The Runchuks Podcast is dedicated to exploring the path of success for people who have reached the top both within and surrounding the poker industry. Each episode provides a fascinating insight into the mind of someone who has excelled in poker, business or life. Runchuks brings specialized knowledge to his role as the host. He has been a professional poker player for the past 13 years and can be found in high-stakes PLO cash games around the world and on major online poker sites.
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Friday Jul 03, 2020
Friday Jul 03, 2020
In one year Thallo went from a recreational amateur poker player to winning a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet in 2019, getting into some of the juiciest private poker games in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, playing Triton events and in many other ways living the poker dream.
In this conversation, we talk about Thallo's poker studies, winning WSOP bracelet, getting into high stakes private games. He reveals some of his degen stories and doesn't hold much back when talking about private poker games. We also talk about ethics in poker, discuss poker apps, collusion, some cheating scandals, and much more.
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Timestamps
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:33 Thallo's poker career
00:04:30 Studying for 6 months, 8-12h a day
00:05:55 Thinking through a hand like Phil Galfond
00:10:36 From real-estate career to poker
00:13:38 Making the final table after 6 months of studies
00:17:31 Total degen
00:19:52 Real-estate safety net
00:21:01 Competitive personality, failure wasn't an option
00:22:06 WSOP bracelet and how it helped to create relationships
00:26:01 Private games that make casino games look pretty boring
00:31:11 Down half of bankroll in one session
00:34:15 Fire another bullet
00:35:54 You're losing too much… Are you OK?
00:38:52 It's not about the rake, it's about the games
00:41:06 Different types of fun
00:42:22 Poker apps traps
00:52:27 180bb/100 over 45k hands in private poker apps
00:57:07 Collusion
01:03:14 Regs taking unbelievable lines
01:04:21 Henry Kilbane card mechanics story
01:05:56 Jungleman
01:11:04 Unsustainable bum-hunting
01:14:00 Thallo was never a grinder
01:16:18 King of the hill system
01:23:32 There should be nothing that sets up competitive unbalance
01:24:53 Environment for shady games
01:28:29 Private games. A solution?
01:29:42 How to get invited to good private games
01:33:17 First hearing about private games
01:34:41 Short deck PLO
01:36:31 High stakes angle shooting
01:39:47 Things that are allowed in the High Stakes area
01:41:06 Punching a guy at the table
01:47:26 Physical aggression at the tables
01:48:49 Playing the Triton series
01:53:49 Secret Triton tournaments
01:55:30 Game selection
01:57:51 Results-oriented perception
02:03:17 Huge variance on Galfond vs VeniVidi1993 match
02:06:48 EV graphs - a blessing and a curse
02:09:17 Thallo's stable project on Run It Once Poker
02:15:56 Site policies
02:16:50 Providing high-quality coaching
02:20:23 Sunrise in Las Vegas
02:20:55 Wrapping up
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