Ep 655 - Chats: Blaise Bourgeois Unlaces with the Crew

The Rec Poker Podcast

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!

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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

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