Month: August 2020

The Grid 045 ft. Fintan “EasyWithAces” Hand– Ace-Ten Offsuit

August 28, 2020 Jennifer Shahade 00:53:30

Twitch streamer, SCOOP Champion and PokerStars Ambassador Fintan “EasyWithAces” Hand enters the GRID to talk about two pivotal hands with ace-ten offsuit. In a rare live poker appearance, he reached the final table at the 2017 Irish Open as chip leader. But as his stack dwindled, he looked down at ace-ten off in the Big Blind. Moments later, as his family arrived to rail his big event, he found himself facing a decision for most of his chips.

Fintan also touches on a tough spot with the exact same holding three handed at the 2020 SCOOP event he won for over 70K.

Fintan talks about his work with BBZpoker and the strides he’s made toward understanding what he needs to work on, and how to do it. He also gives his thoughts on what an aspiring streamer should focus on. They also talk about Fintan’s burgeoning passion for chess, which he started to take more seriously in August after an invite to chess.com’s popular POGChamps.

Fintan Hand

 

You can follow Fintan on twitch, twitter and Instagram. And watch the poker inspired chess lesson that Jennifer gave Fintan here.

Now that Fintan has covered ace-ten offsuit, there are 124 combos remaining on thepokergrid.com. 


The Grid 044 ft. Mandy Baker– Jack-Five Offsuit

August 18, 2020 Jennifer Shahade 00:53:22

Professional poker player and yoga instructor Mandy Baker throws us all the way back to 2005, where she played her first 10K at the World Poker Tour in Foxwoods. Mandy thought she detected an excellent squeeze spot before even looking down at her cards: Jack-Five Offsuit. Mandy explained to Jen how this dramatic hand had ripple effects in the tournament and even in the years ahead.

Mandy also gives some insight into poker strategy from back in those early days of the Poker Boom and her journaling and yoga habits.

Previous GRID guest Nick Schulman, who took an adjacent hand, won the event to become the youngest ever WPT champ at 21-years-old. Mandy talks about a hand she played against Nick, and how she felt after he won the event. Mandy, who satellited into the event, described literally rolling around in hundred dollar bills after her mincash.

Mandy and Jennifer go on to discuss Mandy’s list of “the most talented poker players”, the perils and blessings of call-out culture, and implicit bias. Mandy has had an incredible record at the World Series of Poker Ladies Event, and she talked to Jen about why she enjoys that event so much.

You can follow Mandy on her website https://www.amandabakeryoga.com/, on twitch on https://www.twitch.tv/RosalinaSky and twitter @Mandy22Baker. https://twitter.com/mandy22baker

Now that Mandy has covered jack five offsuit, there are 125 combos remaining on thepokergrid.com. 


The Grid 043 ft. Bill Perkins– Ace-Eight Offsuit

August 5, 2020 Jennifer Shahade 00:42:09

Investor, poker player, movie producer and new author Bill Perkins enters the GRID to discuss a high stakes hand he played against Antonio Esfandiari in 2018, on Poker After Dark. Antonio, a close friend of Perkins opened after an UTG limp, and Bill called, holding Ace-Eight in position. The limper folded but the blinds came along to see a 10♣  8♣  6♦ two club flop in a four way flop. Antonio c-bet and everyone called to see a turn, which brought the brickiest of bricks, the deuce of hearts 2♥ . At this point, Perkins leapt to action, putting in a hefty raise against Antonio’s bet. The blinds folded and another six, bringing a third club came on the river  6♣ . Bill overbet and Antonio tanked and said “donation because I love you” before reconsidering and tanking some more. On this episode, Bill forgot the outcome of the hand, but Jennifer revealed it to him!

Bill talks about what he learned from Antonio as a poker player, and his realization he needed to tweak some things in his game to balance his tendencies on TV.

They go on to discuss Bill’s new book “Die With Zero: Making the Most From Your Money and Your Life” and the concepts that poker players can most easily apply from the book. Bill explains how he wrote Die With Zero to encourage more people to live deliberately, spending money efficiently through various phases of life.

Bill also talks about his current stay in Italy, where he’s celebrating with his new fiancee. He’s also traveling with Dan Bilzerian- both Dan and Bill have both been playing a lot of chess on the road, and Jen and Bill  discuss his own passion for the game as well as speculate on various time odds games against World Champion Magnus Carlsen.

You can follow Bill Perkins on twitter @bp22 and learn more about and order his book on diewithzerobook.com. Videos mentioned in the episode include Doug Polk’s recap of this hand, and Zachary Elwood’s analysis of Bill’s early televised hands.

Now that Bill has covered ace-eight offsuit, there are 126 combos left on thepokergrid.com.

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