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This is a free sample version of the Crush Live Poker Podcast. Bart Hanson brings his wealth of knowledge from playing live poker game professionally for the past 15 years and discusses cash game No Limit Hold'em strategy in an easily digestible format. This podcast comes out on a weekly basis.

Bart Hanson


    • May 30, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 20m AVG DURATION
    • 175 EPISODES

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    The Free Crush Live Poker Podcast is an excellent resource for poker players looking to improve their skills and strategies. Hosted by Bart Hanson, this podcast provides valuable insights and advice that can greatly enhance your game.

    One of the best aspects of this podcast is Bart Hanson's ability to explain complex concepts in a clear and relatable manner. He takes fundamental principles and applies them to real-life examples, making it easier for listeners to understand and implement in their own games. This practical approach helps players translate theory into practice, ultimately leading to improved results at the table.

    Another great feature of The Free Crush Live Poker Podcast is the variety of topics covered. From hand analysis to game selection, there is always something new and informative being discussed. This diverse range of subjects ensures that listeners can continuously expand their poker knowledge and stay updated on the latest trends in the game.

    However, one downside of this podcast is its limited availability. While some episodes are available for free, many require a paid subscription to access. This may be disappointing for those who cannot afford or are not willing to pay for additional content.

    In conclusion, The Free Crush Live Poker Podcast offers valuable insights and strategies for poker players looking to improve their game. It is a highly recommended resource for both beginners and experienced players alike. However, the limited availability of some episodes may be a drawback for some potential listeners. Overall, Bart Hanson's expertise and teaching abilities make this podcast well worth checking out.



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    Latest episodes from Free Crush Live Poker Podcast

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 176: Golden Opportunity to Practice

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 16:11


    On this week's episode Bart discusses a golden opportunity for players to practice their live game by playing online

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 175: Deconstructing River Bet Sizing for Value

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 19:17


    In this week's episode Bart gets into his hands at a recent $2/$5 NL game at Encore Boston Harbor where he deconstructs his thoughts on proper river bet sizing for value.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 174: This Guy Leveraged My Stack

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 16:34


    This week Bart reviews a recent large winning session where he was able to maximum value in certain spots. However, he still is thinking about the last hand where he feels his opponent effectively leveraged his stack size against him. He also covers a text book delayed double barrel example.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 173: Lucky Misclicks and Large Exploits

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 20:08


    This week Bart discusses a session where several live "misclicks" lead to some interesting situations. He also dives into some major exploits that can be made against typical live players.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 172: Playing Post Flop with Low SPRs

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 16:27


    Bart discusses a recent session of $2/$5/$10 where he played multiple 4bet pots leading to very small SPRs post flop.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 171: Don't Make Dumb Turn Plays Like These

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 18:05


    This week Bart gets into his recent $2/$5 session and speaks of some big opponent errors with regards to turn play.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 170: Bart's Take on the Best WSOP Events

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 15:54


    Bart gives his take on the best NLHE tournaments to play at the WSOP

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 169: Three Ways Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 17:54


    Bart discusses a hybrid session of 1/3 and 2/5 NLHE played during the morning. It was the earliest cash session that he started in his career.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 168: Fold Top Pair and OMC Discussion

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 19:14


    This week Bart discusses several hands where he thought it was correct to fold top pair, and also talks about OMC considerations when those types of players are in the lineup

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 167: Using Showdown Info

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 33:17


    Bart discusses how a single showdown might make you play a subsequent hand in a different manner especially against an unknown.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 166: Hand Reading Assumptions and Some PLO

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 15:59


    Bart breaks down a hand from a 5/5 PLO session

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 165: Working Through Hands

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 15:45


    On this week's podcast get, into Bart's mind as he "works through" some of the more interesting spots from a recent $2/$5 NL cash game at the Encore Boston Harbor.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 164: The Jackpots and Mind Games

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 21:33


    Bart discusses the mind games that he sometimes goes through when playing with opponents that are CLP subscribers or other players that might know him. He makes a rare play in the first hand then says that he never would never have taken that line if he had known about the last hand. He also briefly touches on high hand and bad beat jackpot promotions and how they affect your winrate.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 163: Looking at Wet Board Runouts

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 17:52


    This week Bart takes a look at some wet board runouts and discusses when you should turn a hand as good as top pair in to a bluff on such runouts.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 162: Bart's Christmas Weekend Nemesis

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 16:53


    Bart covers a selection of hands from a Christmas weekend session played at $5/$10 $2k cap.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 161: Watch Yourself on the Front Door

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 13:46


    Bart discusses the perils of trying to run a multi street bluff with the stiff nut suit when the front door flush comes in. He describes examples of what he called the polarity paradox in live poker.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 160: Adventures in 3-betting

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 16:15


    This week Bart plays a non standard session at $2/$5 3betting almost every possible VPIPed hand

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 159: A Detailed Configuration

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 18:32


    In this week's episode Bart discusses the importance of not out leveling yourself and giving your opponents too much credit. He does this through a hand history where it was very important to examine the details of a given configuration.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 158: Combolicious; Don't Allow Them to Check Behind

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 17:28


    This week bart takes a look at a few situations that involve what he calls "combo bets" and goes over a hand at the end of the podcast that demonstrates a key concept that will increase your winrate in live poker.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 157: Examining River Check Raises for Value

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 17:57


    Bart takes a look at some close check raise river lines for value. He also discusses other spots dealing with thin value and bet sizing tells.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 156: Same Session; Different Games Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2025 19:14


    Bart continues a review of a session where he played a mix of stakes and in this episode he speaks a lot on multiway theory

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 155: Same Session; Different Games

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2025 21:35


    This week Bart cover a clump of hands where he plays 2/2 PLO, 2/5 NLHE and 5/10NLHE. He was gifted a large pot at 5/10 when his opponent slowplayed his hand to death then made a huge mistake trying to get an opponent off of a chop, illogically.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 154: Extracting Max from Small Stacks

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2024 18:18


    This week Bart reviews a clump of hands played from a rare Saturday afternoon session at the Encore in Boston Harbor. In this session he encounters several situations which required a bit of creativity in order to get the maximum value against opponents with smaller stacks.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 153: Fishing Exploits at Higher Stakes

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 15:28


    This week Bart takes a look at some "fishing exploits" that he made at a recent 5-10-20NL game played at the Encore Boston Harbor where most of the lineup were pros but with one big fish at the table. He discusses how he played differently against this fish and how he might take different lines vs the pros.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 152: Interesting 100BB Poker Situations

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 17:29


    This week Bart takes a look at some interesting math spots, mostly dealing with preflop, at 100 big blind stack depths. He found himself playing $5-$10-$20 NL the the Encore Boston Harbor this week where the game has a $2000 max buy-in.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 151: Trips and Pairs on the Board

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2024 20:16


    This week Bart takes a look at interesting hands recently played where the board was paired or contained trips.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 150: When You Have Absolutely Nothing

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2024


    In this week's episode Bart discusses how to play hands when you miss.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 149: When NOT to Bet Sprinkled with Some PLO

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 17:00


    Bart reviews a few PLO hands that he recently played and then discusses situations where you should pull back and not bet thinly or as a bluff.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 148: Break Down of Bizarre Situations

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2024 18:25


    On this week's episode Bart covers some bizarre situations that he encountered in a recent $2/$5 NL session at Encore Boston Harbor.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 147: Value Hand Reading Break Down

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 17:41


    This week breaks down hands where he found thin value-- but the critical part of the hands had to do with bet sizing which he found through proper hand reading.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 146: Big Blind Playing in Limped Pots

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2024 18:56


    In this week's episode Bart discusses big blind play in limped pots. He covers a situation where he check raised a draw in a limped pot leading to a thin value situation.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 145: Break Down of a Bad Session

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 15:20


    On this week's episode Bart reviews some key hands from a poor session recently played at the $2/$5 $1000 cap game at the Encore Boston Harbor. He talks through his decisions, describes his mistakes and also discusses what he learned from his own session notes.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 144: Show Your hand for Future Strategy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 16:43


    On this week's episode Bart discusses his strategy on sometimes showing your hand to gain extra EV at the table. How might showing your hand effect the way that you might play other hands in the short term?

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 143: Playing High Pairs (Same Day)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 19:04


    Bart reviews some of the best hands from a $2/$5 session that he played on the same day as the recording. He is dealt an unbelievable amount of high pairs across several hours leading to interesting preflop and post flop discussion.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 141: Versus a Battler at 2/$5 Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 15:08


    Bart continues his review of a $2/$5 session played at the Encore Boston Harbor where he faced interesting spots against what he deemed to be a rare opponent (a battler at $2/$5).

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast : These Print

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2024 16:28


    Learn how to navigate situations and win more money. Featuring Turn Donks, River block bets, bluff catching and turning bluff catchers into bluffs.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 139: Versus a Battler at 2/$5

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2024 19:15


    Bart plays a $2/$5 NL Hold'em session where he battled it out with a younger asian opponent.0:00 Intro and Announcements

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 138: Fishy Bros at $5-10 Make Me $6000 Richer

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024


    On this week's episode Bart reviews a big $6000 win at a recent $5-$10 session and discusses the influence of bad (fishy) players in a game.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 137: Bart's WSOP Main Event 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2024 14:26


    Bart reviews interesting hands from his 2024 WSOP Main Event.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast : Restricted Buy Ins and Stack Size Quandaries

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2024


    This week Bart logs a short $1-$3 $500 max buy in session at a local cardroom and speaks about the odd SPR situations that occurred due to the game being often straddled and the restricted buy in structure.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 135: Mistakes at the 2024 WSOP Millionaire Maker

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 15:29


    In this episode Bart covers interesting hands played across all three flights of this year's (2024) $1500 Millionaire Maker at the WSOP.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 134: 2024 WSOP Trip Report

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2024 20:45


    In this week's episode Bart gives a 2024 WSOP trip report and discusses his results from the previous two weeks. He then breaks down interesting hands from a recent $5/$10/$20 NL session that he played in the high limit Kings Lounge.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 133: How to Play and Bluff as the Preflop Caller

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2024 15:14


    This week CLP coach Nate Schmitt (N8Ball) takes over the podcast to discuss advanced strategies to use while playing as the preflop caller. Learn proper bluffs from both in and out of position.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 132: Breaking Down a Super Session (Part Two)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 18:46


    In Part 2 of this two part episode Bart reviews a recent "super session" where he won nearly 1000 big blinds of the course of a short 4.5 hour afternoon. He discusses why having a winning image will increase your winrate when playing such a session and breaks down the final portion of hands from his big win.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 131: Breaking Down A Super Session (Part One)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2024 19:49


    In Part 1 of this two part episode Bart reviews a recent "super session" where he won nearly 1000 big blinds of the course of a short 4.5 hour afternoon. He discusses why having a winning image will increase your winrate when playing such a session and starts to break down some of the more memorable hands from his big win.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 130: There Wasn't Any Money to be Won!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 14:26


    This week Bart breaks down the math of having too many for profit players in a single game and how that effects overall winrate when factored in with the rake. In his session there was a rare situation where 5-6 winning 5/10 players were grinding it all out waiting for a new 5/10 game to start, something that never happened.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 129: 3 Betting Out of Position and How to Continue

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2024 10:30


    CLP coach Nate Schmitt (N8Ball on Discord) covers learning how to continue on different flop textures after we 3 bet from OOP.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 128: Finances, Flushes, Interest Rates and Bankroll

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2024 18:28


    This week Bart leads the show off with a financial discussion and then explains why your low stakes live poker approach should be the opposite to your financial approach in life.

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 127: How to Think About Mega Multiway Spots

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024 16:55


    In this week's episode Bart covers "mega multiway" spots that can sometimes be typical in loose live games at $2-$5 and below. How should we approach these spots if we are the field caller? How should we approach these spots as the preflop raiser? How does the multiway nature of a hand change the way that we should think about certain situations?

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 126: How Competent Does Your Opponent Need to Be to Make Exploitable Folds?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2024 17:48


    This week Bart plays a full $5-$10 session at the Encore Boston Harbor and gets himself into a very difficult spot flopping top and bottom out of the big blind. The hand begs the question, "How competent is your opponent, where you should be making an exploitable fold?

    Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 125: Ultimate Texas Hold'em and the Afternoon with Doug Polk

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2024 17:34


    This week Bart discusses his afternoon with Doug Polk at a Red Sox game and then delves into some advantage play dealing with Ultimate Texas Hold'em.

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