This week on the Poker Central Podcast, Brent and Remko debut their own Poker Rankings lead by non-other than the man of the year so far, Chino Rheem! Also on the show, Brent tells a crazy Gavin Smith story, we look back on Poker After Dark’s The Escalator, look ahead at the upcoming WPT action on PokerGO and the latest changes to The Effing Five.

• 1:10 – This week on the show!
• 2:58 – Brent Hanks tells a crazy Gavin Smith story about getting a slice of pizza slapped onto his head.
• 8:15 – Looking back on $25,000 The Escalator on Poker After Dark with Matt Berkey, Sean Winter, Chris Hunichen, Justin Young, Anthony Alberto, and Ralph Wong.
• 16:19 – The Aussie Millions is underway, here’s all you need to know!
• 19:20 – The Department of Justice is messing with online gaming again, is it time to panic?
• 22:55 – The Effing Five! Brent and Remko submit their changes to the list.
• 28:29 – Social Media is on fire lately! Brent gets us caught up on all the drama.
• 31:35 – The outstanding loans Brent Hanks will never see repaid, who’s fault is it?
• 34:50 – The first ever Poker Central Power Rankings!
• 43:55 – What to look forward to next week!

The January 25 Effing Five: 

1. Chino Rheem – Fifth million dollar score by winning the PCA
2. Good Boy Joe Ingram hustles his way into a Platinum Pass worth $30k for the ultimate poker fan Jeremy Hilsercop.
3. Platinum Pass winner Ramon Colillas wins the PSPC for $5.1 million
4. The best fold of the year? Thi Nguyen folds AQ vs the AA of Athanasios Polychronopoulos on a board that showed AQQ.
5. Josh Arieh’s GoFundMe raised more than $72K for Gavin Smith’s boys

The Week 3 Poker Central Power Rankings Top 10:

1          Chino Rheem
2          Daniel Negreanu
3          Stephen Chidwick
4          Phil Hellmuth
5          Kitty Kuo
6          Matt Berkey
7          Justin Bonomo
8          Doyle Brunson
9          Rainer Kempe
10        Alex Foxen

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Brent and Remko think back of the epic poker career and life of Gavin Smith, they talk through Steve Albini’s Stories from the Felt episode that made it into Rolling Stone, and recap all things from the Bahamas.

• Starting the show with the sad news of the unexpected passing of Gavin Smith. Intro clip courtesy of Poker Road's The Poker Mind with Amanda Leatherman. Full clip here.
• 01:26 – Brent Hanks shares Gavin Smith stories.
• 05:12 – Going through the accomplishments of Gavin Smith and his character
• 07:49 – Stories from the Felt Season 2: Now on PokerGO highlighted by Steve Albini’s episode that was featured on Rolling Stone, Pitchfork and VICE.
• 11:00 – Remko’s excitement for The Mirage episode of Stories from the Felt.
• 14:50 – Norm & Lon on Stories from the Felt, Bonologic and much more!
• 20:15 – Recapping the $25,000 PokerStars Players Championship that was won by Platinum Pass winner Ramon Colillas.
• 22:45 – Brent Hanks eating his words on there being “no fucking chance” a Platinum Pass winner to make the final table.
• 25:30 – Other notables that made deep runs including Farrid Jattin, Talal Shakerchi, Kristen Bicknell and Dan O’Brien.
• 30:40 – Brent gushes over Chino Rheem’s PCA Main Event win.
• 32:49 – Remko takes issue with Brent comparing Chino Rheem to Stu Ungar. It gets heated!
• 39:30 – The PCA Main Event recap: Daniel Strelitz finishes second.
• 42:00 – The legend: Scott Wellenbach, who will give the entire $670,240 cash from the PCA Main Event to charity.
• 43:50 – Sam Greenwood wins the PCA Super High Roller for $1.7 million by beating Henrik Hecklen heads up.
• 46:00 – Recapping the other high roller events at the PCA with plenty of dollars for Justin Bonomo, Stephen Chidwick, Michael Dyer, Timothy Adams, David Peters and Sean Winter.
• 50:25 – The F*cking Five! Brent goes over the current Top 5.
• 51:45 – The nominations for The F*cking Five list!
• 56:25 – Brent Hanks selects a new moment for the F*cking Five followed by Remko’s selection.
• 59:40 – What to look forward to? The USPO, Poker After Dark, and how to join the show with your suggestions for the F*cking Five!

The January 17 F*cking Five:

1. The best fold of the year? Thi Nguyen folds AQ vs the AA of Athanasios Polychronopoulos on a board that showed AQQ.
2. Good Boy Joe Ingram hustles his way into a Platinum Pass worth $30k for the ultimate poker fan Jeremy Hilsercop.
3. Platinum Pass winner Ramon Colillas wins the PCPC for $5.1 million
4. Chino Rheem – Fifth million dollar score by winning the PCA
5. PokerStars giving away 300 Platinum passes and adding $1 million to first place. 

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Brent and Remko dive into the debut of Dolly’s Game with special guest Doyle Brunson! The guys also run through the headlines of the $25,000 PokerStars No Limit Hold’em Players Championship in the Bahamas and a new segment makes its debut: The F*cking Five, an ongoing weekly ranking of the best poker moments from 2019.

• 2:00 – Today's topics on the podcast.
• 3:25 – Dolly’s Game made its debut on PokerGO with a $400/$800 2-7 No Limit Single Draw game, Brent Hanks shares all the juiciest details and behind the scenes info.
• 5:30 – The interview with Doyle Brunson about Dolly’s Game, the stakes he wants to play, the games, and the players he wants to invite into the PokerGO Studio.
• 17:59 – Recapping the Dolly’s Game action and looking forward at the mixed games that will be featured in the future.
• 21:40 – The PokerStars No Limit Hold’em Players Championship!
• 24:00 – The unfortunate elimination of our very own Sam Simmons just short of the money.
• 26:00 – Recapping the action so far as the biggest $25,000 tournament in history is deep into the money.
• 28:00 – Brent Hanks shares a hilarious story about smoking weed in the Bahamas.
• 31:07 – The Platinum Pass winners, how did they do??
• 34:30 – The biggest fold of the year! Thi Nguyen folds the third nuts versus the absolute nuts of Athanasios Polychronopoulos!
• 37:50 – PokerStars and the UFC have made a deal, how does Brent feel about this?
• 42:15 – Drama Alert! Mike McDonald vs Farid Jattin.
• 45:35 – NEW ON THE SHOW: The F*cking Five! Brent and Remko keep a running tally on the Top 5 poker moments from 2019, replacing two moments on the list every single week.

The F*cking Five – January 9th Edition

1. The best fold of the year? Thi Nguyen folds AQ vs the AA of Athanasios Polychronopoulos on a board that showed AQQ.
2. Good Boy Joe Ingram hustles his way into a Platinum Pass worth $30k for the ultimate poker fan Jeremy Hilsercop.
3. Daniel Negreanu and Amanda Leatherman’s romance rekindled leading to their engagement on December 31st.
4. Justin Bonomo’s 2018 – and taking No. 1 all-time
5. PokerStars giving away 300 Platinum passes and adding $1 million to first place.

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The Poker Central Podcast is back! Get the full story of Daniel Negreanu's proposal to Amanda Leatherman as Brent Hanks was on the scene. Also, Brent receives the Dolly's Game lineup, which will be shared towards the end of the show.

• 2:00 – Brent Hanks story time: An epic Golden Knights game, drunk poker playing, and getting home at 8am in the morning.
• 10:25 – Brent Hanks story time part 2: Daniel Negreanu proposes to Amanda Leatherman, and Brent has front row seats.
• 20:13 – Recapping Super High Roller Bowl V and the domination of Isaac Haxton.
• 27:20 – Previewing the PCA and the craziness surrounding the Platinum Pass bonanza: Joe Ingram plays it smart!
• 46:06 – 2019 hot takes and predictions!
• 53:50 – Breaking news! Brent Hanks comes in hot with the lineup for next week’s game first session of Dolly’s Game.

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