Poker Stories Podcast: Two-Time WSOP Bracelet Winner Nathan Gamble

Poker Stories is a long-form audio podcast collection that options informal interviews with a few of the sport’s finest gamers and personalities. Each episode highlights a widely known member of the poker world and dives deep into their favourite tales each on and off the felt.

Nathan Gamble was a baby when he began taking part in playing cards, turning an Uno obsession right into a modest poker bankroll earlier than he was even a youngster. He continued to play all through his time at Johnson and Wales University, and would take go away for poker whereas he was enlisted within the United States Army as a subject artillery officer stationed in Korea. The Texan briefly thought of a profession flying helicopters, however finally determined to pursue poker as a substitute.

Gamble made a deep run within the 2016 WSOP essential occasion, incomes $42,285 for ending in 176th place. A yr later, he returned to the summer time collection and earned his first profession gold bracelet, profitable $223,339 for taking down the $1,500 pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better occasion. This summer time, Gamble added a second bracelet, this time profitable the $600 pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better occasion for one more $89,424. He has 11 Omaha cashes general on the WSOP.

The 31-year-old is now lending his commentary abilities to the Galfond Challenge, an ongoing heads-up PLO match between Phil Galfond and Chance Kornuth. Gamble can be sharing his tales in a daily column for Card Player Magazine.

Highlights from this interview embrace ready on the door with Uno, mowing the yard for his bankroll, royal maintain’em, all-night poker classes with Dad, ‘never alone’ within the Army, flying helicopters, a summer-saving run within the WSOP essential occasion, being stranded in Wyoming with a stack in Oklahoma, the unusual approach he celebrated his first bracelet, why on-line bracelets are legit, commentating the Galfond Challenge, faking an audition, rating bull driving, skydiving, and bungee leaping, battling yellowsub86, haunted drive-in carnival poker, Macaulay Culkin, writing a poker film, the loss of life of NLHE, and burning homes down within the woods.

You can take a look at the whole lot of the interview within the audio participant on the high of the web page or download it directly to your device to play on the go from Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, or your favourite podcast app.

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