Ep 655 - Chats: Blaise Bourgeois Unlaces with the Crew

What this episode covers

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview traveling pro, writer and editor Blaise Bourgeois! They talk about Blaise’s life traveling the world to play poker, what he looks for in a poker destination, adjusting to international players and cultures, and what he hates about travelling. They also talk about how to exploit unknown opponents with little information, Blaise’s love of soccer, his writing career leading to poker reporting, meeting his girlfriend on the felt, and a lot more! We also play Stake/Study Stack with T.J. Reid, Faraz Jaka and Peggy Crawford https://x.com/pocketpeg_ and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. 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! Blaise on Instagram: @‌pokerblaise Blaise on Twitter: @‌blaisebourgeois Blaise on StakeKings: https://stakekings.com/ Follow Peggy “Pocket Peg” on Instagram @‌pocket.peg and YouTube @‌pocketpeg 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: 07:00 Blaise describes his own role in the poker world 09:21 How Blaise chooses places to go and play 16:18 Some culture shock from other places 19:57 Brazil is a really interesting place to play poker 27:20 Blaise talks about regional playing style 38:31 Frustration as a professional athlete 41:5 Blaise on transitioning into writing 49:10 From writing about soccer into writing about poker 53:32 Blaise talks about his involvement with Jaka Coaching 54:40 Lifestyle of a poker-playing couple 59:54 Blaise’s success and goal in poker 01:15:56 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 your first month for only $5 using the code RECPOKER. Music by Peter Troolin, [email protected]

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