Good podcast (as always)! Thanks and don't forget to shower, lol!

Thanks Joey beat Me to the post Really appreciate the work Your doing Much love and respect, Great Pod made My day brighter Thanks . . .



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TIMESTAMPS (Parker Talbot, January 26th, 2018)

(0:00) Intro, Parker Talbot -- 888 Poker Sponsored Pro, Upswing Poker Lab Coach
(1:25) Doug Polk crypto channel discussion (28 vids, 141k subs)
(3:45) Parker's thoughts on possibly getting into crypto space
(4:45) Has crypto taken over poker conversating?
(7:30) Why Parker initially began streaming
(8:30) Parker considered leaving the poker streaming space
(12:04) Stereotyping a Swedish girlfriend, long-distance relationship swongs
(14:49) Parker plans steady Twitch/YouTube content in 2018
(16:38) Multiplayer video games PUBG and Fortnite, poker industry vs. other industries
(19:58) The State of Online Poker -- people have become MTT crazy
(22:46) Daniel Negreanu's recent FCP Podcast response to Joey's YouTube video, online cash games
(25:50) Current PokerStars marketing strategy compared to 888 Poker
(27:11) Felipe Ramos, Jason Mercier and Vanessa Selbst no longer with Stars
(27:58) Why did Parker choose 888 Poker over other online poker operators?
(29:48) Current Partypoker marketing: Ike Haxton, Jason Koon, Fedor Holz as pros
(31:17) The value of poker streamers as sponsored pros
(33:58) Parker's relationship as Upswing Poker Lab Coach -- Doug Polk aka Sex God
(36:56) Joey's best moments since 2017 WSOP
(38:13) PNIA inactive since Matt Glantz caught crypto bug, Jmo Twitter call-out of Matt
(40:08) Shout-out to loyal stream followers, Lex Veldhuis love
(40:55) More on Twitch Poker streaming
(44:25) Handicapping hypothetical 2v2 basketball match-ups
(45:49) Jaime Staples prop bet shout-out. Could Parker do the same?
(47:38) Can Jaime and Matt Staples actually win prop bet? Dialogue on heart throb Jimmy Stayplerz.
(50:24) The Vlogging space, Casey Neistat shout-out
(52:28) Papi has $6,900 prop bet -- updates on Mandarin and swimming wagers
(53:29) Parker Talbot's upcoming schedule in early 2018
(56:00) Are Tonka + Sam Abernathy really a thing?
(57:43) Shout-outs, Papi's suggestions for poker media content & NBA podcast guest prop bet update
(59:42) "Sponsored Pro" compensation ranges (that Parker knows exist) -- $40k to $300k per year
(1:02:21) Unregulated poker site ACR discussion
(1:05:09) PokerStars doesn't want "withdrawing" players on their site, especially in cash games
(1:05:41) Private poker apps & websites discussion, online high stakes cash games difficulties
(1:09:06) Parker's recent Sit & Gos streams, rakeback grinders have moved to MTTs
(1:11:15) Staking groups -- the entry barrier to profitable online poker grinding has been elevated
(1:12:48) Poker training material has vastly improved as well
(1:13:46) Parker stars in "great social media clip"
(1:14:30) Really great online poker players study hardcore
(1:16:46) Things streamers have to always be thinking about
(1:17:39) Online poker profit is still possible, it's just much more challenging
(1:18:05) Parker shares friend's success story, insists focus is paramount to succeed
(1:20:22) Papi & Parker give shout-outs
(1:21:08) Mixed games coming soon to Parker's Twitch channel?
(1:22:01) Andrew Neeme's podcast, collaboration is an under-utilized resource in business
(1:23:03) More discussion on vlogging content
(1:26:06) High stakes games are way more "manufactured" nowadays
(1:26:50) Poker After Dark paywall has limited its viewership/media coverage
(1:27:26) GPL Season 1 mistakes. Did recruitment process ignore Twitch streamers?
(1:29:29) How being a sponsored pro affects live stream content
(1:29:58) Shilling and heavy promotion on-stream is negative to retaining viewers
(1:30:53) Daniel Negreanu's quality content, Joey shares outreach strategy
(1:32:41) Doug Polk's quality content
(1:33:29) Questions from chat... "edibles" podcast coming soon?
(1:35:20) Follow Parker Talbot on social media: TonkaaaaP
(1:36:00) If you focus on one thing, you will be sacrificing another -- trade offs
(1:37:00) Making a plan and executing on it, getting organized
(1:41:25) Poker pros & weed. Not all that GTO for poker grinding.
(1:43:01) Chris Ferguson dissed Papi & Jonah's podcast guest invitation at WSOP
(1:43:25) Parting thoughts, GTO poker strategy and life advice
(1:49:16) Outro Tease: U.S. Poker Open, Sam Simmons on the Poker Life Podcast next week
(1:50:32) Papi shares recent story involving a hotel room and prawn stars, Outro

Chris Ferguson would be a groundbreaking guest.

One hour forty minutes of someone taking the Fifth.

There'd definitely be some dodging going on, but I still wanna see it.

From a PR standpoint, it's interesting that Ferguson said he might do it in a couple years.

thx for the timestamps!

Hey Joey real talk, I see were your coming from (or at least I think I do) maybe try some relaxation videos, my son always helps Me, try to stay grounded, maybe get a dog . . .

Wish You peace and happiness . . .

Didn't watch the latest real talk but I'm guessing either Joey is back on suicide watch or on the clickbait grind. Can someone confirm?

Can identify really well with the stuff from the latest vid.

Most people think poker gives you so much freedom etc, and while thats mostly true, I don't think a lot of people realize the way poker limits you. When you actually win at highstakes or even at midstakes, its really hard to actually balance other stuff in life. When you make a lot of money playing poker and know that the time you can actually do this is very limited and possibly you are never gonna make as much money after it, you are kinda forced to play poker and but your all into it. And nowdays (atleast for me and assume for a lot of people) it's not like you can just fire bunch of tables an play x amount of hours and not think about poker for the rest of the day. You have to keep your game sharp and work on your game consistently to stay at the levels you are playing.

IMO a Young guy willing to be honest about his thoughts on life and questioning everything while not afraid to put himself out there in a space were it's kill the other player to thrive, it's not easy to put Yourself out there, Much Respect Joey . . .

His latest Real Talk video is his best piece of content yet.

quality over quanity
a lot of players make the mistake of saying they average x dollars per hour therefore each hour is worth x dollars going foward when it's not.
play in good games and don't force it.

everyone is different but for me i need breaks from poker and play better with them save for a little rust the first day or so back at it.

if you're 40 years old and have been playing for years and you're still grinding 1/2 nl poker isn't really giving you freedom to do anything with`your life.if you're playing higher stakes games you should have both time and money to pursue other things outside of poker or you're doing it wrong.

Joey's latest video was really, really good. Just makes us all be thankful for what poker has given us.

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It's not just mid stakes and high stakes, I played 5-10 on there and right away I could fell like something's not right, there are players who just always and I mean always play the exact same even when I watched some micro games I was like wtf why is this person always here 24-7 bad place to play IMO, Thanks Joey . . .

ACR is very fishy, imo. One of the biggest red flags for me, which is kinda out in the open, is the ability to have several different accounts on the network through their many skins. There is common software available online that would allow you to play on all of the accounts at the same time on different IPs all on the same PC. You could potentially be sitting at a full table but actually be playing against one dude.

Watching the vid now.

i feel like this is actually pretty big... i can't imagine how frustrating it would be to have to determine if a losing session was just variance or getting cheated

The same exact things are going on at the Chico Network.(BetOnline, Tigergaming, Sportsbetting) Cheating is so rampant these days. The people in charge of these networks are either incompetent or complicit. Thanks for the vid Joey.

Interesting (and troubling) video Joey...

As far as the three players you named, the first one (CMOE) has a pocketfives account which identifies him. Have you looked into communicating with this person as to your concerns?

Plenty of evidence presented in WPN forum in regards to suspected accounts and their stats over the years.

While I love WPN and the potential they have being USA-friendly, this is their fatal flaw. They've been trying to turn a blind eye for years, but it is too rampant and noticeable between regulars who know what they're talking about that they can't be ignoring it much longer.

Their security measure is to send a captcha for suspected bots, and if they answer it correctly, they're automatically deemed a human *cough* (there are bots that solve captchas).

Lol why is everyone using . . . on 2+2 now

#Swagerjacking

Ya bots have been known about for longer then I've been playing on WPN which is 1.5-2 years. The scary thing is the theory of multiple bots from the same bot ring playing on the same table and then on top of that card removal when the bot ring knows 2-3 hands worth of cards especially in PLO.

bots ring on stars zoom were winners too and that game should be very though

That is what bots were suspected of doing on Stars YEARS ago

From learning more about botting than I ever wanted to learn, it isn't like these bots disappear. The winning player profiles remain and are easily transferable to any other platform.

The names I discuss as colluding aka being the same person at the high stakes pot limit omaha tables and high stakes tournament
are CreateMyOwnEnergy, greenspirit, 44bars. FindTheTruth is also suspected but was not discussed in this video. If this ends up being proven wrong, I will make a video on it ASAP but the information I was provided made me want to quit playing online poker and strangle someone. Then I started tracking play patterns & account interaction.

The names I discuss as possible superusing type accounts are Sleepyberry from Turkey and ElJackEl from New York. These are the accounts I have spent way 2 much ****ing time on tracking.

I want to be wrong about all these things but I think it's hard to argue about the ridiculous level of botting taking place. If something like that is allowed to go on, I can't see how the smart people are ever getting caught.

I have already been contacted by CreateMyOwn, 44bars & ACR.