by Connor Richards
Life Outside Poker is a new PokerNews podcast hosted by Connor Richards that that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.
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April 1, 2025
<p><strong><a href= "https://www.pokernews.com/podcast/life-outside-poker/">Life Outside Poker</a></strong> is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by <strong><a href= "https://www.pokernews.com/editors/connor-richards/">Connor Richards</a></strong> that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.</p> <p>In the 26th episode, Connor speaks with chess streamer and <a href= "https://www.pokernews.com/ggpoker/">GGPoker</a> ambassador <strong><a href="https://www.pokernews.com/poker-players/alexandra-botez/">Alexandra Botez</a></strong> about learning chess and poker from her dad, getting into streaming at Stanford, dealing with online trolls, creating content with her sister Andrea Botez and the similarities between chess and poker.</p> <p>Botez also talked about winning $456,900 in the legendary 2022 Hustler Casino Live <a href= "https://www.pokernews.com/news/2022/05/alexandra-botez-mr-beast-hustler-casino-live-41116.htm">Creator Game</a> that included <a href= "https://www.pokernews.com/poker-players/phil-hellmuth/">Phil Hellmuth</a>, Mr. Beast and Ninja, as well as signing on as a GGPoker ambassador and securing a career-high cash at <a href= "https://www.pokernews.com/tours/wsop/">World Series of Poker (WSOP)</a> Paradise.</p> <p>This interview was filmed at <a href= "https://www.pokernews.com/news/2024/12/yinan-zhou-wins-wsop-paradise-super-main-47637.htm">WSOP Paradise</a> in the Bahamas in December 2024.</p> <p>The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/life-outside-poker-w-connor-richards/id1738703038" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/3OlqNXxCbyUeF90lLUNh4h" target= "_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Spotify</a>, <a href= "https://soundcloud.com/pokernews-life-outside-poker">SoundCloud</a> and <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-life-outside-poker-w-conno-162894755/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">iHeartRadio</a>. You can also watch the interview with Alexandra Botez by heading to the <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/@pokernewsdotcom">PokerNews YouTube channel</a>.</p> <p>Be sure to follow <a href= "https://twitter.com/alexandrabotez?lang=bn" target="_blank" rel= "nofollow noopener">Alexandra Botez</a> and <a href= "https://twitter.com/crichards1995?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Connor Richards</a> on X.</p> <p class="text-center"><a class="cta" href= "https://www.pokernews.com/podcast/life-outside-poker/">Learn More About Life Outside Poker!</a></p> <h2 id="timestamps">Timestamps</h2> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="usertable"> <tbody> <tr> <th>TIME</th> <th>TOPIC</th> </tr> <tr> <td>0:00</td> <td>Intro</td> </tr> <tr> <td>0:43</td> <td>Learning chess from her dad</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2:52</td> <td>Studying international relations at Stanford</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3:08</td> <td>Chess streaming</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5:50</td> <td>Similarities between chess and poker</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7:17</td> <td>Getting into poker</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8:34</td> <td>Winning half a million in HCL creator game</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9:39</td> <td>Different poker experiences</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11:22</td> <td>Playing chess at WSOP Paradise</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12:32</td> <td>Queen's Gambit</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13:57</td> <td>Women in chess</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16:33</td> <td>Dealing with trolls</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16:54</td> <td>WSOP Paradise</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19:18</td> <td>Book recommendation</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19:46</td> <td>Advice for younger self</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20:01</td> <td>Favorite life lesson from poker</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div>
March 4, 2025
<p><strong><a href= "https://www.pokernews.com/podcast/life-outside-poker/">Life Outside Poker</a></strong> is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by <strong><a href= "https://www.pokernews.com/editors/connor-richards/">Connor Richards</a></strong> that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.</p> <p>In the 25th episode, Connor speaks with embattled poker pro <strong><a href= "https://www.pokernews.com/poker-players/brad-booth/">Brad Booth</a></strong> about learning poker from his grandfather, climbing up stakes in Canada, living at the Bellagio and playing in Bobby's Room, bluffing <a href= "https://www.pokernews.com/poker-players/phil-ivey/">Phil Ivey</a> and getting cheated on Ultimate Bet.</p> <p>Booth, who the poker community hasn't heard from for several years, opened up about his absence and going missing in 2020, as well as his gambling addiction and various poker debts to players like <strong><a href= "https://www.pokernews.com/poker-players/doug-polk/">Doug Polk</a></strong> that he says he plans to make right.</p> <p>"I got caught up in all of it and all I can try and do is make right now," he told PokerNews of his poker debts.</p> <p>The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/life-outside-poker-w-connor-richards/id1738703038" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/3OlqNXxCbyUeF90lLUNh4h" target= "_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Spotify</a>, <a href= "https://soundcloud.com/pokernews-life-outside-poker">SoundCloud</a> and <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-life-outside-poker-w-conno-162894755/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">iHeartRadio</a>. You can also watch the interview with Brad Booth by heading to the <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/@pokernewsdotcom">PokerNews YouTube channel</a>.</p> <h2 id="timestamps">Timestamps</h2> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="usertable"> <tbody> <tr> <th>TIME</th> <th>TOPIC</th> </tr> <tr> <td>0:00</td> <td>Intro</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1:46</td> <td>Discovering poker as a kid</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3:11</td> <td>Poker in Canada</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5:08</td> <td>Living at Bellagio/Bobby's Room</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10:15</td> <td>Bluffing Ivey on High Stakes Poker</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19:15</td> <td>Getting cheated on Ultimate Bet</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20:05</td> <td>Doug Polk debt</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29:04</td> <td>Where has Brad been past decade</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31:39</td> <td>Going missing in 2020</td> </tr> <tr> <td>36:20</td> <td>Return to poker</td> </tr> <tr> <td>37:52</td> <td>Plans to move up to high stakes?</td> </tr> <tr> <td>41:33</td> <td>Inspiration in life</td> </tr> <tr> <td>43:01</td> <td>Advice for younger self</td> </tr> <tr> <td>43:53</td> <td>Favorite life lesson from poker</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div>
February 4, 2025
<p><a href= "https://www.pokernews.com/podcast/life-outside-poker/">Life Outside Poker</a> is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by <a href= "https://www.pokernews.com/editors/connor-richards/">Connor Richards</a> that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.</p> <p>In the 24th episode, Connor speaks with high-stakes pro and poker coach <a href= "https://www.pokernews.com/poker-players/phil-galfond/">Phil Galfond</a> about growing up in Maryland, getting into poker with <a href= "https://www.pokernews.com/poker-players/andrew-robl/">Andrew Robl</a>, playing with <a href= "https://www.pokernews.com/poker-players/phil-ivey/">Phil Ivey</a> and <a href= "https://www.pokernews.com/poker-players/doyle-brunson/">Doyle Brunson</a>, building a slide between his two New York City penthouses and being married to fellow high-stakes poker player <a href= "https://www.pokernews.com/poker-players/farah-galfond/">Farah Galfond</a>, who was the <a href= "https://www.pokernews.com/podcast/life-outside-poker/farah-galfond-45686.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">first Life Outside Poker guest</a> in March 2024.</p> <p>Galfond also talked about specializing in Pot-Limit Omaha (PLO), Black Friday, losing $10 million running Run It Once Poker, poker coaching, how bots and real-time assistance (RTA) are impacting online poker, his new "Galfond" documentary, the recently launched <a href= "https://www.pokernews.com/news/2024/10/new-online-poker-room-betrivers-poker-launches-in-pa-47271.htm">BetRivers Poker</a> and his <a href= "https://www.pokernews.com/news/2020/04/galfond-challenge-phil-galfond-takes-lead-36994.htm">epic comeback</a> against "Venividi1993" in the Galfond Challenge.</p> <p>This interview was filmed in Galfond's home in Las Vegas in December 2024.</p> <p>The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/life-outside-poker-w-connor-richards/id1738703038" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/3OlqNXxCbyUeF90lLUNh4h" target= "_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Spotify</a>, <a href= "https://soundcloud.com/pokernews-life-outside-poker">SoundCloud</a> and <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-life-outside-poker-w-conno-162894755/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">iHeartRadio</a>. You can also watch the interview with Phil Galfond by heading to the <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/@pokernewsdotcom">PokerNews YouTube channel</a>.</p> <p>Be sure to follow <a href= "https://x.com/philgalfond?lang=en" target="_blank" rel= "nofollow noopener">Phil Galfond</a> and <a href= "https://twitter.com/crichards1995?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Connor Richards</a> on X.</p> <p class="text-center"><a class="cta" href= "https://www.pokernews.com/podcast/life-outside-poker/">Learn More About Life Outside Poker!</a></p> <h2 id="timestamps">Timestamps</h2> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="usertable"> <tbody> <tr> <th>TIME</th> <th>TOPIC</th> </tr> <tr> <td>0:00</td> <td>Intro</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1:09</td> <td>Growing up in Maryland</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2:33</td> <td>Andrew Robl</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4:55</td> <td>Jason Koon</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5:35</td> <td>Pot-Limit Omaha</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7:47</td> <td>Best PLO players</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9:15</td> <td>Poker strategy</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11:04</td> <td>Phil Ivey story</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11:42</td> <td>NYC penthouse slide</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14:24</td> <td>Black Friday</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18:04</td> <td>Run It Once & losing $10 million</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21:58</td> <td>BetRivers Poker</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25:37</td> <td>RTA/bots in online poker</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31:07</td> <td>BetRivers expanding beyond Pennsylvania</td> </tr> <tr> <td>32:34</td> <td>Content creation</td> </tr> <tr> <td>38:36</td> <td>Playing with Doyle Brunson</td> </tr> <tr> <td>42:13</td> <td>Galfond Challenge</td> </tr> <tr> <td>44:05</td> <td>Comeback against Venividi1993</td> </tr> <tr> <td>53:35</td> <td>Farah Galfond's poker journey</td> </tr> <tr> <td>57:37</td> <td>Book recommendation</td> </tr> <tr> <td>58:16</td> <td>Advice for younger self</td> </tr> <tr> <td>59:21</td> <td>Favorite life lesson from poker</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div>
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