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Episode 488: Nate Meets Joel

December 1, 2025 · 2 h 10 min

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It’s an epic meeting of the minds as former Thinking Poker host Nate Meyvis meets guest extraordinaire Joel Porter-Dias to discuss the NBA/poker cheating scandal, AI poker coaching, poetry, trivia, and more!

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NATE MEYVIS

Nate Meyvis is a software engineer and a former professional poker player and original co-host of the Thinking Poker Podcast.

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Joel Porter-Dias is a poet who has earned a living from gambling for over thirty years. He has also been a DJ, a computer programmer, and probably a few other things we didn’t even get to ask him about. His book Ideas of Improvisation is available from Thread Makes Blanket Press.

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