The Poker Grid

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Latest Episodes

The Grid 055.5 Bonus Episode ft. Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
May 27, 2021

Bonus Episode: Dr. Chanda Prescod Weinstein on times tables and Wu-Chess. In a special bonus episode of the GRID, we welcome Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, theoretical physicist and author of the new paradigm shifting book,

The Grid 055 ft. May Siu – Pocket-Jacks
April 30, 2021

Jennifer welcomes high stakes cash game player and Poker for Good and Murals for Good founder May Siu to the GRID to discuss one of the most coveted- and detested hands: pocket jacks. May was playing a big pot in a New York City cash game against one o...

The Grid 054 ft. Doug Polk – Queen-Eight Offsuit
March 05, 2021

Jennifer Shahade welcomes Doug Polk to the GRID. Doug covers a massive six figure pot from his high stakes heads up challenge against Daniel Negreanu, where Doug ended up winning well over a million dollars. In the crucial hand,

The Grid 053 ft. Landon Tice – Three-Four Offsuit
February 19, 2021

21-year-old Landon Tice enters the GRID to talk about a hand with three-four offsuit on the stone bubble of a $1600 event. Landon breaks down the action street by street, as he opened the button with 34o on the button. When the small blind called,

The Grid 052 ft. Alex “Thallo” Epstein – Nine-Six Offsuit
January 20, 2021

Jennifer welcomes WSOP bracelet winner Alex Epstein aka Thallo Poker to the poker GRID to discuss a thrilling hand with nine-six offsuit. This hand comes from the 2019 10K WSOP short deck event, which Alex won for more than $296,000.

The Grid 051 ft. Jonathan Little – Six-Eight Suited
December 22, 2020

Two-time World Poker Tour Champion Jonathan Little enters the GRID to talk about a hand from the 2015 World Series of Poker. Jonathan was at the final table of a 5K No Limit Hold Em event. In the big blind he looked down at six-eight of hearts,

The Grid 050.5 Bonus Episode ft. Maria Konnikova
December 16, 2020

In a special bonus GRID, Jennifer Shahade shares an episode of her chess podcast, Ladies Knight, featuring author, psychology PHD and poker champion Maria Konnikova. In researching Konnikova, Jennifer realized that all of her books have natural overlap...

The Grid 050 ft. Faraz Jaka – Queen-Three Offsuit
November 25, 2020

Faraz Jaka, a professional poker player with over 11 million dollars in winnings, enters the GRID with a crazy hand with queen-three offsuit. Faraz throws us back to the 2010 North American Poker Tour in Foxwoods,

The Grid 049 ft. Linda Johnson – Six-Deuce Suited
November 02, 2020

World Poker Hall of Famer Linda Johnson enters the GRID to talk about a hand she played against Antonio Esfandiari at a World Poker Tour event a decade ago in Los Angeles. Linda defended six-deuce of diamonds in the big blind and flopped bottom pair on...

The Grid 048 ft. Lee Davy – Ten-Eight Suited
October 13, 2020

Poker host and life coach Lee Davy steps into the GRID to talk about a critical hand in his career with ten-eight suited, in a 1K tournament in Blackpool. Lee was working on the railway at the time, but was also in tens of thousands of dollars of gambl...