Table 1 Podcast

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What is The Table 1 Podcast... A podcast where we talk poker, gambling, and all manner of life experiences on and off the felt. Sometimes we have famous guests on who do it with us. Join us for a laugh or three!

  1. 4 days ago

    He Parties Like A Tourist…And Plays Poker Like A Killer.

    Francis Anderson quit running the day his little brother beat him. Poker was different. That one stuck. Francis grew up in Poughkeepsie, New York, in a competitive family. Road races on the weekends. Soccer. School. A normal path. Then college happened. University of Albany. Accounting major. Study room poker games. $5 and $10 buy-ins. And then Jamie Gold won the 2006 WSOP Main Event. For a lot of people, Moneymaker was the moment. For Francis? It was Jamie Gold talking people into doing the wrong thing for $12 million. From there, poker got serious fast. He started playing online, driving to Turning Stone, grinding $150 nightlies with a tiny bankroll, and building a network through PocketFives and AOL Instant Messenger. Then he satellited into the Sunday Brawl, got 7th for around $10K, and told his mom he was dropping out of college. As one does. In this episode of The Table 1 Podcast, Francis joins Art Parmann and Justin Young to talk through the full ride: ♠️ Finding poker during the Jamie Gold WSOP era ♥️ Dropping out after a Sunday Brawl score ♦️ Black Friday and the Costa Rica online poker migration ♣️ Grinding with David Peters and seeing elite work ethic up close ♠️ Moving to Vegas with a tiny bankroll ♥️ Getting crushed, going nearly broke, and rebuilding ♦️ Wearing a cowboy hat and mask to disguise himself in the Monster Stack ♣️ Turning a $5K bankroll into a massive WSOP score ♠️ Winning the $800 Independence Day event for $500K ♥️ Becoming Main Event chip leader the next day ♦️ Back-to-back WPT final tables ♣️ Why he still shows up early for $800s and $1KsThis one is a real grinder story. Not overnight success. Not one heater. A decade-plus of moving countries, rebuilding bankrolls, firing bullets, getting better, and showing up again the next day. Sometimes in a cowboy hat. 👇 Drop a comment:What was YOUR poker boom moment — Moneymaker, Jamie Gold, High Stakes Poker, or something else? Show Notes: 00:00 The Legend of the 14 Espresso Martinis03:19 Why Francis Can Never Go by “Frank”05:40 Intense Sibling Rivalry06:16 Retiring From Running After His Little Brother Beat Him09:11 University at Albany & Accounting09:41 Jamie Gold Sparks the Poker Obsession12:48 Turning Stone Trips for 18+ Poker13:30 Early Screen Names: The Lab Rat vs. The Lag Rat14:34 Dropping Out After a $10K Sunday Brawl Score15:38 PocketFives, AIM & Chris Hunichen16:21 First 6-Figure Online Score18:45 Black Friday, Vegas & Costa Rica20:14 Learning David Peters’ Insane Work Ethic27:23 Moving to Vegas for Live Poker29:42 WSOP Marathon Breakthrough35:40 Going Nearly Broke in 202236:38 Cowboy Hat / Face Mask Disguise39:15 $450K Monster Stack Score42:49 $800 Independence Day Bracelet Run44:49 Winning $500K45:51 Main Event Chip Leader 24 Hours Later49:20 Coaching With Justin Saliba51:42 Buying His Mom a Car55:06 Still Grinding $800s and $1Ks58:06 Back-to-Back WPT Final Tables1:00:50 Deepest Main Event Run1:01:49 Big Field Tournament Strategy1:04:52 First Trip to Asia for APT1:07:10 Francis Anderson Poker on Instagram Francis’ Links: Instagram - https://instagram.com/francisandersonpoker T1 Links: What is Table 1? Find out here:https://table1.vegas Follow us: X - https://x.com/table1vegasIG - https://instagram.com/table1vegas

    1hr 8min

  2. 6 Jun

    Linda MotherF*cking Johnson in the House. Buying Cardplayer for the Cruises, WSOP Glory, Co-Founding the TDA, Owning a Piece of Party Poker...and SO MUCH MORE.

    Come Play Poker with us online & Get a 150% Deposit Bonus up to $3K!Sign up here: https://play.phenompoker.com/register?r=Table1OR...Come play with us in Las Vegas at Table 1! (https://table1.vegas)---00:00 Cold Open: Fixing Vera Richmond's WSOP Omission00:45 Welcome to Table One & Guest Linda Johnson02:10 Childhood, Military Upbringing & Moving Every 3 Years03:12 Turning 21: Shifting from Blackjack to Poker04:08 Sponsor Break: Phenom Poker04:45 Postal Service Career & Card Games with Coworkers05:33 Early Days of Stud & Razz at Caesars Palace05:49 The 1980 WSOP Ladies Event & Quitting Her Job07:32 Cutting Her Teeth in Gardena's Smoky 1975 Card Rooms09:14 Linda's Dad Missing Her Final Table for a Shoe Shine10:13 Moving to Vegas with a $5,000 Bankroll10:33 Grind Routine: Condo Living & Playing Until the Sun Comes Up11:23 Strict Money Management & Climbing the Limit Stakes12:18 Breaking Into the Male-Dominated "Man Caves" of Poker13:58 Sisterhood of Early Female Players & Mentors15:12 Tournament Poker in the 1980s: Lapel Timers & 3-Spot Payouts18:31 WPT Boot Camp Bankroll Advice: Cash Games vs. Tournaments19:35 The Rise of Texas Hold'em Popularity in the Mid-80s20:19 Table One Mid-Roll Promo21:03 Why Poker is Beatable Compared to Roulette & Craps22:28 Shifting Focus to the Business & Administrative Side of Poker23:43 Going Glossy: Buying Card Player Magazine in 199226:36 Table One Mid-Roll Promo27:15 Financing the Buyout & Turning a Profit on Card Player29:23 The Early Logistics of Managing Card Player Cruises31:36 Wild Cruise Stories: Bunk Beds, PTSD, & Mexican ATV Wrecks34:30 The Dangerous Financial Hit of the 2001 $1M Guarantee38:10 Becoming Global Ambassadors & Affiliates for Party Poker41:05 Turning Down a Foreign Move & The Historic 2005 Stock Buyout43:16 Founding "Poker Gives" & Feeding the Homeless in Las Vegas45:02 Private Jet Prop Games: Chinese Poker & Razz with Kenna James47:00 The 1997 Razz Bracelet Win & Confronting an Offensive Advertiser49:34 Emotional Walk to the Horseshoe Final Table & Fan Support

    1hr 28min

  3. 29 May

    He Lost $10,000 Trying To Eat McDonald's. Mike Noori Shares His Poker Journey.

    Come Play Poker with us online & Get a 150% Deposit Bonus up to $3K!Sign up here: https://play.phenompoker.com/register...OR...Come play with us in Las Vegas at Table 1! (https://table1.vegas)---Mike Noori's poker career started with a crime.Well...sort of.At 16 years old he was sneaking into casinos, waiting for security guards to look the other way before sprinting into poker rooms.When that stopped working?He bought a fake ID.Not to be 21.To be 18.Because all he wanted to do was play poker.That obsession took him through:online poker's wild west,college dropout life,massive bankroll swings,mixed games,prop bets,a WSOP bracelet...and eventually...a 43-acre farm in North Carolina.Seriously.In this episode of The Table 1 Podcast, Mike joins Art Parmann and Justin Young for one of the funniest and most unexpected poker journeys we've heard yet.We talk:♠️ Sneaking into casinos as a teenager♥️ Turning a free $50 online poker signup into $12,000 (and losing all of it)♦️ Why he chose college based on nearby poker rooms♣️ Dusting a PCA package and nearly going broke♠️ Staking a friend in the Mega Millions that saved his bankroll♥️ Learning mixed games at Commerce and Hollywood Park♦️ Winning the WSOP Monster Stack bracelet♣️ The legendary McDonald's prop bet♠️ Walking 30+ miles to get out of a golf bet♥️ Training for a $35,000 basketball prop bet♦️ Leaving poker behind for cows, bees, and farm lifeWe also get into: fake IDsbad beat jackpotsgolf gamblingmixed game glory daysbracelet partiescontractor scamsbeekeepingand why sometimes the best move is leaving the game entirely.This one starts in a garage home game and somehow ends with seven cows and a greenhouse.Only in poker.👇 Drop a comment:What's the most ridiculous prop bet you've ever seen?Mike's Links:X - https://x.com/MikeNoori---T1 LinksPhenom Poker (Daily MTTs + deposit bonus):https://play.phenompoker.com/register...Play with us in Vegas:https://table1.vegasCard Player Magazine:https://table1.vegas/cardplayerFollow us:X - https://x.com/table1vegasIG -   / table1vegas

    1hr 24min

  4. 23 May

    The WSOP Is Paying Poker Vloggers Up To $40,000. The Man Behind The Program "D22-soso" Tells All 🤑

    Before Wayne Chiang was helping shape the future of poker content at the WSOP… he was one of the best StarCraft players in the world. Not “pretty good.” World Champion. Back when esports barely existed…before Twitch…before streaming…before anyone thought playing video games could become a career… Wayne was already there. Grinding real-time strategy games.Writing battle reports by hand because replays didn’t exist yet.Competing against future poker legends, esports pioneers, and internet entrepreneurs before any of them were famous. Then poker happened. And suddenly the same competitive obsession that made him elite at StarCraft…translated perfectly into online poker during the boom. In this episode of The Table 1 Podcast, Wayne “D22-soso” joins Art Parmann and Justin Young for one of the most fascinating crossover stories we’ve had yet: ♠️ Becoming a StarCraft World Champion in the earliest days of esports ♥️ The original “content creator” grind before streaming existed ♦️ The overlap between elite gamers and poker crushers ♣️ Going broke in poker and rebuilding from scratch ♠️ The insane early online poker ecosystem ♥️ Playing the biggest games online before bankroll management existed ♦️ Becoming part-owner of Live at the Bike ♣️ Helping shape the WSOP Vlogger Program today ♠️ Why poker needs creators more than ever ♥️ How AI, content, and media are changing poker foreverWe also get into: esports history Commerce poker politics poker fame vs actual skill livestream tells what makes good poker content and why “your network is your net worth” becomes more true the longer you play poker.This one feels like a time capsule of:early esports,early online poker,and the weird internet era that created both. 👇 Drop a comment:What old-school poker or esports moment made YOU realize the internet was changing everything? Show Notes 00:00 Pro Gamer Origins11:46 E-Sports Forever?!16:05 Poker!19:30 “Old school” online poker30:46 Going Broke39:00 Streaming Poker & Live at the Bike46:36 2-Hand Hold’em48:49 WSOP & Content!56:45 The BOOK Wayne's Links X - https://x.com/D22_soso2 Hand Hold'em - http://play2hh.herokuapp.com/YouTube - https://youtube.com/@waynechiangpoker WSOP Vlogger Program:https://www.wsop.com/poker-vlogger-program/ T1 Links Phenom Poker (Daily MTTs + deposit bonus):https://play.phenompoker.com/register?r=Table1 Play with us in Vegas:https://table1.vegas First-time depositors can get up to 200% on $2,000 when you use our link. Card Player Magazine (Table 1 stories):https://table1.vegas/cardplayer Follow us: X - https://x.com/table1vegasIG - https://instagram.com/table1vegas

    1hr 3min

  5. 17 May

    Poker Was Chaos Until He Changed The Game.

    Come Play Poker with us online & Get a 150% Deposit Bonus up to $3K! Sign up here OR... Come play with us in Las Vegas at Table 1!https://table1.vegas Matt Savage almost changed poker history. Seriously. One ruling…one sentence…and the most famous hand of the poker boom might’ve played out completely differently. But that’s only a tiny piece of Matt’s story. Because before poker had standardized tournament rules…before the TDA…before modern tournament poker became the machine it is today… everything was chaos. Different casinos had different rules.Players argued nonstop.Structures were all over the place.And during the poker boom? Absolute insanity. So Matt Savage helped fix it. In this episode of The Table 1 Podcast, Matt joins Art Parmann and Justin Young for a deep dive into the hidden side of poker that most players never think about: ♠️ The early WPT days and poker’s Wild West era ♥️ Building the Tournament Directors Association (TDA) ♦️ Running the WSOP during the Moneymaker boom ♣️ The hand that almost changed poker history forever ♠️ Why Matt thinks some modern tournament structures are broken ♥️ The future of poker with AI, solvers, phones, and cheating concerns ♦️ Why recreational players matter more than pros realize ♣️ The chaos of old-school WSOP poker roomsWe also get into: poker room disasters missing money scandals livestream headaches bizarre rulings why everybody hates the floor… until they need the floor…and why tournament poker today looks completely different because of people like Matt. This one is poker history, poker philosophy, and behind-the-scenes Vegas chaos all wrapped into one episode. 👇 Comment below:What’s the most controversial poker ruling YOU’ve ever seen? Watch on YouTube:PASTE_YOUTUBE_LINK_HERE Show Notes 00:00 Early Bowling Life07:02 Lucky You09:57 Almost Ruining The Poker Boom & Matt’s Poker Origin Story21:50 Early Days at WPT & The TDA34:50 The Boom!40:25 WSOP!49:29 Technology in Poker & Unique Formats1:08:23 2026 & Beyond Matt’s Links X - https://x.com/SavagePokerTDA - https://pokertda.com/ T1 Links Phenom Poker (Daily MTTs + deposit bonus):https://play.phenompoker.com/register?r=Table1 First-time depositors can get up to 150% up to $3,000 when you use our link. Card Player Magazine (Table 1 stories):https://table1.vegas/cardplayer Follow us: X - https://x.com/table1vegasIG - https://instagram.com/table1vegas

    1hr 19min

  6. 10 May

    He Spends 350 Days Per Year Inside of a Casino (And Wins). Allen Kessler Shares His Journey.

    Play with us on Phenom Poker! https://play.phenompoker.com/register?r=Table1 Play with us in Vegas on Table 1: https://table1.vegas This week we're joined by Allen "The Chainsaw" Kessler. Most poker stories have some common thread. For Allen, that thread is curiosity. Whether that be the mechanics of a card game or a video poker machine, or even your basic slot machine, Allen's played — and beaten — them all. Show Notes: 00:00 Introduction to woodworking 4:15 Who is Allen Kessler? 10:04 Weekend Warrior Mode 15:39 Selling Phone Numbers?! 31:44 Vegas Baby! 40:00 Chain(saw)ing Some Poker Tourneys Together 45:38 The Chainsaw Mixed Series of Poker 51:32 The WSOP + Fantasy Poker 1:07:38 Binking a slot for $1,000,000+ 1:18:05 Which Bracelet is Allen Gonna Win? Allen's Links: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCVwTQG94x6mgJAgaIANr5TQ X: https://x.com/AllenKessler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chainsawpoker/

    1hr 25min

  7. 2 May

    He Lost Millions…Then Fought His Way Back! Mike Matusow's Poker Journey Is A Wild One

    Mike Matusow was one of the best players in the world. And he knew it. But before the bracelets… before the TV cameras… before the meltdowns… He was just a kid in Las Vegas: Getting picked on Selling candy at school Building a race car to find his placeThen he discovered gambling. And it hit fast. Video poker turned into addiction.Addiction turned into poker.Poker turned into dominance. Within months, he goes from never playing poker… to sitting with legends like Johnny Moss. To being told by the reigning World Champion: “You’re one of the only ones who knows what’s going on.” That’s how fast it happened. But the story everyone thinks they know? That’s only part of it. Because behind the wins… there’s a different story: Drugs Jail Millions lost Mental battles Starting over again and againAnd somehow… still competing at the highest level. In this episode of The Table 1 Podcast, Mike “The Mouth” Matusow joins Art Parmann and Justin Young to break down one of the most intense careers in poker: ♠️ Getting bullied growing up and finding confidence through cars ♥️ Becoming addicted to gambling before poker ♦️ Learning poker and becoming elite almost instantly ♣️ Playing with legends in the 90s poker scene ♠️ The Scotty Nguyen backing story and calling his shot ♥️ The 2005 WSOP Main Event run — and how it slipped away ♦️ Russ Hamilton stealing millions from him ♣️ Jail, depression, and rebuilding his life ♠️ Why modern poker is broken and what players get wrong ♥️ The mindset required to win at the highest levelThis one is raw, unfiltered, and a look at poker from someone who lived through every era of it. Come Play With Ushttps://table1.vegashttps://play.phenompoker.com/register?r=Table1 Follow MikeTwitter: https://x.com/themouthmatusowInstagram: https://instagram.com/mikematusow Table 1 Podcast The Table 1 Podcast is poker’s living room. We bring you the stories behind the biggest personalities in poker — the wins, the losses, and everything that happens away from the felt. Subscribe for new episodes every week.

    1hr 46min

  8. 25 Apr

    He Lost Everything Gambling…But Poker Bailed Him Out.

    John Borenstein wasn’t supposed to make it in poker. He got kicked out of three high schools.Finished with a GED.And spent his teenage years running around New Jersey doing things that definitely weren’t part of any career plan. Then one night… he ended up in a stolen van. And that’s not even the craziest part. Before he ever played a real tournament, he satellited into a $22 online event… Overslept… Woke up late… And won it for $27,000. In his parents’ basement. From there? He didn’t go pro the normal way. He opened an underground poker club. At 18. We’re talking: Armed robberies Methhead regulars Partners stealing rent money Getting held at gunpoint…and somehow… that turned into a six-figure tournament career. In this episode of The Table 1 Podcast, John joins Art Parmann and Justin Young to tell one of the wildest poker stories you’ll hear. Getting expelled from multiple high schools The stolen van story that got him kicked out Winning $27K as a teenager by accident Running underground poker games at 18 Getting robbed at gunpoint in a home game Losing everything… then winning it back in 24 hours The Colossus run with 22,000 players Why he hates modern pokerThis one is chaos, comedy, and somehow still a success story. Show Notes 00:00 — Getting kicked out of schoolThree high schools → GED with honors 3:44 — First poker games + early suspensionsRunning games in empty classrooms 5:07 — The stolen van storyCar theft → crash → expulsion 12:52 — First big online score ($27K)Satellite → overslept → wins anyway 16:46 — Starting an underground poker clubTurning winnings into a business at 18 22:29 — Armed robbery at the gameHeld at gunpoint in a home game 27:29 — Quits poker → Amazon jobTrying to go “normal” 29:47 — Wins $40K → quits job immediatelyBack to poker full-time 36:01 — PCA trip + early tournament successFirst big live scores 42:24 — WSOP Colossus final table run22,000-player field → first major result 47:30 — Why he hates modern pokerSolver era vs old-school instincts 52:59 — The Tinder story beginsPeggy Sue enters the chat… 1:09:17 — $50K blackjack punt → comebackLoses everything… wins it back next day Come Play With Ushttps://table1.vegashttps://play.phenompoker.com/register?r=Table1 Follow JohnInstagram: https://instagram.com/itsmejonb Table 1 Podcast The Table 1 Podcast is poker’s living room. We bring you the stories behind the biggest personalities in poker — the wins, the losses, and everything that happens away from the felt. Subscribe for new episodes every week.

    1hr 13min
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What is The Table 1 Podcast... A podcast where we talk poker, gambling, and all manner of life experiences on and off the felt. Sometimes we have famous guests on who do it with us. Join us for a laugh or three!

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    Table 1 Podcast
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    136
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