PokerNews Podcast 498: WSOP Tales & Dr. Tricia Cardner
Fresh off an incredible week at the World Series of Poker, it's episode 498 of the PokerNews Podcast!
Sarah Herring and [Removed:139] dive into the top stories at the World Series of Poker, and they also recap some of the more emotional moments of the summer. (Thanks to two of Sean Chaffin's incredible features for PokerNews)
Then, poker author and player Dr. Tricia Cardner joins the show. She chats with Sarah about…well, a little bit of everything.
This week's sponsor: Global Poker.
Show Time Stamps
| 0:10 | Intro: Sarah in Colorado, Jeff at the World Series of Poker for this one! |
| 2:00 | Joe Cada Supports Father Jerry in WSOP After Stroke |
| 6:15 | Sponsor: globalpoker.com |
| 6:40 | LFG Podcast Night, June 26 at Treasure Island Poker Room |
| 7:40 | Dogs at the World Series of Poker: bring 'em in!!! |
| 10:30 | Music Legend Steven Albini Wins WSOP Bracelet |
| 14:15 | John Hennigan Wins Fifth WSOP Bracelet |
| 16:05 | Did Alex Foxen & Kristen Bicknell take it easy on each other in the Venetian $5k? |
| 26:50 | Sponsor: globalpoker.com |
| 27:40 | Dr. Tricia Cardner joins the show! |
| 28:30 | How she connected with RecPoker: "(Steve Fredlund) said he was doing something a little different...I was like 'yea that sounds cool, it's something a little bit different.'" |
| 31:00 | On her poker background: "It's really interesting because I came into poker by happenstance...I quickly recognized that poker has a nice blend of psychology, some math, and statistics." |
| 35:30 | On her book, Positive Poker: "I wrote 'here's what the greats say you should be doing, here's how you should be doing it' and Jonathan (Little) gave his two cents, too." |
| 38:10 | Maria Konnikova's poker journey: "I would say she's got a real Ace in the hole with having Erik Seidel tutoring her, that doesn't suck." |
| 38:45 | On her newer book, Peak Poker Performance: "You really need to optimize brain function and I just think that's something that hasn't really been brought out in the poker world enough." |
| 40:05 | Her podcast with Gareth James, "Poker on the Mind": "What we do is we answer a strategy question and a mindset question, and it's questions people actually send to us." |
| 41:10 | Diving into the criminology world during her academics career |
| 49:50 | Falling in love with poker: "When people are on the outside looking in, they have such a stereotype about poker and poker players...the people I associate with, they bust their butts...it's totally different than what people imagine." |
| 51:40 | Check out Tricia's podcast, "Poker on the Mind" & find her books at her website |
| 53:50 | Doug Polk Launches Mainstream News Channel |
| 1:01:30 | All Heart: Leon Shattuck on Poker & Seeing Wife Through Alzheimer's |
| 1:08:15 | The PokerNews Podcast Network is available on audioBoom. |
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