In it to Win it

Steve and Mike bring on Momma Barton for a spot in the show. We talk about getting into poker, how we started playing, and of course some strategy. Intro: results for the last week, using a HUD online, Mike is improving, learning to quit, Elliot Roe - hypnosis tapes. Welcome Mom: How has poker been treating you? Tournaments at the Luxor and Excalibur, women poker players, playing with a woman at the table, playing at the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, WSOP seniors event, WSOP daily deep stack events. Mike Strategy: 5/10 NL (1500) Hero But 44 raise 35 (1700) SB 85 BB fold Hero 225 SB call 225 Flop (460) Q 9x 7 SB ck Hero 250 SB call 250 Turn (960) Kx SB ck Hero 475 SB call 475 River (1910) 2x SB ck Hero all in 475 SB folds (1200) UTG 30 UTG2 30 (3000) Hero CO JdTd (1900) SB 200 UTG 200 UTG2 fold Hero 850 SB all in 1900 UTG all in 1200 Hero call all in bets 4520 in pot, 1050 to call Steve Strategy: $55 Bovada Super Stack 100/200 blinds (7400) Hero AK raise 455 Villain CO rr 1110 Hero calls 1110 Flop (2520) T A 7r Hero ck Villain ck Turn (2520) K Hero 1234 Villain 2468 Hero all in Villain calls and shows KK Thank you for listening! Have a great day and we will talk to you next week! Oh, we are also on Stitcher Radio now :)

Travis Jonas is probably one of the most entertaining guests we've had on the show. He was a professional dealer and poker player before and after the Moneymaker era. Travis has stories of dealing some of the biggest games in Vegas, including Pros such as Johnny Chan, TJ Cloutier, Phil Hellmuth, and Phil Ivey. When he was getting started in his career he was backed by Phil Ivey. Travis won a bracelet in the 2001 Dealers Event in Limit Holdem. He also tells an awesome story of how he took $100 to the craps tables in Vegas and turned it into $68,000 over the weekend! We really enjoyed this interview and we know you will too. Intro: Welcome, results from Steve and Mike's Sunday Online grind. Strategy hands one from Steve and one from Mike. Welcome Travis: The LA Tournament - Travis KJ Travis' start in poker, TJ Cloutier, Minh the Master, 2/4 Limit - 3/6 Limit, Panguingue (PAN), starting as a dealer, dealing for Tony Deeb, Johnny Chan and Frank Henderson, $200,000 pots, winning a bracelet in 2001, Winning a prop bet with Phil Hellmuth and being interviewed by him 2 years later, being backed by Phil Ivey for tournaments and super satelites, watching Phil Ivey play stud for 1 1/2 months at the Commerce Casino, 2004 best weekend in Vegas of his gambling career - turning $100 into $68,000 in a weekend, investments in stocks, winning a degen bet with Layne Flack, and one last strategy hand - pocket sevens in late position. Steve's HH: 2/3 NL UTG 3 (300) Villain EP 3 MP1 3 MP2 3 (300) Hero As5s CO 3 SB 3 BB 3 Flop (21) Ac 4c 7s SB ck BB ck UTG ck Villain 17 MP1 fold MP2 fold Hero 17 SB and BB fold Turn (55) Jh Villain 25 Hero 25 River (105) 7c Villain 25 Hero 25 Villain shows AKo Mike HH: 5/5/10 (1460) Hero UTG AxKd 40 folds around to Villain in the straddle 40 Flop (90) Ax Td 7x rainbow Villain ck Hero 60 Villain 60 Turn (210) 8d Villain ck Hero ck River (210) 5d Villain ck Hero 200 Villain shoves for 1160 more. Pot is 1770 and it's 1160 for Mike to call. Hero calls and Villain shows 89o for a pair of eights. Steve HH: 2/3 NL (300) Villain UTG 3 MP 3 (300) Hero CO 7c7s calls 3 SB 3 BB 3 Flop (15) 2d 2h Jc SB ck BB ck UTG ck MP ck Hero 12 SB, BB fold Villain UTG calls 12 MP folds Turn (34) 4d Villain ck Hero 35 Villain 35 River (104) 3c Villain 30 Hero 30 Villain shows 99 Thank you for listening. Hope you enjoyed the show. Have a great week and we will be on next week interviewing Steve's Mom. Twitter Facebook Blog Headsuppokerpodcast@gmail.com

FREE MP3 Mental Game MP3s Tournament Poker Edge Derek "Killingbird" Tenbusch started Tournament Poker Edge in 2010 with his friend and co-owner Diego "Ron Fez Buddy" Lomanto. Tournament Poker Edge, or TPE, is a tournament poker training site with hundreds (if not thousands) of training videos by dozens of professionals in the game. Derek is modest when he says that he's not a professional poker player. But if grinding over 80 hours a week, being a consistant winner in the game, being financially backed, having a poker coach, and running a poker training site doesn't make you pro, then we don't know what does. Intro: Saving cats from trees, fist fights at the tables, karma comes back to bink a tournament. Welcome KB: Podcasting, getting started in poker, binking a $2500 SNG, starting Tournament Poker Edge, MTTs on Bovada, Winning Poker Network & Merge, Having a poker backer, work ethic = 80+ hours per week, TPE videos, going into the mailbag. Strategy: Mike folds KK preflop twice in the last couple weeks, check call, check call, check call line. Steve HH: EP 3 Hero QQ 21 MP 50 EP folds Hero all in 200 effective, MP calls w/ AK Mike HH: MTT 600/1200 blinds Hero UTG AKs Raise 3,100 CO shoves 31,000 Hero calls Steve HH: 2/3NL with a $6 straddle Straddle 6 UTG1 6 MP1 6 Hero Jc8c MP2 6 CO 6 But 6 SB 6 BB 6 Straddle checks Flop ($48) Qc 9c 3c SB ck, BB ck UTG 81 all in UTG1 folds MP1 calls 81 Hero folds :( Mike HH: 5/5 NL EP 5 MP 5 (2500) Hero 88 $45 (2045) Villain BB 45 EP 45 MP folds Flop (145) As Qs 8c Villain ck EP 300 Hero 300 Villain 300 Turn (1045) 5c Villain ck EP ck Hero 800 Villain 800 EP folds River (2645) Xc Villain shoves 900 Hero calls 900 Villain shows Ac2c for the backdoor flush Hope you guys like this episode as much as we enjoyed making it. Please leave comments on iTunes and hit us up on Twitter and Facebook. Have a great week and play well on the tables! Blog Twitter Facebook headsuppokerpodcast@gmail.com

FREE MP3 Mental Game MP3s Tournament Poker Edge It is obvious to anyone who listens to Marc how passionate he is about the game. You can hear it in his voice. Marc is a true American mtt grinder, getting up and playing all the major online tournaments that are available in the USA. Marc offers a unique insight into the level of dedication and amount of work it takes to be a true professional. His work ethic and love of the game is top notch and second to none. Topics of this episode include (but are not limited to...) Playing online, warm up routine and meditation, getting a coach, playing out of the small blind and the big blind, sports gambling, being a degenerate, study time vs play time, Elliot Roe - Mental Coach Pokermindcoach.com, Marc's recent score on the Merge Network, being a Sponsored Lock Poker Pro and then losing a metric $hit ton of money on Lock Poker, Online poker in California, tilt, strategy, and being a TPE professional on Tournament Poker Edge. Hand History: MTT blinds 2000/4000 5 handed, final table bubble Spree43 (147k) raise 8,500 Hero (170k) QQ reraise 19,999 But (100k) folds LAchance (83k) 4bet all in 83,000 BB (35k) folds Spree43 shoves all in for 147k Hero with QQ??? Hope you guys enjoyed the show. You can get a hold of Marc on twitter, @aznAllin007 You can follow us on Facebook: Heads Up Poker Podcast Follow us on twitter: @HUPPodcast Email us with any questions you have: headsuppokerpodcast@gmail.com Read our blog: headsuppokerpodcast.blogspot.com

We are excited to announce the launch of our first episode of the Heads Up Poker Podcast. Hosted by Steve Barton and Mike Sneideman, two California guys who love to talk poker strategy. Steve is a professional fireman who has played poker for the last 11 years, winning at the game for the last 7 years. Mike recently gave up his career as a mailman to move out to San Diego California to be closer to his son and pursue a career as a professional poker player. In this episode we discuss Mike's recent run in the WSOP circuit event in San Diego. Mike had several deep runs, including an 8th and 9th place finish. We break down several hands of his main event deep run and discuss tournament strategy, bluffing, slowplaying and much more. Please leave comments and let us know what you think of the show. Thank you for listening!