Month: September 2019

The Grid 017 ft. Nick Schulman – Jack-Four Offsuit

September 12, 2019 Jennifer Shahade 35:53

Three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, World Poker Tour Champion and renowned poker commentator Nick Schulman enters the GRID to click off a challenging combo, jack-four offsuit. Nick played the fateful hand in a New York City homegame about a decade ago, where the stakes soared to 400/800 and night turned to morning. As the three-bet pot against “Brooklyn Issac” bloated on all streets, the hand took a dramatic twist.

Nick and Jennifer also talk about what he misses about New York cash, his commentary inspirations and how the GRID is a tool to test your own visual capacity in poker.

You can follow Nick at https://twitter.com/NickSchulman and find his commentary on pokergo.com.

Now that jack-four offsuit has been covered on thepokergrid.com, 152 combos remain. 


The Grid 016 ft. Joshua Abady – Queen-Jack Suited

September 5, 2019 Jennifer Shahade 45:40

Poker player Joshua Abady comes on the GRID to talk about a hilarious hand with queen-jack suited at the Colossus at the WSOP that ended in dramatic confrontation. Abady explains how he uses his extroverted personality to make live poker more fun, and to occasionally make big exploits. 
Josh, who is 25, also talks about why he got into poker, his early approach to the game, and how to grow the game to more players in his demographic. 

Josh is a New York City based former scholastic chess champion, and the COO of Criticial Mass Applications, a cooking iphone app that is nearing launch. He’s been playing poker tourneys for just a few years, where he’s had much success particularly in Australia. I first found about Josh on the podcast, The Chip Race https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-chip-race/e/60821767, where I discovered he was an evocative story teller and passionate gamer. 

Follow Josh’s poker exploits on instagram at jabady101 https://www.instagram.com/jabady101/
Now that Josh has covered queen-jack suited on https://thepokergrid.com/, 153 combos remain.