On the podcast, Tendler discusses, in depth, the chapter about goals. He says that goal setting is important when it comes to improving and finding success in poker, as well as other endeavors in life. Goal setting in itself is a skill, and he talks to host Kristy Arnett about the proper way to go about creating and achieving them.

They are then joined by Xuan Liu to talk about her poker career, the EPT Players Council, Monaco, and more.

Volpe comes on the Strategy with Kristy Podcast and discusses his path to playing the biggest poker events in the world. Volpe touches on the advice that was crucial to his success.

They are then joined by Kevin Iacofano and then Adam Levy to talk about the tournament, being in Europe, and several other off topic subjects.

Not only does he discuss important strategies he’s learned to survive in games with increasing amounts of regular players, but he also touches on the keys to success in poker over a long period of time.

Somerville’s latest videos are heads-up sit-and-go tutorials, and he comes on the Strategy with Kristy podcast to walk listeners through one specific match which is a $20 match on Bovada versus a fairly straight-forward and limp-happy opponent. During the match, Somerville discusses how to exploit that type of player, the importance of doing some slight prodding for information in a heads up tournament, and more.

They are then joined by Russell Thomas, who achieved a dream of his by winning the PokerStars Sunday Million, to talk about life after the Octo-Nine, traveling, and pressure to perform.

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The first topic is floating out of position. Young explores what hands need to be added to our check-calling range in order to protect ourselves from being exploited on turn scare cards.

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They are then joined by two-time WSOP bracelet winner Dutch Boyd to talk about Poker Tilt, selling his Bellagio bracelet, PokerSpot and more.

Arnett played Day 1b of the event due to some complications she explains on the podcast. In the first 15 minutes of play, she lost a huge pot with a smaller full house than her opponent.

They are then joined by Paul Volpe, who discusses making back-to-back World Poker Tour final tables, and Adam Levy, who’s in Europe for three months to grind both online and on the EPT.

On this edition of the Strategy with Kristy podcast, Rusnak discusses a few specific differences between online and live tournaments. He says that in tournaments, it’s usually not correct to four-bet for value and fold, but in cash games, it can be the right play. He also suggests that it is essential to be able to recognize and take advantage of spots to pick up chips in order to have long-term success in tournaments.