Month: July 2019

The Grid 011 ft. Matt Berkey – Queen-Five Offsuit

July 26, 2019 Jennifer Shahade 36:50

Notes: The GRID welcomes Matt Berkey, the founder of Solve for Why and a frequent player in some of the highest stakes cash games in the World. He comes on the GRID to talk to Jen Shahade about the largest pot we’ve covered yet, against Dan “Jungleman” Cates on Poker After Dark. Berkey held queen-five offsuit on a queen- seven- nine rainbow flop, and gives listeners some insight into the difficulty of and focus required to play a weak top pair in a multi-way pot against elite competition.

Matt also has over 4 million dollars in live tournament winnings. You can follow him on twitter https://twitter.com/berkey11, and find out more about his training academies and online training site at solve For Why https://solveforwhyacademy.com/, as well as their Instagram and twitter accounts.Now that queen-five offsuit has been discussed on the GRID, 158 hands remain on the poker grid.

The Grid 010 ft. Carlos Welch – King-Queen Offsuit

July 18, 2019 Jennifer Shahade 34:19

Carlos Welch is a poker player, coach and writer for PokerNews and Tournament Poker Edge. He’s known as the “man in a van”, as he travels from stop to stop in pursuit of stretching his poker success with both skillful play and frugality.

Carlos talks to Jen Shahade on the GRID about a hand against “Phil Laak” in an online WSOP bracelet hand with king-queen offsuit. In this hand, Welch tried to play a more theoretical or “GTO” style than he is used to from his bread and butter games.

They discuss typical life leaks of poker professionals, and tips for saving money. Carlos also talks about his work and friendship with Andrew Brokos of the thinking poker podcast, including their joint strategy videos on single table satellites.

Welch goes by HipHop101Trivia on twitter and he reveals to Jennifer his favorite hip-hop songs to grind poker to, as well as the hip-hop artist he thinks would be most fearsome at the poker table. Find Carlos on twitter or his coaching website, Medicore Poker at https://www.facebook.com/mediocrepoker.

Now that Carlos Welch has discussed king-queen offsuit on the GRID, 159 hands remain.


The Grid 009 ft. Aleeyah Jadavji – Ace-Jack Suited

July 4, 2019 Jennifer Shahade 34:26

Poker player and writer Aleeyah Jadavji talks on the GRID about something many poker players aspire to: a triple check raise in serious competition. She talks to Jen about unlocking the rare play with ace-jack suited, and why it’s important to incorporate new lines to invigorate your game.

Aleeyah is on the Pokernews editorial team and the WSOP media coordinator. Her passion for poker has grown since she was awarded a Platinum Pass to play in the 2019 PokerStars Players Championship. 

Aleeyah and Jen also talk about cancer awareness and her victory at the Deep Stacks Poker Tour in Edmonton, where she raised $5000 for Breast Cancer Research, soon after she learned she was cancer free.  Two of Aleeyah’s favorite recent articles, which she discussed with Jennifer are on Kevin Roster, who is spreading Sarcoma Awareness at the WSOP and Calen McNeil, who used chess and poker as rehabilitation tools. Follow Aleeyah at https://twitter.com/ElleSriracha and find her Pokernews story feed here.