John Somsky is the Home Games Director for RecPoker and the Minnesota Ambassador for Ante Up Magazine. John is a true historian of the game, having played many variants and listened to about every poker podcast during his entire life in poker. Not only is he deeply knowledgeable in the game, history, personalities and industry, John is widely considered, “The Nicest Guy in Poker”, a label initially given him by WSOP bracelet winner (and Cardplayer Lifestyle contributor) Chris “Fox” Wallace. In this episode we hear more about John’s story and his passion for the game.
John is active on Twitter as @pokergeekMN
We also go over this week’s home game results and discuss these topics:
- WPT/RecPoker Tourney – rec.poker/wpt
- WSOP roadtrip – rec.poker/roadtrips/
- RecPoker Staking -rec.poker/staking/
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Time Stamps
| 00:03 | Welcome & Introduction |
| 03:36 | Introduction to John Somsky |
| 04:33 | When did John develop a passion for poker? |
| 06:28 | How John transitioned to playing poker for money |
| 07:35 | John’s favorite games and the ones he always loves to play |
| 14:48 | Games that helped John improve as a poker player |
| 21:35 | When did John find out he was good at either Hold ‘em or Mixed Games? |
| 26:04 | John shares his history with AnteUp magazine |
| 30:06 | John’s strategy for getting better at his game. |
| 31:10 | What is John looking forward to in his poker career and experience? |
| 55:26 | John: Home Game result updates |
| 01:09:36 | Rob: Book Study updates |
