What Happens When You Grow Up As A Jehova Witness And Turn Into A Gambler? TJ Reid Shares His Story!
About this episode
TJ Reid shares his transformative journey from being a Jehovah's Witness to becoming a successful poker player and media figure.
TJ Reid Joins Art Parmann (https://x.com/ArtParmann) and Justin Young (https://x.com/Justinyoung07) on this week's episode of the Table 1 Podcast! We peel back the curtain on this incredible journey from vows of poverty as a Jehova's Witness to pokerORG reporter, to Final Tabling one of the biggest tournaments of the year in the Bahamas at WSOP with $10,000,000 for the winner.Show Notes00:00 Growing Up in Missouri, Religion, and Family Games09:03 Discovering Poker While Living a Double Life12:42 Excommunication, Starting Over, and Leaving the Church25:29 From Service Industry to Live Cash Poker31:45 Marriage, Idaho, COVID, and the First Vegas Trip36:07 Winning His First Major Tournament Score40:59 PokerNews, PokerOrg, and Building a Career in Poker Media47:09 Thunder Valley, Table One, and Playing Bigger52:48 The 2025 NAPT Main Event and Slot Machine Chaos56:04 Chasing EPT, PokerStars Incentives, and Bigger Buy-Ins1:06:38 The 25K Super Main Run1:14:24 Finishing 4th for $3.1 Million1:17:23 Becoming WSOP Circuit Manager and Growing the Game1:21:33 25K Fantasy Draft Strategy1:27:27 TJ’s Daily Vlogs and OutroFollow TJ on youtube @tjreidpoker…
People in this episode
Hosts: Art Parmann, Justin Young
Guest: TJ Reid
Topics covered
- Jehovah's Witness
- gambling
- poker
- personal journey
- excommunication
- career in poker media
Keywords
- TJ Reid
- Jehovah's Witness
- poker
- gambling
- WSOP
- excommunication
- career
- tournaments
- media
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: WSOP, pokerORG, PokerNews
Places: Bahamas, Idaho, Missouri
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