The Two Plus Two Pokercast

This week on the Pokercast: The guys are back together in Vancouver for a special episode. Your e-mails and voicemails have been piling up for a couple of weeks and there are some great ones, there are some awesome ones! We get through as many of them as we can. We also get into some news including: Jason Mercier gets grilled on ESPN, The November 9 ICM, Phil Hellmuth to appear in a TV show and more. We also run through some tweets in "140 or less" as well as some hand reviews and a somewhat degenerate story in the Roscoe Report. (Featured guests: Terrence Chan)

This week on the Pokercast: A long form interview with Daniel Negreanu. We're switching up the format a bit and will bring you the mail and other good stuff later this week, but to hold you over we got Dnegs on the line for an hour. Daniel talks with us about a bunch of subjects including: His WSOP, The Main Event/November 9 the big game at Bellagio, stories from back in the day, The Invite only €1M One Drop, Politics, Twitter Beefs and more. (Featured guests: Daniel Negreanu)

Four ounce gloves. Five minute rounds. Punches, kicks, elbows, and knees to everywhere on the opponent's body save the groin, back of the head, and spine. This is what Olivier and JC, two complete novices to the sport of mixed martial arts, have agreed to after six months of training, with a $270000 wager on the line. In Part 5, those six months come to fruition. The poker players turned fighters enter the cage on an April night in Las Vegas, and the result is a violent blood-soaked affair, well beyond the poker community's expectations. (Featured guests: Olivier Busquet, JC Alvarado)

This week on the Pokercast: The November 9 is set, and we have the familiar voice of Lon McEachern to talk about how the main event was from the spectator and media perspective this year around. To start, Terrence is road tripping while Adam and Ross are in the studio and we talk about Terrence's travels and the end of his world series before getting into the news. In ICYMI this week, November (and October) 9 news, player profiles and stories including the fact that there are 2 known players at the final table this year, one of them is in the IPWOF and one could easily qualify. Other stories include Matt Damon talking about Rounders in a BBC interview. We are then joined by Lon McEachern to get the insiders take on the main event coverage this year. John Beauprez comes on after him to talk about his WSOP, hands from the $10k and $25k PLO, high stakes cash games and games that people with basic fundamentals could beat. In the third segment we get into some great end of WSOP tweets in 140 or less, your voicemai

This week on the Pokercast: Danielle "dmoongirl" Andersen joins us to talk about the very unique experience she had in the main event. First off Terrence talks about his last week at the series and his main event and Ross and Adam recap a bit more of their trip to the podcasting conference in Chicago. This week in ICYMI: Another WSOP is almost over, and we talk about the One Drop, Teams Event and other notable bracelets of the last week. The Main Event is now underway and the guys talk about the news surrounding that as well as a debate on what is the best day 1 to play. Plus more outrage about tanking and the €1M One Drop. Danielle Andersen joins us after a break to talk about her experience in the Main Event playing with a complete newbie as well as a run in with Howard Lederer. After Danielle we review more WSOP tweets in 140 or less, get to your mail and voicemails plus review a couple of hands. (Featured guests: Danielle Andersen)

For decades, Las Vegas has been home to the world's biggest biggest prize fights. But tonight there are no world champions fighting in Sin City. Instead, two complete beginners put up a combined $270000 to duke it out in a MMA gym located five miles off the Las Vegas Strip. It's fight day for JC and Olivier, and the big-money bettors start to filter in to witness the spectacle in person. We go behind the scenes inside both locker rooms as both sides do their final physical and mental preparation, and as the starting bell sounds, the poker community holds its collective breath in anticipation. (Featured guests: Olivier Busquet, JC Alvarado)

This week on the Pokercast: We've got a double dose of bracelet winners from 2016, One of them is playing everything and the other only played one tournament. First, Adam and Ross are in Chicago at Podcast Movement and loving Uber Pool while Terrence is still in Vegas with updates from the WSOP. This week in the news: Lots of great stories from the World Series, big names winning more tournaments while unknowns play insane hands to take down their first. More talk about Chris Ferguson and a scathing article about an interaction with him this year surfaces. Pokerstars leaves 2 markets and thinks about eliminating the micro-micro stakes, and the sad news of a poker player found dead at the Rio. We get into your mail and voicemails as well before we get to our guests. Our first guest is a long time friend of the show but this is his first interview. Ryan Laplante talks about his great summer, his first bracelet and the bittersweet events surrounding his bracelet. Our second guest is Mitchell Towner, Mitch won t

This week on the Pokercast, we had to miss last week but we are back with a vengeance. It's the last week before #Prexit and we've got all your WSOP and poker world news. Adam updates us on what he's been dealing with while Terrence has some revelations about tournament poker. In the news this week: There have been a ton of bracelets awarded at the series since our last show and we run through the important stories from the rio. Stories including Chris Ferguson is not only playing the WSOP, but now in the top 10 of POY standing and did Jared Bleznick get banned? Benny Glaser is our guest this week and we get him on the line straight from the Rio. Benny, after winning 2 bracelets this series is now the all time WSOP bracelet holder for the UK. We talk to him about crushing us in fantasy, how the grind is wearing him out and some ridiculous hands he's seen along the way. After Benny, we get into some reviews, your great mail and review more WSOP tweets in "140 or less". We also run through some 2-7 and PLO ha

This week on the Pokercast: The poker news (and gossip) keeps flowing in steadily from Vegas and we're here like a mother bird to chew it up and regurgitate it back to you. Terrence is down there with a recap of his week on the felt and we get into this week's winners and stories from the Rio. Aside from the bracelet winners some of the big stories this week include the Jason Mercier & Vanessa Selbst bracelet bet gone wrong, Neymar at the WSOP, a player leaves a bag of cash in an Uber and more. Brandon Shak Harris is our guest this week, but we aren't able to keep him for long as he has to return to the tournament he's currently running up a stack in, we chat about his summer schedule and expectations for himself plus some of the big mixed games he's been playing in LA. After Brandon we get into your voice and E-mails! Lots of strategy questions this week as well as more how much would it take propositions. Terrence and Ross run through some more hands in the Rossco Report and the passwords and formats

This week on the Pokercast: The WSOP is upon us once again, Andrew Barber, a poker pro with an economics background gives us an accurate representation of the tournament staking world. First, Terrence is down where the action is while Adam is home, Terrence gives us a trip report of the WSOP so far and Ross has a quick report from his trip to New York. This week in ICYMI: News from the first week of the WSOP including winners, attendance and as usual, a few issues with the way things have been handled. We also talk about the new Wynn poker room and the live GPL matches. Andrew Barber then gives us the truth about poker staking, and how some people are being taken advantage of. Andrew shares with us his view on buying and selling action and some ideas he has to improve the system. We then get into 140 or less and your mail! We have our first song submission along with some voicemails, and e-mail questions. We review a few hands in the Rossco report and as usual the password/format to the Pokerstars Invitation

This week on the Pokercast: We've got three interviews! To start, we're all in separate locations but link together to bring you that Pokercast goodness. Adam's back home from the Matt Savage Invitational with stories of golf degeneracy, Terrence is in Washington flying in helicopters and sparring with UFC champions and Ross is at home losing money in his boxers. This week in the news: Adam follows up on the J. Moscow Poker Night In America allegations, The WSOP kicked off, The Super High Roller Bowl and more. Doug Polk is the first guest to join us to talk about his beef with Jason Mercier and his recent Twitch adventures. After Doug, Matthew Hilger joins us from Pokerstars to talk about the return of the $1M Spins, Pyramid, plus we talk about the separation of the Pokercast and Pokerstars. In the third segment we get to some of your mail with some Vegas recommendations for lower stakes tournaments and sports books. We also talk to PLOQuickpro's John Beauprez about his grind this summer and how to approach P

This week on the Pokercast: It has been a controversial week in poker, and with Adam away hustling his friends at golf Dan O'Brien joins a slightly under the weather Terrence to co host the show! We kick things off catching up with what Dan about what he's been up to, his new restaurant and podcast that are in the works. This week in the news: SCOOP has finished and we break down the winners of the main events and the series. Plus, There was a very scathing blog post done by Jaclynn Moskow talking about her awful experience at "Poker Night In America" with certain individuals involved in the show. We talk about her story and the responses from the accused parties. After the news he have "140 or less" with some haiku's you've been sending us. We also have some more great mail about attending an EPT as a spectator and an opinion about players swapping pieces of tournaments with each other. We end the show with some tournament strat from Terrence and Dan in the Rossco Report. Also... I just realized that we didn

This week on the Pokercast: The boys are all back together under one roof for another fun show! Adam has been on some adventures recently and fills us in on some of the tales while Terrence has been making some runs in SCOOP. This week in ICYMI: Howard Lederer posted an apology on Daniel Negreanu's blog and the guys review it. SCOOP updates, Billy Walters indicted, Amaya financial reports, the Taj Poker room to return and more. Mike "goleafsgoeh" Leah, the ultimate tournament grinder is our feature guest this week and he runs us through his latest SCOOP victory, plans for the summer, his take on the GPL so far and WSOP Fantasy. After Mike, we get in to a ton of your mail, and it was really really good this week. We've got a degen story, a shower gate update and a Pokercast floor ruling for you. We wrap it up with some Rossco Report and of course the invitational password is included! (Featured guests: Mike Leah)

It's 24 hours until fight time. The bets have start pouring in from the poker community and are coming in nearly equally on both sides. One fighter starts to see the fight as "50/50", while the other thinks he's a big favourite. The coaches from both sides have arrived in Las Vegas and are feeling good about their fighters — so good that it's almost implausible. We check in with both fighters to see how they are doing mentally and physically. Both men are going into the fight confident, but both acknowledge the potential to lose. Is this fight about the process, or the result? (Featured guests: Olivier Busquet, JC Alvarado)

This week on the Pokercast: With the WSOP weeks away, we get some veterans of the summer in Vegas to give us some pointers on how to get the most value out of your time there. Firstly: Be careful what kind of math you do on planes, Pokercast WSOP fantasy updates and a traffic court update from Adam. We also induct a new member to the IPWOF. This week in the news: SCOOP 2016 is in full swing, Super High Roller Bowl news, Pokerstars Spin & Go cheating ring caught, EPT Player of the year race won by the slightest of margins, "Molly's Game" film adaptation in the works and more. Kevin "Kevmath" Mathers joins us after a short break to talk about his new position as the social media czar for the WSOP, getting the most value for your tournament dollar and the "redneck riviera". After Kev, we get into your voice mails and e-mails. Greg "FBT" Mueller then joins us to get a more high stakes point of view on the summer at the WSOP. We talk with Greg about everything from his schedule this summer to taking pieces

This week on the Pokercast: With a ton of tournaments in SCOOP and the WSOP around the corner we talk some tournament strategy with a guy who's got a couple bracelets and knows his stuff, Rep Porter. To kick things off we talk Pokercast WSOP Fantasy, Leicester and All in or Knocked out Ep 2. We then induct a new member of the Internet Pokers Wall of Fame and get into the news. This week in ICYMI: EPT Grand Final, Drug Testing in the GPL? PokerCentral's $1M Contest, A journalist tries living like Dan Bilzerian and more. Bryan Slick, the man behind SCOOP at Pokerstars joins us to talk about the SCOOP Schedule as well. After the break we get Ralph "Rep" Porter on the line, Rep runs through some NL Tournament strategy to prep us for SCOOP and the WSOP. Rep and Adam also talk about Adam's biggest credit card roulette loss. After rep we get into a new segment idea, your mail including some more strategy and first Vegas trip advice/stories. We review some of Ross' Hands and of course the Pokerstars Invitational pass

As Olivier and JC approach fight day, we take a look back the early days of their poker careers and exactly how they became the high-stakes pros they are today. Both men start feeling the physical and psychological strains of the training camp. Finally, JC drops a serious allegation, and tempers flare as things start to get personal. Music is by Murphy Chops https://soundcloud.com/murphychops (Featured guests: Olivier Busquet, JC Alvarado)

This week on the Pokercast: Brian Rast joins us to talk about his ridiculous biking bet vs Dan Bilzerian on next to no notice. First: The crew is all back under one roof! Plus Terrence and Ross are back from their trip to Vegas with some updates on what they've been working on. This week in ICYMI: Dan Cates talks about a $20M pot involving Tom Dwan, EPT Grand Final, Pokerstars NJ SCOOP, A new WSOP Press Release and more. Brian Rast joins us after the news to talk in depth about his insane endurance bet versus Dan Bilzerian and Bill Perkins, and why he thinks he plays his best poker in the summer. After Brian we get into your mail that's been piling up and some PLO start in the Ross Report. As always the passwords and formats to the Pokerstars Invitational is in the show, and stay tuned to the end for the outtakes! Ross Report Hands: 1- https://goo.gl/IYqNcy 2- https://goo.gl/bCYsxw 3 - https://goo.gl/rau5Fr 4 - https://goo.gl/NedLuH (Featured guests: Brian Rast)

In the premiere episode of All In Or Knocked Out, we meet professional poker players Olivier Busquet and JC Alvarado. Olivier and JC became the talk of the poker world in late 2015 when the two agreed to a high-stakes bet not on the felt, but rather in the mixed martial arts cage. Neither man had any formal experience in MMA, but that didn't stop them from putting up a staggering $270000 to see who would come out on top. In this first episode, we talk about Olivier's rowdy college days and his idea to challenge the poker world to an MMA fight. We explore JC's rough upbringing in Mexico and how his love for the martial arts blossomed. Finally, the bet comes together and the two men begin training for their imminent showdown. Check out allinorknockedout.com for updates, future episodes, and more information about the series. www.allinorknockedout.com Special thanks to Angus Lee aka Murphy Chops for the music. Check him out on Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/murphychops (Featured guests: Olivier Busquet, JC Al

This week on the Pokercast: We are joined by an in studio guest and established poker player Gavin Griffin. To start, Terrence gives us a Cook Islands trip report plus Ross and Terrence are cooking something up. We have some updates on the Pokercast WSOP Fantasy league and then we talk to Gavin. Gavin chats with us about being a poker player and a dad, the live poker scene in so cal and many other anecdotes from his lengthy career in the game. After talking with Gavin he sticks around for the news. This week in ICYMI: Aaron Paul joins the GPL and other GPL updates, Doug Polk sets a new record, A weed themed casino in Vegas?, EPT Grand Final and a collusion scandal at the SHRPO. After a break we get to your voicemail, e-mails and forum shout outs. We also break down some hands in the Rossco Report and the Pokerstars Invitational passwords are included! Follow along with the Rossco Report hands in the links in the show thread: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/97/two-plus-two-pokercast/ (Featured guests: Gavin