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Noah Schwartz had a $125K Wall Street job offer waiting.
Then one Sunday changed the math.
He wired $1,000 through Western Union, sat down in a PokerStars $1K, and about 12 hours later had $580,000.
So yeah.
Morgan Stanley got told to kick rocks.
But Noah’s story starts way before the score.
Miami Beach.
Baseball.
A lefty arm that was supposed to be his future.
His dad getting sick.
An elbow injury.
An air mattress on a childhood friend’s floor.
A security guard job where another guard would clock him in while Noah hid in the back room and played online poker.
Then poker opened every door.
And also kicked him through a few walls.
In this episode of The Table 1 Podcast, Noah Schwartz joins Art Parmann and Justin Young to talk through the full ride:
♠️ Growing up in Miami and thinking baseball was the plan
♥️ Losing his dad young and having to grow up fast
♦️ Tearing up his elbow and finding poker at the exact wrong/right time
♣️ Playing Madden and Monopoly for real money
♠️ Paying a security guard to clock him in while he played online
♥️ Wiring $1K to PokerStars with only a few grand to his name
♦️ Turning that into $580K in one night
♣️ Saying no to Wall Street after the biggest score of his life
♠️ Winning $394K at Borgata and taking it home in cash
♥️ Getting stopped by TSA with a bag full of money
♦️ Flying Spirit with $400K stuffed in the overhead bin
♣️ Buying a Range Rover in cash
♠️ Playing the $1M Big One for One Drop
♥️ The aces hand that still hurts
♦️ The second One Drop run that sent him straight to the dice table
♣️ High-stakes craps, Antonio stories, prop bets, and poker-life chaos
♠️ Why money alone never fixed what he thought it would
♥️ Fatherhood, investing, philanthropy, and what matters now
We also get into:
the early online poker boom
PartyPoker and PokerStars nostalgia
why poker players need early run-good
bankroll management before anyone knew what bankroll management was
WPT life when the fields were single-entry and massive
One Drop pressure
the difference between poker bad beats and real-life bad beats
Real American Freestyle
and why Noah would rather build memories with his kids than chase every tournament on the calendar.
This one is a poker story.
But it’s also a life story.
A baseball dream ended.
A poker career appeared.
A Wall Street path vanished.
And somehow, a kid sleeping on a friend’s floor ended up playing million-dollar buy-ins.
👇 Drop a comment:
What would you do if you turned $2K into $580K in one night?
Show Notes
00:00 — Intro + Noah Schwartz
01:38 — Miami, Baseball & Growing Up Competitive
06:30 — Madden, Monopoly & Early Gambling
08:08 — Baseball Ends + Poker Begins
09:17 — Security Guard Shift Hustle
10:27 — Credit Cards, PartyPoker & The Early Grind
11:32 — The $580K PokerStars Score
17:13 — Firing $1K With Almost Nothing Left
19:12 — Final Table Chaos + Heads-Up Comeback
22:08 — $394K At Borgata + Cash Through TSA
24:00 — First Vegas Shot + Getting Fired
27:37 — Turning Poker Into A Career
32:10 — Cash Games, PLO & The Tour
34:48 — Raising Money For The $1M One Drop
37:19 — Aces In The Biggest Spot
42:19 — The Second One Drop Dream
43:20 — Nines, Queens & The $6M Swing
46:48 — Bustout → Dice Table
48:48 — Kids, Balance & Life After Full-Time Poker
52:46 — Investing, RAF & What Comes Next
55:42 — Mindset, Philanthropy & Real Bad Beats
58:45 — Prop Bets, PCA & Antonio Stories
1:00:51 — The Aria Craps Roll
1:15:00 — Future Plans + Family
1:18:08 — Noah’s Links + Outro
Noah’s Links
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Ana Marquez once sold a fake Chanel purse for $400.
Why?
Because she needed a bankroll.
Back in business.
25NL, here she comes.
That is a pretty perfect Ana Marquez origin story.
Ana grew up in Málaga, Spain, came to America for school, studied history and economics at American University, and somehow ended up writing her thesis on poker.
Not playing poker.
Writing about poker.
Then she found the underground Maryland games.
Then Borgata.
Then online poker.
Then the Maryland crew.
Then PCA.
Then Black Friday.
Then PokerStars.
Then 888.
Then ACR.
Then Triton.
And somewhere in the middle of all that, her dad found a stash of cash and thought something terrible was going on.
Ana had to explain bankroll management.
In this episode of The Table 1 Podcast, Ana joins Art Parmann and Justin Young to tell the full story:
♠️ Growing up in Spain and being too competitive for family game night
♥️ Learning five-card draw from her mom with chickpeas
♦️ Almost getting caught tagging graffiti while her dad took pictures
♣️ Moving to Washington D.C. for school
♠️ Studying World War I, World War II, diplomacy, and military strategy
♥️ Discovering poker through friends in college
♦️ Sitting behind a friend for 13 hours at Borgata
♣️ Playing underground Maryland games with the crew that would become poker legends
♠️ Writing her thesis on how tournament poker changed society’s view of the game
♥️ Her dad finding her poker cash and assuming the worst
♦️ Selling a fake Chanel purse to reload for 25NL
♣️ Her first huge live run at PCA
♠️ Winning big online right before Black Friday
♥️ Somehow dodging disaster because her dad told her to get the money off the computer
♦️ Becoming a PokerStars Team Pro
♣️ Getting dropped even while ranked #1 in Spain
♠️ Winning the Hollywood Poker Open
♥️ Why she likes being completely alone during deep tournament runs
♦️ Taking a health break at the worst possible time
♣️ Falling behind during the solver boom
♠️ Rebuilding during quarantine
♥️ Returning to cash games
♦️ Private games in Dubai
♣️ ACR, Triton, Jeju “poker jail,” and what she is chasing now
This is one of those poker stories that does not feel planned.
It feels like someone kept following the next weird door.
A thesis became a bankroll.
A fake purse became a reload.
A hidden cash stash became a family meeting.
And somehow, all of it became a poker career.
👇 Drop a comment:
What is the strangest thing you’ve ever sold to get back in action?
Show Notes
00:00 — Intro + Ana Marquez
01:37 — Growing Up In Spain
05:20 — Good Grades, Bad Student
06:04 — Graffiti, Family & Moving To America
12:13 — American University + The Poker Thesis
13:28 — Discovering Poker
16:30 — Borgata + Underground Maryland Games
19:41 — Dad Finds The Cash
21:22 — The Fake Chanel Bankroll Reload
22:29 — Early Online Poker Grind
30:27 — PCA Breakthrough Run
34:03 — Black Friday Changes Everything
37:25 — PokerStars Team Pro Era
39:35 — Getting Dropped While Ranked #1 In Spain
43:44 — Hollywood Poker Open + Live Tournament Life
49:03 — Why She Plays Best Alone
55:31 — Health Breaks, Solvers & Falling Behind
1:01:37 — Quarantine Rebuild
1:06:39 — Back To Cash Games
1:12:04 — ACR, Dubai & Private Games
1:19:41 — Triton, Jeju & What’s Next
Ana’s Links
Website:
https://anamarquezpoker.com
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/anamarquezpoker
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Garrett Adelstein doesn’t have hobbies.
He has obsessions.
Poker.
Money.
Chess.
Fitness.
Survivor.
Writing.
Whatever it is, Garrett doesn’t dabble.
He disappears into it.
That obsession made him one of the most feared cash-game players in the world.
It also nearly broke him.
Everyone knows Jack-Four.
Everyone has an opinion.
But this episode is not just about one hand.
It’s about the kind of person who could grind his way from Tucson home games to nosebleed LA cash, build a reputation as poker’s golden boy, become one of the most watched players in the livestream era, and then watch public perception flip almost overnight.
It’s about the cost of being all-in on everything.
In this episode of The Table 1 Podcast, Garrett joins Art Parmann and Justin Young to talk through the full ride:
♠️ Growing up in Tucson with money always on his mind
♥️ Being obsessed with achievement, school, chess, and winning
♦️ Staring at a law school personal statement at 2 a.m. and realizing he couldn’t do it
♣️ Finding poker and getting completely consumed by it
♠️ Running up a massive online bankroll, then losing almost everything
♥️ Rebuilding from zero with brutal self-imposed rules
♦️ Black Friday and the shift from online poker to live cash
♣️ Moving to LA and grinding the legendary Commerce games
♠️ The rise of Live at the Bike and stream poker fame
♥️ The Jack-Four hand, the tweet, the backlash, and what he wishes he handled differently
♦️ Why he has barely played poker since
♣️ Spending four years and 60 hours a week writing Beneath the Cards
♠️ The Bellagio degen story: drunk flips, Alan Keating, a $500K swing, and a trash bag full of cash
♥️ How EDC and electronic music became one of the most important things in his life
We also get into:
why Garrett says he was already “1.9 feet out the poker door”
how public games became private-game warfare
why poker fame can be dangerous
what therapy changed for him
why money did not solve what he thought it would
what the poker world gets wrong about him
and why writing the book became the new obsession.
This one is not just a Jack-Four episode.
It’s a Garrett episode.
The hand is part of the story.
But obsession is the story.
👇 Drop a comment:
Can obsession make you great without eventually costing you something?
Show Notes
00:00 — Obsession: Poker, Survivor, School & The Book
06:55 — Childhood, Money & Tucson
09:24 — First Jobs, Umpiring & Restaurants
17:07 — School, Arizona & The “Respectable” Path
19:41 — Law School Personal Statement Meltdown
21:17 — Telling His Parents He Was Choosing Poker
25:04 — Chess, Games & Early Poker Obsession
28:00 — Online Poker + Two Plus Two
31:03 — Almost A Million… Then Going Broke
36:47 — Rock Bottom + The List That Rebuilt Him
40:19 — Black Friday Changes Everything
42:40 — Moving To LA & Commerce Cash Games
47:11 — Cutthroat Game Selection + Poker Politics
52:40 — Live At The Bike Begins
56:29 — Why People Loved Watching Garrett Play
1:00:38 — The Jack-Four Conversation
1:03:23 — From Loved To Public Enemy Overnight
1:03:56 — The Tweet He Wishes He Could Take Back
1:09:05 — Five-ish Poker Sessions In Four Years
1:11:43 — Writing, Coaching & Working Harder Than Ever
1:13:26 — Selling A Poker Memoir Outside Poker
1:16:21 — Bellagio Degen Story Begins
1:18:01 — Down Huge → Winning $600K In Flips
1:19:24 — The 2,000 Big Blind Pot
1:20:31 — EDC Changes Everything
1:23:13 — The $300K Trash Bag
1:25:00 — Garrett’s Links + Outro
Garrett’s Links
Website / Socials / Book:
https://garrettadelstein.com
Book — Beneath the Cards:
https://a.co/d/0bkquERr
Upswing Poker Course:
https://upswingpoker.com/garrett-adelstein-course-waitlist
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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 poker fame that came from everyone being able to see your cards.
And now?
He’s starting over.
Not because he has to.
Because he wants to.
In this episode of The Table 1 Podcast, Andy Stacks joins Art Parmann and Justin Young to talk through the whole ride:
♠️ Growing up between Taiwan, the Bay Area, and LA
♥️ Finding poker during the Moneymaker boom
♦️ Sneaking into poker rooms before he was old enough
♣️ Majoring in art and working as a graphic designer
♠️ Jumping stakes way too fast
♥️ Quitting his job with a very questionable bankroll
♦️ Playing no-cap 10/20 with two bullets left
♣️ Grinding every LA casino and private game he could find
♠️ Getting raided mid-hand while up $10K
♥️ Battling the toughest Bellagio cash games during the WSOP
♦️ Becoming a Live at the Bike staple
♣️ Playing massive streamed cash games on his own dime
♠️ COVID timing, GG, Taiwan, and Game of Gold
♥️ Leaving high-stakes cash to start over in tournaments
♦️ Building the Andy Stacks Poker vlog
We also get into:
why private games matter
why the best pros stay private
what stream poker did to high-stakes cash
how ego can wreck a bankroll
why tournament poker feels like heartbreak
why cash-game players struggle with short stacks
and why Andy is willing to look bad in public while learning something new.
This one is not just a cash-game story.
It’s about getting good at one thing…
then having the guts to be a beginner again.
👇 Drop a comment:
Would you rather be a cash-game crusher or chase tournament glory?

Andy’s Links
YouTube: Andy Stacks Poker
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She was rated 1400 for years.In a family of champions.Her father, a chess champion. Her brother, 2200 and climbing. And Jennifer,stuck — while people talked behind her back about why the kid in the family ofgeniuses couldn't play.Then, at 14, it clicked.1400 to 2200 inside two years. One of the youngest female masters in thecountry. Two US championships.And in the middle of that run, she won a beautiful game against a much strongerplayer — and found a note waiting on her board the next round."Jennifer, it is not nice to cheat with help from friends."She won that one anyway. She was on a roll.In this episode of The Table 1 Podcast, Jennifer Shahade joins Art Parmann andJustin Young for the whole ride:♠️ The mother who was the first female full professor of chemistry at Drexel —and ran a sports book on the side♥️ The overnight Greyhound she took alone at 16 to win a title, and the trophyshe left in the luggage compartment♦️ Why chess players go broke at poker, and what money means in a game thatdoesn't have any♣️ Blowing up her own career to name a grandmaster — and coming out the otherside as an ambassador for US ChessWe also get into:- Teaching her son chess, and the day he told her to stop letting him win- Winning a national championship and oversleeping the live TV interview- Push/shove ranges at the WSOP before anyone played that way ("they just hated me")- Chess boxing, and why the Team USA tryouts were three days ago in Vegas- Her NAPT third-place run, and why being friendly at the table makes youmonstrously strong- Writing Thinking Sideways — and catching herself feeling the exact cognitivebias she wrote aboutThis isn't a strategy episode.It's about what it costs to be the first one to say something — and what ittakes to keep playing after.👇 Drop a comment:Is calling someone out publicly ever the right first move, or always the last resort?--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Show Notes00:00 — Intro + How To Say Shahade 02:18 — Philly, Chess Family & Her Bookie Mom 05:37 — Growing Up Around Chess 09:08 — Greyhound Bus To A Junior Title 10:31 — Process, Pressure & Teaching Her Son 14:41 — Judit Polgar, Kasparov & Chess Drama 18:07 — Cheating Accusations In Chess 22:05 — NYU, New York Chess & National Titles 26:01 — Poker Enters The Picture 30:22 — Online vs. Live: Pattern Recognition vs. Thinking 33:44 — Chess Tells, Poker Tells & A Rivalry Story 35:19 — First WSOP Ladies Event 41:10 — Sunday Million, EPTs & The Poker Travel Bug 42:51 — Thinking Sideways + Recent Poker Heater 45:44 — Black Friday & The Shift To Live Poker 48:38 — PokerStars, Women’s Initiatives & Isle of Man 52:26 — Chess vs. Poker: Bluffing, Money & Tilt 55:26 — Ladies Events + Building Women’s Poker 1:00:00 — NAPT Final Table Run 1:03:06 — The Grid Podcast 1:05:21 — WSOP Summer Plans + Mixed Games 1:07:31 — Whistleblowing, Risk & Support From Poker 1:12:45 — Socials, Substack & Thinking Sideways --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jennifer's Links:https://JenniferShahade.comhttps://x.com/JenShahadehttps://www.instagram.com/JenShahade--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Table 1 Links:https://table1.vegashttps://x.com/table1vegashttps://instagram.com/table1vegas