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In the 885th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Mike Holtz, and Kyna England discuss the biggest pot in High Stakes Poker history, a $1.4 million monster won by Alan Keating. That led to a bigger discussion on the state of televised poker and the game's modern vs. old-school characters. The crew also discusses the report that Phil Hellmuth apparently missing out on an $80 million payday after declining to invest $15,000 into a company, the status of Doug Polk's "Code Doug" challenge, and recent tournament winners including Daniel Negreanu and Chino Rheem. Oh, they also took a look at some of the best April Fools' Day pranks from the poker world, including one from PokerNews featuring Nik Airball. Chad then offers a glimpse into his recent run in the MSPT Riverside, everyone shares their thoughts on the 2025 Wynn Summer Classic schedule, and in a new round of Collusion Mind Meld, Mike and Kyna try to get on the same page, and despite some early struggles, they do manage to hit their stride. The podcast is sponsored by the #1 free-to-play WSOP app. Remember to use bonus code "POKERNEWS" if you download and play for an extra 1,000,000 in chips! A new PokerNews Podcast will drop weekly every Thursday at 8a PT / 11a ET / 4p UK time. Remember to subscribe to our YouTube channel so you do not miss an episode! Time Stamps *Time | Topic* 00:10 | Welcome Kyna England & Mike Holtz 00:16 | What's coming up in this episode? 01:13 | Biggest pot in High Stakes Poker history 04:23 | Peter is fun to watch! 10:40 | Phil Hellmuth reportedly lost out turning $15K investment into $80 million 15:00 | Update on Polk's “Code Doug” challenge 15:50 | Doug hits one outer to get in the black! 18:00 | Any good April Fools' pranks? 19:15 | PokerNews's annual April Fools' prank 19:32 | Get a pair of the Nik Airballs 20:58 | Sponsor: WSOP Free-to-Play App 21:57 | Recent Tournament Winners presented by WPT Global 22:10 | Daniel Negreanu & Chino Rheem capture PGT PLO Series titles 25:30 | Joshua McSwiney wins WPT Prime Gold Coast Championship 27:17 | Ian Steinman wins RGPS Reno for $36,220 28:50 | Remembering Mark Martin, who passed away at age 70 29:43 | Collusion Mind Meld 33:45 | Chad's trip to MSPT Riverside 39:19 | 888poker – PokerNews April Freeroll Passwords  38:48 | 2025 Wynn Summer Classic schedule out 43:50 | Nick Petrangelo defending champ

Episode 5 - Chino Rheem Art and Justin sit down with Chino Rheem to talk about his tournament success ($14.3 million in earnings). Along the way he talks about everything from his origin story in gambling, to overcoming his demons, and even shouts out the Table 1 Vegas poker game and our community of poker players. Enjoy this rare interview with living poker legend, and our good friend, Chino.

On the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Connor Richards, and Matt Hansen give you an update on the PokerStars EPT Cyprus, including a controversial hand that was retrieved from the muck and the PokerStars x Poker Power Women's Boot Camp; in fact, hear a winner's interview from Louise Ulrick, who punched her ticket to Prague by winning a "Showdown Finale." They also talk about Chino Rheem winning the overall leaderboard in the Mixed Game Series II, 888poker's upcoming ChampionChip Games, Global Poker's Celebrity Challenge w/ Michael Phelps, recent WSOP Online bracelet winners, and Phil Ivey's meet-up game (MUG) that'll kick off the World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas in December. Matt also shares highlights from his recent trip to the RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) Hard Rock Tulsa, which included Brian Winter continuing his heater by capturing two more rings! Matt sat down with the man formerly known as "The Golden Blazer" to talk about his poker career, crushing on tour, and his recent marriage to one of the most prominent poker photographers in the industry. Listen to those stories and more on the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast. Time Stamps *Time | Topic* 00:23 | Welcome to the show 01:32 | Highlights from the EPT Cyprus 02:48 | PokerStars x Power Poker Women's Boot Camp 03:54 | Interview w/ Boot Camp Showdown winner Louise Ulrick 09:03 | EPT Cyprus controversial hand after cards retrieved from muck 12:55 | Sponsor: 888poker 14:21 | Highlights from the RGPS Tulsa 16:50 | Guest Brian Winter joins the show 19:45 | Winter's origin story 21:30 | Setting goals after leaving his profession as a teacher 25:44 | The Golden Blazer 27:54 | Sponsor: Global Poker  29:00 | Chino Rheem wins Mixed Games Series II 31:00 | WPT Championship to kickoff w/ meet-up game featuring Phil Ivey 34:00 | WSOP Online Domestic Schedule wraps; Rabinowitz among bracelet winners 36:00 | Looking forward to the WSOP Paradise 36;45 | NAPT fast approaching Nov. 4-12 at Resorts World in Las Vegas

On the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Connor Richards, and Matt Hansen talk about Ari Engel capturing his record 16th World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit gold ring, remember poker author Anthony Holden, and reveal what six new players have confirmed to play the $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop. They also recap Isaac Haxton winning the Super High Roller Bowl, winners from the Mixed Game Series II, WSOP Player of the Year Ian Matakis winning another tournament, and Next Gen Poker becoming ambassadors for PokerStars USA ahead of the NAPT. Chad also shares highlights from his vacation on a Virgin Voyages cruise where he played in the WPT at Sea poker room, Matt tells you how you can win a seat into the $10,000 WPT World Championship, and Connor comes to you straight from the EPT Cyprus, which just kicked off. Finally, Chad chats with Jeffrey Allan Grosso, author of the poker book Dirty Dealing. In it, he alleges that his ideas and screenplay were stolen by Miramax Films and ultimately turned into the movie Rounders. It might sound crazy, but there was a court case and everything. Chad read the book prior to chatting with Grosso, who opened up about what he claims happened, how he feels about it, and why he ultimately decided to write a book about his experience. Time Stamps *Time | Topic* 00:23 | Welcome to the show 01:47 | Teasing guest Jeffrey Allan Grosso, author of Dirty Dealing 02:53 | Highlights from Chad's cruise w/ WPT at Sea 05:40 | Get Entry into an Exclusive WPT World Championship Freeroll on WPT Global with RobinPoker 06:45 | Ari Engel captures record 16th WSOP Circuit ring 09:36 | Author Anthony Holden passes away at 76 13:36 | Six More Players Confirmed For $1M WPT Big One for One Drop … who gets you most excited? 16:45 | Sponsor: Global Poker 17:37 | Guest Jeffrey Allan Grosso, author of Dirty Dealing, joins the show 21:00 | Comparisons between the two screenplays 22:16 | A look back at the case 24:12 | What happened in court? 25:00 | What inspired you to write the book? 26:14 | How did the alleged theft happen? What's the theory? 30:18 | How do you feel about it all now? Was writing it a cathartic experience? 34:00 | A real-life Worm 38:23 | Sponsor: partypoker 39:20 | Ike Haxton wins Super High Roller Bowl for $2.7 million 39:52 | Haxton's incredible year continues 41:43 | Chino Rheem, Nick Schulman & David Prociak among Mixed Game Series II winners 43:46 | WSOP POY Ian Matakis Wins Canterbury Park Fall Poker Classic Main Event ($117,668) 46:20 | Next Gen Poker become PokerStars US ambassadors 49:05 | PokerStars EPT Cyprus is underway 50:00 | Matt at RGPS; Chad headed to CSOP

On the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Connor Richards, and Matt Hansen delve into big winners from the Poker Masters including Darren Elias, Andrew Lichtenberger, Chino Rheem, and Vladas Tamasauskas, a Lithuanian player who jumped out to an early lead winning two titles in the first three events! The high roller newcomer is one of two guests on the show alongside Ren Lin, who has also been tearing it up at PokerGO Studio. Find out what they had to say about their early Poker Masters success. Plus, hear about poker player Rob Mercer, who lied about having colon cancer to scam the poker community so he could play in the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, a story that has since hit the mainstream.  Other stories talked about are the cardroom raid in Atlanta, Global Poker's new Celebrity Campaign kicking off with Paul George, winners from PokerStars' WCOOP and NACOOP, and the "Four-Time Bracelet Club' welcoming Yuri Dzivielevski, Kristen Foxen, and Calvin Anderson. Finally, the crew offer their picks on who they'd like to see featured in the upcoming Lead Trading Card poker set, and who they'd like to see join Phil Ivey in the WPT $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop. Time Stamps *Time | Topic* 00:23 | Welcome to the show 00:37 | Teasing guests Vladas Tamasauskas & Ren Lin 01:45 | Rob Mercer fakes cancer diagnosis to play WSOP Main Event 05:30 | Should the WSOP and others ban Mercer? 07:28 | Cardroom raided in Atlanta; 18 people charged w/ illegal gambling 12:16 | Sponsor: partypoker 13:14 | Sponsor: Global Poker Celebrity Challenge kicks off w/ Paul George 14:40 | Winners from Poker Masters include Darren Elias, Chino Rheem & Andrew Lichtenberger 15:40 | Change his name to Andrew Dripenberger “because he's got a lot of drip” 17:25 | Guest Vladas Tamasauskas joins the show to talk pair of Poker Masters victories 20:41 | Guest Ren Lin joins the show from Poker Masters 28:17 | PokerStars WCOOP and NACOOP in full swing 30:12 | David Kaye claims USCOOP title 31:09 | Yuri Dzivielevski, Kristen Foxen, and Calvin Anderson become 4-time bracelet winners 34:28 | Poker Leaf Trading Cards – Who would you like to see? 38:10 | Phil Ivey first confirmed for $1M WPT Big One for One Drop – who else would you like to see play?

Vladas Tamasauskas is absolutely dominating the Poker Masters, and Darren Elias and Chino Rheem add trophies to their cabinet as well -- but are either a future Poker Hall of Famer?Follow Donnie on Twitter: @Donnie_PetersFollow Tim on Twitter: @tRaMSt0pFollow PokerGO on Twitter: @PokerGO Learn how you can win a Dream Seat to play in the PGT Championship $1,000,000 freeroll at PGT.com/dream!Subscribe to PokerGO today to receive 24/7 access to the world's largest poker content library, including the WSOP, High Stakes Poker, No Gamble, No Future, and more. Use the promo code DREAMPOD to receive $30 off your first year of a new annual subscription. Join today at PokerGO.com.

In the latest edition of the PokerNews Podcast, Sarah Herring responds to criticisms surrounding her interview with Bryn Kenney, which includes a segment of reading some mean tweets. Learn her thoughts on the whole matter and learn behind-the-scenes details on how it all came together. Sarah is also joined by Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen to discuss Chino Rheem winning the PokerGO Tour $25K Showdown Series, previewing the High Stakes Duel Phil Hellmuth vs. Tom Dwan match coming up on May 12, and Ruth Hall taking down the Nevada State Ladies Poker Championship for the second time.  They also discuss Brad Owen being brought on as WPT Ambassador, and an update on Phil Ivey's weed business venture, which doesn't have a happy ending. Listen to those stories and more on the PokerNews Podcast! Time Stamps*Time|Topic* 00:24 | Welcome to the show 00:44 | Sarah responds to Bryn Kenney interview criticisms 08:26 | How did the interview come about? 15:12 | Sarah reads mean tweets 31:10 | Chino Rheem wins PokerGO Tour $25K Heads-Up Showdown 35:07 | New High Stakes Duel between Phil Hellmuth & Tom Dwan announced 38:33 | Brad Owen brought on as WPT Ambassador 40:50 | Mary Darnell wins bestbet Jacksonville Spring Series Opener 41:25 | Ruth Hall wins Nevada State Ladies Poker Championship for 2nd time 44:08 | Phil Ivey involved in marijuana dispensary bankruptcy case 48:30 | RGPS Coconut Creek, MSPT Sycuan & EPT Monte Carlo are happening now! 49:30 | Teasing next week's guest – Dara O'Kearney

28. April 2022   Die Themen dieser Woche: 01:17 Wöchentliche Mystery Bounty Turniere auf GGPoker 02:25 Brad Owen wird WPT Ambassador 03:15 Phil Hellmuth freht mal wieder durch 06:00 Mehr Betrugs-Vorwürfe 09:25 Chino Rheem gewinnt PGT Heads-up Showdown 10:16 EPT Monte Carlo startet 10:42 Turniere sind zurück in der Spielbank Hannover 11:04 Match Poker sucht Teams für die deutsche Meisterschaft 12:27 Aufklärungs-Unterricht von Christin zum Thema Betrug im Poker   SIDE POD Kontakt: Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/SIDE-POD E-Mail: sidepodpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/SIDEPODPodcast Instagram: @sidepodpodcast Tiktok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMe1YQv6U/ Discord: https://discord.gg/Zc8m2a5T7h YouTube: SIDE POD YouTube Christin Maschmann Instagram YouTube   Sponsor: GGPoker Deutschland: Web: https://ggpoker.de/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ggpokerde/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/GGPokerDeutsch Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ggpokerdeutschland TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/TTPdk7yCAM/

Mark Newhouse grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and found poker during a couple of unsuccessful stints in college. After a few $50 deposits online, he was able to run up a six-figure bankroll, winning $100,000 in consecutive months. He turned pro immediately after turning 21, and was quickly playing limit hold'em cash games against some of the top players in the world for stakes as high as $1,500-$3,000.Despite having a preference for cash games, Newhouse has dabbled in tournaments over the years, most notably winning a World Poker Tour title in 2006 at the Borgata Poker Open for $1.52 million. In 2013, he made the final table of the World Series of Poker main event, ultimately finishing in ninth place for $733,000. A year later, Newhouse once again made the final table, and once again had to deal with the agony of ninth place, settling for $730,000. The 35-year-old has $3.52 million in career tournament earnings.Highlights from this interview include three strikes and two shots at college, from $50 to consecutive $100,000 months, heads-up grudge matches at Bellagio, reluctantly playing to a $1.5 million win, no splurging, brutal six-figure online sessions, "a mission to light it all on fire," from $1,500-$3,000 stakes to Bobby's Room at $20-$40, living at Commerce Casino for three years, the infamous Tweet, being the kill game fish, getting arrested for protesting, concert T-shirts, Brendan Fraser and Jeremy London, pushing pots to Tommy Hang, and getting the most out of swaps with Chino Rheem.

Jesse Martin is a highly-respected poker pro and sports gambler from Massachusetts. Although he started out as a cash game player and has always competed in high-stakes mixed games, Martin has also done quite well on the tournament circuit, racking up more than $3.2 million. He has also won millions online playing under the name 'MazeOrBowie', and had a fourth-place finish in the SCOOP main event for $401,600.Martin has several final-table finishes at the World Series of Poker, including a third-place showing in the $50,000 Poker Players Championship for $594,570, along with two bracelet wins. His first came in the 2013 $10,000 No-Limit Deuce-To-Seven event, where he won $253,524. His second title came in 2017, when he pocketed $130,948 for taking down the $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw event.In the last few years following the birth of his son, Martin has started playing less poker and devoting more of his working time to daily fantasy sports. In December, he beat a field of 180 in the DraftKings Fantasy Football World Championship in Miami to earn a massive $2 million payday.Highlights from this interview include catching poker right before the boom, Syracuse to TurningStone, Red Sox and Phish, talent vs. hard work, chasing a fish into a H.O.R.S.E. game, a painful finish at the LAPC, bracelet or watch?, $3,000-$6,000 game in Bobby's Room, dirty looks from Gus Hansen, thriving in crazy games, one hand at $200-$400 no-limit, getting paid by Chino Rheem, barbershop quartet conventions in Austria, being bad at bagels, Larry Bird words, what winning $2 million feels like, Joey Chestnut, running good/bad against John Hennigan, 175 concerts, why you shouldn't compliment his stack size, and how Rudy Gobert gave him a big COVID-19 win.

This week on the Poker Central Podcast we discuss everything that’s exciting in the world of poker. Brent and Remko roll through the new Poker Central Power Rankings, the Effing Five sees two major changes and they tackle the latest news on Phil Galfond’s Run it Once Poker launch, Bryn Kenney’s Aussie Millions win, Phil Ivey’s legal troubles and the glorious Mike Gorodinsky mustache on Dolly’s Game. 0:54 – This week on the Poker Central Podcast 1:25 – The Week 5 Poker Central Power Rankings where Chino Rheem loses his No. 1 spot! 4:23 – Bryn Kenney or Phil Galfond, who deserves to be the No. 1 this week? 5:24 – Remko is annoyed over Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu being ranked high this week. 8:30 – Rounding out the Top 10, as Toby Lewis, Rainer Kempe, Kitty Kuo, and Doyle Brunson remains on the list. 12:55 – Bryn Kenney wins the Aussie Millions Main Event! 17:40 – Phil Ivey gets even deeper into trouble! His Nevada assets, allegedly worth $100,000,000, are now up for grabs in the Borgata edge sorting lawsuit. 24:54 – Previewing the U.S. Poker Open! 30:45 – Recapping the Dolly’s Game action featuring Eli Elezra, youngster Dan Zack and the thick mustache of Mike Gorodinsky. 36:33 – An interview with Mike Gorodinsky about his mustache and his friendly banter with Doyle Brunson! 44:22 – Remko and Brent almost get kicked out of the conference room and dive straight into the Effing Five! The New Effing Five! Phil Galfond launches Run it Once Poker All the recent Poker Twitter drama! Negreanu gives a terminally ill poker fan experience to never forget. Steve Albini Stories from the Felt featured on Rolling Stone and Pitchfork Josh Arieh’s GO Fund Me account for Gavin Smith’s sons ($72K raised) New to the podcast? Subscribe right now and leave us a review on your favorite podcasting app. New to PokerGO and ready to watch some exciting poker action? Subscribe right now to never miss another minute of action.

Lance and Donnie are back for another episode of The Fives Pod. This week, the duo talks about the mainstay WSOP events added to the 2019 schedule, a new bracelet event in the mix, Chino Rheem's winning ways continuing Down Under, and more.

BIG Dave and Joe wrap up the Lucky Hearts Series and talk about Chino Rheem's win at the PCA Main Event in the Bahamas. The guys also follow the Borgata Series in Atlantic City and the very successful Ladies brunch event associated with the series. Finally. things get lighter with a discussion about the boxing match set for April between comedian Kevin Hart and poker super star Antonio Esfandiari.

Sarah Herring and Jeff Platt are back with another episode of the PokerNews Podcast. They immediately dive into the investigation surrounding the theft of Sarah's truck!   Detective Herring is on the case and takes us through what happened. (The truck is back on Herring property, safe and sound.) Plus, they mix in some poker talk as well. Chino Rheem takes down the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event, what a career he's had.  The Aussie Millions is underway, the World Series of Poker releases more of its schedule, and Sarah and Jeff pay tribute to Gavin Smith.  Tommy Angelo joins the show to fire off some poker strategy advice to the listeners, and Sarah and Jeff announce a....giveaway!!

This week on the Poker Central Podcast, Brent and Remko debut their own Poker Rankings lead by non-other than the man of the year so far, Chino Rheem! Also on the show, Brent tells a crazy Gavin Smith story, we look back on Poker After Dark’s The Escalator, look ahead at the upcoming WPT action on PokerGO and the latest changes to The Effing Five. 1:10 – This week on the show! 2:58 – Brent Hanks tells a crazy Gavin Smith story about getting a slice of pizza slapped onto his head. 8:15 – Looking back on $25,000 The Escalator on Poker After Dark with Matt Berkey, Sean Winter, Chris Hunichen, Justin Young, Anthony Alberto, and Ralph Wong. 16:19 – The Aussie Millions is underway, here’s all you need to know! 19:20 – The Department of Justice is messing with online gaming again, is it time to panic? 22:55 – The Effing Five! Brent and Remko submit their changes to the list. 28:29 – Social Media is on fire lately! Brent gets us caught up on all the drama. 31:35 – The outstanding loans Brent Hanks will never see repaid, who’s fault is it? 34:50 – The first ever Poker Central Power Rankings! 43:55 – What to look forward to next week! The January 25 Effing Five:  Chino Rheem – Fifth million dollar score by winning the PCA Good Boy Joe Ingram hustles his way into a Platinum Pass worth $30k for the ultimate poker fan Jeremy Hilsercop. Platinum Pass winner Ramon Colillas wins the PSPC for $5.1 million The best fold of the year? Thi Nguyen folds AQ vs the AA of Athanasios Polychronopoulos on a board that showed AQQ. Josh Arieh’s GoFundMe raised more than $72K for Gavin Smith’s boys The Week 3 Poker Central Power Rankings Top 10: 1          Chino Rheem 2          Daniel Negreanu 3          Stephen Chidwick 4          Phil Hellmuth 5          Kitty Kuo 6          Matt Berkey 7          Justin Bonomo 8          Doyle Brunson 9          Rainer Kempe 10        Alex Foxen New to PokerGO? Subscribe right now to watch Dolly’s Game on-demand as well as more than 100 days of live poker action every single year, including the upcoming U.S. Poker Open, February 13-23 from the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas.

New way to donate to show or freeroll with debit card (topic begins at 0:25:14 mark). Gavin Smith dies unexpectedly, poker community starts Gofundme for his kids (0:30:46). Druff admits to engineering 2015 cover-up of death of well-known poker social media figure (1:55:25). High buyin WSOP events announced, Main Event now allows Day 2 entry (2:18:33). DOJ reverses 2011 Wire Act opinion which was previously favorable to poker (2:47:34). Chino Rheem wins PCA Main Event -- will he pay creditors? (3:21:43) DraftKings "Sports Betting National Championship" ends in controversy, lawsuit (3:49:05). Phil Galfond's site has job opening for "Game Integrity Manager" - will Druff apply? (4:20:12) "HQ Trivia" scandal highlights problem with contests-for-real-money apps (4:40:00). tradershky co-hosts.

On an extra packed show after a PCA hiatus, the guys begin the show with heavy hearts, remembering their friend and one of poker’s great characters Gavin Smith. Adam, Daniel and Terrence share some stories they remember of Gavin and explain how he impacted the poker world. There is  also a gofundme to help provide for Gavin’s boys for whom he had sole custody. You can help here: https://ca.gofundme.com/rip-ol039-gavin-smith   In the news: The PCA was a huge success and Daniel and Terrence were both there grinding. We get a trip report and some hand review from the main draw to the Bahamas this year, the $25k! Other large events are discussed, including Chino Rheem taking down the main event. This leads to a discussion of his past behaviour and where the guys stand on it. Before wrapping up the show some great PCA tweets are reviewed too! 

New way to donate to show or freeroll with debit card (topic begins at 0:25:14 mark). Gavin Smith dies unexpectedly, poker community starts Gofundme for his kids (0:30:46). Druff admits to engineering 2015 cover-up of death of well-known poker social media figure (1:55:25). High buyin WSOP events announced, Main Event now allows Day 2 entry (2:18:33). DOJ reverses 2011 Wire Act opinion which was previously favorable to poker (2:47:34). Chino Rheem wins PCA Main Event -- will he pay creditors? (3:21:43) DraftKings "Sports Betting National Championship" ends in controversy, lawsuit (3:49:05). Phil Galfond's site has job opening for "Game Integrity Manager" - will Druff apply? (4:20:12) "HQ Trivia" scandal highlights problem with contests-for-real-money apps (4:40:00). tradershky co-hosts.

It's all over! Chino Rheem scored a $1.567 million first-place prize for taking down the 2019 PCA Main Event. Lance and Jeff wrap up PocketFives' coverage from the Bahamas and speak to Rheem about his victory.

Brent and Remko think back of the epic poker career and life of Gavin Smith, they talk through Steve Albini’s Stories from the Felt episode that made it into Rolling Stone, and recap all things from the Bahamas. Starting the show with the sad news of the unexpected passing of Gavin Smith. Intro clip courtesy of Poker Road's The Poker Mind with Amanda Leatherman. Full clip here. 01:26 – Brent Hanks shares Gavin Smith stories. 05:12 – Going through the accomplishments of Gavin Smith and his character 07:49 – Stories from the Felt Season 2: Now on PokerGO highlighted by Steve Albini’s episode that was featured on Rolling Stone, Pitchfork and VICE. 11:00 – Remko’s excitement for The Mirage episode of Stories from the Felt. 14:50 – Norm & Lon on Stories from the Felt, Bonologic and much more! 20:15 – Recapping the $25,000 PokerStars Players Championship that was won by Platinum Pass winner Ramon Colillas. 22:45 – Brent Hanks eating his words on there being “no fucking chance” a Platinum Pass winner to make the final table. 25:30 – Other notables that made deep runs including Farrid Jattin, Talal Shakerchi, Kristen Bicknell and Dan O’Brien. 30:40 – Brent gushes over Chino Rheem’s PCA Main Event win. 32:49 – Remko takes issue with Brent comparing Chino Rheem to Stu Ungar. It gets heated! 39:30 – The PCA Main Event recap: Daniel Strelitz finishes second. 42:00 – The legend: Scott Wellenbach, who will give the entire $670,240 cash from the PCA Main Event to charity. 43:50 – Sam Greenwood wins the PCA Super High Roller for $1.7 million by beating Henrik Hecklen heads up. 46:00 – Recapping the other high roller events at the PCA with plenty of dollars for Justin Bonomo, Stephen Chidwick, Michael Dyer, Timothy Adams, David Peters and Sean Winter. 50:25 – The F*cking Five! Brent goes over the current Top 5. 51:45 – The nominations for The F*cking Five list! 56:25 – Brent Hanks selects a new moment for the F*cking Five followed by Remko’s selection. 59:40 – What to look forward to? The USPO, Poker After Dark, and how to join the show with your suggestions for the F*cking Five! The January 17 F*cking Five: The best fold of the year? Thi Nguyen folds AQ vs the AA of Athanasios Polychronopoulos on a board that showed AQQ. Good Boy Joe Ingram hustles his way into a Platinum Pass worth $30k for the ultimate poker fan Jeremy Hilsercop. Platinum Pass winner Ramon Colillas wins the PCPC for $5.1 million Chino Rheem – Fifth million dollar score by winning the PCA PokerStars giving away 300 Platinum passes and adding $1 million to first place.  New to PokerGO? Subscribe right now to watch Dolly’s Game on-demand as well as more than 100 days of live poker action every single year, including the upcoming U.S. Poker Open, February 13-23 from the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas.  

Lance and Jeff preview the final table of the 2019 PCA Main Event, featuring audio from Chino Rheem and Scott Wellenbach. The crew also remembers Gavin Smith, who passed away at the age of 50. Daniel Negreanu and Amanda Leatherman join the show to share stories about Smith.

Lance and Jeff continues to bring you daily podcasts from the Bahamas, and this episode focuses on the money bubble of the PCA Main Event, with guests Chino Rheem and Kristen Bicknell.

On today’s show, interviews with Brian Altman about his great run and busting Phil Ivey in a hand many considered a blow-up, Scott Vener about finding the game of poker and the meaning of his deep run, James Obst about getting his mind and body right in the biggest spot of the year, Chino Rheem about getting another chance at winning and Antonio Esfandiari about making friends and having fun. Starting the show with a rundown of notable eliminations and big action from Day 4 of the Main Event. 2:46 – Brian Altman bagged up one of the biggest stacks on Day 4, in part due to knocking out Phil Ivey on the feature table. Altman tells the story of the hand and the excitement of this event. 8:47 – More eliminations on Day 4, followed by an interview featuring Scott Vener, making a deep run in the Main Event for the first time. 15:33 – His volatile style has him jumping all over the leaderboard, but when Chino Rheem has chips it’s always fun to watch. Rheem talks briefly about why he tends to perform very well in the Main Event. 19:00 – Talking to James Obst, as the Aussie pro reflects back on his 13th-place run in the 2016 Main Event and how he’s feeling about his chances this year. 25:20 – Big One for One Drop winner Antonio Esfandiari had a day filled with swings and talked about his style of play and the various opponents he’s facing so far. 27:11 – The big stacks and big storylines to end Day 4, and what to look forward to on Day 5! Please rate, review and subscribe to this podcast network through your favorite podcasting apps, and reach us on podcast@pokercentral.com. Subscribe right now to PokerGO and never miss another big event as well as an extensive on-demand library of content.

Justin Young was working as a mechanical engineer on an Marine Corps base before his surging bankroll gave him the confidence to pursue a career in poker. His first major score came when he finished second at the 2008 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic, earning $936,700. He continued to post good results, with many close calls along the way, before he broke through to win his first World Poker Tour title at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown in 2016 for $669,161. He now has $4.8 million in live tournament earnings. Most recently, he appeared on Poker After Dark, posting big wins in the high-stakes cash game. Highlights from this interview include painting your own walls, beans in your ears, how the apple can fall far from the tree, checkmate leads to punching, the Varkonyi effect, loose plane bolts, a thorough 30-point check list, a unique nature vs. nurture test, getting shell-shocked by Dan Bilzerian, getting one-upped by Chino Rheem, getting back-roomed at the Wynn, winning at the 7-2 game, a big bet with Devilfish, and the joy of delivering sandwiches.

Daniel Negreanu was one of the last players to get knocked out on Day 2c, and we spoke to him for a lengthy wrap-up of his summer. Negreanu talks about what he called "his strongest summer ever" and the close calls in big bracelet events.  Joe Hachem played on the PokerGO feature table, and he talked about returning to Las Vegas and the memories of winning the Main Event back in 2005. Hachem also has praise for the new streaming and ESPN broadcasting of the Main Event, and he's in strong support of playing out the event in July.  Other guests on the show include Chino Rheem, Jason Koon and Kenny Hallaert. Tune in for more PokerGO live streaming of the Main Event at 11:30 pm PST/2:30 pm ET/8:30 pm CET. The PokerGO pre-show on the Poker Central Facebook page starts at 10:30am PST, with all the latest on the Main Event.

Erik Seidel and Chino Rheem go at it on the ill-fated Epic Poker Tour. FLOP: AhAcKd TURN: 7s RIVER: 4d For access to exclusive Poker Guys freerolls and other tournaments on Nitrogen Sports Poker Room, use this link to sign up: nitrogensports.eu/r/632610

On the seventh episode of the Poker Central Podcast, your host Remko Rinkema is joined by both Brent Hanks and Will O'Connor to talk about the American Poker Awards, the World Poker Tour's California Swing and much more.  The first guest on the show today is World Series of Poker bracelet winner and the current No. 8 on Canada's all-time money list, Mike Leah who won recently completed his third victory in the WPT Fallsview $1k event. Leah now has three victories in this event over a four-year span. Darren Elias joins the show towards the end to discuss his record-tying third World Poker Tour victory at Fallsview that puts him in elite company with Gus Hansen, Carlos Mortensen, Anthony Zinno and Chino Rheem. 

Chinamaniac co-hosts. Is Garden City Group in over their heads with the Full Tilt refund process, or are they just experiencing a learning curve issue? Why are Ultimate Poker sponsored pros leaving the site? We discuss what came out of a "legalized internet gambling" conference today in Philadelphia. Chino Rheem admits that most of the rumors about him are true. Tom McEvoy was elected to the Poker Hall of Fame, but was he at all deserving? Another Vegas strip shooting turns deadly, making it the second one since December. Several plea bargains are made in the "Trincher" Russbian mob gambling ring case. Caesar's fails again, this time in Boston where they are kicked out of a partnership due to another partnership with a Russian mobster. We discuss baseball for the last hour or so of the show. Main portion of the show begins around the 22 minute mark.

Chinamaniac co-hosts. Is Garden City Group in over their heads with the Full Tilt refund process, or are they just experiencing a learning curve issue? Why are Ultimate Poker sponsored pros leaving the site? We discuss what came out of a "legalized internet gambling" conference today in Philadelphia. Chino Rheem admits that most of the rumors about him are true. Tom McEvoy was elected to the Poker Hall of Fame, but was he at all deserving? Another Vegas strip shooting turns deadly, making it the second one since December. Several plea bargains are made in the "Trincher" Russbian mob gambling ring case. Caesar's fails again, this time in Boston where they are kicked out of a partnership due to another partnership with a Russian mobster. We discuss baseball for the last hour or so of the show. Main portion of the show begins around the 22 minute mark.

nutty007 and Chinamaniac take turns guest co-hosting. We discuss Chino Rheem and Erick Lindgren's 1-2 finish that the Bellagio WPT, and where their combined $1.7 million in prize money will really go. We talk about the upcoming WSOP, how the staff will handle the new same-day-second-flight format, and Druff reveals some new plans on how to be more effective at the tables. China and Druff discuss gank's departure from Lock Poker, just days after he publicly slammed Druff in a public chat room. Druff breaks down iPoker's apparent war against US players sneaking onto their network, and the seemingly shady behavior of one of their big affiliates. All three hosts talk about Mike Caro's recent odd rant about cheating in online poker. We break down the recent claims of a 2+2 poster to have inside information from a former UB employee. Druff talks about his trip to Laughlin. badguy23 hits the show with a river phone call, and offers to send his girlfriend to Druff.

nutty007 and Chinamaniac take turns guest co-hosting. We discuss Chino Rheem and Erick Lindgren's 1-2 finish that the Bellagio WPT, and where their combined $1.7 million in prize money will really go. We talk about the upcoming WSOP, how the staff will handle the new same-day-second-flight format, and Druff reveals some new plans on how to be more effective at the tables. China and Druff discuss gank's departure from Lock Poker, just days after he publicly slammed Druff in a public chat room. Druff breaks down iPoker's apparent war against US players sneaking onto their network, and the seemingly shady behavior of one of their big affiliates. All three hosts talk about Mike Caro's recent odd rant about cheating in online poker. We break down the recent claims of a 2+2 poster to have inside information from a former UB employee. Druff talks about his trip to Laughlin. badguy23 hits the show with a river phone call, and offers to send his girlfriend to Druff.

Druff talks about how Jamie Gold got into such a dire financial situation to where he's selling his WSOP bracelet. Known scammers Chino Rheem and Erick Lindgren lead the $25k Bellagio WPT event, and we follow their progress live. Druff discusses the efforts underway to pressure companies and regulators to disallow Iovation from providing their services. Lock Poker spokesman Shane Bridges lies, and sort-of admits what he did regarding Druff's report about the infamous Portugal retreat. Druff calls out Lock Pro Brett "gank" Jungblut for attacking his credibility during a recent chat session. Druff criticizes Ultimate Poker's refusal to provide proof that they no longer work with Iovation. An update is provided on the 5-year-old Microgaming scandal. Druff provides many helpful tips -- both logistical and play-wise -- for this year's WSOP. The new proposed California online poker bill is analyzed. Druff tells the unfortunate story of Moore Games, which has vanished and apparently cheated its customers. Druff relays a user's concerns about Table Ninja and their recent alleged bait-and-switch tactics.

Druff talks about how Jamie Gold got into such a dire financial situation to where he's selling his WSOP bracelet. Known scammers Chino Rheem and Erick Lindgren lead the $25k Bellagio WPT event, and we follow their progress live. Druff discusses the efforts underway to pressure companies and regulators to disallow Iovation from providing their services. Lock Poker spokesman Shane Bridges lies, and sort-of admits what he did regarding Druff's report about the infamous Portugal retreat. Druff calls out Lock Pro Brett "gank" Jungblut for attacking his credibility during a recent chat session. Druff criticizes Ultimate Poker's refusal to provide proof that they no longer work with Iovation. An update is provided on the 5-year-old Microgaming scandal. Druff provides many helpful tips -- both logistical and play-wise -- for this year's WSOP. The new proposed California online poker bill is analyzed. Druff tells the unfortunate story of Moore Games, which has vanished and apparently cheated its customers. Druff relays a user's concerns about Table Ninja and their recent alleged bait-and-switch tactics.

Porn star "Jenny Anderson" returns and answers some very candid questions about her time in the porn industry, including a scene with Ron Jeremy. Alvin Finklestein, pretending to represent a rich investor, prank calls a taxi driver who is selling investment opportunities into a very shady-sounding product. Drexel talks about his visits many years ago to Nevada's legal brothels. Druff gives his opinion about the guy who ran $300 into $710,000 in blackjack. We discuss Casey "Bigdogpckt5s" Jarzabek's alleged dishonest tweets about his bustout hand in WSOP Event #2. We briefly touch on Chino Rheem's attempt to borrow money from a stranger. Vwls does a short debut of the "Ask Vwls" segment, and answers a few tough questions. Sponsor El Gallo calls in while driving drunk. Druff talks about Ari "BodogAri" Engel getting screwed by a horrible ruling at the Pokerstars-backed LAPT, and explains how he himself had an almost identical situation occur at the Wynn in 2007. Matt the Rat calls in and exposes a shakedown scheme allegedly perpetrated by the otherwise respected Getty Images.

Porn star "Jenny Anderson" returns and answers some very candid questions about her time in the porn industry, including a scene with Ron Jeremy. Alvin Finklestein, pretending to represent a rich investor, prank calls a taxi driver who is selling investment opportunities into a very shady-sounding product. Drexel talks about his visits many years ago to Nevada's legal brothels. Druff gives his opinion about the guy who ran $300 into $710,000 in blackjack. We discuss Casey "Bigdogpckt5s" Jarzabek's alleged dishonest tweets about his bustout hand in WSOP Event #2. We briefly touch on Chino Rheem's attempt to borrow money from a stranger. Vwls does a short debut of the "Ask Vwls" segment, and answers a few tough questions. Sponsor El Gallo calls in while driving drunk. Druff talks about Ari "BodogAri" Engel getting screwed by a horrible ruling at the Pokerstars-backed LAPT, and explains how he himself had an almost identical situation occur at the Wynn in 2007. Matt the Rat calls in and exposes a shakedown scheme allegedly perpetrated by the otherwise respected Getty Images.

Join Gary Wise with special guests, Chino Rheem, one of the "November 9" Final Table finishers at this year's WSOP and Jeff Williams, who was featured on the WSOP broadcast recently.  Plus Senator D'Amato and Congressman Robert Wexler discuss poker player rights!  This show sponsored by www.WiseHandPoker.com