Ep 579 - Chats: AJ Rudolph on her many roles in the poker world!

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview AJ Rudolph from the Women’s Poker Association and JAKA Coaching! AJ talks about her own poker journey and how it has led her through many roles at different poker organizations. Currently the vice-president of the WPA and the Operations Manager for JAKA coaching, AJ has long been an advocate for women in the poker world and works with many groups to make the poker table a friendlier, more welcoming place for all. The group talks about effective ways to study, how to be an ally at the tables, the mix of poker and the real world, the fun of poker travel, what a training site Operations Manager really does all day, and a lot more! We also play Stake/Study Stack with Melanie Weisner, Faraz Jaka and Tara Smith and we Close The Action with our speed round. Plus of course we give away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too! Get a FREE 45 minute video lesson from JAKA Coaching about 3-betting here: https://jaka.poker/RecPokerAJPod it also includes a discount on future training with Faraz! Find out more about the WPA here: https://www.wpa.poker/2/ JAKA swag here: https://jaka-coaching.myshopify.com/ AJ is active on Twitter as https://twitter.com/ajrudolph23 We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics: How to help us out - https://rec.poker/support/ Home Games - https://rec.poker/homegame/ Go Premium! - https://rec.poker/premium/ Timestamps: 04:49 AJ Rudolph shares what her role in the poker world is 07:46 AJ talks about her typical day as Director of Operations 11:06 Fun things and perks of traveling for poker 13:51 AJ’s occupation before she got into the poker world 15:53 Progressing in poker from a tech career plus having a family 19:49 Women in poker: there has been growth 23:26 Women's participation in poker has increased 28:15 Jaka Coaching as a Positive Environment for Women 31:38 WPA on the world as we want it and the world as it really is 35:15 Managing being assertive at the table 41:09 Success stories AJ heard from members of the WPA 57:18 Home Game Result updates Find our free videos at: http://youtube.com/c/RecPokerCommunity Join the Discord group here: https://discord.gg/9aYSMCCfpv Find more info on our sponsors at: https://RunAces.com Explore our socials and more: https://linktr.ee/therecpokercommunity RecPoker is a vibrant and encouraging poker learning community. We are committed to learning the game, but our priority is building healthy relationships where we can not only grow in the game, but grow in our enjoyment of life. The free membership website at rec.poker is awesome, but it's just a tool to help us build that community. You can join for FREE, giving you access to the groups, forums, and other member benefits. If you want to enjoy the premium content, or become part of the RECing Crew, those options are available and you can get $10 off your first payment using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]