He Was Famous For Cash Games. Now He’s Starting Over. Andy Stacks Tells All!
About this episode
Andy Stacks shares his journey from cash game fame to starting over in poker.
Get Justin's Crush Live Poker 6-Pack Course On PokerCoaching.com Andy Stacks built his name in the biggest cash games in LA. Then he decided to become a tournament fish. Which sounds insane. Because before the vlogs… before the GG deal… before Live at the Bike turned him into one of the most recognizable cash-game players in poker… Andy was just another kid who found poker at the perfect time. Born in Taiwan. Raised in the Bay Area. Back to Taiwan as a teenager. Then LA. A friend showed him the Moneymaker boom on a giant old CRT TV, taught him the game, and Andy started playing $5 home games. Then came the casinos. One/two limit. Then no-limit. Then 5/10. Then 10/20. Way too fast. He had jobs. He had a graphic design path. He had a normal life somewhere in there. But poker got loud. Eventually, he quit with a bankroll that probably should not have been enough, played no-cap 10/20 at Commerce with $10K on the table, and at one point was down to his last two bullets. Then came the LA private games. Spreadsheets of every game in town. Wild west home games. One game getting raided while he was up $10K. The Bike. The streams. The ego. The nosebleeds. The money. The pressure. The weird…
People in this episode
Hosts: Art Parmann, Justin Young
Guest: Andy Stacks
Topics covered
- poker
- cash games
- tournaments
- personal journey
- gambling culture
- starting over
Sponsors
PokerCoaching.com
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: PokerCoaching.com
Places: Taiwan, Bay Area, LA, Commerce, The Bike
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