@thinkingpoker.bsky.social
Poker player, writer, and coach. Co-host of the Thinking Poker Podcast. He/him.
Awesome, thanks for sharing!
31.01.2026 14:30 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1Timely discussion about the US tax loss limitations on poker and gambling income. Also, the shrinking number of Enrolled Agents and CPAs in this decade. It seems so common now to hire an out of state tax professional.
Will check out barge.org!
Big (but not Beautiful) changes to tax write-offs for American poker players and gamblers this year. Russ Fox joins us to discuss on Episode 492 of the Thinking Poker Podcast:
www.thinkingpoker.net/2026/01/epis...
(s/o @queenfive.bsky.social for suggesting and arranging this interview)
This was a pretty fancy high school
28.01.2026 12:07 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It was indeed NY
28.01.2026 12:06 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I was speaking to a high school poker class today. All sophomores. I said that we haven't had great online poker options in the US since 2011. Then I realized that was about when they were born, and let's just say it's a good thing I was already sitting down.
27.01.2026 23:02 β π 12 π 2 π¬ 4 π 0
Big (but not Beautiful) changes to tax write-offs for American poker players and gamblers this year. Russ Fox joins us to discuss on Episode 492 of the Thinking Poker Podcast:
www.thinkingpoker.net/2026/01/epis...
(s/o @queenfive.bsky.social for suggesting and arranging this interview)
Someone just prompted me to listen to an interview I did with Duncan Palamourdas a few years ago and I'm really proud of it! Fair warning: it's got very little to do with poker. And there's a Part 2.
www.everand.com/podcast/6250...
Making a pot of tea to prepare for my ritual reading of Letter from Birmingham Jail
(Reposting with better link)
www.csuchico.edu/iege/_assets...
There sure is! Here's Victoria's article on the game: www.poker.org/poker-strate...
18.01.2026 21:58 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1Thanks!
18.01.2026 21:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0#poker strategy
16.01.2026 16:50 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
"I feel more at home amongst poker players than amongst any other group I've come across."
That's Victoria Livschitz discussing her unique and fascinating poker journey on the latest Thinking Poker Podcast!
www.thinkingpoker.net/2026/01/epis...
Amateurish drawing of actor Isiah Whitlock as Senator Clay Davis from The Wire. The drawing is black and white colored pencil on toned paper.
Sheeeeee-it. RIP to a legend.
31.12.2025 23:15 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
13.08.2025 06:06 β π 22084 π 8414 π¬ 463 π 1176
Join @carloswelch.bsky.social and me in looking back at our favorite episodes of 2025. There's some hidden gems in here you may have missed! www.thinkingpoker.net/2025/12/epis...
29.12.2025 17:15 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0They gave Balatro an 18+ only rating because it had poker cards in it.
Disney Solitaire has literal actual real money gambling with dark pattern lootbox microtransactions and is for ages 3 and above.
One of my favorite poker memories was seeing a man notice, mid-hand, that a Christmas special was on one of the TVs. He folded out of turn, whipped out his phone, and said, "Yo, turn on the DVR. They showin' the Grinch!"
20.12.2025 15:50 β π 11 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0I've never made it through a Pynchon novel. But I suppose curiosity about what I was missing was part of the appeal. Mostly it was just what was playing on the rare occasion that I was inclined to see a movie.
20.12.2025 12:36 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks so much!
17.12.2025 21:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Andrew, @carloswelch.bsky.social, Nate, Joel - this episode is an instant classic. Among the best of what the podcast has to offer. Thanks to all involved.
17.12.2025 21:04 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 2 π 0
Our conversation with Joel Porter-Dias continues (without @natemeyvis.bsky.social, unfortunately) on Episode 489: www.thinkingpoker.net/2025/12/epis...
15.12.2025 17:51 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Inherent Vice in the middle of the day at a theater in the Castro (SF). The film was delightfully surreal and unsettling, a feeling that stayed with me I walked out of the theater into a crowd of naked people protesting something or other.
13.12.2025 02:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thanks!
12.12.2025 19:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I've enjoyed all of the Joel episodes and this one didn't disappoint. Ah, glad to hear from old Nate!
12.12.2025 18:21 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0I'm not sure why, but this episode is cut short on Spotify. There's a link in the quoted post where you can stream the entire episode. Sorry for the hassle!
04.12.2025 13:52 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Looks like it's there now, thanks for letting me know!
03.12.2025 13:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Looks like it's there now, thanks for letting me know!
03.12.2025 13:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Former host @natemeyvis.bsky.social meets current superstar guest Joel Porter-Dias on the latest Thinking Poker Podcast!
www.thinkingpoker.net/2025/12/epis...
Amazing! How did you find this?
28.11.2025 11:43 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
