of Faded Spade, the Faded Spade Podcast features unique interviews with poker and sports entertainment influencers about their entrepreneurial or career journey.
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Get to know Dave Richard - Senior Fantasy Writer for CBS Sports! Hear how one of the top fantasy football writers (who also has a passion for poker ) got into the business along with his journey to CBS Sports. Tom and Dave talk poker, business, fantasy football, and brainstorm how the fantasy football and poker industries can collaborate this year. Twitter: @DaveRichard
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Hosted by Tom Wheaton Founder & CEO of Faded Spade, & Sean McCormack Director of Poker Operations at Aria, the Faded Spade Podcast features unique interviews with poker and sports entertainment influencers about their entrepreneurial or career journey.
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Meet Jesse Hollander - Director of Poker Operations at bestbet and creator of bestbet LIVE! Join us to hear the untold business and poker story of The BO$$, which includes the opening of prominent poker rooms in the US and the creation of the East Coast's only poker live stream show - bestbet LIVE.
Twitter: @jmanpokerking - @bestbet_jax
Website: http://www.bestbetjax.com
Hosted by Tom Wheaton Founder & CEO of Faded Spade, & Sean McCormack Director of Poker Operations at the Aria, the Faded Spade Podcast features unique interviews with multi-industry influencers about their entrepreneurial or career journey.
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The business journey of Poker Central & PokerGO President, Sam Simmons.
Join us to hear Sam's untold poker industry story and rise to the President of Poker Central/PokerGO. You'll hear great advice for those on their career path, while also learning more about the future of PokerGO - and a newer venture - Estars Studios!
Twitter: @sampsonsimmons
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Eric Rodawig is considered to be a semi-professional poker player, having regularly maintained a day job, but he has managed to put together the poker resume of a solid pro despite a limited schedule on the tournament circuit. The 34-year-old Nebraska resident, who recently appeared on PokerGo's Dolly's Game broadcast, has five final-table appearances at the World Series of Poker, including a gold bracelet win.
Rodawig's victory at the summer series came in 2011, when he topped a field of 168 in the $10,000 stud eight-or-better championship, beating Phil Hellmuth heads-up for $442,183. The mixed-game specialist also has final tables in Omaha eight-or-better, pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better, razz, and O.E. A couple summers ago, he narrowly missed out on his second bracelet, finishing runner-up in the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. championship for another $236,841.
Highlights from this interview include 'slumming it' at $50-$100, Thought Crimes at The Hoya, a close call with UIGEA villain Bob Goodlatte, earning a partypoker iPod shuffle, the instant validation of winning a WSOP bracelet, beating a well-behaved Phil Hellmuth heads-up, making poker more accessible to fans, obsessing over curling, flying as a polar bear, being a National Geographic geography bee finalist, meeting Alex Trebek, running the teleprompter for a news station, Jim Carrey's flat top, an affinity for Weird Al, and looking at noses with Crocodile Brandon.
Antonio Esfandiari stole the attention of the poker world with his breakthrough victory in the 2004 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic main event, and he kept it by showing off his skills as a high-stakes prop gambler while keeping everyone else at the table entertained with his gregarious personality. Originally known at the tables as "The Magician," Esfandiari excelled as a staple of televised poker shows and live streams during the decade that followed the poker boom, and maintained his status as one of the game's best with consistent wins on the tournament circuit.
Esfandiari won his first World Series of Poker bracelet in 2004, and added his second WPT title in 2010 when he took down the Five Diamond World Poker Classic at Bellagio, a tournament in which he has also finished fourth and sixth. He picked up another bracelet at the 2012 WSOP Europe, but his biggest score came at the summer series when he finished on top of the $1 million buy-in Big One For One Drop event, earning a then-record payout of $18.3 million. It was enough to see him temporarily overtake the top spot on poker's all-time money list, before being passed by Daniel Negreanu, Justin Bonomo, and eventually Bryn Kenney. The 41-year-old has more than $27 million in career live tournament earnings.
Highlights from this interview include stage names, a childhood at war, obsessing over sleight-of-hand, why Phil Laak couldn't just enjoy the magic, showing off for dad at spread-limit hold'em, binking at Commerce with the last of his bankroll, being more modest than Phil Hellmuth, focusing on fatherhood, falling off the all-time money list, the exhilaration of getting shot by Dan Bilzerian, the 90 seconds following his One Drop victory, forcing Brian Rast into a tournament beast, how Phil Ivey was stoic in the face of death, considering love during trouble in the skies, washing cars and dishes for work, his Persian calling for real estate, being on the celebrity D- list, autographing body parts, Pinocchio insults, boxing training by Audley Harrison, buying out of a 'no release' prop bet, life as a bird, and being able to tell his kids he beat up Kevin Hart.
The business and entrepreneurial journey of Phil Hellmuth! 15-Time WSOP Bracelet winner, best selling author, personal brand builder, business owner, investor, advisor. And the most accomplished poker tournament player in the world.
Join us to hear the untold story Phil Hellmuth's business beginnings and how he has grown to be a trusted advisor for many growing organizations. You'll hear stories about:
Books: #Positivity, Poker Brat, Play Poker Like the Pros
Business: Travel Smarter, Muzik, YouStake, WPT, Milwaukee's Best, More
Personal Branding: PH Brand, PhilHellmuth.com, ESPN Commentating
Twitter: @phil_hellmuth
Hosted by Tom Wheaton Founder & CEO of Faded Spade, & Sean McCormack Director of Poker Operations, the Faded Spade Podcast features unique interviews with multi-industry influencers about their entrepreneurial or career journey.
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Dan Shak is not a professional poker player, but his tournament resume and travel schedule would lead you to believe otherwise. The 60-year-old New Jersey-native has spent the majority of his working time working as a hedge fund manager and commodities trader, and although he's been successful in his day job, poker has also treated him well with more than $10.6 million in tournament earnings. That's good enough for no. 80 on the all-time money list, along side players such as Andrew Lichtenberger, Gus Hansen, and David "The Dragon" Pham.
Shak's biggest score came in the 2010 Aussie Millions High Roller, when he pocketed $1.2 million for beating Phil Ivey heads-up. He nearly matched that cash four years later with the second of two runner-up finishes at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure high roller. Shak also won the 2013 PartyPoker Premier League. Shak doesn't yet have a World Series of Poker bracelet, but he has notched two wins at the series. In 2007, he stunned the poker world by donating all $243,893 of his winnings back to the charity in the inaugural Ante Up For Africa Event. In 2017, he won the €25,000 buy-in high roller at the WSOP Europe series for another $245,831.
Highlights from this episode include why home is relative, discovering poker after wrestling matches, a brief college detour, running coffee on the trading floor at 12, staking and being a market maker, what he's doing on that computer at the table, why the high rollers aren't fun anymore, trying to make a deal with Phil Ivey, emergency landings in Iceland, renting bathing suits with Antonio Esfandiari, two WSOP wins with no bracelets, donating his entire winnings to charity after winning the Ante Up For Africa event, giving the recs a chance to win, getting cheated by nine high, why he sometimes has to leave a good game, losing a $600k pot to JRB, a painful bubble in South Florida, a humble job at KFC, preferring regular Joes to rich people, escaping the golf course, and how to make David Peters smile.
Special Episode: Re-Entry Roundtable! Join Matt Savage, Sean McCormack, Jeremy Smith, Matt Berkey and Tom Wheaton for a unique perspective podcast about poker tournament re-entry from poker operator, tournament director, high-stakes player, and mid-stakes player viewpoints.
What are the benefits and drawbacks? How did the poker re-entry phenomenon begin? What other poker tournament factors play into the re-entry roundtable discussion?
Join us to hear unique perspectives, and a variety of potential industry paths forward, from some of the poker industry’s most credible and respected people in the game.
Hosted by Tom Wheaton Founder & CEO of Faded Spade, & Sean McCormack Director of Poker Operations, the Faded Spade Podcast features unique interviews with multi-industry influencers about their entrepreneurial or career journey.
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The poker and entrepreneurial journey of Phil Galfond! Run It Once Training & Poker, Draft Board and more. Join us to hear the untold story of Phil’s rise through the high stakes poker ranks and his entry and growth in the business world.
From OMGClayAiken to MrSweets28 to Mr. Run It Once to Husband to Dad — Phil Galfond’s Interview with Faded Spade CEO Tom Wheaton is full of insight, inspiration and
Twitter: @philgalfond @runititonce @runitoncepoker
Hosted by Tom Wheaton Founder & CEO of Faded Spade, & Sean McCormack Director of Poker Operations, the Faded Spade Podcast features unique interviews with multi-industry influencers about their entrepreneurial or career journey.
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The entrepreneurial journey of Joey Ingram! Content Creator, Poker Player, Author, Social Media Influencer and more! Join us as we go deep into Papi GTO’s untold story of self awareness, life growth & personal & professional development.
Hosted by Tom Wheaton Founder & CEO of Faded Spade, & Sean McCormack Director of Poker Operations, the Faded Spade Podcast features unique interviews with multi-industry influencers about their entrepreneurial or career journey.
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Meet Joe Stapleton! Comedian, Writer, TV Personality, Poker Entertainment Commentator and more! Connect with Stapes on Twitter @stapes & Instagram @instastapes
Rated PG-13! You'll laugh. You'll think. Join us for a drink! Listen to Joe's extraordinary entrepreneurial journey. How did Joe go from Smallbany to Los Angeles to London? Hear his journey from Mad TV to Poker Entertainment to Stand Up Comedy opening up for the great Norm MacDonald.
And what advice does he have for up and coming comedians, writers or those with television performing dreams?
Hosted by Tom Wheaton Founder & CEO of Faded Spade, & Sean McCormack Director of Poker Operations, the Faded Spade Podcast features unique interviews with multi-industry influencers about their entrepreneurial or career journey.
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