With 8 years' and well over 300 episodes' worth of content, the Thinking Poker Podcast is one of the longest-running poker shows out there. The hosts, Andrew Brokos (that's me!) and Nate Meyvis are both long-time 2+2 members whose friendship began on the MTT forum back in 2007.

Most of our shows feature a strategy segment and an interview, with guests ranging from some of the biggest names in the industry to everyday players with interesting stories and unique perspectives on the poker world.

We'll mostly use this thread to announce new episodes, answer questions, and discuss with listeners, but for those new to the show, here are some personal favorites from the archive:

Carlos Welch - My all-time favorite. It was a blast to record, and I made a great friend from it. Carlos is fascinating, entertaining, hilarious, and wise. This is his first appearance, but he went on to become a big part of the show.

Mike McDonald - A top tier strategy discussion with a top tier player. Plus some 2+2 nostalgia.

Christian Soto - Two friends, freshly eliminated after deep runs in a WPT Main Event, commiserate and joke about tournament pain.

Jamal Hanson - Jamal is an amazing guy in his own right, but he also introduces us to the fascinating world of high-stakes prison poker. Learn what he used for chips, how he negotiated with guards, how he moved money on the outside, and much more.

Maria Konnikova - We have a more recent interview with her about The Biggest Bluff, but this was from 2018, when she was still early in her poker journey. Quick, funny, and insightful, Maria is pretty much the perfect podcast guest.

Dick Carson - Dick is an old-school gambler, pool hustler, bookie, and poker player. He’s also a hulluva storyteller and a helluva nice guy. We talk about the best poker players you never heard of, the early days of the World Series of Poker, handicapping by hand, getting shaken down by Anthony “The Ant” Spilotro, the most expensive bottle of wine he ever bought, and more.

And for 2+2 fans, we've also interviewed Mason Malmuth and David Sklansky.

I always hear really great things about the podcast Andrew - great work you've done with it.

Subscribed. Regular listener.

Can confirm the podcast is awesome!

A few years ago Andrew introduced me to his podcast and was a pleasure to chat / play with as I was an out of town Canadian/tourist at MGM NH.

Love the podcast, great guests, great conversations and good in depth strategy. Regular listener and really enjoyed the recent Matt Glassman return visit.

Thanks Guys.

Have been listening to this podcast for many years. I’ve certainly learnt much from Andrew and Nate, not to mention their extensive and diverse range of guests. Thinking Poker is the template for what podcast should be, as far as I’m concerned (and there are quite a few impressive ones around at the moment).

Enjoy the podcast, but approaching a backlog that is at 90 episodes. I suck at listening to poker stuff recently.

Sorry to detail from poker but Glassman is a+

Derail

Love the show Andrew! Dick Carson is your best guest by far.

Great podcast Andrew, an inspiration for others. Keep it up!

Excellent pod.

Thanks for the kind words, everyone! Our latest episode is a pure strategy, with an emphasis on understanding concepts like nuts advantage and polarized versus condensed ranges and how they influence betting and bet sizing.

Episode 332: Polarization

I'll keep an eye out here in case anyone has any questions!

Just published an interview with legendary poker author David Sklansky: http://www.thinkingpoker.net/2020/09...avid-sklansky/

We discuss his new book, his unique way of looking at the world, and more!

I used to love this podcast, but since Play Optimal Poker came out, the analysis seems way too abstract and referencing the book, at least for the lower stakes the hands seem to be from.

Love the interviews with the older poker players, especially when they have fun stories from years ago or when they have rather unexpected opinions like Mason.

Our latest guest is Peter Alson, author of the new poker novel The Only Way to Play It. Peter is also co-author, with Nolan Dalla, of the Stu Ungar biograpy One of a Kind. Listen here!

https://www.thinkingpoker.net/2020/0...4-peter-alson/

I did not understand Sklansky's proof of the roulette/painted ball problem and his answer seems implausible. Did you guys get it?

The actual answer or my proof?

The proof.

Do you agree that the last pocket painted will have the experience of the ball being in a neighbor's pocket for the first time, after which it reverses course away from it and makes it way all around the wheel to its other neighbor? Only the last pocket painted can recount that double experience while all the other pockets will experience the first part but not the second. (If the ball does make that long trip it will be the last one painted and it will almost always end the experiment with the ball entering from the opposite side as the original encounter with it. But the ball will sometimes go all the way back around.)

Notice that once a pocket experiences the ball next to it, the question as to whether the ball will reverse all the way around to the other neighbor without previously coming back to jump into the pocket from the original side, is equivalent to a coin flip freezeout for a dollar a pop where you start with one dollar and he starts with 36. You win one in 37. That is a slightly different way to prove the answer.

Seeing that in writing makes much more sense. The answer is somewhat counterintuitive because one's immediate reaction is that the slots next to the original position of the painted ball seem as though they should be much more likely to be painted before, say, the slot on the wheel directly opposite from the ball's initial position.

Phrased a little differently: to be the last slot painted, the slot in question must have one and only one adjacent slot painted first; and after that happens, the ball must then go all the way around the wheel to the other side of the slot in question.

Andrew,
I regret not coming up to you to say hello in Cherokee. Your show has always been fantastic. I hope I get a chance to introduce myself again man! Be good!

I've also been a listener for many years. Probably all 8 of them. Highly recommended.

Thanks, folks! Latest episode is live now: http://www.thinkingpoker.net/2020/09...5-fold-equity/

It's all strategy this week, focusing on the often misunderstood concept of fold equity and especially how it applies in multiway pots.

Please do say hi if you see me around, though right now who knows what that will be?!?!

I wholly agree about the difference between the Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden.