Episode 117: Danielle “dmoongirl” Andersen

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On April 10, 2001, Danielle “dmoongirl” Andersen was a professional poker player living happily in a small town in Minnesota with her husband and young son. The film Bet Raise Fold (which also featured former podcast guest Tony Dunst) shows how Black Friday turned her life upside down. Nearly four years later, Danielle is settled in Las Vegas, once again living with her family and earning a living as a poker player. In this conversation, she reflects on the last four years of her career, her relationship with Ultimate Poker, and her new life in Las Vegas.

Timestamps

0:30 hello
6:07 strategy
41:11 Danielle Andersen

Strategy

I have AsKc in SB
Me: $170 in SB
OMR: $500 in MP
Reg: $700 in CO

OMR opens to $15
Reg calls.
I 3B to $45.
Both players call.

Pot $132 (after rake) Flop 2c 4s 8d
I bet $50, OMR folds, Reg calls.

Pot $232. Turn: 2c 4s 8d 3c.

I check, Reg shoves $75

10 thoughts on “Episode 117: Danielle “dmoongirl” Andersen”

  1. I had a similar situation to the person in the strategy segment occur in a 2/5 game when I barreled the flop and turn in position on a KT2ss board. The river brought a spade, my opponent checked, and I was planning on betting around 2/3-3/4 of the pot on the river to represent the flush, so I grabbed a stack of reds that I was planning on betting some fraction of and right when I crossed the plane with them but before I had stacked any of them on the felt my opponent instantly said call. I wasn’t sure if he was trying to angle to get the full stack of chips I had in my hand (he had a small flush) or if it was completely innocent and he just got excited, but I ended up just dropping a red chip off the bottom and making that my bet.

  2. Enjoyable episode guys – both the strategy segment and the interview.

    Andrew letting Nate hang like that is early contender for thinking poker podcast moment of the year

    Like what Alex said, I was wondering if he could have just bet $3 and the opponent would be required to call?

  3. And Largo doesn’t disappoint!

    That was a classic moment. Sean’s gotta get a rimshot sound effect for future spots like this. “Crushing silence” was such a brilliant term for that awkwardness and the “wooo!” that followed, is right up there with 0:30-0:40 of the https://www.thinkingpoker.net/2013/12/episode-61-keone-young-the-lost-interview episode. Gotta love Nate.

    Danielle was a great guest and a role model for us aspiring poker players. I’m sure things will continue to go well for her.

  5. It’s one thing with someone you would call a “recreational” player acts out of turn like the in the strategy hand, but when someone you would describe as a “reg” does it my alarm bells go off. Unless it’s a small pot that’s still multiway, then they might not be paying attention. But in a 3-bet pot heads up going to the turn and river? It’s such an odd thing, and I’ve only seen it twice. Once was a televised final table of a WSOP even in New Orleans from 2011 or so, a player with an aggressive image insta shoved out of turn on a scary river and got the other guy to fold top pair. Since you’ve already seen him flat a 3b with KTs I would figure him to have too many goof ball hands to fold.

  6. As I said on twitter, this was great.
    I thought maybe someone here would take issue with her proclaiming not to study, but I think it shows how endearing she is.

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