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Mike Leah gambled on a career in poker, giving up a cushy six-figure salary as a sales manager to try his luck on the felt. The gamble paid off, as the 43-year-old Canadian has been one of the more accomplished tournament grinders of the last decade, having racked up more than $10 million in combined live and online scores. In addition to winning to a World Series of Poker bracelet back in 2014, Leah has also dominated at the Fallsview Poker Classic, having won the same huge event three out of four years. Earlier this year, he returned to Fallsview and won the World Poker Tour main event, but not without a little controversy. Highlights from this interview include unscheduled days off, high-stakes fantasy poker, avoiding cauliflower ear, missing the Moneymaker boom, giving up a good job, a quick start in Vegas, POY expectations, why ego cost him a few hundred grand, Fallsview: the home away from home, the birthday bracelet, chop controversies, loving it at McDonalds, drowning out Kabrhel and Hawkins, and a thing for Alyssa Milano.
The $100,000 High Roller at the World Series of Poker is underway and we spoke to Jason Mercier and Adrian Mateos! Mercier returns to poker after nearly a year off while Mateos looks to continue crushing things after his 2017 POY campaign. 01:10 – The action of the day at the 2018 World Series of Poker! Joe McKeehen and Joe Cada square off on PokerGO to win the $3,000 No Limit Hold'em shootout for their third bracelet, while Mike Leah is in contention for the win on Twitch in the $1,500 Omaha Eight-or-Better event. 5:38 – Short news from the Rio: The first flight of The GIANT, the $25k Fantasy league, and what you might've missed on Poker Central, the Cards for Kicks charity event. 9:33 – Starting today: The Colossus, the $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw. 10:45 – Day 1 recap of the $100,000 High Roller event at the World Series of Poker. 12:45 – An interview with Adrian Mateos: Was he a good value pick in the $25k Fantasy league? What's his schedule like? How does he prepare and stay sharp during this intense stretch of high stakes action? 16:12 – An interview with Jason Mercier: Is he still as sharp as last year after having not played much poker in the last 12 months? 18:25 – An update on Jason Mercier's last year, and the lack of poker's he's played during that stretch. 20:57 – What is Jason Mercier looking forward to the most, and dabbling in a $2k/$4k game to shake off the rust. 23:40 – What and when to watch on PokerGO and Twitch? New to PokerGO? Subscribe right now and enjoy more than 100 days of live poker action every single year. Additionally, watch all your favorite World Series of Poker event final tables live on PokerGO as well, starting today with the $3k shootout and followed by the final table of the $100,000 High Roller on Monday.
This week, our headline guest will be Canadian pro and WPT Fallsview Champion Mike Leah. We'll also be talking to PokerStrategy.com editor Barry Carter about his piece on pros as content creators. Norwegian Unibet ambassadora- e-gamer turned poker pro Fredrick Bergman will stop by for a chat. Ian will bring all the exciting results from the Irish Open. Dara and Daiva will be correcting Doug Polk's work in our Strategy Segment, taking a closer look at a televised hand between Phil Hellmuth and Liv boeree.
This week, our headline guest will be Canadian pro and WPT Fallsview Champion Mike Leah. We'll also be talking to PokerStrategy.com editor Barry Carter about his piece on pros as content creators. Norwegian Unibet ambassadora- e-gamer turned poker pro Fredrick Bergman will stop by for a chat. Ian will bring all the exciting results from the Irish Open. Dara and Daiva will be correcting Doug Polk's work in our Strategy Segment, taking a closer look at a televised hand between Phil Hellmuth and Liv boeree.
Eric Wasserson joins me as we discuss the recent action in Bobby’s Room(0:40) Doyle’s Twitter game (3:10) We breakdown a hand from and discuss the US Poker Open(5:00) The Mike Leah Drama(22:50) Rocky and Apollo make an appearance(35:15) The American Poker Awards(36:00) Poker Journalist of the Year(40:15) My Thoughts on Rake(40:40) Industry Person of the Year(44:10) Breakout Player of the Year(47:30) Tournament Performance of the Year(49:10) Mid-Circuit of the Year(50:05) Event of the Year(50:30) Poker Moment of the Year(53:45) Poker Media Content of the Year(54:50) Poker Streamer of the Year(56:30) Broadcaster of the Year(58:40) Video Blogger of the Year(1:00:30) Podcast of the Year(1:03:15) Poker’s Biggest Influencer(1:06:55) A few Charity Tournaments I’m involved with(1:13:50) A few thoughts on Richard Seymour(1:14:45)
Ah, Leah! Mike Leah in controversy after he wins WPT Fallsview through heads up chip-dumping agreement. Anna Khait victim of scary extortion scam call, told her father was kidnapped. Stations Casino ordered to pay bad beat jackpot after attempting to screw players out of it. Louisiana bad beat jackpot nullified after it was found to be rigged by dealer & player. Doug Polk/Daniel Negreanu feud heats up. Serial killer on the loose in Las Vegas. Doyle Brunson claims Black Friday killed $230 million deal for his poker site. Update from 2014: Kim Shannon in nasty child custody battle. Harrah's New Orleans poker room screwing players who also play in casino out of future comps. MGM to open another resort in Macau. Sportsbetting legality situation will delay online poker in California at least until 2019. Fontainebleu Las Vegas now has an opening date, with new name. Co-hosted by khalwat and tradershky.
Mike Leah wins his first WPT title via a controversial chop. Phil Hellmuth gets publicly shamed by an Uber driver. Is the US Poker Open really a Major? Viktor Blom and Andrew Neeme appear in Rozvadov for the partypoker MILLIONS.
Ah, Leah! Mike Leah in controversy after he wins WPT Fallsview through heads up chip-dumping agreement. Anna Khait victim of scary extortion scam call, told her father was kidnapped. Stations Casino ordered to pay bad beat jackpot after attempting to screw players out of it. Louisiana bad beat jackpot nullified after it was found to be rigged by dealer & player. Doug Polk/Daniel Negreanu feud heats up. Serial killer on the loose in Las Vegas. Doyle Brunson claims Black Friday killed $230 million deal for his poker site. Update from 2014: Kim Shannon in nasty child custody battle. Harrah's New Orleans poker room screwing players who also play in casino out of future comps. MGM to open another resort in Macau. Sportsbetting legality situation will delay online poker in California at least until 2019. Fontainebleu Las Vegas now has an opening date, with new name. Co-hosted by khalwat and tradershky.
The three stooges are back together, and this week they'll focus on the U.S. Poker Open, and the riveting "scandals" that kept 'Poker Twitter' busy over the last week: Tipping Gate ft Phil Hellmuth and Chop Gate ft Mike Leah. Sit back, relax and enjoy the show. 5:22 - Comparing Steffen Sontheimer's Poker Masters run versus Stephen Chidwick's U.S. Poker Open dominance. 8:24 - Analyzing the Pot Limit Omaha and Mixed Game tournaments at the U.S. Poker Open. 11:40 - Was the turnout of the $50,000 Main Event a disappointment? 17:55 - Looking at the final U.S. Poker Open standings, Keith Tilston's Main Event win and 'The Moment of the Series'. 25:38 - The U.S. Poker Open fantasy draft final standings! 30:50 - This week on Poker After Dark! The action is centered around Matt Berkey on "Dead Money" week. 38:15 - Tipping Gate ft Phil Hellmuth and Mike Leah Chop Gate!! (This section might contain epic rants.) If you're new to the podcast, please consider rating, reviewing and subscribing to the channel! Click this link to sign up to PokerGO, and take $10 off by using the promo code REMKO. For questions or suggestions, e-mail us at podcast@pokercentral.com.
BIG Dave and Joe get into an in-depth discussion about the WPT Fallsview chop between Mike Leah and Ryan Yu and it's future ramifications on the poker world. The guys also wrap up the U.S. Poker Open and talk about the WSOP Circuit event in Coconut Creek.
Saison 11, émission 16 du jeudi 14 décembre 2017. Invités : Timothée Scotti, Julien Polge et Mike Leah. Animation : Comanche et ShiShi. Réalisation : Alix. Générique et jingles : G-Process.
Poker After Dark is back on PokerGO, and Brent, Will, and Remko are back for the 50th episode of the Poker Central Podcast! First off, a big thank you to all listeners for sticking with us! Secondly, let's get into this week's action. On this podcast, the lineups of this week's Poker After Dark action are being discussed. The following players will participate in the action this week, which are all $25,000 winner-take-all Sit & Gos. Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Mike Matusow Jason Koon Igor Kurganov William Kassouf Scott Seiver Liv Boeree Jean-Robert Bellande Brian Rast David Williams David Williams Matt Berkey Bruce Buffer Matt Berkey Nick Schulman Jason Koon Nick Schulman Ben Lamb Randall Emmett The guys also briefly look back on the insanity that took place last week, with the Aussie Matt vs Tom Dwan night of cash games capping off three days of blistering poker action. Last but not least, we touch upon all the tournament that played out in Florida, with winning roles for podcast favorites Nick Schulman and Mike Leah. Tune into the Poker After Dark action on PokerGO at 5pm PT/8pm ET on all three nights, and use the promo code "remko" for $10 off the annual subscription.
WPT Bracelet winner Mike Leah is Bernard Lee's guest.
WPT Bracelet winner Mike Leah is Bernard Lee's guest.
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.
Bernard first chats with Steve Miller, the President of Share My Pair and then Mike Leah who took down his first bracelt recently in Asia.
Bernard first chats with Steve Miller, the President of Share My Pair and then Mike Leah who took down his first bracelt recently in Asia.
Ryan 'Terp' Terpstra joins us to tell us about his WSOP tournament run and the cash game action in Vegas. Gambit and Frank debate a 3-bet hand Frank played with AK. Music by Lightning Love from Ypsilanti.
Mike Leah has had a great start to 2014, winning 4 titles so far! Mike joins Bernard to talk about his success and goals for the future.
Mike Leah has had a great start to 2014, winning 4 titles so far! Mike joins Bernard to talk about his success and goals for the future.
New Tournament Poker Edge Pro Mike "GoLeafsGoEh" Leah joins us to talk about his live and online background and discuss post flop strategy.