Bankroll Burners

Unfortunately for their wallets, Mike and Josh are back in action punting chips!

"Go with your read" is a common piece of advice you'll hear as a poker player. But what if you aren't very good at "reading" in the first place?

Sometimes, even we make super strong hands! But can we make money with them?

Some days are better than others. This week, Mike and Josh had some bad ones.

Sometimes we play against maniacs. Sometimes, we are the maniacs.

Sometimes, our plays are questionable. Other times, they're just objectively burning money. This episode has both!

How greedy is too greedy in low stakes live poker? This week, Mike and Josh put that question to the ultimate test.

This week, Josh decides not to go with his reads. Let's see how it works out for him.

This episode, Mike and Josh take a look at the solver to see if they can apply any lessons to some hands they botched this past week.

This week, Mike and Josh discuss some unique opportunities for exploitative play. Will they find the right line in game? You already know the answer.

You'd think we'd have figured these spots out by now, but you'd be wrong!

Why do they always have it?

This week, Mike and Josh find themselves in some potentially strong river bluffing spots. Will they pull the trigger?

Mike and Josh spend a whole lot of time thinking about balance, which is a big reason why they never make any money at this game. But this week, it might have finally paid off (a little bit).

Mike and Josh were lucky enough to be dealt the cowboys this week. That won't stop them from continuing to burn money.

After a short hiatus, Bankroll Burners returns - and we haven't gotten better.

This week, Josh takes us down a part of game theory best left unexplored.

Mike and Josh squared off against each other in a few big hands in a recent microstakes casual game. Who will emerge victorious this time?

Mike and Josh don't ramp up the aggression when two flush draws come - and immediately regret it.

Mike and Josh struggle with limped pots, just like many other aspects of poker. Check out the spots we put ourselves in!

It's a week of tricky river decisions. We've got everything from overfolding, to calling for a chop, to extracting max value, to (of course) a good old fashioned punt.

In this episode, Mike and Josh struggle with playing strong hands on dynamic boards.

When you play like a donk on the flop, you suffer the consequences on the river.

For the first time in awhile, Josh and Mike find themselves in the same card room, and Josh immediately tries to bluff Mike out of his shoes. Enjoy the hand breakdown!

In this week's guest episode, Mike and Josh are rejoined by their friend Corn, who takes them on a wild ride through a 4-bet pot.

In this episode, Mike and Josh try bluffing, hero calling, and something in between, but just can't beat one mystery hand!

In this episode, Mike tries for a deep run in a tourney, while Josh thinks through a hero call spot.

In this episode, Mike and Josh take some sketchy lines - listen along to see if they get punished!

Join Mike and Josh as they welcome back Aath as his villain takes a wild line in a big online ante game!

This week, Mike and Josh make some questionable plays and turn their punting up to 11.

In this episode, Josh and Mike use some preflop aggression and look to get max value postflop

This week, Mike and Josh talk through a few of those tricky "To jam or not to jam?" spots

Josh and Mike bring on their friend Corn, who gets frisky with KJo at $5/$10/$25!

In this episode, Josh travels to Rivers Philly and Mike moves down in stakes!

This week, Mike and Josh get adventurous with their button raising ranges and find themselves in tough spots.

This week, Mike and Josh struggle to figure out some multiway spots with lots of action and short stacks. In other words, live poker!

This week, Mike and Josh are joined by their friend Boobert, who shares a brutal river decision he was faced with at 400 BBs effective

In this episode, Mike and Josh decide whether they should be leading out into their opponents on a few streets!

This week, Mike and Josh get put in some tough spots by capable villains at their respective tables.

This week, Mike and Josh talk about some poker theory in the brand-new Fumbling Fundamentals segment. Also, Josh faces a bizarre multi-street situation and Mike plays at a snoozefest of a table!

GUEST EPISODE! Join Josh and Mike as they discuss a live session in Philly and go over a crazy heads up hand (4000 BBs deep!) with their friend Aath.

This week, Josh runs a no-equity bluff, while Mike tries to improve his hand-reading skills. Listen along as they try to identify their opponents' ranges!

On this week's episode, Mike and Josh introduce a new segment and are even more confused than normal, thanks to some bizarre plays from other folks at their tables. Listen along and try to guess what each player had!

Mike faces a tough deep-stack river decision, while Josh talks board texture.

This week, Josh and Mike bring on their friend Sachin to talk about a wild hand he played in an uncapped 1/3 game in New Orleans.

On today's episode, Josh remembers that the Fold button exists, while Mike faces some deep stack decisions

This week, Josh embarks on a couple of ambitious bluff catches, while Mike gets some undeserved extra value.

Josh and Mike welcome you to the podcast with a few hands from Jacksonville, FL and an online game, including some crazy speech play from a recreational 2/2 player!