The Official Red Chip Poker Podcast

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This is the podcast for poker players looking for coaching on the go. Learn new plays, powerful concepts, and gain insights from coaches who play your games. If you're looking for even more content and a community of poker players who are ready to help you improve, join us at redchippoker.com. Enjoy the show!

  1. 3h ago

    The Fundamentals Of Heads-Up Hold'em

    Many #poker players regard heads-up play as the purest form of the game. You are locked in a duel of wits with a single opponent, constantly trying to outmaneuver them and countering their tactical adjustments. The one-on-one nature also means your skill edge is magnified leading to high win-rates.   This podcast episode gives a comprehensive overview of all the skills required to succeed in heads-up play. In addition to strategic and tactical considerations, coach w34z3l also explores soft skills, including attracting weaker players to your table.   TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Introduction to Heads-Up Poker Strategy 0:36 Why Starting Tables Yourself Attracts Recreational Players 1:55 When to Leave a Heads-Up Match 2:11 Simplifying Preflop Strategy in Heads-Up Play 4:29 Button Strategy: 80% VPIP Explained 5:11 The Case for Limping the Button 6:09 Defending Against 3-Bets on the Button 10:14 Big Blind Defense Strategy (80% Range) 11:00 Aggressive 3-Betting from the Big Blind (20%+ Frequency) 13:23 Continuing Against 4-Bets 15:14 Postflop Play: Translating Ring Game Skills 17:01 Understanding Toughness: Being Unpredictable 21:24 The Power of Overbets 22:49 Bum-Hunting and Table-Selection Ethics   RELATED LINKS The Low-Stakes Poker Playbook: https://redchippoker.com/low-stakes-poker-playbook/ Top Ten Poker Podcasts: https://www.splitsuit.com/best-poker-podcasts Poker Profit From Novel Lines: https://redchippoker.com/unorthodox-lines-in-nlhe/ Is Poker Dead? https://youtu.be/dwzUJTY6dTk?si=71kgdpqvJDgwyPz1 **JOIN US ON DISCORD** Join our free poker Discord today: https://redchippoker.com/discord

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  3. Jul 7

    Poker As A Business: Managing Time And Costs

    If you play #poker to make money, you have more to manage than your bankroll. To get better at the game, you need to study. That takes time and money. Serious students of the game require poker software and training material.   The purpose of this podcast episode is to outline how you manage the time and costs that are associated with treating poker like a business. How do you assess which software you really need? How do you determine the value of specific books and training courses? This episode will help you make thrifty decisions.   TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Introduction: The Cost of Modern Poker 0:24 Training Sites & Subscriptions: What You Really Need 1:37 High-Ticket Courses: Are They Worth It? 4:00 The Evolution of Training Content Quality 6:02 Why Expensive Courses Are Overpriced 8:30 Poker Tracker Costs: Then vs Now 10:44 Hand2Note vs Alternatives: Smart Subscription Strategy 12:12 Table Management Tools 17:00 GTO Wizard & Presolve Ranges: The Truth About Pricing 19:17 How to Reduce Your GTO Tool Costs 20:30 Running Your Own Solves: The Free Alternative 21:00 Why Poker Solvers Are Overpriced 22:15 The Marketing Behind $1000 Solvers 25:00 Optimizing Your Monthly Poker Expenses 28:50 Books vs Videos: Best ROI for Learning 28:48 Final Thoughts: Balancing Costs & Value   RELATED LINKS The Low-Stakes Poker Playbook: https://redchippoker.com/low-stakes-poker-playbook/ Poker Workbooks: https://www.splitsuit.com/poker-workbooks Exploitative Strategies Beyond GTO: https://redchippoker.com/exploitative-strategies-beyond-gto/ The GTO Ranges App: https://redchippoker.com/gto-ranges-app **JOIN US ON DISCORD** Join our free poker Discord today: https://redchippoker.com/discord

  4. Jun 23

    Grinding Poker In A Rec-Friendly Environment

    Online #poker is a very different beast to twenty years ago. Essentially all poker sites have taken the decision to clip the wings of the professional grinder, ostensibly to encourage the survival of recreational players. Table caps, minimal rake back, and HUD restrictions require the pros to make concessions.   In this episode of the podcast, coach w34z3l discusses how the online grinder can navigate this hostile environment. There are no ideal poker sites anymore, but you can still develop a strategy to play professionally or to generate a significant side income.   TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Introduction: The Golden Age of Online Poker 1:04 PokerStars Today: Table Caps & Restrictions 2:18 Multi-Site Grinding: The New Reality 4:42 HUD Restrictions Across Major Networks 7:24 Room-by-Room Breakdown: Finding the Best Option 9:38 888 Poker: Traffic Issues & High Rake 10:14 iPoker Network: Bot Activity Concerns 11:58 Americas Cardroom: Closest to Old Stars? 12:57 Unibet: No Tracking, No HUD 13:37 Asian Apps: Security Risks & Agent Issues 15:04 PokerStars Security vs Accessibility 16:09 Winamax Withdrawal Issues: My Experience 21:01 GG Poker Lifetime Ban: What Happened? 24:39 The Decline of Online Poker & Final Thoughts   **LINKS** The Low-Stakes Poker Playbook: https://redchippoker.com/low-stakes-poker-playbook/ Setting Up Your Poker HUD Stats: https://www.splitsuit.com/setting-up-poker-hud-stats Maximize Your Online Poker Edge: https://youtu.be/IFLeNVINYDQ?si=t9oqSddVCfoWwZ5b Top 15 Key Poker Skills: https://redchippoker.com/top-15-poker-skills/   **JOIN US ON DISCORD** Join our free poker Discord today: https://redchippoker.com/discord

  5. Jun 9

    Realistic Expectations For Your Poker Decisions

    Any #poker session you play can be thought of as a series of decisions. The "correct" decision in any spot, such as whether to bet and how much, in principle has an objectively-correct answer. This has some players erroneously seeking perfection.   In the real world, the information you use to make each decision contains uncertainty. You simply do not know the precise range of your opponent, and even if you did, a precise EV calculation in real time is not a feasible goal. Make the best decision you can with the available information, but accept that your goal is to be good, not perfect.   TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Introduction: Certain Uncertainty in Poker 0:42 The Myth of Perfect Decision Making 1:30 Why Professional Players Don't Always Know What to Do 3:06 Quest for Perfection vs Reality 4:47 Three Areas Where Uncertainty is Normal 5:23 Area 1: Can You Ever Know You're a Winner? 7:08 Area 2: Understanding Villain Ranges 9:43 The Ranging Process is Just an Educated Guess 11:42 Area 3: Expected Value Calculations 12:42 The Limitations of EV Calculations 15:12 Long-Term EV vs Single Hand EV 18:21 Being Better Than Average is Enough 20:07 Embrace Uncertainty to Improve Your Game   RELATED LINKS The Low-Stakes Poker Playbook: https://redchippoker.com/low-stakes-poker-playbook/ SplitSuit Poker Workbooks: https://www.splitsuit.com/poker-workbooks Generating Profit In Multiway Pots: https://redchippoker.com/profit-from-multiway-pots/ Play Better Poker Through EV Modeling: https://youtu.be/zvRTqcJ7DHY?si=i_tZRyP3JBOQ-TCm   **JOIN US ON DISCORD** Join our free poker Discord today: https://redchippoker.com/discord

  6. May 26

    Poker Tips From LLMs: How Bad Are They?

    An increasing number of people rely on ChatGPT summaries to explain complex topics. Is this a good idea if you're looking for tactical and strategic information about #poker? This fun episode of the podcast explores the question.   As you may have found in other disciplines, one of the problems with relying on any LLM is that the accuracy of the information they return can be extremely unpredictable. ChatGPT provides decent summaries of some areas of poker, and laughably bad ones in others.   TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Introduction: Poker Turing Test with AI 0:22 Can AI Understand Poker Conceptually? 1:30 Testing ChatGPT's Range Construction 2:36 The Symmetrical Grid Problem 4:55 Suited vs Offsuit Hand Values 7:18 Concept Explanation Test: Polarization 8:50 Equity Denial & Reverse Implied Odds 9:30 The Triple Range Merge Trap 12:13 ChatGPT's Conceptual Understanding Limits 12:58 EV Calculation Challenge Begins 14:34 Breaking Down Semi-Bluff Math 17:30 Training ChatGPT to Calculate Correctly 19:00 Can ChatGPT Remember EV Formulas? 21:30 Writing Poker Scripts with AI 24:33 Final Verdict: Did ChatGPT Pass?   RELATED LINKS The Low-Stakes Poker Playbook: https://redchippoker.com/low-stakes-poker-playbook/ Poker Study Guide: https://www.splitsuit.com/ultimate-weekly-poker-study-guide Crushing Poker Bots: https://youtu.be/nhuWF-8CK1E?si=GVt6NKcpflLTqktr The Poker Robot: https://youtu.be/vnL52ChgLqM?si=jNJIDz1YoTmrssas **JOIN US ON DISCORD** Join our free poker Discord today: https://redchippoker.com/discord

  7. May 12

    Live Poker Tells: Reading Your Opponents

    Hollywood promotes the notion that top players "read" their opponents from their body language, or their unique method of eating Oreo cookies. But do such live tells have any place in today's mathematical game of #poker?   In this episode, coach w34z3l gives an overview of how your opponents may leak information that you can use to beat them. Equally important, we discuss how you can prevent others from reading your own body language, so that you can protect yourself from damaging information leaks.   TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Introduction: What Are Live Tells? 1:12 Why Tells Exist Even in Tough Games 2:30 How to Read Tells: Default Profiles & Deviations 3:47 Reverse Tells: When Players Mislead You 5:04 Reading the Mouth & Microexpressions 6:33 Hand Tells: Trembling, Position & Chip Tricks 8:48 Posture Changes & Body Language 9:29 Eye Tells: Pupils, Gaze Direction & Stack Glances 11:39 Card Apex: How Players Check Their Cards 14:51 Betting Style & Angle Shooting 17:05 Speech Patterns & Vocal Tells 18:43 Vocalizing vs Silent Options 20:24 Card Protectors & Information Leakage 21:12 Protecting Against Tells: Sunglasses & Hoodies 23:08 Why Perfect Balance Is Impossible   RELATED LINKS The Low-Stakes Poker Playbook: https://redchippoker.com/low-stakes-poker-playbook/ Poker Mastery 101: https://youtu.be/B8qidwy2UeU?si=-DOEQyKTHYCzn6qX Live Poker Analysis: https://youtu.be/06gOgEchrqM?si=eDSpZ5jHAJtzLiBy The Best $1/$2 Poker Vlog: https://www.splitsuit.com/1-2-live-cash-poker-vlog **JOIN US ON DISCORD** Join our free poker Discord today: https://redchippoker.com/discord

  8. Apr 28

    Surviving The Variance Of Live Poker

    The element of luck in #poker means that weak players can having winning sessions and strong ones can go on extended downswings. One can argue that this variance is necessary for the game to survive at all, since without it donators would quickly drop the game.   Appreciating how extreme poker variance can be is important for two reasons. First, understanding that downswings are a feature of the game helps us survive psychologically. Second, quantifying how big downswings can be is essential for exercising proper bankroll management.   TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Introduction: Live Poker Variance & Win Rates 0:30 Can You Win 12 Months Straight? 1:25 The Sample Size Problem in Live Poker 2:32 Why Live Win-Rates Are Over-Reported 4:03 Small-Stakes Win-Rate Estimates (1/2 & 1/3) 6:03 High-Stakes Reality Check (10/20+) 7:07 Three Win-Rate Scenarios: 40bb, 20bb, 6bb/100 8:44 Understanding Standard Deviation 9:30 40bb/100 Winner: Monthly Variance Analysis 12:42 20bb/100 Winner: Expect Breakeven Months 14:38 6bb/100 Winner: The Harsh Reality 16:34 Key Takeaways & Bankroll Management 20:29 Final Thoughts on Life Roll & BRM   RELATED LINKS ·      **NEW** The Low-Stakes Poker Playbook: https://redchippoker.com/low-stakes-poker-playbook/ ·      Poker Bankroll Management: https://www.splitsuit.com/how-much-poker-money-do-you-need-to-play ·      Live Poker Analysis: https://youtu.be/06gOgEchrqM?si=eDSpZ5jHAJtzLiBy ·      Bankroll Management & Taking Shots: https://youtu.be/1nDFMAouLFM?si=zam69b6KhXR23c8p   **JOIN US ON DISCORD** Join our free poker Discord today: https://redchippoker.com/discord

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