Thinking Poker

Andrew Brokos, Carlos Welch

Booking Overview

This is a poker interview show focused on poker culture, professional experiences, and high-level strategy, typically featuring professional players, coaches, authors, poker media figures, and specialists connected to player performance. Credible pitches include established poker professionals, tournament or cash-game experts, poker educators, authors, and mental-game or psychology specialists with relevant poker experience; booking difficulty is medium because the show attracts notable poker figures but also books accessible niche experts.

Metrics

Episodes: 100

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 11.4k subscribers

Instagram: 1.2k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

andrew@thinkingpoker.net

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Host

Andrew Brokos - Professional poker player, author, coach, and co-host of Thinking Poker.

Carlos Welch - Professional poker player and coach who co-hosts Thinking Poker.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Professional poker players, coaches, authors, poker media personalities, and specialists in psychology or performance with direct experience relevant to poker.

Required Achievements:

Professional success in tournament or cash-game poker, Poker coaching or instructional content, Published poker books or established poker media work, Leadership of poker training or education programs

Recent Guest Discussions

Ben Raven - The Transition To Professional Poker, Mental-game Coaching Versus Therapy, And Player Performance.

Stephen Chidwick - His Rise In Tournament Poker, Professional Challenges, Parenthood, And Personal Development.

Ashley Adams - Playing Poker Around The World And His Book About Those Experiences.

Sergei Gurin - Coaching, Mentoring, Community, And Developing Poker Performance.

Stoyan Obreshkov - Coaching, Mentoring, Community, And The Final Table Academy.

Recent Topics

Gaming, Poker, Poker Strategy, Tournament Poker, Cash Games

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Thinking Poker

Episode 507: Ben Raven

September 21, 2026

Psychotherapist and high stakes cash game crusher Ben Raven joins Carlos and Andrew for a conversation about his unconventional path to playing poker professionally, why mental game coaching is no substitute for therapy, and more.Ben’s fantastic YouTube channelBen’s InstagramYou can support the show, hear over 1000 archived episodes, and submit your own questions at patreon.com/ThinkingPokerDaily. Two episodes each week are free just for signing up!You can also support the show by...

Episode 506: Stephen Chidwick

September 14, 2026

Nosebleed MTT legend Stephen “stevie444” Chidwick joins Carlos and Andrew for a rare and revealing interview about his rise to greatness, his struggles along the way, how becoming a parent has changed his worldview, and his Dionysian awakening.You can support the show, hear over 1000 archived episodes, and submit your own questions at patreon.com/ThinkingPokerDaily. Two episodes each week are free just for signing up!You can also support the show by visiting gtodojo.com/thinking. ...

Episode 505: Fifty States of Poker with Ashley Adams

September 07, 2026

Retired union organizer Ashley Adams returns to the podcast to discuss his adventures playing poker all around the world and his new book inspired by those adventures.You can support the show, hear over 1000 archived episodes, and submit your own questions at patreon.com/ThinkingPokerDaily. Two episodes each week are free just for signing up!You can also support the show by visiting gtodojo.com/thinking.You can join Andrew and Carlos on ClubWPT Gold by signing up at https://clubwptgold.com/?p...

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andrew@thinkingpoker.net

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