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Chris M. aka Persuadeo & Dean Martin

The Poker Zoo Podcast by Chris M. aka, Persuadeo & Dean Martin

The Poker Zoo Podcast

Merry Christmas from the Poker Zoo! To celebrate, we bring on (depending on your point of view) gadfly or pest Norman Chad. Mr. Chad is indisputably one of the true co-pilots of poker commentary and the boom itself. There are many myths that surround the poker boom, such as it being triggered by the 2003…

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PZ96: Cloud Yells Back at Norman Chad

We are happy to close our best year of interviews with Poker Zoo stalwart Greg Porter. We not only cover his swingy year in the games but address the many interesting things that happened in 2024 poker culture. First, though, remind me what they were again? One thing that does actually matter to a serious…

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PZ97: Relax, Greg Porter is Not a Poker Pro

The five things you need to do to win in 2025. The roadmap to poker success in 2024. Three tips for crushing poker in 2023. They do it all day, every month, every year, but what if we turn them on their head and listen carefully: You’re not winning 20 bbs/hr at your live game…

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PZ98: Behind the Facade of Poker Education

As we roll into 2025 it’s well worth checking in with Zoo member Jason Burge, aka Jambasket. He’s a tough online winner in the active Michigan online games but is also a hidden superhero on Twitter (I’m not calling it X, c’mon), where he trolls the hell out of poker’s puffed-up personalities and various engagement…

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PZ99: Jambasket FAQs, GPIs, MTTs, & LOLs

For our milestone episode, I talk with old friend Steve “ChipXtractor” Catterson. I met Steve through the defunct Red Chip Poker forum, and we have been more or less in touch since. Steve and I go over some stories, but it seems to me that the present in this case is more interesting than the…

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PZ100: Poker as Social Good, with ChipXtractor

It’s early in the back nine for the Poker Zoo podcast, so it’s time to focus on what we want to accomplish. I have a fitting guest today in Sara O’Connor, a mid-Atlantic player and writer who has gathered some attention through her book, A New Queen’s Guide to Poker, and through some social media expertise.…

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PZ101: Sara O’Connor Does Things

Jason Su, mental game and performance coach for an increasing number of poker players, returns to the Zoo. While poker is a game (not “just” a game), there is something a touch more serious in this visit. Why is this? Perhaps because the money involved in poker is increasingly scarce and so every edge has…

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PZ102: Jason Su Wants to Unmisreg You

For once I can keep this short. OOP: The (Poker) Zoo is a podcast I’ll be developing with Dean Martin and the rest of The Back Room. There’s quite a few podcasts out there, so why listen to this one? Well perfect, maybe you shouldn’t. The Zoo is, above all, for and about members of…

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The (Poker) Zoo, Ep. 1: Porter

Episode 2 of the Zoo features Portland reg Luka Vitasovic. His story is a West Coast one, taking him from where Ed Miller got his start in South Seattle’s Muckleshoot Casino, through the dregs of low-stakes, high-rake California games, to the under-appreciated poker scene of Portland, Oregon. Luka shares with us about his many coaching experiences,…

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The (Poker) Zoo, Ep. 2: Luka

This week on the Zoo, Fausto Valdez. Fausto is immersed in poker, and just marked two years in as a professional player. We discuss his life and challenges, as well as go over a hand he played at the Sands. Fausto Valdez, member of TBR, coach at Red Chip Poker, and Solve For Why acolyte. Fausto…

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The (Poker) Zoo, Ep. 3: Fausto

This week Persuadeo is away so Dean interviews east coast pro Chase Bianchi. Chase has almost a million dollars in live tournament winnings, at least one WSOP bracelet that I know of, plays quite a few tournaments as well as live cash, while also keeping a great work/life balance. We discuss life in Boston, his…

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The Poker Zoo, Ep. 31: Chase Bianchi on East Coast Poker

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