Podcasts by Cracking Aces

Ep 125 - Rampage Poker: Punting, Winning, And Moving To Vegas from 2023-11-30T15:07:42.043968

Welcome back to the show! One today's show we are joined by YouTube poker superstar Rampage. The last time he was on the show he was a humble 1/2 grinder who just binked an online WSOP bracelet,...

Ep 126 - Jake Give A TON Of Strategy And Poker Advice + The Mintzy Tour Has Reached Its End from 2023-11-30T15:07:42.041329

Welcome back! We always get asked for more strat talk, so today Jake gives a lot of in depth strategy advice. Lots of good discussions including 4bet bluffing, live vs online play, developing a ...

Ep 130 - ACR Is Once Again Stealing Money, Nate Lives Next To A Crackhead, and The Mintzy Tour Rolls On! from 2023-11-30T15:07:42.000249

On today's episode the fellas talk about the newest ACR scandal- someone internally is stealing money from the players. Also in the episode Mintzy talks about the latest leg of his tour in New O...

Ep 134 - MrBeast, Ninja, And Phil Hellmuth Play The Wildest Poker Game In Recorded History from 2023-11-30T15:07:41.978552

Welcome back! On today's episode we all give our views on the wild, wild cash game with the biggest streamers/influencers in the world including MrBeast, Ninja, Alex Botez and Phil Hellmuth. We ...

Ep 138 - THE WSOP HAS BEGUN!!! from 2023-11-30T15:07:41.970746

Welcome back! On King Mintzy's 39th birthday, the WSOP has returned! We talk about the $25k fantasy draft all the rich folks had and bring on Brent Hanks from PokerGo to discuss it, the differen...

Ep 139 - ALL HAIL GENERAL SPANKS!!! + Greg Merson Joins Us, WSOP Update, and Poker Lessons from 2023-11-30T15:07:41.967200

Welcome back! A loaded episode today. First we recap the first week of the WSOP with who has been winning (shout out Chance!). Then Smitty aka General Spanks tells us about a 42o hand he played ...

Ep 143 - We Just Bagged HUGE At Day 1 Of The Main Event!!! from 2023-11-30T15:07:41.949938

Welcome back!!! This episode is Smitty and Nate recapping their big day 1's of the WSOP Main Event. Both fellas found BIG BAGS and go over key hands and their overall thoughts on the day. Record...

Ep 144 - GENERAL SPANK IS ON TO DAY 3 OF THE MAIN EVENT!!! from 2023-11-30T15:07:41.946743

WELCOME BACK!!! A quick emergency podcast as General Spank has bagged over 300k chips and is moving on to day 3 of the Main Event. He tells 3 key hand histories and talks through his incredible ...

Ep 148 - Should You Play Cash Or Tournaments? + ACR Is Scummy Again + More Summer of Mintzy from 2023-11-30T15:07:41.934532

Welcome back! On today's show we talk about the massive fields in Florida, Smitty is now a cash grinder, leading to our in depth conversation with Jake on playing cash vs tournaments, a Summer o...

Ep 153 - JEFF PLATT WINS $100K!!! (INTERVIEW WITH JEFF) + Mintzy's Sugar-gate and A Little More ACR Is Scummy Chat from 2023-11-30T15:07:41.889773

Welcome back! Today we are joined by the king Jeff Platt, a day after he won the MSPT Main Event for $100,000! He talked us through his career evolution as a poker player and how his broadcastin...

Ep 158 - Writer of "ROUNDERS" Brian Koppelman Joins Us To Break Down The Cheating Scandal + Talk Poker from 2023-11-30T15:07:41.881422

Welcome back! On today's episode we are joined by the writer of "Rounders" and creator of "Billions" Brian Koppelman! He didn't want to talk too much Rounders which is ok, but he shared his thou...

Ep 159 - A HUSTLER STREAM EMPLOYEE FIRED!!! DID ROBBI MAKE FAKE DMS??? IS GARRETT CLEARED???? W/ Josh Arieh from 2023-11-30T15:07:41.879182

Emergency episode! We recorded today because last night a Hustler steam employee was fired after taking $15k off Robbi's chip stack! He also had access to the hole cards and looks very suspiciou...

Ep 163 - We Need To Double Our Money Before Next WSOP: The Live Poker Itch + Inside Barstool Stories from 2023-11-30T15:07:41.871079

Welcome back! On today's show we start with some inside Barstool stuff and a walk down memory lane with Smitty, we talk some sports, Mintzy teases a big announcements, Smitty answers a Dozen pho...

Ep 164 - Is Having $1 Billion Too Much Money? + WPT/WSOP $10Ks, Bitcoin Crash, Adjusting To Live Poker, And More from 2023-11-30T15:07:41.869424

Welcome back! We start the show talking about the lottery and Nate's take that having a billion dollars would be too stressful. We talk Smitty's streams with Tiko, Mintzy moving down south, play...

Ep 168 - MILLION DOLLAR GUARANTEE With Tana Karn From The RunGood Poker Tour from 2023-11-30T15:07:41.861581

Episode 2 of the week! Welcome back! We did 2 episodes this week so we could talk to our friend Tana from the RunGood Poker Tour. He created the best mid-stakes poker tour in the world and this ...

Ep 169 - Drinking and Gambling For Christmas from 2023-11-30T15:07:41.859128

Welcome back! We start the show talking about our plans to make the podcast even better in 2023- we want to get on up-and-coming poker superstars and hear their stories. We've talked to almost a...

Ep 172 - Legalize Online Poker, Sleepy Joe! + Mintzy's New Show, Smitty Using a HUD, Nate in Mexico, And More! from 2023-11-30T15:07:41.852192

Welcome back and happy new year! Great show today talking about some past binks playing online poker, our hopes of getting online legalized takes us down memory lane, Mintzy has a new show premi...

Ep 176 - All The Facts About When ONLINE POKER Will Be Legalized In The USA from 2023-11-30T15:07:41.803815

Welcome back! Today we are joined by the expert in all things legalization of online poker, Steve Ruddock. We have a great, fascinating, and somewhat depressing convo with Steve who talks to us ...

Ep 177 - 1 MILLION DOLLAR BUY-IN CASH GAME!!! ft. Brent Hanks from PokerGo + Nate's Terrible Poker Weekend from 2023-11-30T15:07:41.800092

Welcome back! We are joined from the jump by the lovely Brent Hanks of PokerGo who just put together what could be the biggest televised cash game in Vegas history- each player buying in for $1 ...

Ep 180 - The Dan Bilzerian Story + Lots Of Strat Talk For Beginners from 2023-11-30T15:07:41.792068

Welcome back! We start today's show talking about a final table Mintz made over the weekend and going over a couple hands, and we touch on the Dan Bilzerian story that Chance Kornuth shared on T...

Ep 181 - Southern Poker CRUSHER Jared Ingels + Mintzy News and Hand History + FULL WSOP?!? from 2023-11-30T15:07:41.790894

Welcome back! On today's show we are joined by Southern poker crusher/Ben Mintz's best friend Jared Ingels. Jared has been on quite a heater recently, with over $500k in live scores in the last ...

Ep 185 - Joey Ingram Papi GTO Joins Us For An Hour!!! + The Nik/Berkey Heads Up Match from 2023-11-30T15:07:41.780228

Welcome back! Today we are joined by the legend himself, Joey Ingram. We talk about his new, quiet life, what he's been up to, and his plans for the future. We talk about content creation with h...

Ep 189 - Hoodie Allen Joins Us! + The Future Of Poker With The TikTok/Influencer Movement! from 2023-11-30T15:07:41.767100

Welcome back! Today we welcome Hoodie Allen back to the show!! The superstar musician and big winner from the HCL stream talks about his recent poker wins and his thoughts on the direction poker...

Ep 194 - Jake LIVE from WSOP + Big Smitty News + WSOP Recaps + LIV Tour + More from 2023-11-30T15:07:41.747137

Welcome back! Today Jake recaps his week at the WSOP - he discusses the Million Dollar Bounty event he bagged and the bad luck that followed. We recap the first week of WSOP- who has won bracele...

Ep 201 - Inside Barstool Stuff + WSOP POY Separation Discussion + Kessler Is Hilarious + Other Stuff from 2023-11-30T15:07:41.715438

Welcome back! Is this our last episode? Maybe! Probably not though. We do some inside Barstool talk and then talk some poker too, including the discussion on if WSOP POY should separate live and...

Ep 203 - Our Last Episode Ever? from 2023-08-23T01:24:55

We talk about the future of the podcast, the guy who faked cancer and scammed the poker world, and the Barstool Awards. We love you guys. Enjoy.

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Ep 202 - Reaction To Dave Buying Back Barstool Sports + Daniel Negreanu Is Awesome from 2023-08-10T01:35:53

Welcome back! We are coming at your live from the new, independent Barstool Sports! We talk about the huge deal where Dave is now the owner of Barstool Sports again, what it means, and what happ...

Ep 200 - Wild Stories From Running An Underground Game from 2023-07-26T00:36:37

Welcome back! On today's show we talk to a former runner of a wild underground game, Tim Faro. We get incite into what that world is like, some wild stories from it, people doing PLO flips for c...

Ep 199 - Main Event RECAP + WPT vs WSOP Is Heating Up + Should PokerGo Be Behind A Paywall?? from 2023-07-18T23:45:23

Welcome back! On today's show we recap the Main Event as the WSOP sadly ends. We give our thoughts on the winner and the final table as a whole. We then talk about how WSOP is making ANOTHER WSO...

Ep 198 - WSOP Bonus Episode - Recapping Days 5 and 6 - Big Hands, Rigby, Flush Folds, And More! from 2023-07-13T19:44:10

Welcome back! We hopped onto the podcast today to recap the last few days of the Main Event action. We talk the legend of Rigby, the huge flush fold, crazy HHs, and the other going ons the last ...

Ep 197 - MAIN EVENT Recap: How We All Busted, Thoughts, HHs, and Complete Recap of the Week from 2023-07-11T00:04:55

Welcome back! Sorry for the delay! Today we go over our Main Events, how we all ended up as Main Event losers. Jake and Nate busted day 1, and Smitty on Day 3. We go over HHs, our tables, and ge...

Ep 196 - Cheating In The $250k Tournament?!?! + Chris Brewer's Big Score, Nate Is An Illegal Now, And Smitty Gets Richer from 2023-06-21T03:19:04

Welcome back! Another good one today- we talk about the dramatics of the $250k final table and go over every angle (no pun intended) on if Martin cheated/marked cards. We also talk about Chris B...

Ep 195 - Smitty On The Heater Of A Lifetime + WSOP $5k 6-Max, Jamie Gold Strikes Again, And Attend Wedding or Play Main Event? from 2023-06-13T22:06:08

Welcome back! Today's episode kicks off with talking about Smitty's never ending heater. Guy is final tabling something new every single night! We then talk about if someone should play the $5k ...

Ep 193 - It's The WSOP!!!! w/ Hoodie Allen + MILLION DOLLAR Cash Game Talk from 2023-05-30T22:13:38

Welcome back! Smitty had a baby and Jake is in Vegas and Mintzy was fired so we are joined by (new co-host???) Hoodie Allen! We talk about how awesome the WSOP is, how fun and how devastating po...

Ep 192 - Huge WSOP and Life Updates + Tritron Drama from 2023-05-23T23:54:23

Welcome back! After all the build up to the WSOP, Nate has a terrible, no good very bad update. On the other hand, Smitty has an incredible update! One week away from the WSOP and everything jus...

Ep 191 - The Wynn Daily CHAMP Jeremy Becker Tells Us How He Wins Every Single Day + RIP Doyle from 2023-05-17T01:33:29

Welcome back! Today we are joined by an up and coming superstar, Jeremy Becker. He's making waves in the poker world right now because he wins every daily at the Wynn (shout out 53o) and he's ca...

Ep 190 - Shaun Deeb For A Full Hour!!! (RIP Mintzy Too) from 2023-05-10T01:49:26

Welcome back! On today's show we are joined for the full hour by Shaun Deeb! We talk about his million dollar weight loss bet and how he plans on winning it. We discuss how he is doing it now, h...

Ep 188 - High Stakes Crusher Rob Kuhn Joins The Show To Talk Degen Stories, Heads Up Grudge Matches, and if ACR is Rigged from 2023-04-25T23:40:12

Welcome back! Today we are joined by WSOP bracelet winner and all around nice fella Rob Kuhn. He tells us degen stories, his thoughts on the heads up grudge matches, his opinion on if ACR is rig...

Ep 187 - Bluffing Phil Ivey Level 2 Of The Main Event And He Folds a Set!!! from 2023-04-19T00:03:46

Welcome back! On today's episode Jake tells a lovely HH of the time he bluffed Phil Ivey in the 2nd level of the Main Event and got him to fold a set. We also touch on WSOP online canceling Smit...

Ep 186 - Cowboy Jake Lost Mid 6 Figs Backing Poker Players at 20 Years Old from 2023-04-11T22:19:12

Welcome back! Today is a great episode of the podcast. We talk how painful tournaments can be when you don't win, the new Wake Up Mintzy extravaganza, Cowboy Jake's old staking business where he...

Ep 184 - Nate Blasted Off $10k In The Streamed Game!!! Recap + The High Stakes Poker Drama w/ Berkey, Garrett, Doug, and Nik Airball from 2023-03-28T21:41:22

Welcome back! Today we have a full recap of the Hustler Casino game Nate played in with the TikTokers. They discuss the big hand where Nate blasted off $10k, what the players were like, and the ...

Ep 183 - Playing THE BIGGEST GAME OF HIS LIFE - Your Tips To Beat The Hustler 10/25 Creators Game!! from 2023-03-22T00:57:39

Welcome back! On today's show we prep Nate to play the 10/25 game at Hustler in the "Creators Game". We talk exploits vs the Tik Tokers, the best strategy in this game, and read all of your DM'd...

Ep 182 - Tournament Strategy With Jake That Will Improve Your Game TODAY! from 2023-03-15T00:47:32

Welcome back! On today's show we get a lesson from Mr. Jake in tournament strategy. A Smitty hand history and your questions from IG (follow us! IG/CrackingAAces), Jake gives answers and advice ...

Ep 179 - TAXES STINK - Poker CPA Talks About Gambling/Poker Taxes + Million Dollar Cash Game, Hellmuth Blocked Us + WSOP For the FULL SUMMER??? from 2023-02-22T01:15:59

Welcome back! On today's show we start by talking about the huge million dollar cash game results, Hellmuth losing on stream and blocking us (sad!), and birds. Then we are joined by the leading ...

Ep 178 - The LEGEND Ari Engel Joins Us For An Awesome Interview from 2023-02-15T02:04:54

Welcome back! On today's show we are joined by the poker legend Ari Engel. Ari has been crushing poker for 20 years now, both online and live. He has 2 bracelets and an Aussie Millions Main Even...

Ep 175 - INSANE WSOP Hand Sparks Moral Controversy/Discussion About "Doing The Right Thing" At The Poker Table from 2023-01-24T23:14:59

Welcome back! On today's show we discuss an INSANE situation at a final table where the hand should have been chopped, but the dealer/the players misread it and a player was eliminated from the ...

Ep 174 - Mike Postle Is BACK & 23 Year Old WSOP Bracelet Winner Cole Ferraro Tells His Awesome Poker Story from 2023-01-18T00:45:50

Welcome back! We start today's show talking about the return of Mike Postle and if the poker world needs to be tougher on cheaters (yes, yes they do!). Then we bring on special guest Cole Ferrar...

Ep 173 - $3.5 Million In Live Earnings: Michael Rocco Joins The Show from 2023-01-11T00:25:35

Welcome back! On today's show Mintz's best friend Michael Rocco joins the show. He has been playing professionally for over a decade now, and has been on a terror the last couple of years with s...

Ep 171 - HUGE WPT Was a MASSIVE Success + ACR Still Stinks from 2022-12-21T01:04:06

Welcome back! On today's show we discuss how massively successful the WPT series has been, shout out Matt Savage. We then talk about our friends at ACR once again and the bots and what have you....

Ep 170 - RAMPAGE Joins Us For The Full Show After Winning The WPT $25k For $894,000!!! from 2022-12-13T23:06:03

Welcome back! Today we talk to Rampage the entire episode just hours after he won the WPT $25k for $894,000!!! And he had 100% of himself in it! Very happy for our friend Rampage. We talk about ...

Ep 167 - What Poker Era Would You Travel Back To? from 2022-11-29T18:39:27

Welcome back! We have 2 episodes this week, so don't mind the shorter run time on this one. On today's show we riff about our sports teams, our year of sports betting, Mintzy's fancy dinners, an...

Ep 166 - Mintzy's Terrible Saturday from 2022-11-23T01:56:01

Welcome back and happy Thanksgiving! Today we thank you the listeners! In this episode Mintz has returned from San Antonio and poker/life did not go his way. He tells his tale and then we open s...

Ep 165 - 3 Tips To Win The Main Event This Weekend + WSOPE Update, Learning How To Play GTO, Relationships In Poker, ACR, and More! from 2022-11-15T22:52:15

Welcome back! A nice chilly Tuesday episode with tips on how to win the Main Event this weekend, a Matt Savage WPT Segment of the Week, discussing if the WSOPE (Europe) matters/do rings or brace...

Ep 162 - Smitty Says Put Your Sack On The Jack (And Other Advice For Getting Better At Poker) from 2022-10-25T23:28:38

Welcome back! A lot of strategy talk in this one. We're going to get better at poker or die trying. In this one Jake explains terms like "randomizing" and when/how to do it, reverse implied odds...

Ep 161 - How To Successfully Quit Your Job To Play Poker Professionally from 2022-10-19T01:01:50

Welcome back! On today's show we mostly talk about how one could quit their day job to chase the poker dream. What are the pros/cons, and what mistakes do people make while attempting the jump. ...

Ep 160 - Texas Poker Police Raid, More Hustler Cheating Scandal, And Jake Answers Your DMs from 2022-10-11T22:38:14

Welcome back! On today's show we give the latest in the cheating scandal and our takes on how big of a circus this entire thing is now, we talk about a Texas poker room that was raided by the po...

Ep 157 - GARRETT/ROBBI J4o POSSIBLE CHEATING SCANDAL EMERGENCY EPISODE from 2022-09-30T19:02:20

Emergency episode!!! We hopped into the lab to break down the insane Hustler Stream hand between Garrett and Robbi that has taken the world by storm! Did she cheat? Is he being a baby? Why did s...

Ep 156 - Jake Won A WSOPC Ring, Rampage Calls In To Discuss His $200k PokerMasters Win, And Some Strat Talk + Football from 2022-09-27T22:12:38

Welcome back! A big week for the podcast as Jake won the WSOP-C NJ Main Event for $50k and a circuit ring, while our friend Rampage beat all the best players out in Vegas in a $10k for $200,000 ...

Ep 155 - Ben Mintz Danced Right Out Of His Pants, Nate And Dave's Date Night At RHCP, and Smitty Shares a Hand History from 2022-09-20T23:05:43

Welcome back! On today's show the fellas riff on Mintzy's drastic weight loss, the NFL and college football, bad football takes, the booming state of live poker, Smitty shares a hand history, Na...

Ep 154 - Papi Joey Ingram Gives A Life And Poker Update In A Great Hour Interview from 2022-09-13T22:27:34

Welcome back! Today we are joined by the legendary Papi GTO Joey Ingram! He updates us on his life- where he's been, what he's been up to, his Bryn interview, his thoughts on the current state o...

Ep 152 - Rampage Joins Us To Bash ACR + Hellmuth and Hustler Stream Discussion from 2022-08-30T23:57:37

Welcome back! Today we put on our tin foil hats to bash ACR for being shady, part 1,505,849. Rampage Poker joins the show to give his thoughts on ACR as well, plus we talk about the content game...

Ep 151 - An Episode Full Of Poker And Life Advice From Jake from 2022-08-24T01:04:08

Welcome back! On today's show Jake talks poker strategy. He reviews a couple of Ben Mintz's hand histories, answers DMs including a question from our friend RampagePoker, solver reads vs live r...

Ep 150 - The Patrick "Pads" Leonard Interview Episode from 2022-08-17T01:44:57

Welcome back! Today we interview one of the best players in the world Patrick "Pads" Leonard for about 90 minutes. Pads has an unreal story about how he got better at poker, how he grinded his w...

Ep 149 - The Kevin Martin Interview Episode from 2022-08-10T00:08:13

Welcome back! Today's episode is all about poker player, Big Brother winner, and Calgary's favorite son Kevin Rob Martin. The content creator, poker smasher, and reality show beast joined us on ...

Ep 147 - David "Lefty" Diaz Joins The Show, Mintz Likes Widespread Panic, And Early NFL Chatter from 2022-07-27T01:18:33

Welcome back! Today we are joined by the man who folded queens full to kings full with 15 left in the WSOP Main Event, David "Lefty" Diaz! He walks us through his life- from his childhood cancer...

Ep 146 - The WSOP Is Over And What Is The Future Of The Cracking Aces Brand? from 2022-07-19T20:49:15

Welcome back! On today's show we wrap up the WSOP Main Event and reflect on what a fun WSOP it was! We touch on the Diaz huge fold, Espen Jorstad's victory, the quality of play at the final tabl...

Ep 145 - Are We Starting The Barstool Poker Tour?? + Main Event Debriefing, Jake Reviews Smitty's WSOP Hands, and Kessler Drama from 2022-07-13T00:49:21

A big show today! We are back from the WSOP and we debrief our runs- we talk about the pressure of the Main, how freaking good the structure is, how it messes with your mind, and more. Mintzy ta...

Ep 142 - We Are At The WSOP And Cashing Tournaments!! from 2022-06-29T01:10:25

Welcome back! We have a fast-paced, fun episode today! Mintzy is a national champion, Nate is at the WSOP cashing tournaments, and Smitty's trip is booked! We start the show by recapping Mintzy'...

Ep 141 - General Spank WINS AGAIN + Dan Smith ($25k WSOP Bracelet Winner) Interview from 2022-06-22T04:05:46

Welcome back! Today we start the show with General Spank telling us how he won ANOTHER tournament, kid is on a heater. We get a squatter/life update from Jake, and then are joined by the $25k he...

Ep 140 - Mintzy Is the MILF King + Faraz Jaka Joins The Show To Drop Knowledge from 2022-06-15T03:28:45

Welcome back! Jam packed show today. We go over all the big story lines from the WSOP - Ivey, Seiver, Arieh, Deeb, and more. Mintzy breaks down the MILF fight that is destroying friendships and ...

Ep 137 - Recapping Jake's Wedding And Mintzy's WSOP Plans - 1 Week Til WSOP! from 2022-05-24T19:57:05

Welcome back! We kick off the show recapping our baby boy Jake's lovely wedding, shout out to all his family who listen! Nate gives his thoughts on New Haven pizza too. We then talk WSOP, which ...

Ep 136 - We Convince Chance Kornuth To Play The $100K WSOP + Mintzy Had A Meeting With Dave Portnoy from 2022-05-17T23:03:49

Welcome back! On today's show we are joined by MTT crusher Chance Kornuth, who is currently at the final table of a WPT with $486k for first. We shoot the sh-- with him for a while about his pok...

Ep 135 - We Are An Anti Sexual Harassment Podcast And Mintz Apologizes To The Troops from 2022-05-10T21:47:29

Welcome back! We start the show talking about the weird times in the last couple of days at Barstool. We then talk a little about Jake getting married in a couple of weeks and if he's NERVOUS! W...

Ep 133 - Shaun Deeb Talks About "That Piece Of S---" Bryn Kenney And Calls Out The Other Cheaters In The Poker World from 2022-04-27T01:47:25

On today's episode we are joined by Shaun Deeb who lays into Bryn Kenney, Mark Herm, Ali, and the other cheaters in the poker world. Deeb issues a $1 million challenge to Kenney to play the WSOP...

Ep 132 - CHEATING AT THE HIGHEST STAKES from 2022-04-19T22:56:22

Welcome back! On today's show we tackle the big news in the poker world- if Ali Imsirovic is cheating at high stakes. Alex Foxen called him out directly, claiming he is running a stable that all...

Ep 131 - Golfing With Michael Jordan, Playing Poker With Phil Ivey, And Some Tiger Woods Stories From Josh Arieh from 2022-04-13T00:20:43

Welcome back! Today we are joined by 2021 WSOP POY Josh Arieh to share some stories with us. He tells us what it was like to golf with Michael Jordan (spoiler: it sucked!), what it's like to pla...

Ep 129 - Learning Everything About Live Tells And Live Poker Psychology + The Hellmuth Q4o Hand Analyzed from 2022-03-29T23:39:43

Welcome back! On today's show we are joined by Zachary Elwood who is a poker live tell expert. He has written a book on how to spot and use live tells at the poker table to your advantage and we...

Ep 128 - The Destroyer and the Fellas Talk Poker and Life from 2022-03-23T00:15:10

Welcome back! We have a great fellas episode today. We answer your poker DMs and give some life updates- Jake is getting married and having surgery, the second leg of the Mintzy Tour has ended, ...

Ep 127 - The Garrett "Gman" Adelstein Interview Episode from 2022-03-15T23:45:48

Welcome back! On today's episode, Garrett "Gman" Adelstein joins us for over an hour to talk about poker and life. He talks about shot taking, going busto, the mental side of poker, how poker an...

Episode 12 - Poker 101: How To Get Better At Poker from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.258337

This week on Cracking Aces we spend the entire time answering the age old question- "how do I get better at poker?". Nate and Jake talk for nearly an hour about how to improve your game, from what ...

Ep 13 - Million Dollar Tournaments, Bottom 3 Feelings At The Poker Table, And An Awesome Interview With Galen Hall from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.254097

This week on Cracking Aces we start off by talking about a live tournament Nate played over the weekend and an old man at the table running an angle, albeit a hilarious one. That leads into a convo...

Ep 17 - Flopping A Set Of Aces, Tennis vs Poker, Buying and Selling Pieces, High Rollers in London, and BHanks from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.250729

We start today's Cracking Aces with a little US Open tennis talk, and the similarities and differences between the skill edge in both. We then tackle a DM from a listener who flopped top set with a...

Ep 21 - THE LIVE POKER CHEATING SCANDAL Ft. Joey Ingram from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.247450

This episode is all about the biggest scandal to hit poker in YEARS, Mike P cheating on stream for a year at the Stones Gambling Hall. We dive into how he cheated, why it's 100% FOR SURE that he ch...

Ep 25 - The GOAT Nick Schulman, F THE VENETIAN, Check/Raising, And Tourney Tips from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.243951

Today we are joined by the legend himself, the GOAT Nick Schulman. We talk improving on your game, how he got so good at broadcasting, beef with Norman Chad, and potentially fighting at Rough n Row...

Ep 26 - Daniel Negreanu Is Your 2019 WSOP Player of the Year!!! And PokerStars is Back in Pennsylvania! from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.243162

Daniel Negreanu won the 2019 WSOP Player of the Year! We talk about how close he came to not winning, what he gets for winning, and the controversies that surround it.  We then talk about how Poker...

Ep 31 - Everything You Need To Know About How To Play Live Poker Tournaments from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.238698

Easily the most knowledge-packed episode to date! In this episode the boys discuss how to play live poker tournaments, answering a ton of questions and offering advice to help amateurs get better a...

Ep 34 - How Much Money Do You Need To Play Poker? - Answering Your DMs + Poker New Years Resolutions from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.236309

Welcome to 2020! We come in hot this year answering your DMs, including how much money you actually need to play poker comfortably, talk some cash strategy, and more. We also give our poker new yea...

Ep 35 - Phil Ivey's Awesome Bluff, Folding Quads, And Raising Aces from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.235505

Today we start by talking about the guy who jumped in front of a bus after blowing his life saving's at the casino, surviving, and then gambling away the insurance money. Then we talk about Phil Iv...

Ep 38 - CASA BONITA, $3500 WPT Borgata Results, Chiefs +800, There's No Air In Colorado, Food Poisoning, And More! from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.194443

Today's episode starts talking about Jake's Super Bowl prop bets and having Chiefs +800. We then talk about Nate's trip to Colorado including his attempts at snowboarding and his trip to Casa Bonit...

Ep 39 - The Feud With Norman Chad Continues, Brian Altman Joins The Show, Breaking Down The Galfond Challenge, Should We Become Vloggers, And More! from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.193647

We start the show by talking about Norman Chad talking shit about Barstool once again and how he turtled in person when confronted about it (0:00-4:00). We then talk about the Galfond Challenge and...

Ep 46 - Joey Ingram Explains Where You Should Or Should Not Play Online Poker In The USA, PLUS 2 Very Bad Personal Beats from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.187859

Joey Ingram the legend himself joins the show today to talk mostly about where you should feel safe and where you should avoid playing online poker in the USA. He also praises the podcast for being...

Ep 47 - The Brad Owen Interview Episode (Plus Coronavirus Is Real) from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.186807

Brad Owen is the guest that is requested more than anyone. He joined the show today to talk about his start in poker, how he got into vlogging, the ups and downs of it, and so much more. There's a ...

Ep 53 - Is The WSOP Canceled? And When Will Live Poker Be Back Featuring Matt Savage from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.181031

Is the WSOP going to be cancelled? That's the question on everyone's mind right now. They haven't said anything...but it has to be, right? We brought in the King of the WPT, a man who knows more ab...

Ep 54 - Is ACR Safe To Play On, Donation-Shaming Billionaires, And Jake Answers Rapid Fire Questions from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.180076

The show kicks off with us giving our honest opinions on ACR including some conspiracies and our thoughts on if we think it's shady or not. We then talk about people on Twitter who donation-shame o...

Ep 58 - This Episode Has It All - We Fixed ACR, Poker Tips, Quarantine Life, TV Talk, And More from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.176348

This episode we touch on a bunch of fun topics- we talk about what to watch on TV, quarantine life, live poker when this is all over, Jake gives poker tips to beginners including how to get max val...

Ep 62 - Poker Tournaments And The Stock Market Are WILD BOYS from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.172602

The show starts talking about absurd tournament variance and why they are the dumbest things in the world aka the best things in the world. We then touch on the current events, BLM, and how the pok...

Ep 66 - Making Hero Calls, Timex Prop Bet Update, WSOP Online Event Drama, And More from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.168751

Happy July 4th week. Lots of topics on today's episode including the WSOP online event drama, Jake and Nate share hand histories of recent hands they played, the dentist is open, Timex has started ...

Ep 67 - WSOP Superstar Jeff "The Plattman" Platt from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.167797

Jeff F'ing Platt. That is all we gotta say about this one. The legend makes his return to the CA podcast to talk about his 7th place finish in the online WSOP event while streaming the entire thing...

Ep 71 - Brad Owen Joins The Show From Mexico, Portnoy Is Getting Into Bitcoin, And The Venom from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.163928

We kick off today's show talking about Dave Portnoy possibly joining Bitcoin Twitter and all the poker players who are going nuts about it. We then talk about the Venom FT and some storylines aroun...

Ep 75 - So...How Do You Actually Become A Professional Poker Player? from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.159996

The quarter quell episode! Thanks for joining us on episode 75. On today's show we spend some time talking about all the things that go into being a professional poker player- things you think abou...

Ep 79 - Nearly 2 Hours With Jason Koon from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.155917

We talk to mega high stakes poker player for almost 2 hours about everything from grinding up a bankroll, the biggest games he ever played with million dollar swings, Ivey and Dwan stories, how his...

Ep 80 - Is Phil Hellmuth Actually The All Time GOAT???? from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.154677

So Phil Galfond might have just conceded that Phil Hellmuth is actually the greatest of all time, but Fedor isn't so sure. We also talk about Nate finally doing well in a poker tournament, talk abo...

Ep 84 - The Wild Swings Of Election Night Betting Lines, Getting Drunk And Playing High Stakes PLO, And Creating Cool Beanz from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.150845

Don't worry, we don't talk politics! But we do talk how crazy election night's betting line swings were, watching the candidates go from heavy favorites and underdogs and back again. We then talk a...

Ep 89 - Summer Special from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.137921

Barstool Sports is out of office this week, so we decided to give you guys a "Summer Special," with some of our favorite interviews from the past 88 episodes. These include: the original interview ...

Ep 93 - Our Biggest Downswings, Pros & Cons of Different Places To Play, How To Be A Better Live Player, Plans For FL/WSOP, Hellmuthian Drama, & More from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.134025

This week, we discuss Jake's biggest downswings, Mintz' search of an apartment in a legalized state, our experiences with different online poker sites, tips on how to better focus at the table, Nat...

Ep 97 - Mintzy Tells Stories of His Poker Playing Glory, Smitty vs Poker vs Fatherhood, & ONE MONTH TIL WSOP from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.097101

-- Nate, Smitty, & Mintz discuss adapting to balance life & poker, debate playing with/without headphones/glasses, answer listener questions, & look ahead to our trip to Vegas for the WSOP

Ep 98 - Nate vs. Portnoy, Smitty Poker Update, & a VERY Special Guest: Jamie Kerstetter!!! from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.096329

-- Nate, Smitty, Mintz, & Jake are joined by poker player/WSOP commentator Jamie Kerstetter! We have an awesome conversation with her, discuss Nate's appearance on the Dave Portnoy Show, Smitty's p...

Ep 103 - LIVE FROM VEGAS from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.091499

-- We made it! Nate & Mintz are in Vegas for the WSOP with plenty to talk about
-- Enjoy & buy some merch!

Ep 108 - Dave Portnoy WILL Be At The WSOP from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.086649

Welcome to episode 108. We start with the breaking news that the entire crew is playing the WSOP Main Event, and our fearless leader Dave Portnoy will be in the house on Sunday to "cheer" us on. We...

Ep 109 - Nate Punted The Main Event And The Boys Let Him Have It from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.085825

Day 1 of the Main is in the books and Smitty is moving on, Mintz is moving on, Jake is moving on...and Nate punted in spectacular fashion. We talk about what happened, Smitty calls Nate an asshole ...

Ep 113 - The Josh Arieh Interview Episode (2021 WSOP Player Of The Year) And BBQ Talk from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.082283

Welcome to episode 113! Today we are joined by old school legend Josh Arieh who just won the 2021 WSOP Player of the Year! He picked up 2 bracelets in a heroic series, beating Hellmuth and Negreanu...

Ep 114 - The Shaun Deeb Interview Episode from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.081458

Today we are joined by Shaun Deeb, who we could have talked to for another 2 hours. He doesn't hold back his thoughts on anything...and anyone. Tells us who in the poker world he wants to fight, so...

Ep 117 - Poker, Salads, and Taking Acid In 2022...Plus Annie Duke Is Probably A Witch from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.078460

Welcome back and happy new year! We have a great show today- who is the best poker player who gets not enough recognition? Also, Jake has a squatter at his condo that he can't get rid of and Nate m...

Ep 121 - "Roothlus" Adam Levy Tells Us About The Old, OLD Days Of Online Poker from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.074459

Welcome back! For the 3rd episode in a row we are joined by an OG in the poker world, this week it's Adam Levy, better known as Roothlus, often remembered as the man on the receiving end of Phil He...

Ep 122 - It's Tuesday, I'm Here Til Friday, And I'm All Out Of Money from 2022-02-22T08:54:36.073473

Welcome back! Today's podcast rules. A squatter update from Jake, great stories from Smitty and Mintz, and Nate can't stop losing at poker. Can't stop, won't stop. We also talk Mintz's plans for th...

Ep 123 - Ben Mintz Is The King Of The South And Smitty Broke Bread With The Diaper from 2022-02-16T00:17:01

Welcome on back! Today is the Ben Mintz Show. The King recaps his Super Bowl weekend in Louisiana, including his huge halftime show performance. He also tells us about how he got banned from Enterp...

Ep 120 - The Apestyles Interview Episode from 2022-01-26T05:11:02

Welcome back! On today's show we interview the legendary Apestyles. He has been crushing high stakes tournaments for 15 years, and is one of the best online MTT players to ever do it. We talk about...

Ep 119 - Chance Kornuth Teaches Us How To Win Poker Tournaments from 2022-01-19T01:05:11

Welcome back! Today is a jam packed poker episode with the boys. We touch on some things like Dipthrong's multi-accounting allegations, and then are joined by tournament crusher Chance Kornuth, fre...

Ep 118 - Smitty Might Be Dead By Next Episode from 2022-01-12T01:05:46

Hi all! Poker is slow right now but the show goes on! We have a presenting sponsor now so please support us and them! The show is a good one this week- Smitty is dying, possibly from a disease the ...

Ep 116 - New Years Resolutions, Idiocracy, How Did People Survive in the 1300s, Life, And Merry Christmas from 2021-12-22T21:58:20

Nate and Smitty wrap up the year talking New Years resolutions in life and poker, they talk about how weird life is and how strange the rituals we do on Earth are, dive into how the human race surv...

Ep 115 - There Was A Time When Smitty And Nate Thought They'd Never Speak To Each Other Ever Again from 2021-12-16T00:56:05

Welcome to a very special episode of CA with your hosts, former enemies Smitty and Nate. They talk about Smitty's trip to Vegas, the inner-drama at Barstool, their former beef, Covid ravaging NYC a...

Ep 112 - The Boys Go To Therapy And Then Are Joined By Professional Baseball Player And Poker Crusher Rhett Wiseman from 2021-11-24T00:29:30

We are thankful for each and every one of you. The episode starts with a quick therapy session about life, happiness, and what it means. After we dig deep into our souls (go to therapy, you won't b...

Ep 111 - The WSOP Main Event Break Down With Special Guest Jeff Platt from 2021-11-18T22:05:37

It's the day after the WSOP Main Event and we had to do a bonus episode to talk about George Holmes heroic battle and the rest of the major storylines from the Main. We are joined by the legendary ...

Ep 110 - The Complete Jake Toole 67th Place WSOP Main Event Saga With Hand Histories, Strategy, Stories, and More from 2021-11-17T04:27:17

Jake is back from Vegas with a 67th place MAIN EVENT finish under his wing. He walks us through all 6 days- hand histories, mind set, strategy, stories, and more. A very cool episode inside the min...

Ep 107 - All The Poker Advice From Jake from 2021-10-27T02:34:31

The full crew is back today and we spend a good chunk picking Jake's brain about WSOP tips, playing deep stacked with long structures, adjustments, and more. We also talk sandwiches, tips for young...

Ep 106 - Was Ben Mintz Fooled By A Channing Tatum Impersonator At The Poker Table? from 2021-10-20T01:31:17

The boys are back in town, talking about the time Mintz was possibly bamboozled by a fake Channing Tatum at the 1/3 table in New Orleans. They also talk about when Creed from The Office walked in o...

Ep 105: Mintzy Met His Poker Heroes In Vegas And Is Going To Ask Dave Portnoy To Back Him For The Main Event from 2021-10-14T23:16:05

Mintzy is back so we had to get him on to talk about his 9 (9!!!) day stay in Vegas. We also talk a little Hellmuth blow-up aftermath, the reaction to the CA crew in Vegas, and Mintz is apparently ...

Ep 104 - The Phil Hellmuth Meltdown Episode from 2021-10-13T02:30:51

-- Ben Mintz interviews Phil Hellmuth, Nate reacts to the new footage of a meltdown, we talk about Addamo winning everything, who is the best tournament player in the world right now? & much more Listen

Ep 102 - THE WSOP IS HERE FT. MARIA HO from 2021-09-30T20:45

-- Nate, Smitty & Mintz have an awesome conversation with poker superstar Maria Ho. We discuss our WSOP schedules, give away a coaching lesson with Daniel Negreanu & much much more!
-- Buy some...

Ep 101 - Daniel Negreanu Interview and Special Guest KB No Swag from 2021-09-28T22:56:53

On today's very special show presented by 3Chi promo code ACES we are joined by none other than Kid Poker himself, Daniel Negreanu. He dishes on his WSOP plans (you'll want to hear how confident he...

Cracking Aces: EPISODE 100 - Ft. Brad Owen from 2021-09-21T23:00:43

-- Nate, Smitty, & Jake are joined by cash game vlogger/overall legend Brad Owen. We discuss taking the leap into playing poker full-time, what it's like to play in front of 500K people, & what's i...

Ep. 99 - PHIL HELLMUTH from 2021-09-14T22:39:59

-- Nate, Mintz, & Jake are joined by 15-time bracelet winner, WSOP main event winner, poker hall of famer, Phil Hellmuth. We discuss the WSOP schedule, the cheapening of bracelets, old school vs. n...

Ep 96 - WSOP Champ Ryan Riess Joins to Discuss the NFT Market & the Upcoming WSOP Circuit from 2021-08-25T00:45

-- Nate, Smitty, Mintz, & Jake our joined by a VERY special guest, 2013 WSOP Main Event Champion: Ryan Riess. We discuss Hellmuth vs. Mr. Beast heads up NLH, crypto punks & the NFT market space, & ...

Ep 95 - FT. CHRIS MONEYMAKER from 2021-08-17T22:54:53

This week, we are joined by a VERY special guest, the 2003 WSOP Main Event Champion, Chris Moneymaker. We have an unreal interview with the man who changed poker forever, & discuss the WSOP, NFT's,...

Ep 94 - YOU HAVE TO WIN YOUR FLIPS from 2021-08-11T00:45

This week, we discuss the fate of the WSOP as Covid continues to rear its ugly head, we break down Smitty's deep run in the Pennsylvania bracelet event, Nate shares stories from playing blackjack a...

Ep 92 - Jake Recaps An Unreal $40K Weekend & Ryan Laplante Joins Us To Talk About Teaching/Learning The Game from 2021-07-28T00:55

Another full house today with Nate, Smitty, Jake Toole, Ben Mintz, & Ryan Laplante. We break down Jake's huge weekend, how to play against wild cards, ranges, pay jump implications, etc. - & Ryan L...

Ep 91 - Christian Harder Joins Us In Studio To Break Down Some Of His All-Time Hands, The Upcoming Tournament Schedule, & Lend Some Advice To Smitty As He Continues To Grind from 2021-07-21T00:57:09

Awesome episode today with a packed studio; Nate, Smitty, Mintz, Jake Toole, & Christian Harder. We break down hands from recent and distant memory, discuss the upcoming WSOP schedule, changes and ...

Ep 90 - Live Poker is Back, Dealing with Angleshooters, Slowrolling Your Friends, & the 10 Year Anniversary of Mintz’s Main Event Run from 2021-07-14T15:33:02

Full studio with Nate, Smitty, Mintz, & Jake. We discuss Nate's trip to Colorado, hands stories, poker news, & our upcoming plans

Ep 88 - Is Chopping Soft? from 2021-06-30T02:29:29

Our guys Jake Toole joins us in studio! We share some stories, discuss the state of poker, and talk about an 11-way EVEN chop that happened this week...

Ep 87 - Phil Ivey is still the GOAT from 2021-06-23T04:58:36

We have poker stories about Hellmuth and Esfandiari, Phil Ivey makes a run and wins the $25K WPT heads up; he is a god, Mintz calls in from Omaha to talk about his gambling drama, and Nate and Smit...

Ep 86 - Cracking Aces is Back from 2021-06-16T01:55

Nate is joined by Smitty & Ben Mintz.

We discuss how we got into poker, how we ended up at Barstool, how we ended up sitting down to record this episode, and what's in store for the future...

Ep 83 - Ivey And Dwan Are BACK On High Stakes Poker, Jake's Long History at the WSOP, How To Play PKO Tournaments from 2020-10-29T00:30:26

Start spreading the news, High Stakes Poker is BACK with Ivey and Durrrr. Jason Koon, Hellmuth, and some others are in the mix as well. Before that we discuss Jake's long history at the WSOP, inclu...

Ep 82 - Barstool's Newest Hire, The Southern King Of Poker, Ben Mintz from 2020-10-22T03:31:21

On today's episode we are joined by the newest hire at Barstool Sports, Ben Mintz. Hired as a college football/sports gambler guy, Ben also is a former professional poker player with over $600k in ...

Ep 81 - Breaking Down The Doug Polk vs Daniel Negreanu Heads Up Battle from 2020-10-15T00:01:18

Polk vs Negreanu is the poker feud that never ends. They are gearing up to play a massive heads-up battle, and Doug Polk is firing shots left and right at anyone who gets in his way (on Twitter). W...

Ep 78 - Scammer Chat, Baller Chat, Fossil Man Chat, Dropping Out Of Med School To Play Poker Chat from 2020-09-24T01:58:25

We start by talking about David Williams and how he used to ball out, flying private and buying new clothes when he got there. We also talk about the rest of the 2004 Main Event final table, shout ...

Ep 77 - EVERYONE IS CHEATING AND GETTING AWAY WITH IT from 2020-09-17T00:16:35

WHY IS EVERYONE CHEATING?!?! On today's show, we talk about the Postle case being basically over, with the court system finding him technically innocent, but that's because the court system isn't b...

Ep 76 - How Would You React If You Won $15 Million, Plugging Leaks In Your Game, MD vs NJ, And Playing 1 Drop from 2020-09-10T02:49:46

On today's episode we talk some Netflix, we talk about what resources you can use to plug holes in your poker game, the feeling of winning $15 million in 1 Drop, MD poker players vs NJ- who ya got,...

Ep 74 - Achieving The The Poker Dream: Rampage Poker Talks Winning A WSOP Bracelet At 22 While Still Living At Home from 2020-08-27T03:46:11

BIG episode today. We are joined by up and coming poker legend Rampage, who has the best, most relatable story. He's been playing poker for 2 years, lives at home and lies to his parents about play...

Ep 73 - $200,000 To Make 90/100 Free Throws, Stool Streams Jenga, Sports Betting, And Reflecting On The Last 6 Months from 2020-08-20T03:19

Today's episode kind of brings us all up to date on the world. We talk about how life has been weird for the last 6 months, Timex's bet where he can make $200k if he makes 90/100 free throws by the...

Ep 72 - Being So Good At Poker They Ban You From Playing from 2020-08-13T04:00:41

Episode 72!!! Today we talk about GG Poker banning players who are winning *too much* on their site, we talk about the morals of sitting out when playing heads up if your opponent doesn't show up, ...

Ep 70 - Negreanu Vs Polk HEADS UP FOR ROLLS DEATH MATCH (Plus Much More Poker Drama!) from 2020-07-30T02:31:26

Ep 70! What a doozy. We get into all the poker drama from the week- Deeb vs Daniel, LaPlante vs racism, Jaffe's tough convos, and of course, Polk vs Daniel, which has now created a HU 4 Rollz death...

Ep 69 - What's The Cheapest Thing You've Ever Seen A Poker Player Do? from 2020-07-23T01:48:16

Episode 69 in the books! We cover Jake ripping his foot open on a nail, and then get into the cheapest things poker players have done to save a buck. Then we talk some poker tournament strategy- go...

Ep 68 - RYAN DEPAULO INTERVIEW EPISODE from 2020-07-15T05:00:33

Ryan Depaulo for over an hour talking poker, winning a WSOP bracelet in his car in a parking lot, degenerate gambling, ACR, content creating, vlogging, and much more. Get to know the Degenerate Gam...

Ep 65 - Check/Raising Phil Ivey and Answering Your Questions About How To Get Better At Poker! from 2020-06-25T00:37:24

Welcome back! Today is a big Q&A episode, answering you questions about poker strategy and sharing poker stories, like the time Jake check/raised Phil Ivey on the river. We talk position, 3betting ...

Ep 64 - Darren Rovell Is A Big Ol' Fraud & How Many Tries Would It Take To Win The WSOP Main Event? from 2020-06-18T01:47:16

Darren Rovell stinks. STINKS. He played the worst hand of poker in recorded history and we break down if he's lying, an idiot, a troll, or all of the above. We then talk about if you got to play th...

Ep 63 - Maria Konnikova- Best Selling Author And Poker Player & Do WSOP Bracelets Still Mean Anything from 2020-06-11T04:44:21

Welcome back! On today's show we are joined by NYT best selling author Maria Konnikova. She started her poker career from the ground up and became a crusher and wrote a book about the journey. We t...

Ep 61 - Cheating At High Stakes Poker: Jungleman, Ivey, Ghosting, And More from 2020-05-28T03:18:50

Welcome to the new episode! Today we talk about the cheating allegations tossed at Jungleman by Bill Perkins and discuss how prevalent cheating/ghosting is on the apps. We read their tweets, Jungle...

Ep 60 - Call Her Daddy Saga, Kelly Minkin Calls In, And Stock Market Gambling from 2020-05-21T00:09:03

Ep 60 BAY-BEEEE. We start the show recapping the Call Her Daddy saga because what else would a poker show talk about? We then talk about Poker Twitch and Lex's deep run in the SCOOP Main. Friend of...

Ep 59 - Norman Chad Is A Dummy, Saving Online Poker, And Doug Polk vs The Mob from 2020-05-14T02:42:32

Welcome to episode 59! On today's show we discuss how online poker could die unless the sites all agree to some guidelines to keep the poker economy alive, Jake gives tips on how to survive the pok...

Ep 57 - Making 3 Final Tables In 1 Night, Getting Rich Off The Stock Market, And ACR Has ISSUES from 2020-04-30T01:42:55

Welcome to episode 57 of the podcast! This ep is a winner- a great mix of Jake breaking down his 3 final tables where he finished 5th, 4th, and 1st for a solid $60k night, some stock market chatter...

Ep 56 - The WSOP is Postponed, The Vegas Mayor Is Crazy, NFL Draft Talk, And Stealthmunk Chat from 2020-04-23T03:13:31

Welcome back! Today's show we talk about the Vegas mayor being a crazy person, the WSOP being postponed, the legend of Justin "Stealthmunk" Schwartz, the upcoming NFL Draft, feeding your dogs, and ...

Ep 55 - Mike McDonald Talks Prop Bets, Edibles, Buying A Nandos, And Much More from 2020-04-16T02:22:49

This episode is a beauty. We're joined by Mike "Timex" McDonald who has stories for days. Edibles on planes, his current free throw prop bet where he needs to make 90/100, his desire to own a Nando...

Ep 52 - Matt Berkey From Solve For Why And Why We Can't Stream Anymore from 2020-03-26T00:26:41

Matt Berkey was an awesome guest. We don't blame you if you want to jump right to him, it's around the 20 minute mark. It's great stuff. If you want to get better at poker, his "Solve For Why Acade...

Ep 51 - I HATE STUPID PEOPLE, AND WE'RE SURROUNDED BY THEM, AND THEY'RE KILLING US from 2020-03-19T04:12

Coronavirus is here and it's for real. Nate and Jake are still locked in their apartments- Jake is playing high stakes cash games online in NJ while Nate loses his mind about stupid people in NYC. ...

Ep 50 - How To Get Better At Poker While In Quarantine from 2020-03-17T04:12

We have another fun episode here, folks. We start off talking about coronavirus and its impact on our lives and the world, as well as if it will cancel the WSOP. We also talk bitcoin, the stock mar...

Ep 49 - 10 Interviews in 50 Minutes! from 2020-03-12T02:30

The Cracking Aces Podcast is now nearly 1 years old! We cannot thank everyone enough for the support you've given us. And we also cannot thank our guests enough for taking time to come on the show....

Ep 48 - Jake vs LeBron And This Is Our Flu Episode from 2020-03-10T04:12

Welcome to episode 48. Nate has the flu (regular, not corona...maybe). Jake has a broken back. Cracking Aces is strong as ever! We debate if LeBron could beat Jake in tennis if LeBron trains for a ...

Ep 45 - Tony Dunst Talks WPT, Losing a $500 Poker Chip, And Can We Beat Joe The Gardener? from 2020-02-27T05:12

Welcome back! We open the show with a few things and then tell the follow-up story from last week about the $500 chip...shocker, Nate lost it like moron (0:00-8:50), we then talk to Tony Dunst (8:5...

Ep 44 - Taking Edibles And Learning The Secrets Of The Universe (Plus How To Get Better At Low Stakes Poker, How Patch Deals Work At The WSOP, And More) from 2020-02-25T05:12

Welcome back! A new Tuesday episode is up and today we talk: Jake shares the ridiculous amount they pay you to wear a patch when you're deep in the Main Event (0:00-5:15), Nate recaps his weekend a...

Ep 43 - The WORST Bad Beat EVER - Quads vs Quads vs Straight Flush, Going Deep In Main Events With Johnny Cakes Auville, and WSOP Bad Beat Stories from 2020-02-20T05:12

Welcome back! We introduce the show and then talk: The ultimate bad beat that's been going viral - quads vs quads vs a straight flush (0-11:40), The WSOP quad aces vs royal flush hand with Ray Roma...

Ep 42 - Unhealthy Weekends, The Legend Of Greg Raymer's Fossil, The King of Kong, Zillion Beers Update, Do You Need A Good Memory To Be Good At Poker? from 2020-02-18T06:39:33

Jake recaps his trip to Mexico City (0:00-5:40) and Nate recaps his unhealthy weekend (5:40-10:30). Then we talk some poker; Galen Hall and Cakes' deep runs in the Potomac Main Event (10:30-16:40),...

Ep 41 - Kelly Minkin Awesome Interview, Christian Harder Breaks Down His Legendary Hand, And A Phil Galfond Update from 2020-02-13T05:12

We get right to it in this jam packed episode. We cold open with Kelly Minkin talking about slowrolling a racist misogynist at the table. We then set up the show (3:30-13:30) and get into the Minki...

Ep 40 - The Barstool Poker Tour, Zillion Beers, A Phil Galfond Update, And Legalized Sports Betting in VA from 2020-02-11T05:44:59

We open by talking about Zillion Beers and break down the entire saga (0-7:00). Then we go over some sad hand histories from a disastrous weekend of live poker (10:00-23:10) and the potential of a ...

Ep 37 - We Won The Best Poker Podcast Of The Year Award! from 2020-01-23T05:12

We start off today's show talking Nate's bad beat and Twitter outrage culture (3:00-13:40). We then talk some poker strategy/advice- how to adjust your game to playing higher stakes/out of your com...

Ep 36 - Losing $200,000 Backing Another Player, Finishing 34th in the 2015 Main Event, And Will New York Legalize Online Poker?? from 2020-01-16T03:10

We start the show with Jake talking more about his 34th place finish in the 2015 Main Event. We then talk about the 25 events at this year's WSOP that are $1k and under. Then we talk about how stup...

Ep 33 - Chris Moneymaker Interview, Rick Salomon Is The Man, Free Phil Ivey! from 2019-12-19T03:10

Today we are graced by the LEGEND Chris Moneymaker. He is absolutely awesome as always, and talked meeting Senators to push online poker legalization, giving away $30,000 tournament tickets (possib...

Ep 32 - WHY ISN'T ONLINE POKER LEGAL IN EVERY STATE IN THE USA?!?! from 2019-12-12T03:10

What an episode! We start by talking about how the WSOP released part of their schedule and give advice to newbies on what to play/where to stay. Nate then recaps his trip to Kansas City where he g...

Ep 30 - Gobble, Gobble, Gobble- A Very Poker Thanksgiving from 2019-11-27T04:50:46

Today we talk Thanksgiving- what we're thankful for in both the poker world and in real life, such as how much better trains are than busses. We also talk about the freedom playing poker gives you ...

Ep 29 - Matt Savage The King Of The WPT + How To Play Aces from 2019-11-21T05:55:24

On today's episode we talk to the king of the WPT, the man who makes all the important decisions in tournament poker, Matt Savage. He share an awesome story from Chris Moneymaker's win in 2003 that...

Ep 28 - The Godfather of Twitch Jason Somerville + The Astros Cheating Scandal from 2019-11-14T05:46:58

Coming off the Daniel Negreanu episode we have another huge guest in this show, none other than Jason Somerville from Run It Up aka The Twitchfather. Dude basically invented poker streaming, and no...

Ep 27 - The Daniel Negreanu Interview Episode from 2019-11-12T04:01:27

Daniel Negreanu joins the show fresh off of winning- and then *not actually winning* the 2019 WSOP POY. He gives his thoughts on Shaun Deeb and Doug Polk, changes that need to be made to the WSOP i...

Ep 24 - Hellmuth ALMOST Won a Bracelet, Taking Shots At Higher Stakes, Listener DMs/Emails, And We HATE The WSOP-Europe from 2019-10-25T05:39:12

Lots of info bombs in this episode of the podcast. We start by talking about the WSOP-Europe and how dust it is. Hellmuth almost won a bracelet in a 45 person field, sad! We then answer a bunch of ...

Ep 23 - Poker Cheater's Lawyer Is An Idiot, Did You Know WSOP Europe is Happening?, Annoying Things People Ask You About Poker, And Superstar Jeff Platt from 2019-10-17T05:22:04

We start the show with an update on Mike P the Poker Cheater. He hired a lawyer and boy, things aren't looking great for him. We then destroy the WSOP Europe for how poorly it's being run and marke...

Ep 22 - Phil Galfond Interview, Mike P's DMs With Us, and How To Stay Focused At Low Stakes from 2019-10-10T03:24:28

Today's episode is a dandy. First we follow up with Mike P the poker cheater, going through our DMs with him where he pleaded his innocence. We break down each of his DMs and spoiler alert: He's a ...

Ep 20 - ROUNDERS 2?!, Draymond Green Gets Owned, The Best WSOP Runs Of All Time, And Losing All Our Money In Crypto from 2019-09-26T05:19:33

We start today's show by talking about the possibility of ROUNDERS 2 happening after the writer of Rounders put out a very promising tweet. We then talk about our top 3 favorite WSOP Main Event run...

Ep 19 - Survivor 39 Contestant Ronnie Bardah and Survivor Superfan Tommy Smokes from 2019-09-19T04:22:51

On this episode of Cracking Aces we talk SURVIVOR. We are joined by season 39 contestant Ronnie Bardah to talk about his preparation for the island, his strategy, and how poker and Survivor overlap...

Ep 18 - Is Phil Ivey Broke??? Plus Twitch King Jaime Staples, Listener DMs, And Online Nostalgia from 2019-09-12T04:27:30

On today's episode we talk about some poker world drama- is Linus Loeliger a cheater and why was Phil Ivey backed for a $50k? We get emotional talking about Ivey and how awesome he is and how sad w...

Ep 16 - Jeff Gross, Gerard Piqué, Our Top 3 Athletes Who Play Poker, And The 25k Platinum Pass from 2019-08-29T01:00

This week we start off with the news PokerStars is running their 25k Platinum Pass promotion again, giving $25k freerolls to poker players around the world. We then talk about EPT Barcelona and Ger...

Ep 15 - Top 3 OG Online Players, Million Dollar Swings, Interviews With Jamie Kerstetter and Jessica Dawley (Ft Kate from ZBT) from 2019-08-22T06:57:51

This week we start off by going down memory lane and talking about our top 3 online OGs (4:30). We go down memory lane about Rail Heaven, the Durrr Challenge, Lil Holdem, Isildur, and more. We then...

Ep 14 - Barstool Unionizing Drama, The 3 Most Annoying Things People Say At The Poker Table, and Recapping The Big 4 In Florida from 2019-08-15T04:11:27

This week on Cracking Aces we start off by recapping the "Big 4" in Florida and the players who won them. We then discuss the whole unionizing at Barstool situation and Scott Seiver's idiotic tweet...

Ep 11 - WSOP Dick Bandit Is (Allegedly) On Crack, Randall Emmett's Antics, Folding KK Preflop, And An Interview With Garry Gates from 2019-07-25T05:31:25

This week on Cracking Aces we start off by talking about our trip to AC and Jake folding KK preflop. We talk about the difference between playing wild amateurs and extremely good pros. We then talk...

Ep 10 - INTERVIEW WITH FEDOR HOLZ and Main Event Final Table Chatter from 2019-07-17T06:01:05

Fedor F'ing Holz. We talk to Fedor for 34 minutes and need to do 3,400 more. He's the GOAT. We also talk about the Main Event final table, especially the tanking from Maahs and Livingston's QQ fold...

Episode 9 - Ivey And Dwan Are Legends, Tag Team Poker Is Awesome, And Tournament Boss Jake Schwartz Talks Poker And Crypto Bad Beats from 2019-06-27T06:28:14

This week on Cracking Aces we start off by talking about Phil Ivey who is chipleading at the WSOP. We then talk about the legend of Tom Dwan and how awesome it is to see him playing at the WSOP. Na...

Episode 8 - Phil Kessel & Jeopardy James Are At The WSOP, Plus An Interview With Tournament Crusher MARIA HO from 2019-06-25T05:03:17

This week on Cracking Aces we start off by talking about the impacts NHL player Phil Kessel and Jeopardy James are having on the WSOP by being there. We then discuss a ridiculous pocket kings lay d...

Episode 7 - Phil Ivey Stories, Black Friday (Bad) Memories, Brent Hanks From PokerGO, And Answering Your Emails from 2019-06-21T04:47:59

We start out this week by talking about what's going on in the WSOP, including Phil Ivey stories and speculate why he's playing $800 NLHE events. We also talk about how wild Black Friday was...I me...

Episode 6 - Jake Won A Main Event Seat And Hoodie Allen Talks All Things Poker from 2019-06-18T04:51:06

This week on Cracking Aces we are joined by musician and poker player Hoodie Allen. While most known for his Billboard hits, Hoodie also crushes poker in his spare time. We talk to him about shakin...

Episode 5 - 2012 MAIN EVENT Champ and Player Of The Year Greg Merson from 2019-06-14T06:46:20

This week on Cracking Aces we are joined by the 2012 Main Event champion and Player of the Year, Greg Merson. He talks about coming back from 2.5 bbs to win the Main Event, his most memorable hand ...

Episode 4 - BIG 50 Recap and 2017 MAIN EVENT Winner Scott Blumstein from 2019-06-11T05:43:45

This week on Cracking Aces, Nate talks about his deep-ish run in the 28,000 person BIG 50 at the WSOP, the boys talk to the 2017 Main Event winner Scott Blumstein about his life since winning 8 mil...

Episode 3 WSOP PREVIEW Ft 2013 Main Event Winner Ryan Riess from 2019-05-30T04:03

This week on Cracking Aces we break down the 2019 WSOP! We talk about what's new at the World Series, what and who to watch for, and we are joined by the 2013 Main Event champion and current high s...

Episode 2 Ft. Chris Moneymaker from 2019-05-23T04:30:54

This week on Cracking Aces we are joined by the one and only Chris Moneymaker. He talks about winning the 2003 Main Event, the very early days of Poker Stars, and how nervous he was to go on David ...

Cracking Aces Episode 1 Ft. Daniel Negreanu from 2019-05-13T18:53:39

Cracking Aces is the newest podcast tackling all things poker, hosted by Nate from Barstool. It will feature the fun side of the poker world and exclusive interviews with the top players. Episode 1...

Cracking Aces Episode 1 Ft. Daniel Negreanu from 2019-05-13T18:53:39

Cracking Aces is the newest podcast tackling all things poker, hosted by Nate from Barstool. It will feature the fun side of the poker world and exclusive interviews with the top players. Episod...

Cracking Aces Episode 1 Ft. Daniel Negreanu from 2019-05-13T18:53:39

Cracking Aces is the newest podcast tackling all things poker, hosted by Nate from Barstool. It will feature the fun side of the poker world and exclusive interviews with the top players. Episode 1...