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Steve O’Dwyer, with nearly $50M in live tournament winnings, is one of the greatest poker players of all time. He’s also a humble, kind, and passionate individual who’s got a lot to say about life outside of poker.

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Steve O'Dwyer

With nearly $50M in MTT winnings, Steve O’Dwyer is 18th on the all-time money list.

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Bryan “Devo” Devonshire is a poker pro turned DFS pro and a river guide turned astronomy guide. Recently, he’s also become an advocate for preserving the natural beauty of Big Bend National Park in the face of the Trump administration’s attempts to build a wall through the park. With Andrew and Carlos, he discusses what happens when poker players grow up.

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BRYAN DEVONSHIRE

Bryan is a former poker pro who still grinds DFS. He is a retired river guide, an amateur archeologist. and the founder of Astro Mucho astronomy tours.

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Psychotherapist and high stakes cash game crusher Ben Raven joins Carlos and Andrew for a conversation about his unconventional path to playing poker professionally, why mental game coaching is no substitute for therapy, and more.

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Ben Raven

Ben Raven is a psychotherapist and poker pro committed to sharing results transparently on his YouTube channel.

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Nosebleed MTT legend Stephen “stevie444” Chidwick joins Carlos and Andrew for a rare and revealing interview about his rise to greatness, his struggles along the way, how becoming a parent has changed his worldview, and his Dionysian awakening.

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STEPHEN CHIDWICK

Stephen “stevie444” Chidwick is one of the winningest poker players of all time, with nearly $80 million in tournament cashes. He is a coach atOctopi Poker.

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Retired union organizer Ashley Adams returns to the podcast to discuss his adventures playing poker all around the world and his new book inspired by those adventures.

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Ashley Adams

Ashley Adams is the host of the House of Cards podcast/radio show and the author of Winning Poker in 30 Minutes a Day, Winning No-Limit Hold ‘Em and Winning Seven Card Stud. He first appeared on Episode 337.

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Stoyan Obreshkov returns to the show with first-time guest Sergei Gurin to discuss the role of coaching, mentoring, and community in improving poker performance and their new project, the Final Table Academy.

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Stoyan Obreshkov

Stoyan Obreshkov is a professional poker player and coach from Bulgaria. He makes instructional content for Run It Once and GTO Wizard. Stoyan first appeared on Episode 448.

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SERGEI GURIN

Sergei Gurin is a professional poker and coach in Canada. With Stoyan Obreshkov and Alan Longo, he leads the Final Table Academy.

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Andrew and Carlos dive straight into strategy this week, answering listener questions submitted to Thinking Poker Daily. You can support the show, hear over 1000 archived episodes, and submit your own questions at patreon.com/ThinkingPokerDaily. Two episodes each week are free just for signing up!

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Former Thinking Poker Podcast host Nate Meyvis steps back into the host’s seat to interview current hosts Andrew Brokos and Carlos Welch in honor of the show’s surpassing 500 episodes.

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CARLOS WELCH

Carlos Welch is a professional poker player and coach. He has hosted the Thinking Poker Podcast since Episode 366. He has contributed strategy articles to media outlets including PokerNews and Cardplayer Magazine

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ANDREW BROKOS

Andrew Brokos is a professional poker player and coach. He has hosted the Thinking Poker Podcast since Episode 1. He is the author of the Play Optimal Poker books and has contributed strategy articles and videos to GTO Wizard, Solve For Why, Tournament Poker Edge, and more.

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Comedy writer, poker pro, and content creator Liliana Marmolejo joins Carlos and Andrew to discuss her intense love affair with poker, how she brings fun and liveliness to the table, how poker fits into a Hollywood career, and more!

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LILIANA mARMOLEJO

Liliana Marmolejo is a comedy writer, poker player, and content creator. You can find her on Instagram, YouTube, Hungry Horse, and Poker.Org.

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Erik Seidel has been one of the greatest poker players in the world for over four decades. We are proud and honored to celebrate this milestone episode with such a legend of the game. Erik discusses with Carlos and Andrew his early days as a backgammon player at the Mayfair Club, his second-place finish to Johnny Chan at his first WSOP, and how he’s navigated so many dramatic changes in the poker landscape without losing his edge.

Thanks to Sam Greenwood for helping us connect with Erik.

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Erik Seidel

Erik Seidel is a professional poker player with 10 WSOP bracelets and a second-place finish in the Main Event. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2010.

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Run It Once coach and Know Your Poker YouTuber Luke Johnson joins Andrew for a conversation about solvers, extreme exploits, coaching, and the psychological stress of high stakes poker.

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LUKE JOHNSON

Luke Johnson is a professional poker player and a popular YouTuber and Run It Once coach.

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Sam Greenwood returns to the show to talk poker, punting, gigablocks, hip hop, and how he’s more of an “intuitive player” than we made him out to be in our recent interview with Andrew Lichtenberger.

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Sam first appeared onEpisode 476.

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SAM GREENWOOD

Sam Greenwood is one of the most successful tournament players of all time, with nearly $40 million in live winnings. He is an instructor at Run It Once and the author of the Punt of the Day newsletter on Substack.

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Andrew “LuckyChewy” Lichtenberger joins Carlos and Andrew to discuss his unique place in the upper echelons of tournament poker. Is intuition a largely untapped vein of potential poker profit? Can we remember the future? Have extraterrestrials made contact with Andrew? This is one of the most extraordinary conversations we’ve ever had!

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Andrew Lichtenberger

With nearly $25 million in recorded tournament cashes alone, Andrew “LuckyChewy” Lichtenberger is one of the most successful poker players of all time. He’s also a father, a seeker, and the former CEO of Octopi Poker.

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Organizer, advocate, and poker pro Caityln Arnwine (and her infant daughter Imani) speaks with Carlos and Andrew about parenthood, poker plans, Black History Month, and her forthcoming children’s book.

Caitlyn Arnwine first appeared on Episode 397 as Caitlyn Cobb. She also appeared on our earlier episode on women’s events, on Episode 431 with LoriAnn Persinger, on Episode 451 with Justin and Barbara Arnwine, and on Episode 463. We interviewed her husband, Justin Arnwine, on Episodes 398 and 399.

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Caitlyn Arnwine

Caitlyn Arnwine describes herself as a force that makes change. Caitlyn is the former Coordinator of Public Education for @NationalHomeles and Social Media Director of @TJC_DC.

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Artist and poker player Gus Hoffman joins us to discuss New Orleans, creativity, the Hungry Horse and bootcamp, and much more!

David Sklansky passed away last week. We spoke with him on Episode 300 and Episode 333.

Carlos and Andrew answer Thinking Poker Daily listener questions about ICM, training your folding muscle, and more!

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GUS HOFFMAN

Gus Hoffman is an artist, art teacher, and poker player in New Orleans.

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Fresh off a $2 million win in the WPT World Championship, poker pro Soheb Porbandarwala shares his story with Carlos and Andrew: winning five figures as a high school student, explaining poker to his Muslim parents, why it pays to be the worst player in your group chat, and more!

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SOHEB PORBANDARWALA

Soheb Porbandarwala is a professional poker player with 12 WSOP Circuit rings and a gold bracelet. He recently took second in the WPT World Championship for nearly $2 million!

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Carlos and Andrew answer Thinking Poker Daily listener questions about ICM, training your folding muscle, and more!

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Russ Fox joins the show after a thirteen-year hiatus to discuss the Big Beautiful Bill’s disastrous change to how gambling losses are taxed. And what you can do about it!

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RUSS FOX

Russ Fox is an Enrolled Agent and author of theTaxable Talk blog, which often addresses issues related to poker and gambling. With Scott Harker, Russ is the author of Why You Lose at Poker and Mastering No-Limit Hold ‘Em, and with Nick Christenson, of Winning Strategies for No-Limit Hold ‘Em. He is also the author of Tax Strategies for the Small Business Owner.

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Tech entrepreneur Victoria Livschitz discovered poker in 2021 and quickly befriened some of the best players in the game. She’s now a force to be reckoned with both on and off the felt, with multiple major final tables under her belt plus the Octopi Poker training site and Pocket Queens study group for women.

Andrew and Carlos look back on a year’s worth of conversations to choose their favorites and recommend some hidden gems.

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VICTORIA LIVSCHITZ

Victoria Livschitz is a former tech entrepeneur with multiple successful businesses under her belt and, since diving headfirst into poker, multiple major final tables as well. She is the co-founder of Octopi Poker and Pocket Queens.

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Andrew and Carlos look back on a year’s worth of conversations to choose their favorites and recommend some hidden gems.

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