Month: November 2019

The Grid 022 ft. Helen Ellis – Seven-Eight suited

November 23, 2019 Jennifer Shahade 54:48

Jennifer brings author and poker afficianado Helen Ellis into thepokergrid.com to talk about a hand that symbolized her rebirth in poker and writing in 2015. Helen held 78 suited and was facing a tough line-up at a poker tournament at the Borgata.

Helen is the author of American Housewife (2016) and Southern Lady Code (2019). Jennifer and Helen talk about her long writing draught in her 30s, and how her own story may inspire poker players on a downswing. They also discuss the rudest things to do at the table, how Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead’s book, “The Noble Hustle” made her brave, and why she likes to feel invisible when she plays.

Follow Helen on Instagram @AmericanHousewife, on twitter @WhatIDoAllDay and find her books on her amazon page.

Now that Helen has discussed 78s, there are 147 hand combos remaining on thepokergrid.com. 


 

The Grid 021 ft. Martin Harris – Jack-four suited

November 9, 2019 Jennifer Shahade 42:02

Author and tournament reporter Martin Harris steps into the GRID to talk about Jack-four suited, a hand that stuck out to him in a statistical analysis from a blog over a decade ago titled “169 Ways to Showdown.”

Martin also encountered J4s in a recent professorial home game in Charlotte, where he teaches a class at UNC on Poker in American Film & Culture. He is the recent author of Poker and Pop Culture: Telling the Story of America’s Favorite Card Game.

Martin is a reporter, blogger and writer. A friend of this podcast, he wrote articles on the GRID for both the PokerStars Blog and Pokernews soon after we launched.

You can find Martin on twitter @hardboiledpoker or his blog. Order his new book, Poker and Pop Culture on the publisher D+B poker’s website, or amazon.

Now that Martin Harris has covered Jack-four suited, there are 148 combos remaining on thepokergrid.com.