John Curry on underground poker scene in New York

John Curry is quite familiar with the underground poker scene in New York and Philadelphia. We talked about how those games are organized, how they are run, and what kind of risks everybody’s taking. John shares some crazy personal anecdotes from the time when he was involved in that business, like the story about armed robbery in the game he was running. Expect plenty of fun facts and degen stories.

John is the author of We Run Bad. The story is set right after the housing market crash in the US. There are some really good anecdotes from the underground poker scene, some great characters. It’s dark, it’s funny and I really enjoyed it. I think most poker players would like this book, so check it out here https://amzn.to/3cEzxox

Follow John on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/curry_writer

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OUTLINE:

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:19 How John Curry got into writing

00:05:32 The casinos came to town

00:09:30 Moving to New York and sleeping on a couch for one year

00:11:18 The three generations of New York poker games

00:18:53 The gun incident

00:29:33 Running the first home game

00:38:19 Playing in your own game

00:40:14 New York

00:43:30 Why do people play in the underground games?

00:49:27 Casino legislation

00:53:28 The craziest thing that happened while running a home game

01:07:55 The stolen gun

01:18:38 New York home game raids

01:23:51 Home game rake

01:29:33 Rigged games

01:36:45 A word for nits

01:41:10 John Curry

01:44:40 Publishing the book

01:52:43 Self-publishing books

01:57:12 The thing with art

02:03:30 Process of writing a book

02:04:51 "We Run Bad"

02:10:05 Oh, what a loser

02:12:10 Give it a try

02:15:11 Movies

02:22:12 The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t with Her Mind

02:23:44 It's all about how it's written and how it is sold

02:30:03 GameStop short squeeze wave

02:55:07 Ponzi scheme

02:56:52 We Run Bad on Amazon

The Runchuks Podcast is dedicated to exploring the path of success for people who have reached the top both within and surrounding the poker industry. Each episode provides a fascinating insight into the mind of someone who has excelled in poker, business or life.
Runchuks brings specialized knowledge to his role as the host. He has been a professional poker player for the past 13 years and can be found in high-stakes PLO cash games around the world and on major online poker sites.

• No. of episodes: 42
• Latest episode: 2021-07-21
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