The Official Red Chip Poker Podcast

James and Chris discuss how you really need to be thinking about win rate, what's possible in the 'tough' 2020 cash games and how they each have used win rate data throughout their careers.

In this episode, James and Chris discuss what it takes to beat 100NL in 2020. Focus on key aspects of modern-day poker strategy, including preflop ranges, finding bluffs, bet sizing, and analyzing your player pool.

James and Chris are joined by "kenaces" to discuss how you actually get GTO preflop ranges, how you can use them and everything you need to know to get started trying out GTO.

In this episode, James and Chris discuss why GTO isn't as complex as it seems, and why you're going to need it for your poker game moving forward. New to GTO? Learn the concrete steps you can take as a beginner to understand what you're getting out of a solver.

James and Chris discuss what it means to play by feel or by math. How do you actually build your feel for the game? Learn why understanding probabilities is difficult for the brain, and how to find profitable plays with basic math and solver usage.

James and Zac discuss the process of building CORE and what's been added to CORE 2.0, updating every lesson for 2020, the new MTT course and more. A fascinating peak behind the curtain of what goes into creating the most structured poker course available.

Zac and guest Chris "Fox" Wallace discuss transitioning from cash games to tournaments, adjustments to make at different stack sizes and what's included in Chris' soon to be released course in CORE.

James and Zac discuss the many ways fear can impact your poker game and how you can address and manage it.

Very soft games can often be harder to manage and require different strategies than what you're used to. James and Zac go over what you need to know to maximize your winrate in these games.

James and Zac breakdown the most common places you can leverage exploitative play in your game.

James and Zac talk about how you can apply skills you've learned from poker to dealing with a crisis like coronavirus.

Splitsuit (James) and Zac go over the preflop checklist, what considerations should you be using when making preflop decisions?

James and Zac discuss poker workbooks, why they are valuable and how you can use them. They also touch upon the impact of live poker shutting down.

This week James and Zac breakdown balance in poker for newer players, how important is it and how to start bringing it into your game without losing your exploitative edges. James even breaks down how he would approach the active play in Zac's homegame.

Welcome to Season 3 of the Red Chip Poker podcast! Zac and James are back to discuss the topic of folding -- are you doing it too much? Most players are. They cover everything from managing standard ranges to the psychological aspect of the game.

Fausto Valdez returns with critical advice on how to outmaneuver LAGs in your game. He's presenting this month's PRO group coaching session on the same subject, and gives a window into some tactics that are particularly useful in combating loose aggressive opponents.

Alex "Assassinato" Fitzgerald joins James 'SplitSuit' Sweeney to discuss all things c-betting in preparation for this month's PRO group coaching session. Get a taste of professional-grade c-betting tactics and join PRO to get the complete strategy.

Join us for a very special episode as all three of our hosts get together for a roundtable discussion, revealing all the details from behind the scenes of our podcast. Robbie Strazyknsi, James 'SplitSuit' Sweeney and Zac Shaw talk about the past and future of the podcast, the best guests, the biggest lessons learned, great successes and mistakes, and more. It's everything you ever wanted to know about running a poker podcast!

"w34z3l" joins us to lend his expertise as a pro and coach to make you a better c-bettor out of position. He's hosting a group coaching session for PRO members, and on this episode he shares some of his best advice for OOP c-betting.

Mac VerStandig is known as THE poker lawyer, a prolific protector of poker player rights. The old-school-grinder and gaming law guru gives us a far-ranging verbal tour of the poker legal landscape, touching on many critical legal issues any serious poker player should understand.