Kane Kalas has been a professional poker player for 16 years, has made millions in online cash game earnings, and was a regular in Rail Heaven before black Friday. With over $2m in live tournament earnings, his prowess at the table led him to become a Short Deck course instructor for UpSwing Poker. Beyond poker, Kane has found success as a professional investor for the past 6 years, running a hedge fund, Crystal Oak Capital, which was an early adopter of Bitcoin On top of it all, Kane is also...

Benny Glaser is a British poker player. Over the course of his career, he has won five World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets and amassed over $7 million in live earnings. In 2022, he also finished second in the WPT World Championship at Wynn for $2.8 million. He has also won 24 SCOOP and WCOOP titles on PokerStars making him the holder of the most titles all time. He is widely renowned as one of the all-around best British poker players. Here is what you can expect to hear on this week's...

Josh Arieh is an American poker player and five-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner. In 2021, he won the WSOP Player of the Year title after cashing eleven times, winning two bracelets for combined cashes of over $1.1 million. Here is what you can expect on this week's show: 0:00 Introduction 1:13 A Friendly Rivalry with Shaun Deeb 3:35 Online Was Never My Thing 4:50 Fully Engaged - Strengths More Suited to Live Poker 8:20 Observational Skills 10:18 A Bad Boy Demeanor - Poker is...

Brian Hastings is an American professional poker player originally from Pennsylvania. During his career he has won six World Series of Poker bracelets and amassed over $5 million in live earnings. Starting young, Brian had accumulated a bankroll of over $250,000 before he even graduated high school and is best known for a $4.2 million single day win playing HU PLO vs. Isildur1 in 2009. He is currently a coach for Run It Once and is married with a daughter. Here is what you can expect on this...

Our second conversation with Charlie Carrel! Check out the first one here: https://youtu.be/kcDGOWZoa_4 Born in the Channel Islands and raised in London, Charlie Carrel is one of the most successful poker players of his entire generation. Carrel jumped into the poker scene in his early 20s and managed to dominate both the online and live poker scene, turning $50 into over $10,000,000. At the age of 25, Charlie stopped playing poker full time to pursue charity and business endeavors. As he...

Born in the Channel Islands and raised in London, Charlie Carrel is one of the most successful poker players of his entire generation. Carrel jumped into the poker scene in his early 20s and managed to dominate both the online and live poker scene, turning $50 into over $10,000,000. At the ae of 25, Charlie stopped playing poker full time to pursue charity and business endeavors. As he put it, "I've spent a lot of my time going down a spiritual path, so I can be the best version of myself,...

"Lee Davy is the charismatic founder of the 1000 Days Sober Podcast and the mind behind the STRIVE Community and STRIVE Method. With a mission to help individuals live more consciously and alcohol-free, he brings a unique blend of professional training and raw, personal experience to the world of addiction recovery. A Master Life Coach trained by the Elementum Coaching Institute, Lee specialises in elevating human relationships and understanding the intricate workings of the human condition....

Kevin Rabichow was introduced to online poker in 2005, and by 2008 he was playing full time while completing his degree in economics at the University of Chicago. He left for Toronto in 2011 after Black Friday to pursue poker full time, already holding his own in mid-high stakes heads up no-limit and coaching a handful of private students. In 2014, Rabichow joined Run It Once Training as an elite coach to produce instructional content while competing in the toughest high stakes cash games...

Frankie C. is a founding member of Next Gen Poker, a social media brand showcasing himself, Rosey, and Jack’s journeys in the poker world. They are 3 high-energy poker vloggers fresh out of college, and they are the #1 short-form poker creators in the World, with over 260,000 followers on TikTok, 190,000 subscribers on YouTube, and 100 million views across all platforms. They have worked with a variety of companies to promote products and services through their content channels and are a...

With over $2,200,000 in tournament winnings and millions more in both live and online cash games, Alec Torelli is one of the most respected poker players in the industry today. Alec began his career playing in live home games with friends, and quickly moved to playing online under the name ‘traheho’. By the time he was 19 years old, he had won the biggest tournament in online history, the FTOPS, and made over $1,000,000 in a year, becoming one of the biggest winners in the world. When he...

Part two of my interview with Melanie Weisner. Check out part one here: https://youtu.be/IETu6pkBLFo Melanie Weisner is an American professional poker player. She is also known by her PokerStars online screen name Callisto 5. Born in Houston, Texas, Weisner studied vocal performance at New York University before pursuing poker full-time. She was introduced to poker when her brother had success playing online. She has had several notable online tournament wins and has had notable win and...

Also known as, “CallMeLija,” Andrijana Gligoric is a distinguished professional poker player and esteemed streamer hailing from Serbia. Her journey into the world of poker began with friendly cash games while she was studying electrical engineering at university. After completing her studies, she made the decision to relocate to Malta to pursue her newfound passion of poker. Known for her unwavering discipline and unwavering commitment, Andrijana ventured into the realm of Twitch streaming...

Chris Moneymaker is one of the most well-known ambassadors in the world of professional poker. In 2003, Chris won the Main Event of The World Series of Poker (WSOP). His win was so inspirational, and exceptional, that he is often regarded as the player who helped professional poker grow into the worldwide phenomenon that it is today. Chris is from Nashville, Tennessee, and at the time of his win he had worked as an accountant and a part time restaurant employee. He was a college graduate with...

This is part two of our interview with Jason Mo. Check out part one at: https://youtu.be/3AO2RwvkCjY Jason Mo is widely acknowledged as one of the very best heads up No Limit Holdem players in the world. He has accumulated more than $1.8 million in live tournament winnings. Originally from the U.S. and now splitting time between there and Thailand, Jason has also found success in the world of crypto and venture capital. Jason is also a bold voice in the poker community, always interjecting...

Brian Rast is an American poker player and winner of six World Series of Poker bracelets. Rast has been crushing it as a poker pro for well beyond a decade at the highest level. He's won in tournaments and in some of the biggest cash games in the world. He has won the $50,000 Poker Players Championship on three occasions and was inducted into the Poker Hall Of Fame in 20223. Rast was born in Denver, Colorado. He then moved to Poway, California where he graduated the Poway High School in 2000...

Bryan Pellegrino began playing online poker at 15, well below legal gambling age, using an account his dad set up for him. Over a dozen years, poker helped Pellegrino travel the world for tournaments and for fun. He accumulated more than $500,000 in World Series of Poker purses alone. He spent 10 hours a day, for years, clicking through a half-dozen hands at a time. He’d won a fortune in return. Feeling burnt out, Ryan left poker behind for entrepreneurship. Pellegrino is the Co-Founder &...

Nicholas Rigby is an American poker player who rose to notoriety by playing "The Dirty Diaper" during the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. A Pittsburgh native, Rigby learned to play deuce-three offsuit, The Dirty Diaper, in his home games and at his local casino. "We just always referred to it as the Diaper, so (I) just kind of ran with it last year once I started (playing it). I wasn't getting aces, so I had to start playing two-three like I had aces," Rigby told PokerNews in...

Brian Rast is an American poker player and winner of six World Series of Poker bracelets. Rast has been crushing it as a poker pro for well beyond a decade at the highest level. He's won in tournaments and in some of the biggest cash games in the world. He has won the $50,000 Poker Players Championship on three occasions and was inducted into the Poker Hall Of Fame in 20223. Rast was born in Denver, Colorado. He then moved to Poway, California where he graduated the Poway High School in 2000...

Jason Mo is widely acknowledged as one of the very best heads up No Limit Holdem players in the world. He has accumulated more than $1.8 million in live tournament winnings. Originally from the U.S. and now splitting time between there and Thailand, Jason has also found success in the world of crypto and venture capital. Jason is also a bold voice in the poker community, always interjecting commentary on controversy in the poker world and the poker media itself. Here is what you can expect on...

Vanessa Selbst is an American former professional poker player with more than $11.9 million in career earnings. She is one of only three female poker players to have won three WSOP bracelets (Barbara Enright and Nani Dollison) but is the only player to have achieved this feat only in "open" events. Selbst is arguably one of the best female poker players in history. A former PokerStars Team Pro, she retired from poker in 2018. "Poker has given me so much over the last 12 years," she said at...

Melanie Weisner is an American professional poker player. She is also known by her PokerStars online screen name Callisto 5. Born in Houston, Texas, Weisner studied vocal performance at New York University before pursuing poker full-time. She was introduced to poker when her brother had success playing online. Weisner has had several notable online tournament wins and has had notable win and strong performances in live tournament play as well. In addition to multi-table tournaments, she is...

Kara Scott is a Canadian-born poker personality, host, presenter, commentator and player who has travelled the world with poker. After years of proving herself as both a poker player and presenter, in 2016, Kara became an 888poker Ambassador. In 2019, Kara partnered with 888poker to launch The Heart of Poker Podcast. Kara moved from Canada to the United Kingdom in 1999 and has been involved in the poker industry since the mid 2000's. She satiated her thirst for all things poker by writing a...

Nikhil Segel, known as Nik Airball at the table is a well-known and renowned professional poker player. Growing up in a poker-obsessed household, Nik was introduced to the game by his folks and fell in love with it right away. He began playing poker with his family on a regular basis and eventually emigrated to the United States to follow his passion for the game. Nik Airball has established a name for himself as one of the world's most prominent poker players, due in no small part to his...

Jeremy Ausmus is a high stakes professional poker player living in Las Vegas, NV. He has played professionally since 2004 and has amassed over $14 million in tournament winnings. He has earned five World Series of Poker bracelets, and in 2012 finished 5th place in the World Series of Poker Main Event for over $2.1 million, before claiming his first WSOP bracelet the following year. He won Event #3: €1,650 Pot Limit Omaha at the World Series of Poker Europe. In 2014, Ausmus finished second in...

Jon Van Fleet joined the Americas Cardroom team in early 2021. The Austin, Texas native is no stranger to the world of online poker. Jon made a name for himself during the original online poker boom of the 2000s under the nickname ‘apestyles.’ Just ask anyone who played online back in the day, and they’ll tell you all about his inimitable playing style. Jon started playing poker around the time fellow ACR Pro Chris Moneymaker conquered the WSOP Main Event in 2003. In those days, Jon mostly...