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Ante Up Poker Magazine

Joe Scales
115 episodes   Last Updated: Dec 16, 24
Joe Scales hosts a weekly podcast that mixes humor, commentary and strategy, with great segments such as Table Talk, Call the Floor, Hand of the Week, and Joe's One Outer. It's the longest running poker podcast, for the everyday player. ... subscribe and find out why.

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This week on the Ante Up Poker Podcast Hello Fresh joined us as a new sponsor. The code to get your 10 free boxes is hellofresh.com/freeanteup The newest issue of Ante Up Magazine is coming soon. There will be some new changes to that. so sign up for emails to be able to keep up with all the things going on there. On “Table Talk”, Elle and I talk WPT, WSOP, cheating scandals and Bet on Better. If you would like to donate to the GoFundMe page for those that need a place to stay the link is here.  then Elliott rules on a situation where there were too many burn cards on “Call the Floor”. Patrick and I break down a hand on “HOTW” with A9 suited. I then finish out the show with “Joe’s One Outer” which stems from a conversation with one of our listeners. Click this link for our November issue of the magazine. This is a quick link to the our Magazine. Click here for our Linktree. It is a quick resource to get you to our magazine, podcast, YouTube, and more. Ante Up Poker Cruise Click here for our Patreon page, where you can support the show and gain access to our monthly Private game. Advanced Poker Training: Improve your poker game while playing up to 500 hands an hour against the smartest artificially intelligent poker players ever designed. For all of our non-US players. Check out Jack Poker here. It is a great site for the everyday poker player, because it’s not incentivized for the poker pro, so there aren’t tables full of sharks.
This week I start the show by expanding our request for home game photos, and looking for your 2025 poker goals. Elle and I talk about the new rule change for the WSOP on “Table Talk”. We also chat about a recent article in Forbes that discusses how poker can help with a job interview. We have a listener that won a seat into the $5million Guaranteed ClubWPT Gold Freeroll later this month. We wish we could be there to cheer you on but we will be cheering you on from Virginia. On “Call the Floor” this week Elliott rules on a situation where a player tables his hand with a vague statement. *Spoiler Alert* It doesn’t end well for them. “HOTW” this week has Patrick and I playing QJ suited on the button. Then I end the show this week with “Joe’s One Outer” where I talk about adjusting our game to the player. Click this link for our November issue of the magazine. This is a quick link to the our Magazine. Click here for our Linktree. It is a quick resource to get you to our magazine, podcast, YouTube, and more. Ante Up Poker Cruise Click here for our Patreon page, where you can support the show and gain access to our monthly Private game. Advanced Poker Training: Improve your poker game while playing up to 500 hands an hour against the smartest artificially intelligent poker players ever designed. For all of our non-US players. Check out Jack Poker here. It is a great site for the everyday poker player, because it’s not incentivized for the poker pro, so there aren’t tables full of sharks.
The turkey coma edition of the Ante Up Poker Podcast begins with me talking about the last night in Kansas before heading back to the East Coast. If you haven’t already joined our socials, you should because it promises to be an entertaining trip, and we will document it there. On “Table Talk” this week, Elle and I talk about another Table Talk variety, the Vegas Monorail, F-1 and Doug Polk Controversy. Elliott rules on a situation on “Call the Floor” where the dealer made a “verbal as binding” call, but was it the correct one. Patrick and I go over a hand that he played originally in our Patreon Game this week in “HOTW” Then I end the show with “Joe’s One Outer” talking about the things in poker that I am thankful for. Click this link for our November issue of the magazine. This is a quick link to the our Magazine. Click here for our Linktree. It is a quick resource to get you to our magazine, podcast, YouTube, and more. Ante Up Poker Cruise Click here for our Patreon page, where you can support the show and gain access to our monthly Private game. Advanced Poker Training: Improve your poker game while playing up to 500 hands an hour against the smartest artificially intelligent poker players ever designed. For all of our non-US players. Check out Jack Poker here. It is a great site for the everyday poker player, because it’s not incentivized for the poker pro, so there aren’t tables full of sharks.
I start the show talking about the upcoming road trip, and reflect on how far we have come with Ante Up. Elle joins me again on “Table Talk” where we talk poker as a “Mind Sport” and about Jonathan Little’s question “If you could change one rule in poker what would it be?” Commercial gaming revenue is up and HCL has a new 24/7 poker streaming network. We also tease a review that we have coming up in the December issue of the magazine. We talked with Sara O’Connor about her new book, “A New Queen’s Guide to Poker”. Here is the link to the book. Check it out. In this week’s “Call the Floor” Elliott rules on a situation where a dealer turned away from the action and it resulted in a chop pot. You have to listen to see how that one got messed up. “HOTW” this week has Patrick and I playing a AT suited in the Small Blind and Joe just hopes he is not the villain in the hand. As always, I end the show with “Joe’s One Outer” where I talk about Thanksgiving traditions. Click this link for our November issue of the magazine. This is a quick link to the our Magazine. Click here for our Linktree. It is a quick resource to get you to our magazine, podcast, YouTube, and more. Ante Up Poker Cruise Click here for our Patreon page, where you can support the show and gain access to our monthly Private game. Advanced Poker Training: Improve your poker game while playing up to 500 hands an hour against the smartest artificially intelligent poker players ever designed. For all of our non-US players. Check out Jack Poker here. It is a great site for the everyday poker player, because it’s not incentivized for the poker pro, so there aren’t tables full of sharks.
This week I start the show talking about the November issue of the magazine, and 2025 goals. Elle and I talk about snow in Vegas during “Table Talk”. We also discuss a new poker documentary from Michael Bailey and the Women In Poker Hall of Fame. Here is the link to tickets to the HOF luncheon. Here is the link to make your own Maker’s Mark label as well. Elliott and I discuss Calling the Clock on a player on “Call the Floor”. Then Patrick and break down another hand on the button after it folds to us in the week’s “HOTW” I end the show with “Joe’s One Outer”. This week I talk about the reasons that all work and no play make for a tilt scenario. Click this link for our November issue of the magazine. This is a quick link to the our Magazine. Click here for our Linktree. It is a quick resource to get you to our magazine, podcast, YouTube, and more. Ante Up Poker Cruise Click here for our Patreon page, where you can support the show and gain access to our monthly Private game. Advanced Poker Training: Improve your poker game while playing up to 500 hands an hour against the smartest artificially intelligent poker players ever designed. For all of our non-US players. Check out Jack Poker here. It is a great site for the everyday poker player, because it’s not incentivized for the poker pro, so there aren’t tables full of sharks.
This week I start the show talking about the November issue of the magazine and the fact that we are so close to 1 million listens on the podcast. Elle and I talk about the Patreon game, the NAPT, and PokerStars ambassadors on “Table Talk” as well as the Alex Foxen stare. Elliott clarifies the table talk rule in this week’s “Call the Floor”. Then Patrick and I play K9 of diamonds on the button in this week’s “HOTW”. I close out the show talking more about the poker stare in the “Joe’s One Outer”. Click here for our Linktree. It is a quick resource to get you to our magazine, podcast, YouTube, and more. Ante Up Poker Cruise Click here for our Patreon page, where you can support the show and gain access to our monthly Private game. Advanced Poker Training: Improve your poker game while playing up to 500 hands an hour against the smartest artificially intelligent poker players ever designed. For all of our non-US players. Check out Jack Poker here. It is a great site for the everyday poker player, because it’s not incentivized for the poker pro, so there aren’t tables full of sharks.
I start the show with a bunch of terrible Fall puns, and talk about the date for the next Patreon Poker Game. The magazine will be out within the week as well. Elle and I talk Halloween, BetRivers Poker, the Foxens and the Sphere on “Table Talk” Then Elliott talks philosophy of Pot Limit and No Limit games in “Call the Floor”. On this week’s “HOTW” segment Patrick and I play AQ off suit from the cutoff, before I end the show with “Joe’s One Outer”. This week I talk about the importance of believing in yourself. Click here for our Linktree. It is a quick resource to get you to our magazine, podcast, YouTube, and more. Ante Up Poker Cruise Click here for our Patreon page, where you can support the show and gain access to our monthly Private game. Advanced Poker Training: Improve your poker game while playing up to 500 hands an hour against the smartest artificially intelligent poker players ever designed. For all of our non-US players. Check out Jack Poker here. It is a great site for the everyday poker player, because it’s not incentivized for the poker pro, so there aren’t tables full of sharks.
I start the show talking about the Patreon Game from last night and Mal Embarkment or Dis-embarkment syndrome. I literally left after recording the intro to pick Elle up from the airport. She joined me for “Table Talk” where we discuss the Sahara closing their poker room, and a study by BetMGM about online casino games. It looks like we may be making a trip next year to the Irish Poker Open, and we talked about what may be my new playground with Bally’s building a hotel/casino connected to the new A’s stadium in Vegas. ***Disclaimer*** I said I was going to root for the Yankees in the World Series, but actually I think I’m just going to root for the whole series end in a tie somehow. This week’s “Call the Floor” involves a high hand promotion and whether the winner of the high hand actually made the call or not. Our “HOTW” is a crazy one when we flop a full house with the Big Blind special. Then I end the show with my “One Outer” reminding everyone on a poker vacation to remember the vacation part of that equation. Click here for our Linktree. It is a quick resource to get you to our magazine, podcast, YouTube, and more. Ante Up Poker Cruise Click here for our Patreon page, where you can support the show and gain access to our monthly Private game. Check out Jackpot Digital, our HOTW sponsor with the perfect E-Table. Advanced Poker Training: For all of our non-US players. Check out Jack Poker here. It is a great site for the everyday poker player, because it’s not incentivized for the poker pro, so there aren’t tables full of sharks.
Elle and I are back to dry land and trying to get our legs back under us. On “Table Talk” we recap most of the cruise. Elliott rules on a situation sent in from a dealer who has multiple run-ins with a particular “problem player.” This week’s “HOTW” has Patrick and I breaking down a hand with Pocket Aces. Then I end the show with a poignant “Joe’s One Outer” talking about playing when tired. Click here for our Linktree. It is a quick resource to get you to our magazine, podcast, YouTube, and more. Ante Up Poker Cruise Click here for our Patreon page, where you can support the show and gain access to our monthly Private game. Check out Jackpot Digital, our HOTW sponsor with the perfect E-Table. Advanced Poker Training: For all of our non-US players. Check out Jack Poker here. It is a great site for the everyday poker player, because it’s not incentivized for the poker pro, so there aren’t tables full of sharks.
I start the show announcing the release of the October issue of Ante Up Magazine, Elle and I get together again on “Table Talk” to discuss the cruise, the Nick Vertucci situation, and a new casino license for the Wynn in the UAE. We end the segment talking about the implosion of the Tropicana. Elliott rules on a situation in the “Call the Floor” where the Small Blind sees the card but only after he made a bet. On this week’s “HOTW” Patrick and I play JT suited from the BB. As always, the last segment of the show is “Joe’s One Outer”. This week I talk about Jesse Capps article in the magazine about redemption. Click here for our Linktree. It is a quick resource to get you to our magazine, podcast, YouTube, and more. Ante Up Poker Cruise Click here for our Patreon page, where you can support the show and gain access to our monthly Private game. Check out Jackpot Digital, our HOTW sponsor with the perfect E-Table. Advanced Poker Training: For all of our non-US players. Check out Jack Poker here. It is a great site for the everyday poker player, because it’s not incentivized for the poker pro, so there aren’t tables full of sharks.