Top Pair Podcast 304: For a Successful Home Game, Just Stay Calm!

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In episode 304 of the Top Pair Home Game Poker Podcast, Bruce Briggs and Robbie Strazynski review a home game situation that gets WAY out of hand and give you tips to avoid and diffuse tense incidents.

Bruce is boasting a 20% home game ROI as of late and had a special visitor from the Caribbean attend his latest session. Robbie reports back from his Jury Duty at the American Poker Awards, has a funny Daniel Negreanu story to share, and enjoyed twenty hours of good old LA metropolitan poker.

In closing, Bruce relates another infamous ��Gutterball-ism�� that you won��t soon forget.

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Show Time Stamps

00:23Synopsis
1:09�C31:08How Ya Runnin?
 Robbie: Attended the American Poker Awards in Los Angeles and had ��Jury Duty,�� one of nine people tasked with selecting the winners. Played 20 hours of poker in four of the big LA card rooms, ended up a winner!
14:05 Rubbing shoulders with poker celebs and a cute Daniel Negreanu story: ��Mazel tov!��
 Bruce: Still enjoying 20% ROI in home games! How to convert Holde��m players to non-Hold��em games; it��s kind of like a lobster��
26:25Salt Lake City home game has an annual visitor from the Caribbean.
32:27�C53:26Cards in the Air!
 A home game incident gets so out-of-hand that the husband and wife co-hosts suspend the game entirely after running it for over six years!
 Some important tips for how to avoid and diffuse dicey situations, calm tensions, and maintain a happy atmosphere at the home game tables. Above all: remember that when you��re hosting or attending, you��re there to HAVE FUN!
53:27What the @$%& Did Gutterball Say This Time?!
 What��s Gutterball��s favorite part of a home game? Well, it sure isn��t ��the winning����

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Follow hosts Bruce Briggs @toppair and Robbie Strazynski @cardplayerlife, also available via email: [email protected]

* First 296 episodes are archived and available at www.toppair.net

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