Texas Poker Podcast: Recent Episodes
Tyler Bradford
This podcast talks about two poker players grinding it up in cash games in Texas. Tyler and Clint talk about there experiences from week to week.
Clint goes over his most recent session at Spades. Clint and Tyler talk about steps poker rooms could take to make the games better, and then discuss things that a few rooms are doing that could be detrimental to the poker community in Texas.
Clint plays a livestream this week and goes against some the most well known high stakes poker players in Houston. He gets into several spots where the pressure is put on and he is in difficult spots.
Clint goes over 2 hands that he played and gets Tyler's feed back on where he might have gone wrong or if he played them well. Clint does an hours challenge to take advantage of a promotion at a poker room, and it isnt as easy he thought it would be to get the hours in. Clint and Tyler go over the opening of the NFL season and give sports betting tips that you might or might not want to take.
Clint goes over some of his most controversial hands at the Champions Summer Open, and gives his thoughts on why he did what he did, he and Tyler talk about if he would do it differently after thinking about it. Tyler gives his first shot at a Tournament in over 2 years and talks about playing them more often.
Clint makes his biggest tournament score of his life, while living by a thread in multiple pots. Tyler plays cash and has some problems with Aces.
After a month-long hiatus Clint and Tyler are back at the poker tables, and back on the grind. The private game that Clint talked so much about but was canceled has come back, and Clint and Tyler play a session at Champions where they have some hands that go off the rails.
Clint and Tyler go over the goals they had last year and how they went for the year. They go over new poker goals this year and cover a tournament that Tyler did that fits right in with his goals for the year.
Clint plays the 150k gtd tournament at Champions, and gets into rough spots, but still makes a deep run in the tournament with 30,000 up top. Tyler gets into really tough predicaments in PLO hands, and tries to figure what the right move was.
Clint plays a session where he plays Phil Helmuth, Jeff Platt, and Brent Hanks, and goes to war with the poker brat. He has a lot of interesting hands in 3 bet pots, that put his decisions to the test. Tyler goes to Paramount, and gets 4 bet holding QQ...
Tyler plays a session where he is overbetting the pot by a ton and getting called, and getting into weird multiway pots. Clint considers a new training site to up his PLO knowledge and just to mix it up.
Clint picks Tyler's brain about buying in for large amounts without looking like a pro. Tyler gives several helpful tips, and then goes over some hands of his recent sessions.
Clint plays the Main Event at Texas Card House with a top prize of 100,000 dollars, and makes a deep run. Tyler raises a speculative hand preflop, and gets it all in on runner runner.
Clint looks for a new poker bankroll strategy, and Tyler gives him the idea he was looking for, but couldn't seem to find. Clint tries to hero call with middle pair on the river with decent justification. Tyler flops a set and tries to get tricky with it.
Clint talks about doing his first Mystery bounty tournament, and has studied very little strategy when it comes to these tournaments. Tyler is playing draws aggressively and embracing the variance.
Tyler is getting crushed in 1/3, but decides to triple the stakes in PLO with his last 400, and is going to go down swinging. Clint raises and flops the nuts, while Tyler hides in the weeds with a set, and just may hit quads....
Clint does a livestream and has his biggest loss ever.... Tyler goes over the second part of his Vegas trip and faces a 5 bet preflop while he has everyones favorite unpaired piece of shit.
Tyler ends up going on a last minute trip to Vegas and ends up in a wild game at the Golden Nugget with a crazy player trying to angle him out of a big pot. Clint battles back during a livestream where he is down more than he has ever been, and ends up in the biggest pot of his life with 3 hands left on the stream.
Tyler takes the trip to Connecticut and compares poker in Texas to the Northeast. He plays 2/5 at Mohegan Sun and gets into several interesting spots with big overbets. Clint plays on a 1/3 livestream and starts donking into preflop raisers in multway pots like a donkey.
Tyler goes on a poker trip this week, and him and Clint talk about where he is going to play, and what games he will be playing. He is going back to the place where his poker career started, and goes over some of the bloopers that happend at the place where it all began. Clint goes over a large 3 bet squeeze spot in his last session, how he played it, and what he thought he should do differently.
Tyler plays a couple sessions, with the most notable being at Katy 101. He plays a bunch of action packed hands, and uses his image to his advantage to overbet the river.
Clint and Tyler weigh in on the Jonathan Little, Matt Berkey debate, and then go over the session they just played. Both Tyler and Clint end up making hero calls against a wild player with wildly different results.
After doing well in his first outing on Champions Livestream, Clint goes again the following day, and things didn't go as he hoped or planned!
Clint makes his first appearance on the Champions Livestream and ends up in a ton of interesting hands. The game was wild with a ton of 3 betting and light calls super interesting personalities.
Clint makes a deep run in a tournament with a prize pool of over 28,000 dollars! Clint and Tyler also discuss the 2nd part of the disaster of a Vegas trip, and Tyler plays a session that goes off the rails.
Clint and Tyler discuss the pros and cons of having poker as a 2nd job, and if it is worth the heartache. Tyler plays a cash game, while Clint gives his all in a tournament, and then in a cash game rivers quads and gets reraised on the river.
Clint arrives in Vegas excited about what the week is going to bring, while Tyler battles run bad back in Houston.
Clint is leaving for Vegas right after the podcast, they discuss casinos to play at, different tournaments Clint might play, and basically everything Las Vegas.
Clint and Tyler go against each other in several big pots. Clint thinks he is getting soul read again and again, and Tyler finds Clint's biggest leak.
Clint and Tyler play on a table against Phil Helmuth, Jungleman, Shaun Deeb, Alan Keating, and Jeff Platt at the meet up game at Champions. The table is wild with a standard straddle of around 15 to go, and a lot of betting and 3 betting. Clint and Tyler discuss strategies of what to do on super wild crazy tables. In another session Clint loses his mind, and plays a hand where his bankroll feels the impact.
Tyler flops a set but he's not the only one. Clint gets beat down in PLO and learns a thing or two
Clint and Tyler are doing both, and I bet you can guess which one is doing which. Clint and Tyler meet a listener from out of town and play a session at 101 Katy. They go back to 101 Katy next week and Tyler ends up in an awkward situation.
Tyler and Clint have some big news for the podcast that they share in the first few minutes. They both play some big hands with a ton of action, and some interesting decision points. Clint goes to the Crush Live Poker discord for some verification/justification and learns where he very obviously misplayed it.
Clint and Tyler both play a session at Katy 101, where Tyler gets torched and then mounts a comeback. Clint also plays at Cypress Poker where he makes an Alamo type stand with top pair top kicker.
Clint and Tyler discuss an array of topics including the bad beat in San Antonio that didnt get paid out, Magnus Carlsen debuting on the Hustler Live Stream, and what they think about the new poker room in Cypress, TX where they played a session.
Clint and Tyler try some new strategies at the table looking to exploit the table. Clint goes over two sessions he played, while Tyler calls a 3bet light and prays for a miracle.
Clint and Tyler discuss some of the flaws of High Stakes Poker, and cash game live streams.. They go over their recent session in which Clint is bluffing with 4 high in a 3 bet pot.
Clint visits the Lodge, and gives his thoughts about playing there since the acquisition by Doug Polk, Andrew Neeme, and Brad Owen. Tyler makes the single best bluff ever this podcast while playing at 101.
Tyler goes rogue in a cash game session, playing Q4 off for his entire stack right before he leaves. Clint takes a shot at a 25k Gtd tournament, and wants to know if he was out of line at the poker room.
Clint and Tyler talk about different types of rake, and things that might negate it and lessen the rake in the long run. They say what types of rooms they prefer and where they go the most. Clint goes over one session, where he basically flip for a 1000 dollar pot.
Clint plays at the New Texas Card House on Westheimer, and makes a deep run at the 50k Gtd Tournament. They talk about what its like, and then go over a swingy cash game session.
Tyler gets into a huge pot where he is a coin flip for a 1500 dollar pot. Clint plays tournaments and and is still running hot in them. They discuss playing in the 50,000 dollar gtd on 3/2/2023 at the new Texas Card House in Houston.
Tyler is on the wrong side of a bad floor call at a place that is known for those decisions. Clint and Tyler play in the private game, and Tyler gets quads twice, while being put to the test in a lot of decisons for big pots.
Clint and Tyler talk about how poker affects your dating life with both of them being newly single. How girls react to it as a hobby, and what you should do about it. Tyler goes over a session at 101 Katy, and Clint covers a tournament he did at Texas Card House, and goes over a few cash game hands.
Clint and Tyler get the podcast back on schedule covering their recent session at Paramount, where Clint flops quads in a 3 way all in, while Tyler folds his way into another win.
Clint plays poker against a future NFL hall of famer, and gets into a big hand against him. Clint gets Aces, and gets 4 bet with them while very deep stacked, and then later gets 3 bet with them.
Clint picks some interesting squeeze spots that Tyler can't stand. Clint and Tyler play in the private game, and Clint finds himself in several interesting spots including one against Tyler for a Texas Poker Podcast confrontation.
Clint plays at 101 Katy, and ends up 3 betting a ton, from 99 to AJo and getting into huge hands with marginal holdings. Tyler and Clint break down an up and coming vloggers hand GH Poker, and say what they would do differently and what they liked about the hand. Tyler plays at TCH Houston and punts with AK in a massive pot.
Tyler has a huge session at 101 Katy getting in super interesting spots. Clint plays a freezeout at Paramount and has a deep run for the 2nd time in a row.
Clint and Tyler go over last year's poker resolutions, and plan the next year's new poker goals. Clint takes down a small tournament.
Tyler runs into trouble when hitting a big PLO hand. Clint goes on a tear in a private 1/2 game, and then ships it preflop with 88 for 160 big blinds.
Clint goes card dead for a long time, and keeps missing in 3 bet pots, but keeps at and gets rewarded greatly. Tyler feels good about a plo hand when he goes all in until 3 players go all in behind for large amounts.. oops.
Clint and Tyler go the opening of the new Horseshoe in Lake Charles to check out the new poker room. Trip goes off the rails for Clint, while Tyler contemplates a 300 dollar hero call with 4th pair.
Tyler comes off multiple wins, and slow rolls badly, while Clint has a session where he gets it all in over and over again.
Clint and Tyler discuss the differences between the training sites Crush Live Poker, Red Chip Poker, and Pokercoaching. They discuss Clints recent upswing and go over some sessions, and interesting spots.
Clint and Tyler go into the new Texas House Bill 137 that is looking to put an end to all poker in Texas. They go over how it is looking to do this, and why the bill might have been put there in the first place.
Clint and Tyler didnt get much playing in this week, but do go over some short sessions, where they get into interesting spots that might send them out the door.
Clint breaks out of a downswing winning 2000 in 2 weeks, while on one hand getting lucky to put a horrid beat on a player.. Tyler plays a session at 101, and play 52 suited like its the stone cold nuts.
Clint and Tyler get into multiple big hands against each other in the Thursday game. Clint goes to the free game at the popular Stampede bar in Houston on Friday and gives his thoughts on it. Clint starts to come out of his downswing with a couple of solid wins.
Tyler shows a bluff at the table, and the guy proceeds to lose his mind, and dump thousands, while Tyler sun runs at the table. Tyler and Clint discuss playing against other profitable players, and when to play and when to call it a game.
Clint and Tyler get into a heated argument about a hand, and Clint continues his dreaded downswing. They discuss how much you need to make in poker to make the swings worth it. Tyler plays AQs, in a 3 bet pot hits a royal flush draw and gets jammed on for 2x pot.
Clint goes back to new poker room Capri and runs into some coolers, and slowrollers. Clint and Tyler play a late night session at Dogghouse, with some deepstacks and drinks flowing.
Clint goes back to new poker room Capri and runs into some coolers, and slowrollers. Clint and Tyler play a late night session at Dogghouse, with some deepstacks and drinks flowing.
Clint and Tyler play a session full of regs and pros, and discuss the poor choice of table selection, and if it is profitable to play heavy grinder tables. Clint plays at the new poker room in the Clear Lake area of Houston, and tell his thoughts of it, and if goes over a hand where he tries his best to punt.
Clint and Tyler play a session full of regs and pros, and discuss the poor choice of table selection, and if it is profitable to play heavy grinder tables. Clint plays at the new poker room in the Clear Lake area of Houston, and tell his thoughts of it, and if goes over a hand where he tries his best to punt.
Clint goes over part 2 of his vegas trip with games at the Wynn, Caesars, and Venetian. He gets into several big 3 and 4 bet pots with a ton of action. Tyler goes over his most recent sessions at Paramount and Doghouse.
Clint goes over part 2 of his vegas trip with games at the Wynn, Caesars, and Venetian. He gets into several big 3 and 4 bet pots with a ton of action. Tyler goes over his most recent sessions at Paramount and Doghouse.
Clint goes deep in the 15,000 gtd Texas Card House tournament 2 days before the Vegas trip. He then goes over sessions at Bellagio and Aria, and Tyler goes over a hand that might be well played or a huge blunder, you decide.
Clint goes deep in the 15,000 gtd Texas Card House tournament 2 days before the Vegas trip. He then goes over sessions at Bellagio and Aria, and Tyler goes over a hand that might be well played or a huge blunder, you decide.
Tyler plays a gigantic hand where he misreads the board, and the results are drastic. Clint and Tyler play at 101 in Katy, with a wild table and get into several interesting spots. Clint gives a slight preview into his upcoming Vegas trip.
Tyler plays, and is officially out of his downswing. A lot of action in this episode, with Tyler gets quads multiple times. Clint finally gets on the cash game grind at a private game, and then back at Doghouse. A dealer makes a mistake in a huge pot, and it gets crazy.
Tyler and Clint play at Paramount, and Tyler starts to see light at the end of the tunnel in the downswing. Clint continues to play tournaments, looking for a win.
Clint plays 2 sessions with several hand reviews, while Tyler plays some big bomb pots that make or break his session.
Clint and Tyler try a daily tournament, and talk about the experience. They go over the pros and cons of the daily tournaments, and who should play them, and who is better off playing other games.
Clint and Tyler play in a private 1/2 game and get into a huge hand the minute the hands are dealt. Clint possibly angleshoots, and gets Tyler's opinion if it,s a real angle. Tyler plays another session and gets into a lot of interesting spots.
Tyler gets tilted at the cash game, and things start to go off the rails. He discusses what its like to play on a downswing, and ways to possibly get off of it. Clint gets the tournament itch, and plays in the paramount freezeout, and the 15,000 gtd at Texas Card House.
Clint concludes the Vegas trip that has really gotten off the rails, while Tyler crushes souls with crazy hero calls.
Clint goes over the 2nd part of the Vegas trip, where he runs into big hands instantly at the tables. He visits Caesars Palace, MGM, the Orleans, and Aria where he tries to turn his run bad around. Tyler goes off the rails with a squeeze with 10 3 suited, and him and Clint disagree on the merits of the hand, but Tyler does win... the hand.
Clint goes to Vegas for the WSOP, plays cash, and tries his luck out at the housewarming event. Tyler continues to try his luck in the PLO streets, and tries to embrace the variance of the great game.
Clint talks about his upcoming trip to Vegas, what tournaments, and casinos he will play at, and what to expect. Clint and Tyler go over hands they played at Dogghouse, including Tyler folding a set on the river, and Clint getting Aces to Kings.
Tyler tests the PLO waters after having no interests in it for a long time. He takes video, and plays with the idea of having a vlog and what it would take to do it. Clint plays a tournament for the first time in a long time, and realizes the room doesn't know what an ICM chop is?
Clint and Tyler go over the good and bad of the popular game PLO bomb pots in Texas. They go over a hand that was submitted to Crush Live Poker discord, and got an answer from Bart Hanson himself. Clint has 2 sessions, and goes over key hands from each session.
Tyler takes a shot at 5/5, and things start out great, but go sideways quickly. He gets into a lot of tricky spots that him and Clint go over. Clint reviews the platinum membership on club GG, and the South Houston poker room. The podcast gets put in the top 35 poker podcasts. 35 Best Poker Podcasts to Listen to in 2022 (feedspot.com)
Clint and Tyler talk about what its like to play with new players and maniacs, when they are running hot. Clint opens for 75, and Tyler shoves an all in right in his face.
Clint goes to a vlogger meet up game that features Ben Deach, Ryan Depaulo, and Poker Face Ashe, and gets into a very interesting hand with Ben Deach. Clint goes over the vlogger meet up game, the new room, and a session at TCH. Tyler plays PLO to keep the action players in the game, and gets action.
Tyler plays 2 very big hands with 84. Also, karma hits a player almost instantly to help Tyler double up. Clint runs like a trash at Doghouse but still gets a bluff off.
Tyler gets caught up in the middle of a hand that he isnt even in, and things get dicey. Tyler plays at Paramount, and Clint and Tyler both play at Doghouse in an action game for Tyler, while Clint watches the action.
Clint and Tyler record 30 minutes after Clint's biggest cash game win! They go over previous sessions along with their record cash game win at the Dogghouse poker room, that featured several hero calls. They also review a few poker rooms in Houston at the request of the listener later on in the episode.
Tyler and Clint both play at Prime during a massive tournament, and they talk about how electric the atmosphere is. Tyler still can't win with AA, Clint miss reads his hand but it really didn't matter.
Tyler and Clint play a session were Clint miss reads a hand, and Tyler has some stuff to say at the table to him. Then Tyler and Clint punt their stack at paramount just in different ways.
Clint and Tyler play a session together where Tyler gets into a ton of tough spots. They also discuss rake, and if your willing to pay slightly more rake for more amenities and nicer place to play.
Clint continues his upswing, and Tyler plays a very speculative hand and ends up in a gigantic pot.
Clint continues his upswing in significant fashion. Clint and Tyler play together in one of the best games that either remember in a long time.
Tyler and Clint play a 1-1 game and discuss how you have to play different based on your stack size and who you're playing against. Also, they talk about trying to stay on the cash game grind vs playing small tournaments for fun.
Clint and Tyler go to Texas Card House Houston, and play the nightly tournament, and then play cash after. They get in some sticky situations with bomb pots, and pocket Aces.
Clint tries to recover from a 1 outer that crushed him last week, and gets AK multiple times. Tyler still trying to claw his way out of the downswing gets into several interesting spots.
Clint goes over his Vegas trip, and what its like playing in Vegas right now. He goes over some hands there, and Tyler goes over some hands with super rec players. Clint also plays double board bomb pot out of the rack, and it blows up.
Tyler and Clint talk about a robbery at Legends, and a security guard that apprehended the gunman. Also Clint has some crazy luck in the PLO streets. Tyler and Clint talk about a new friend going to play poker for the first time this week.
Clint and Tyler discuss upcoming goals for the new year, and how they feel about the goals they set last year. They also discuss Clint's upcoming Vegas trip, and some hands that Clint could have played differently.
Tyler and Clint battle through the treacherous downswing, but Clint starts to see light at the end of the tunnel. They go over hands and analyze bad luck, vs bad play which they have seen plenty of both.
Clint and Tyler discuss some hands Clint played, while finally getting a little profit and coming out of a downswing. They discuss some bankroll tips, and tell the listeners what they would do if they were opening a poker room.
Clint and Tyler try to battle out of their downswing, and try a new place to play. Clint gets roasted on R/Poker for playing a hand a certain way, and Tyler goes over a possible misplayed AK hand.
Clint and Tyler try a poker room they haven't been to in a long time, and try to bust out of their downswing. Clint discusses how keeping your play optimal in a downswing and how it has affected his play. Tyler gets into several interesting spots, and goes over those hands.
Clint and Tyler are on downswings, and talking about the best ways to deal with them, and identifying bad play vs bad variance. They talk about the drama going on around the Houston poker scene and how it might be viewed by the public.
Clint and Tyler play at Legends and have super interesting sessions, where Clint misreads his hand in a 1300 dollar pot, gives his thoughts on the new Legends poker room, and Tyler's sessions continue to swing all over the map.
Clint and Tyler go over their last few sessions, where Tyler winds up in a giant boat over boat pot. We discuss bet sizing and how it is one of the biggest leaks for newer players, and Clint talk about his recent sessions busting out of a downswing and how it affects his play psychologically at the table.
Tyler takes a shot a high stakes, also had a crazy bluff. He even called $75 with out looking at his cards and won. Clint talks about a few hands as well.
Tyler has a ton of session this episode. Clint has a rough hand this week, and Tyler's good luck continues. Also Tyler and Clint talk about being results oriented.
Tyler talks about how his tournament went. Clint has a big session, then Tyler and Clint play at the same table and Tyler has a interesting situation where he lets some one off the hook with a great hand.
Clint is back and he's coming close to ending his down swing. Tyler talks about a losing session that tilt got the better of him. Also Clint and Tyler go's over last week big hand.
Tyler takes this episode solo because Clint is out. Tyler just talks about his up swing last week and had a few big hands. Then after that Tyler talks about NLH vs PLO.
Tyler plays 5-5-10 and has some big hands. Clint questions his preflop ranges, and talks about online vs live ranges.
Tyler and Clint talk about the continuation of there down swing. Tyler even try's PLO in hopes to break his down swing. Clint has a few hands that just go's very sideways and leads to him tilting.
Tyler plays a junky hand and pays a big price. Also Clint and Tyler talk about when poker becomes a profitable hobby how it can still be hard to keep grinding
Tyler plays a big hand for his last hand of the night, Clint also has a big PLO hand to end his session.
Tyler talks about the end of his Vegas trip and takes one last shot at 5-10-20. Clint talks about his PLO online experiment.
Tyler takes about the first part of he's Vegas trip. He also shot takes at 5-10 and a hand goes so far off the rails leaves Clint asking why and how?
Tyler talks about his upcoming trip to Vegas, the games he's thinking about playing, and if he should shot take and how high.
Tyler talks about his recent trip to New Orleans. Also Tyler and Clint talk about adjusting your play style when there is a action player at your table.
Tyler talks about a session where he played bad refused to fold. Still ended up being a note worthy session as Tyler but a horrid bad beat on some one, then went bluff crazy.
Tyler shot takes at 5-5-10 and plays the biggest pot he has ever played. Tyler talks about the ups and downs of the session.
Tyler and Clint talk about bankroll management when shot taking. Also the ego that goes with moving up and if you have to move back down.
Tyler busts the thief from last episode with a speculative hand, that lead to him rage quitting Clint moves up to 5-5 and is running great, but still working on his PLO strategy.
Tyler sees a crazy incident at the table, and doesn't know what to do about it. Clint and Tyler talk about the thief at the table.
Clint concludes his Vegas trip and has his biggest winning session of the trip. Also he gives us his top 5 poker rooms in Vegas and more.
Tyler talks about a few big hands, Clint talks about his upcoming Vegas trip. Also Tyler and Clint talk about the Hideaway Social Cypress and the importance of having a bankroll.
Tyler takes 2ed in a tournament. Clint talks about tipping after a tournament and his profitable week.
This week Tyler makes a major comeback, and Clint talks about calling in to be on the wait list and some problems in one of his rooms.
Clint and Tyler come right off from playing at 52 social at the same table. They also talk about the right type of player to bluff.
Tyler talks about a angle shot that he saw last week. Clint miss reads his hand but still wins.
Clint talks about a few hands from this week, Tyler talks about a bluff spot you can use.
Tyler's upswing comes to a end. Then Clint talks his opponent in to calling just to regret it latter. Also Tyler tells Clint about a fight he saw between two of the most unlikely people.
This week Tyler and Clint talk about having a big winning week also a new room opening up on Clint's side of town.
This week Tyler makes his debut on Paramount's $2-5 live stream. Also Clint and Tyler talk about a big hand vs a action player.