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Lee Markholt: Bull Riding, Old-School Poker, and the Wild West Era of Vegas Games | Table 1 Podcast
Some poker careers start with solvers and staking deals.
Lee Markholt’s started with bulls, butcher shops, and a $10 “please just get on this thing” rodeo spot… and somehow turned into a decades-long poker run that included early WSOP final tables (hello, Daniel Negreanu), WPT cash-game glory, and a whole lot of “I never went broke” discipline.
In this episode, Art and Justin sit down with Lee for one of those conversations that feels like you’re getting a peek behind the curtain of two disappearing worlds: rodeo and pre-boom poker.
What we talk about
Growing up in Tacoma + a family story that sends him to the farm at 12
The bull riding dream (and the injuries that came with it)
Dropping out before high school… then out-working everyone anyway
The moment poker “clicked” during shoulder surgery
Early card rooms: dealer’s choice, stud games, wild stuff, and “IOU poker”
Tournaments in the early days (including the legendary Seymour Flop story)
Working as a floor / running rooms… and the twist that pushed him into full-time play
WSOP memories + the final table where Negreanu won his first bracelet (and the brutal hand)
The boom years, shot-taking, bankroll rules, and why Lee never borrowed to stay alive
Bellagio’s golden era, private-game politics, and why phones changed the feel of poker
Why Lee game-selects more than ever now (and what he’s chasing these days)
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Show Notes
00:00 Early Cowboy Life & Growing Up Fast
10:04 The Bull Riding Days
20:07 Lee’s Worst Injury & Biggest Rodeo Spots
24:01 Getting into Poker & Tournaments
31:18 Dropping Bulls for Poker
40:22 The Poker Boom & Money Management
47:36 From Backers to Binking
56:58 Family + Poker
1:00:30 Getting Stiffed & Almost Going Broke
1:13:39 Make Poker Fun Again!
1:25:18 Good Decisions & The Future
1:30:56 One More for the Road

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Landon Tice didn’t “make it” the normal way.
He didn’t quietly climb stakes.
He didn’t stay in his lane.
And he definitely didn’t avoid mistakes.
In this episode of The Table 1 Podcast, Landon Tice sits down with Art and Justin for a brutally honest conversation about poker, ego, ambition, and the cost of trying to grow up in public.
From timestamping Joey Ingram’s podcast for free, to high-stakes backing deals, to losing other people’s money, to winning life-changing tournaments, to realizing he didn’t actually know what he thought he knew — this is the full arc.
No highlight reel.
No PR polish.
Just the real story.
You’ll hear about:
How providing free value changed Landon’s entire career
The dangerous confidence curve every young poker player hits
What it’s like being staked before you’re emotionally ready
Why “results” can lie to you
The difference between loving poker and respecting it
How faith, humility, and perspective eventually replaced ego
Why growing up off the felt mattered more than winning on it
This episode isn’t about strategy.
It’s about identity, responsibility, and what happens when talent outruns maturity — and how painful (and necessary) that correction can be.
If you’ve ever:
Thought you were ready before you were
Wanted validation more than truth
Confused confidence with competence
Or learned lessons the hard way…
This one will hit.
Show Notes:
00:00 Child of the Sim’s Childhood
21:29 College & Dropping Out for Online Poker
41:12 Early Poker Life
51:42 Getting out of the Basement & Meeting Nick Schulman
1:09:13 The MSPT $200k Score
1:17:47 The Bill Perkins Match
1:27:32 Buying Negreanu’s Car
1:33:29 Landon vs Jeremy Becker
1:44:00 Patrick Leonard’s Influence
1:50:33 High Rollers, Faith, and the Future
Landon's Links:
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https://instagram.com/ticelandon
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Poker careers don’t usually start with a screenwriting degree, a philosophy PhD track, and a failed TV pitch.
But David Lappin’s did.
In this episode of the Table 1 Podcast, David Lappin joins Art and Justin for a wide-ranging conversation that connects poker, writing, creativity, and the emotional reality of life in the game. From late-night UK poker TV to $5 sit-and-gos on Full Tilt… from near-miss Hollywood scripts to building one of poker’s most respected podcasts… this is a masterclass in how strange, nonlinear careers actually happen.
David opens up about growing up around film and theater, falling in love with philosophy, and how rejection in the writing world prepared him for poker’s brutal swings. He breaks down the need to scratch the creative itch—and why so many players eventually build podcasts, write books, or create something outside the game.
In this episode:
The origin story of The Chip Race and how David and Dara O’Kearney built an award-winning poker podcast by treating interviews like game trees
Why most poker content fails to market the actual poker audience (and how that hurts the ecosystem)
The Irish Poker Open’s transformation into one of the best poker festivals in the world (and why player experience matters more than prestige buy-ins)
A sharp critique of modern tournament structures, late registration abuse, and re-entry culture
David’s personal Black Friday story—and how it quietly reshaped European poker
Why poker players, writers, and creatives all struggle with the same thing: rejection, confidence, and meaning
There are hilarious Full Tilt chatbox stories, honest industry takes, commentary war stories, and thoughtful reflections on how poker has changed—and where it should go next.
If you care about poker beyond hand histories…
If you’ve ever felt the urge to build something outside the game…
Or if you just want to hear one of poker’s smartest voices talk candidly about the life behind the results…
This one’s for you.
Show Notes:
00:00 Early Life & Film Studies
20:12 The Poker Grind
27:19 Meeting his Girlfriend In A Sit n Go?!
32:34 Favorite Poker Stops
46:10 Value to the Players (WSOP vs WPT)
54:48 Black Friday & Staking Deals
1:04:49 The Chip Race Podcast
1:19:20 The Future!
David's Links:
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X - www.x.com/DKLAPPIN
Simplify Poker - www.SimplifyPoker.com
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This wasn’t just our year.It was the year of stories that somehow slipped through the cracks.In this episode, we break down the past year by revisiting the most under-viewed, overlooked, and borderline-unreal poker stories we came across — pulled from podcasts, interviews, and moments that deserved way more attention than they got.Some are wild hand histories.Some are offhand comments that reveal everything.Some are stories told once… to the wrong audience.We clipped them.We replayed them.And then we told you what actually matters.You’ll hear:– Crazy hand histories that never went viral (but should have)– Moments from other podcasts that completely flew under the radar– Stories that explain why poker is the way it is — ego, luck, discipline, tilt– How hearing these clips changed how we think about the game and the people in it– And the handful of moments that made us stop and say, “Wait… did you catch that?”This episode is part year-in-review, part film room.Just us doing what we love most — finding great poker stories and putting a spotlight on them.If you like:• under-viewed content• real hand histories• poker stories told by the people who lived them• and episodes that feel like you’re sitting around after the game replaying the nightThis one’s for you.👇 Comment with the clip or story that stuck with you👍 Like & subscribe if you want more under-the-radar poker stories🎙️ And if you’ve got a clip we missed… send it. We’re always watching.Speaking of crazy…come play with us online at Phenom Poker!The true underdogs of online poker!👉 https://play.phenompoker.com/register?r=Table1 (And get 200% Deposit Bonus + a chance to win up to 100 USDT every week until New Year's!)OR come play with us live in Vegas at Table 1👉 https://table1.vegas--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Show Notes:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Table 1 Links:What is Table 1? https://table1.vegas200% Deposit Bonus at Phenom Poker: https://play.phenompoker.com/register?r=Table1Follow us on X: https://x.com/table1vegasFollow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/table1vegas--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Art's links:https://x.com/artparmannRounders To Founders Newsletter - https://rounderstofounders.comSlotMaps- Beat Slots with AI (seriously) https://slotmaps.comPokerHQ- Run your home game like a pro: https://pokerhq.io--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Justin's Linkshttps://x.com/justinyoung07Play poker with Justin on Phenom: https://play.phenompoker.com/register?r=JYPoker

Brad Booth didn’t chase the safe route.
He chased the game.
From a small town outside Vancouver
to underage casino sessions and smoky backroom games
to building a bankroll in the Yukon
to helping spark the first no-limit game at Bellagio in 1999
to living inside the Bellagio and taking shots at the biggest tables in the world.
Brad Booth isn’t polished.
He isn’t careful.
He’s the guy who put Phil Ivey in the tank…with 4-high…for $300,000.
And when it all went sideways?
He disappeared into the Oregon woods.
Now he's back to face it head on.
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Show Notes:
00:00 Intro to Gambling & Early Life
06:49 Underage Degeneracy
11:14 Becoming “Yukon Brad”
15:59 Online Poker & A Taste of Vegas
25:19 Living At The Bellagio
35:41 Televised Poker
39:53 THE HAND vs Phil Ivey
49:12 Black Friday
54:59 Downswings & Bad Choices
1:01:10 The Disappearance
1:12:00 The Comeback Chronicles
1:17:37 One Last Degen Story
Brad's Links:
https://x.com/realyukonbrad
https://instagram.com/therealyukonbrad
[email protected]
YukonBrad.com
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Justin's Links:
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