Chapter 4 Ep. 21 Patrick Finally Wins
6/6/20261 hr 1 min
This week on the Ante Up Poker Podcast, we kick things off on Table Talk by recapping another fun Patreon game. Patrick finally broke through for his first victory, collected the double prize pool, and now we all have to suffer through at least a month of victory laps. We also discuss some of the dealer mistakes that have made headlines early at the WSOP, the challenges dealers face during long series, Maria Ho’s exciting family news, and even the earthquake that rattled Las Vegas and surrounding areas.
On Call the Floor, Elliott answers a question that has probably confused more than a few poker players over the years. In a $1/$2 game with a $5 straddle, is the minimum raise to $8 or $10?.
In this week’s Hand of the Week, we find ourselves in a spot that may have been created after opening a marginal suited connector from middle position. After firing two barrels and arriving at a river that completes an obvious straight, the question becomes whether to pull the trigger on a triple-barrel bluff or wave the white flag. Patrick and Joe discuss whether the story was strong enough to get our opponent to fold.
Joe’s One Outer ties everything together with a look at table image. Whether you realize it or not, every player at the table has formed an opinion about you. The key isn’t whether you have an image, it’s whether you understand it well enough to use it as a weapon.
Join Joe, Elle, Patrick, and Elliott for another fun week of poker stories, strategy, rules, and conversation. As always, we’ll see you at the tables.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
Take your seat, the cards are flying high. Shuffle up and deal, let the aces lie. Longest running show, yeah, we've seen it all. From the river to the rail, we answer the call Hello, A-Team, and welcome back to another episode of the Ante Up Poker Podcast, where every hand is an opportunity, every player is a friend, and every episode is a winning experience.
Joe Scales· Host0:28
I'm your host, Joe Scales, and we've got a great show lined up for you this week, but before we get started, here's kind of a little peek behind the curtain. We had an interview scheduled today for next month's issue of Ante Up Magazine, and it was right in the middle of the day, so that meant we had to record our Hand of the Week and Call the Floor segments both yesterday before the Patreon game. As it turns out, Patrick went out and won the entire tournament, so this week I'm gonna give him a little extra airtime on Table Talk with Elle and I, so he can do some well-deserved gloating because I feel like it's only fair. I, I, I spend a lot of, lot of time giving him grief when he busts out early, so, um, we'll give him this chance to gloat a little bit. While I've got your attention though, I had someone reach out to cover their part