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Thinking Poker

Thinking Poker

Andrew Brokos

Weekly poker podcast featuring interviews with both famous and behind-the-scenes figures from the poker world, as well as a poker strategy segment.
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Top 10 Thinking Poker Episodes

Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Thinking Poker episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Thinking Poker for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Thinking Poker episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

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* be eligible to win a one-month subscription to GTO Wizard by subscribing to Thinking Poker Daily.

NATE MEYVIS

Nate Meyvis is a software engineer. He was formerly a professional poker player and co-host of The Thinking Poker Podcast.

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Thinking Poker - Episode 409: Joel Porter-Dias
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05/30/23 • 158 min

Joel Dias-Porter is a true renaissance man, capable of mastering a metaphor, programming a computer, hedging a parlay, spinning a record, and bluffing your face off. In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss pre-Boom Atlantic City poker, whether poker is a creative pursuit, why we need more poker literature, and what exactly depends upon a red wheelbarrow. Plus, he reads a few poems for us and gives Carlos a run for his money in the hip hop trivia department.

Joel’s blog
Old Man James
DJ Renegade on Soundcloud
Joel’s book Ideas of Improvisation

Support the podcast, get daily strategy discussions, *and* be eligible to win a one-month subscription to GTO Wizard by subscribing to Thinking Poker Daily.

Joel Dias-Porter

Joel Dias-Porter is a poet who has earned a living from gambling for over thirty years. He has also been a DJ, a computer programmer, and probably a few other things we didn’t even get to ask him about. His book Ideas of Improvisation is available from Thread Makes Blanket Press.

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Thinking Poker - Episode 394: LoriAnn Persinger
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01/30/23 • 145 min

Poker lover LoriAnn Persinger won a social media contest that earned her an entry into the $10K WPT World Championship, ultimately finishing 30th for $119,000! She speaks to Carlos and Andrew about the experience plus her long love affair with poker, her history in poker media, her string of game show victories, and more.

Timestamps

11:39 WPT World Championship
28:29 Game Shows
56:22 Fitting the Profile
1:23:00 Rapid Fire
1:47:27 Diversity Benefits Everyone
1:56:20 Introverts
2:07:08 Living in Las Vegas

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GTO Wizard Blog
LoriAnn on Celebrity Name Game
Poker News Audition
Lake Elsinore Interview

LoriAnn Persinger

LoriAnn Persinger is a poker lover, Navy veteran, and serial game show champion with a history in poker media.

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Thinking Poker - Episode 393: Tom “Tombos21” Boshoff
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01/16/23 • 90 min

Poker theorist Tom “tombos21” Boshoff joins Andrew and Carlos to geek out about everything from how solvers work to when ICM becomes a factor in tournaments (it’s sooner than you think!), balancing ICM and stack dynamics in PKOs, and so much more.

Tom’s article about ICM
Tom’s video about ICM
More free strategy from Tom and Andrew

Tom Boshoff

Poker theorist Tom Boshoff is the head of content creation for GTO Wizard.

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Original hosts Andrew Brokos and Nate Meyvis and frequent guest turned current host Carlos Welch look back on ten years of the Thinking Poker Podcast. How has poker changed? How has the podcast changed? How has the podcast changed poker? Plus, we revisit our first ever strategy segment, which earned us the title of The Nitcast.

Carlos put together this Episode Guide for the first ten years of Thinking Poker Podcast.

Episode 1 – Shane Schleger

Episode 39 – Carlos Welch

Support the podcast and hear daily strategy segments at www.patreon.com/thinkingpokerdaily.

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Thinking Poker - Episode 465: AK is Hard to Play
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03/03/25 • 76 min

Carlos shares his experiences from the GPI awards banquet and a visit with Tom McEvoy. Then he and Andrew discuss two tricky tournament spots with AK.

We interviewed Tom McEvoy on Episode 450.

You can join Andrew and Carlos on ClubWPT Gold by signing up at https://clubwptgold.com/?promo=THINK.

Receive 10% off your GTO Wizard subscription when you use this link to sign up to GTO Wizard today and run deeper in your MTTs with GTO Wizard AI!

You can now get two FREE episodes per week of Thinking Poker Daily.

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Thinking Poker - Episode 339: A Few of Our Favorite Things
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11/16/20 • 55 min

In this special, listener-requested episode, Nate and Andrew discuss their favorite books, movies, shows, music, and podcasts (not necessarily poker related).

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Thinking Poker - Episode 335: Fold Equity
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09/29/20 • 59 min

Playing aggressively isn’t just about bluffing more! Nate and Andrew answer listener questions about fold equity and equity denial.

Play Optimal Poker 2 is back in the Kindle store!

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Thinking Poker - Free Preview: Thinking Poker Daily
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11/30/20 • 13 min

Enjoy this free preview of the new Thinking Poker Daily podcast. To hear more of our all-strategy show, please sign up to support the podcast at www.patreon.com/thinkingpokerdaily.

Visit www.nitcast.com for 25% off the entire store, this week only!

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Thinking Poker - Episode 473: The Joy of Poker with Jason Su
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05/13/25 • 85 min

Five years ago, Jason Su taught the poker world to play with presence. Now he’s back to advocate for playing with joy. We discuss his new book, why most poker players motivate themselves in unsustainable ways, and how to change those habits both at the poker table and in life.

In the strategy segment, Andrew discusses game theory in the real world and whether strategic uncertainty has a role to play in trade negotiations.

Jason previously appeared on Episode 327.

His new book is The Joy of Poker.

You can join Andrew and Carlos on ClubWPT Gold by signing up at https://clubwptgold.com/?promo=THINK.

Receive 10% off your GTO Wizard subscription when you use this link to sign up to GTO Wizard today and run deeper in your MTTs with GTO Wizard AI!

You can now get two FREE episodes per week of Thinking Poker Daily.

JASON SU

Jason Su specializes in helping poker players maximize their performance and earnings at the table with zero sacrifice from their personal lives.

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FAQ

How many episodes does Thinking Poker have?

Thinking Poker currently has 153 episodes available.

What topics does Thinking Poker cover?

The podcast is about Stories, Leisure, Gambling, Games, Podcasts, Advice, Poker and Strategy.

What is the most popular episode on Thinking Poker?

The episode title 'Episode 421: Everything I Need to Know About Poker, I learned in the Last Two Years, featuring Nate Meyvis' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Thinking Poker?

The average episode length on Thinking Poker is 83 minutes.

How often are episodes of Thinking Poker released?

Episodes of Thinking Poker are typically released every 12 days, 16 hours.

When was the first episode of Thinking Poker?

The first episode of Thinking Poker was released on Jun 9, 2020.

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