Terrence Chan steps into the GRID, not the octagon, to discuss a funny hand he played with three-deuce offsuit against Erick Lindgren, way back at the 2006 World Series of Poker. Eric posted his blind when he was actually under the gun, leading to a leveling war that escalated quickly.

Chan speaks to how much poker has changed since then, and how lucky he was to be surrounded by brilliant people during the poker boom, from PokerStars founder Isai Scheinberg to members of the “Math House” such as Bill Chen and Matt Hawrilenko.

Terrence also talks about his disciplined approach to MMA, which allowed him to become a competitive fighter even while starting in his 30s. He describes how he’s moved on from orthorexia to a balance between eating right and flexibility.

Terrence Chan has over 1.2 million dollars in live poker earnings and is the co-host of the DAT Poker Podcast, with Daniel Negreanu and Adam Schwartz. He also has a blog at http://www.terrencechanpoker.com/ and tweets @Tchanpoker. 

This episode was recorded at the Global Poker Awards in the first week of March. Our last night out for a long time was a happy one, as the GRID received the award for “Podcast of the Year.” Jen wrote up some thoughts on what she’s learned from hosting both the GRID and Ladies Knight over the past year and a half.  

Now that Terrence has covered three-deuce off, there are 137 hands left on thepokergrid.com.