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Agents of Poker

Agents of Poker podcast

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2021 - 2022 Season

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  1. Introduction
    1. NFL Week 4
    2. MLB Wild Card Playoffs

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  1. Introduction
    1. Introduction
    2. Live Poker Pokergo high stakes duel Esfandiari v Helmuth round 2 results (bring format to AoP?)
    3. Midway Poker Tour Fiasco
      1. Chicago law prohibits payout more than $500 more than initial buyin
      2. Balance paid out in precious metals, supposedly with a buyer in tact
      3. Buyer fell out and pandemonium ensued
  2. Player Promotions/updates
    1. September Tipback finals:
      1. 6,560.00 points awarded total
      2. Bird 28.3k hands, Jonny 19.3k hands, 7 players > 10,000 hands
    2. September freeroll results:
      1. Lerry 712.87; Lenny 479.62; Kyle New 455.32; Jonny 401.16; Daniel Auerbach 376.02
    3. September POW 4
      1. Pat, Jay, Peter Mackenzie
    4. September POM
      1. Pat after a tremendous catchup attempt from Jake
    5. Bad Beat Jackpot Announcement
      1. Main BBJ has been increased to 5,500
      2. Mini BBJ has been increased to 1,500
      3. Both will increase daily without any further capping
      4. All qualifiers will roll back to original thresholds
    6. AoP Oktpokerfest
      1. 2 of 10 starting flights completed and have 5 tickets awarded. Pacing a 10,500 point prize pool
      2. 65.00 day 1 flights, direct day 2 buyin is 420.00
  3. Poker terms/definitions
    1. VPIP – voluntarily put in pot % of times player puts money in pre voluntarily
    2. PFR – Preflop Raise – tracks % of hands raising pre
    3. Effective Stack – Stack size of the lowest player in the hand, since no limit, this will be the effective limit for the hand
    4. SPR – Stack to pot ratio – Size of your stack as compared to the size of the pot
    5. Range – an array of hands that a player is likely to have played in a similar manner
    6. Typical Game Flow – checking to the raiser
    7. Donk Bet – an action where a player opts to bet out of typical game flow
    8. Blockers – knowing a card eliminates some hands from the villain’s range. EG having AsXx on a 2 spade board, can eliminate nut flush draw from villain’s range
    9. YOLOship – fuck it, I’m all in “you only live once”
    10. Wizard – An elite player outthinking everyone at the table
    11. OMC – Old man Coffee… also TOG – Typical old guy
    12. ICM – Independent Chip Model – tournament chopping algorithm

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  1. Introduction
  2. NFL Week 2
    1. Kongs takeaways
    2. Skynit takeaways
    3. Smoke takeaways
  3. NFL Lock of the week
  4. NFL Upset of the week
  5. MLB Playoff Brackets
    1. AL Side
    2. NL Side
    3. World Series picks

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  1. NFL Week 2 Action
  2. Playoff Picks!
    1. Smoke Ravens over Seahawks
    2. Skynit Ravens over Saints
    3. Kongs Seahawks over Chiefs
  3. MLB Playoffs

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  1. Introduction
    1. Feedback from episode 2
      1. Skynit records podcast while skydiving
      2. Kongs – get closer to the mic or something
      3. Smoke blows smoke, and lots of it
    2. Live poker resumes (kind of)
      1. Kongs talks about experience in Venetian
        1. 8 handed tables
        2. Plexiglass/crammed
        3. Felt “safe”, everyone wore masks, plexiglass sections were cleaned anytime there was a seat change, etc
      2. Venetian MSPT poker tournament $1,100 buy in Nov 12/13 weekend (satellite tournament? Group Share?)
    3. Everyone’s favorite villain is back – Ingalls
    4. AoP/Pokerrrr2 tips/tricks
      1. Can stay in queue on table 1, leave and go to table 2 and play. App will alert you when it is your turn to take a seat in the “main game”
      2. During MTTs click menu button, hit right arrow and there is a button for prize pool that is accurate once registration closes
      3. During ICMs use menu button – scoreboard chip counts, not amounts on the table because it wont account for previous hand
      4. Did you know?
        1. Auto-peek
        2. Pre-set bet percentages/big blinds
  2. Player Promotions/updates
    1. How tha fook have we forgotten to talk about the…. BBJ!!!!
    2. Tipback Projections - September
      1. Currently projected for 6,545.00 in total tip back spread across 89 players Up 35.00 from last week
      2. Bird leads the way 28.3k proj, Johnny now projecting 20k also (21.0)
      3. Continue to have 8 players projecting 10k hands with 2 just on the outside looking in (Ron/Jake).
      4. Look out for the higher stakes games which offer double hand counts and lock up your tipback promo!
    3. We are on final POW stretch of the month, a long 11 day period, so make sure you start accumulating points! Last chance to win a raffle ticket for the $500 gift card!
    4. 3,000 hands for 3,000 points freeroll – currently projecting 48 players with 17(!) players projecting between 2,000 and 2,999… a late push could easily qualify you for the freeroll
    5. Join the
  3. POM/POW Update
    1. TheStreak is over… great run to Pat placing in 6 of first 6! Very own Jacob Beck takes down Month 9 week 3; A couple of birds round out the top 3: Morse (Marty Byrde) and Worldbird

    2. Keep hyping October, 2 day even!!! 7,500+ prize pool, 10 day 1s, day 2 November 1
  4. Hand of the week – Jake/George hand

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  1. Introduction a. Feedback from episode 1 i. Overall positive ii. Please keep commenting and suggesting b. Live poker resumes (kind of) i. Venetian Series ongoing
  2. Lardawg playing
  3. Gregg playing ii. Morongo has re-opened iii. Lake Elsinore (kind of) iv. Playing live + App = win c. ICM Madness this morning!
  4. Player Promotions/updates a. Tipback Projections - September i. Currently projected for 6,510.00 in total tip back spread across 85 players ii. Bird leads the way 27.7k proj iii. “Johnny” Jonathan Minkoff throwing his hat in the 20k ring (projecting 19.4k) iv. 8 players with a 10k+ projection, would be most ever b. 2 weekly POW top 10 raffle allotments remain, 20 total ticket, get in MTTs! c. 3,000 hands for 3,000 points freeroll – 1st Sunday of every month, based on prev month’s hands --- current projection = 49 players