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Episode 427: Pamela “Pamsi” Balzano
January 29, 2024

Pamela Balzanos older brother got her into poker, but while he was a professional player, her first interest was in content creation. After launching successful Spanish language YouTube, Twitch, Inst

Episode 426: The Evolution of Strategy with Duncan Palamourdas
January 22, 2024

Math professor and poker author Ducan Palamourdas returns for another wide-ranging conversation about game theory, finding edges, local metagames, how strategies evolve, and much more. Duncan first ap

Episode 425: Cutting Edge Poker with Matt Matros
January 15, 2024

Matt Matros is a professional poker player and writer whose works include both fiction and poker books. With Carlos and Andrew, he discusses concepts from his new book, 23 No-Limit Hold Em Hands From

Episode 424: Best of 2023 featuring Chad McVean
December 23, 2023

2023 was a banner year for the Thinking Poker Podcast, and were counting down our favorite interviews and best strategy content. Helping us out is Chad McVean, who may well have consumed more hours o

Episode 423: K.L. Cleeton
December 18, 2023

K.L. Cleeton returns to the show to discuss the highs and lows of his last few years, including memorable WSOP trips and getting stranded by a hotel that couldnt accommodate his hospital bed. K.L. ha

Episode 422: Chad Gardner
December 04, 2023

Dad, data engineer, and poker player Chad Gardner talks about (not) making time for poker and how, as an amateur, he prepared to compete in Day 3 of WPT Jacksonville. Support the podcast, get daily st

Episode 421: Everything I Need to Know About Poker, I learned in the Last Two Years, featuring Nate Meyvis
November 20, 2023

Former Thinking Poker host Nate Meyvis returns to the show after a hiatus to discuss how poker strategy has changed in the last few years. Support the podcast, get daily strategy discussions, *and* b

Episode 420: Justin Moyer
November 06, 2023

Justin Moyer is a poker player, musician, and Pulitzer-prize winning journalist with the Washington Post. Among other topics, he covers poker, gambling, and casinos for the Post and has interviewed bo

Episode 419: Interception with Ed Miller
October 16, 2023

Ed Miller, author of classic poker books like The Course and frequent Thinking Poker guest, has a new book out tomorrow called Interception: The Secrets of Modern Sports Betting. Its all about how mo

Warm Up Wrap Up
October 02, 2023

Pure strategy this week, as Carlos and Andrew review a bunch of tricky decisions from Andrews recent final table finish in the $109 Warm Up on ACR. Support the podcast, get daily strategy discussions