Poker Was Chaos Until He Changed The Game.

About this episode

Matt Savage discusses the evolution of poker tournament rules and the chaos of early poker history.

Come Play Poker with us online & Get a 150% Deposit Bonus up to $3K! Sign up here OR... Come play with us in Las Vegas at Table 1! https://table1.vegas Matt Savage almost changed poker history. Seriously. One ruling… one sentence… and the most famous hand of the poker boom might’ve played out completely differently. But that’s only a tiny piece of Matt’s story. Because before poker had standardized tournament rules… before the TDA… before modern tournament poker became the machine it is today… everything was chaos. Different casinos had different rules. Players argued nonstop. Structures were all over the place. And during the poker boom? Absolute insanity. So Matt Savage helped fix it. In this episode of The Table 1 Podcast, Matt joins Art Parmann and Justin Young for a deep dive into the hidden side of poker that most players never think about: ♠️ The early WPT days and poker’s Wild West era ♥️ Building the Tournament Directors Association (TDA) ♦️ Running the WSOP during the Moneymaker boom ♣️ The hand that almost changed poker history forever ♠️ Why Matt thinks some modern tournament structures are broken ♥️ The future of poker with AI, solvers, phones, and cheating…

People in this episode

Hosts: Art Parmann, Justin Young

Guest: Matt Savage

Topics covered

• poker history
• tournament rules
• poker boom
• WPT
• WSOP
• TDA
• modern poker

Keywords

• poker
• tournament rules
• Matt Savage
• WSOP
• WPT
• TDA
• poker boom
• cheating concerns
• recreational players
• poker history

Sponsors

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tournament Directors Association, WSOP, WPT

Places: Las Vegas, Table 1

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