The GRID podcast returns to our regular programming by welcoming a very special guest: International Memory Grandmaster, Yanjaa Wintersoul. Yanjaa, the first woman to become a Memory World Champion, talks about how memory tricks  apply to poker, chess and trivia. The conversation is anchored by Yanjaa’s first poker tournament, the 2022 World Series of Poker Ladies Event, where she found herself in a befuddling blind vs blind spot.  Yanjaa and Jennifer move on to a general discussion of creative memory, spaced repetition and pattern recognition. They also explain why they won’t be app ..read more

As we approach the PokerStars Players Championship, we welcome our Platinum Poker Hand winner, Matt Glassman. Matt kicks off the episode with a riveting reading of his award winning essay, “Jack-Three Offsuit and the Monster Ballads Poker Game.” Then Jen and Matt move on to discuss what makes a great home game, how to teach game theory to children, and which politicians would be best at poker. They also touch on how Matt is preparing for the upcoming PokerStars Players Championship. In addition to being a fantastic writer and home game philosopher, Matt is also a senior fellow at the Geor ..read more

Welcome to a very special episode of the GRID, where the winner of the Platinum Poker Hand competition is unveiled. Over 70 entrants from all over the United States and Canada, competed for the delicious prize, a 30K package to play in the PokerStars Players Championships, set for the Bahamas in January 2023. After narrowing over 70 entrants to six fantastic finalists, a dream team of judges helped pick the winner. Maria Ho, Award winning broadcaster with over four million dollars in poker earnings.    Alex O’Brien, poker player, science writer and author of the upcoming book, T ..read more

In a special episode of the GRID, Jennifer invites high-roller regular Victoria Livschitz, for her very first podcast appearance. Victoria has had an extraordinarily successful career as a tech entrepreneur, and aptly for this pod, her biggest success was an early cloud computer leader called the GRID dynamics. She started touring the high roller circuit in the Fall 2021, and she’s had a stunning debut year to winning over 580K in tournaments as of Dec 2022, including outright victories at the Aria and the Venetian. She tells Jennifer why she enjoys playing amongst the best players in the Worl ..read more

We interrupt our regular programming for a HUGE announcement. The GRID is giving away a Platinum Pass worth $30,000!! One lucky, and talented, listener from the US or Canada will be going to the Bahamas in January, to play the PokerStars Players Championships.  To win, tell us your #PlatinumPokerHand, a memorable, funny or entertaining hand from live, online or even casual play. You can make a video, a sound file, or write a story.  A star studded judging panel will help host Jennifer Shahade pick the winner. It will consist of top poker professionals Maria Ho and Sam Grafton, as wel ..read more

Jennifer Shahade invites Wey “CRAIBaby” Xie to the GRID. A high stakes online player who has battled and won with the best players in the World, Wey Xie talks about a pivotal hand he played with Ace-Queen offsuit on PokerStars. 150 big blinds deep in 1K NL, The hijack opened to 2.7x and Wey Xie called in the big blind with the Ace of Hearts and the Queen of Clubs. The flop came 6d7h9h. After Wey Xie checked, the original raiser bet $18.59, about 1/3 of the pot, and true to his online name, CRAIBaby put in a check raise to $88.73. The hijack flatted the raise to see the four of hearts on the ..read more

Jennifer Shahade invites Wey “CRAIBaby” Xie to the GRID. A high stakes online player who has battled and won with the best players in the World, Wey Xie talks about a pivotal hand he played with Ace-Queen offsuit on PokerStars. 150 big blinds deep in 1K NL, The hijack opened to 2.7x and Wey Xie called in the big blind with the Ace of Hearts and the Queen of Clubs. The flop came 6d7h9h. After Wey Xie checked, the original raiser bet $18.59, about 1/3 of the pot, and true to his online name, CRAIBaby put in a check raise to $88.73. The hijack flatted the raise to see the four of hearts on the tu ..read more

Jennifer Shahade joins David Lappin and Dara O’Kearney from the Chip Race to discuss a hand from the 3K Mystery Bounty event at EPT Barcelona. With bounties in play and the money bubble looming, Jennifer held Jack-Six suited, and got involved in a preflop confrontation with top Norweigian pro Preben Stokan and high roller Paul Newey.   The discussion moves on to common strategies and misconceptions on the Mystery Bounty format, which is rapidly increasing in popularity. In this iteration, 1/3 of each player’s entry fee went to the mystery bounty pool. The bounties went into play on day tw ..read more

Jennifer Shahade re-releases her 2019 episode with 3-time WSOP bracelet winner and star commentator Nick Schulman. Nick, consistently ahead of the curve, played a big pot with jack-four offsuit in a NYC underground cash game.  She also touches on the current scandals that have shaken the chess and poker worlds. For more on Jennifer’s thoughts, check out her Financial Times article.  For more episodes of the GRID, check out our Episode Finder.  Support the GRID by subbing and rating on your favorite platform and check out host Jen Shahade’s new book, Ches ..read more

Matt Matros, three-time WSOP bracelet winner and three-time author enters the GRID to discuss a fascinating hand with ace-nine offsuit, also featured in his new book, The Poker Brain: Improving Your Process Through Optimal and Exploitive Thinking. Matt opened the hijack, deep in the money of an online bracelet event, and was called by poker pro Darren Rabbi in the big blind. The flop was 852 rainbow and Matt, who was playing about 40 big blinds deep, elected to check back the flop, turning a 7, which completed the rainbow. At this point Darren led for full pot, and Matt’s poker brain went ..read more