This Poker Pro Ended Up Living A Teenage Boy's Dream Life. Cards. Charity. And A Porn Star GF?!

This Poker Pro Ended Up Living A Teenage Boy's Dream Life. Cards. Charity. And A Porn Star GF?!

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April 10, 2026 · 1h 24m

About this episode

Matt Stout shares his journey from learning poker as a child to becoming a prominent charity poker operator.

Matt Stout learned to count with five-card draw. Not math class. Not flash cards. Poker. His older sister taught him the game when he was four years old — which feels either wholesome or deeply irresponsible depending on how you look at it. Either way, it stuck. By high school he was selling weed, playing hockey, and doing just enough in school to stay on the team. By college he’d found poker, gotten busted with a quarter pound, quit hockey, and fallen headfirst into the game. Then everything sped up. A paperwork mistake knocked him out of school. He took what he had left to Atlantic City. Ran it from about $4K to $50K in a matter of months. Got staked by Sheets & Backs. And suddenly the kid from Bayonne was battling high-stakes tournaments against some of the biggest names in poker. That alone would’ve been enough story for one episode. But Matt’s story gets weirder. Because somewhere along the way, the poker pro became one of the most important charity poker operators in the country. What started as a $10 college fundraiser became the Charity Series of Poker — raising millions for nonprofits and working with organizations like St. Jude and the Vegas Golden Knights. And yes……

People in this episode

Hosts: Art Parmann, Justin Young

Guest: Matt Stout

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Organizations: St. Jude, Vegas Golden Knights

Places: Atlantic City, Bayonne

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