Immediately after recording, I was 75% sure of my mystery bounty answers. After listening away from the hot seat, I'm 85% sure.
The only thing I know for sure I said wrong was that the Hydra's average bounty is equal to a starting stack. I meant roughly half a starting stack.
We've got Soheb Porbandarwala on the latest podcast! Ww talk winning five figures as a high school student, explaining poker to his Muslim parents, being the worst player in the group chat, getting banned from Twitter, and more! Plus Mystery Bounty strategy!
www.thinkingpoker.net/2026/03/epis...
We've got Soheb Porbandarwala on the latest podcast! Ww talk winning five figures as a high school student, explaining poker to his Muslim parents, being the worst player in the group chat, getting banned from Twitter, and more! Plus Mystery Bounty strategy!
www.thinkingpoker.net/2026/03/epis...
Thanks for the heads up. I just checked and it's showing up for me.
That's just good taste.
Sorry, I accidentally included the wrong audio file when I initially published this episode. The correct one is now live.
Enjoy a big helping of pure poker strategy this week as @carloswelch.bsky.social and I answer listener questions submitted to Thinking Poker Daily.
www.thinkingpoker.net/2026/02/epis...
a shopping mall emo/indie kid who is somehow also an ICE thug
Death Camp For Cutie over here
Awesome, thanks for sharing!
Timely discussion about the US tax loss limitations on poker and gambling income. Also, the shrinking number of Enrolled Agents and CPAs in this decade. It seems so common now to hire an out of state tax professional.
Will check out barge.org!
Big (but not Beautiful) changes to tax write-offs for American poker players and gamblers this year. Russ Fox joins us to discuss on Episode 492 of the Thinking Poker Podcast:
www.thinkingpoker.net/2026/01/epis...
(s/o @queenfive.bsky.social for suggesting and arranging this interview)
This was a pretty fancy high school
It was indeed NY
I was speaking to a high school poker class today. All sophomores. I said that we haven't had great online poker options in the US since 2011. Then I realized that was about when they were born, and let's just say it's a good thing I was already sitting down.
Big (but not Beautiful) changes to tax write-offs for American poker players and gamblers this year. Russ Fox joins us to discuss on Episode 492 of the Thinking Poker Podcast:
www.thinkingpoker.net/2026/01/epis...
(s/o @queenfive.bsky.social for suggesting and arranging this interview)
Someone just prompted me to listen to an interview I did with Duncan Palamourdas a few years ago and I'm really proud of it! Fair warning: it's got very little to do with poker. And there's a Part 2.
www.everand.com/podcast/6250...
Making a pot of tea to prepare for my ritual reading of Letter from Birmingham Jail
(Reposting with better link)
www.csuchico.edu/iege/_assets...
There sure is! Here's Victoria's article on the game: www.poker.org/poker-strate...
Thanks!
#poker strategy
"I feel more at home amongst poker players than amongst any other group I've come across."
That's Victoria Livschitz discussing her unique and fascinating poker journey on the latest Thinking Poker Podcast!
www.thinkingpoker.net/2026/01/epis...
Amateurish drawing of actor Isiah Whitlock as Senator Clay Davis from The Wire. The drawing is black and white colored pencil on toned paper.
Sheeeeee-it. RIP to a legend.
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
Join @carloswelch.bsky.social and me in looking back at our favorite episodes of 2025. There's some hidden gems in here you may have missed! www.thinkingpoker.net/2025/12/epis...
They gave Balatro an 18+ only rating because it had poker cards in it.
Disney Solitaire has literal actual real money gambling with dark pattern lootbox microtransactions and is for ages 3 and above.
One of my favorite poker memories was seeing a man notice, mid-hand, that a Christmas special was on one of the TVs. He folded out of turn, whipped out his phone, and said, "Yo, turn on the DVR. They showin' the Grinch!"
I've never made it through a Pynchon novel. But I suppose curiosity about what I was missing was part of the appeal. Mostly it was just what was playing on the rare occasion that I was inclined to see a movie.
Thanks so much!
Andrew, @carloswelch.bsky.social, Nate, Joel - this episode is an instant classic. Among the best of what the podcast has to offer. Thanks to all involved.
Our conversation with Joel Porter-Dias continues (without @natemeyvis.bsky.social, unfortunately) on Episode 489: www.thinkingpoker.net/2025/12/epis...
