As we approach the PokerStars Players Championship, we welcome our Platinum Poker Hand winner, Matt Glassman. Matt kicks off the episode with a riveting reading of his award winning essay, “Jack-Three Offsuit and the Monster Ballads Poker Game.”

Then Jen and Matt move on to discuss what makes a great home game, how to teach game theory to children, and which politicians would be best at poker. They also touch on how Matt is preparing for the upcoming PokerStars Players Championship.

In addition to being a fantastic writer and home game philosopher, Matt is also a senior fellow at the Georgetown University Government Affairs Institute. He blogs about politics, political science and game theory on his substack, Five Points.  You can also follow Matt at https://twitter.com/MattGlassman312 (politics feed) and https://twitter.com/mattg312cards (card tweets) and find him on a previous appearance on the Thinking Poker Podcast.

You can follow Jennifer @jenshahade and find her books here.

The GRID is sponsored by PokerStars. Logo art photo by Kyle Cassidy, intro music “Gotta Switch it On” by Grace Mesa.