Hosted by Andrew Brokos and Carlos Welch this weekly poker podcast features in-depth interviews with fascinating people from all corners of the poker world plus sophisticated strategy discussions.
Manuel “Phemo” Bueno Fernandez is a professional poker player from Hamburg, Germany and one of our favorite coaches on GTO Wizard. We talk to him about the beginnings of his fascination with poker during a dark winter in Finland, studying … Read more…
Nate Silver is back on the felt, but there’s a lot more than poker in his new book, On the Edge. He gets deep into it with Andrew and Carlos, discussing everything from the physiology of poker to coaching with … Read more…
Civil rights leader Barbara Arnwine joins returning guests Justin and Caitlyn Arnwine (her son and daughter-in-law) to discuss the ways poker strategy has informed their activism around civil rights and voter suppression. The Map of Shame My Vote Don’t Count … Read more…
1983 WSOP Main Event champion Tom McEvoy’s new autobiography, Poker Pioneer, is the perfect impetus for celebrating his storied, decades-long career. With Carlos and Andrew, Tom discusses going pro in the 70s, defeating Doyle Brunson in the Main Event, rubbing … Read more…
Michelle Farmer and Natascha Carpenter met 8 years ago in a bar poker league. They founded Royal Queens Poker in Atlanta in 2024 after seeing the lack of diversity in other leagues. They discuss with Andrew, Carlos, and Gloria Jackson … Read more…
Andrew has been playing poker professionally since 2005. In addition to playing and hosting the podcast, Andrew's also a poker coach. He offers one-on-one poker private coaching and serves as a video instructor for both Tournament Poker Edge and Red Chip Poker.
One of his most notable poker accomplishments is cashing five times in seven years at the World Series of Poker Main Event, including three finishes in the top 100.
Carlos was drawn to poker as a way to escape poverty and has done so successfully for nearly two decades. Though he won a WSOP gold bracelet in 2021, he is still known primarily for his extremely frugal lifestyle and his desire to inspire others to better manage their money in order to pursue financial freedom through poker.
After appearing as a guest on Episode 39 of the Thinking Poker Podcast, Carlos became a regular guest on the show and officially took over as co-host on Episode 366. He is also a poker coach and has contributed strategy articles to media outlets including PokerNews and Cardplayer Magazine.
A few randomly selected episodes over the years. To view all episodes visit the full podcast archive.
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When we set off to make the podcast, we didn’t want to be just another poker podcast. We were really interested in sharing unique but often hidden stories about the people in and behind poker. So we aim to not just talk to the same old big-name pro players, but instead to provide a platform to recreational players, local legends, poker biz insiders, dealers and more to share their stories.
With that in mind, we mostly approach people we think we and and our listeners would be interested to hear from. Some stories are untold for a reason and not everyone is comfortable being publicly interviewed, but we’re very appreciative of those that are!
We welcome your suggestions of guests (you can write us using the form at the bottom of this page), but keep in mind we aren’t interested in guests that are primarily promoting a product and do not accept solicitations by promotional agencies.
We originally used different intro songs for the podcast, but one from Podcast editor Sean’s former band, Palmyra, quickly became a permanent anthem for the podcast.
Palmyra, now inactive, was a Brooklyn based quintet made up of Gina Pensiero (songs, vocals, guitar), Karl Sturk (guitar), Kenny Roebuck (trumpet, vocals), Sean Lango (bass, synth), and Jonathan Lango (drums).
The intro song is Spires. The outro song is called Whereby the Signatory. And snippets used from bumpers include Cold Coffee, Suicidal Female Poets, and on rare occasions Lights Dot. These can all be found on the Palmyra bandcamp under the albums Hoodcat and The City, On Repeat.
Besides their weekly appearance on the Thinking Poker Podcast, it’s quite likely that the Palmyra-specific chapter is closed. But you can support the band their digital songs on Bandcamp, and Gina’s voice does live on in her collaboration with Sean softcenter
We originally used different intro songs for the podcast, but one from Podcast editor Sean’s former band, Palmyra, quickly became a permanent anthem for the podcast.
Palmyra, now inactive, was a Brooklyn based quintet made up of Gina Pensiero (songs, vocals, guitar), Karl Sturk (guitar), Kenny Roebuck (trumpet, vocals), Sean Lango (bass, synth), and Jonathan Lango (drums).
The intro song is Spires. The outro song is called Whereby the Signatory. And snippets used from bumpers include Cold Coffee, Suicidal Female Poets, and on rare occasions Lights Dot. These can all be found on the Palmyra bandcamp under the albums Hoodcat and The City, On Repeat.
Besides their weekly appearance on the Thinking Poker Podcast, it’s quite likely that the Palmyra-specific chapter is closed. But you can support the band their digital songs on Bandcamp, and Gina’s voice does live on in her collaboration with Sean softcenter
The podcast’s primary sponsor is poker coaching site Tournament Poker Edge.
We are always open to hearing from other high-quality organizations looking to reach our audience, but keep in mind we are quite choosey about who we work with, and we don’t reply to spam solicitations.
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