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Taylor Caby didn’t set out to change poker.
He set out to get a job.
Finance degree.
University of Illinois.
Do well in school → get hired → make money.
That was the plan.
Poker was just something on the side.
A few home games.
$20 buy-ins.
Messing around with friends.
Then online poker showed up.
And the first problem?
He couldn’t even deposit.
He asked his dad to use the credit card.
Dad said yes.
Mom said no.
So for six months… he played freerolls.
Grinding for pennies.
Eventually he figured it out and loaded about $30–$35 online.
That was the bankroll.
Six months later?
He wins a tournament for $3,000.
By the end of the year:
He’s made $50,000 playing online poker.
In college.
And within another year…
He’s playing some of the biggest games on the internet.
Then something bigger happened.
He realized something nobody else had figured out yet:
People weren’t losing because they were unlucky.
They were losing because they didn’t understand the game.
So he started recording how he played.
Not as a business.
Just something to put on a resume.
That became CardRunners.
The first real poker training site.
And almost overnight…
Players got better.
Games got tougher.
And suddenly…
People started saying he was ruining poker.
From there:
♠️ Built one of the most influential poker businesses ever
♥️ Played high-stakes online against the best in the world
♦️ Partnered with Full Tilt during the poker boom
♣️ Watched it all collapse on Black Friday
And here’s the part most people miss:
He saw it coming.
The whole thing, in his words, “felt like a mirage.”
Then he did something most poker players never do.
He walked away.
Built a DFS company.
Lost money.
Went back to gambling.
Then built another business…
Establish The Run.
Same idea as CardRunners.
Different game.
In this episode of The Table 1 Podcast, Taylor joins Art Parmann and Justin Young to break down:
♠️ Turning $35 into $50K (and beyond)
♠️ The early days of online poker (and how soft it was)
♠️ Building CardRunners from a dorm room
♠️ Why players said he “ruined the game”
♠️ The truth about Black Friday
♠️ Starting (and losing money on) a DFS company
♠️ What he learned about business vs poker
♠️ How Establish The Run was built
If you want to understand how poker evolved from chaos… to strategy… and what it actually takes to build an edge twice… this episode is a must-listen.
Show Notes:
0:33 — Intro & early poker impact
2:00 — Childhood & early competitive mindset
5:30 — Discovering poker in high school
10:00 — College & finance path
15:00 — First online poker experience
17:00 — Grinding $5 sit-n-gos
22:00 — First big tournament win
23:00 — $50K in college
25:00 — Moving into high stakes
28:00 — Heads-up battles & rivalries
31:00 — Origin of CardRunners
34:00 — Building the business
38:00 — First big success (and shutdown scare)
40:00 — Scaling CardRunners
47:00 — Transition into business focus
50:00 — Attempting to sell to Full Tilt
53:00 — Black Friday impact
55:00 — Pivot to DFS (DraftDay)
59:00 — Why DFS failed
1:03:00 — Playing DFS professionally
1:05:00 — Starting Establish The Run
1:12:00 — Business today
1:20:00 — Closing thoughts
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Twitter / X: https://x.com/TaylorCaby
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Brandon Wilson’s path to the top of poker is anything but normal.
Before becoming one of the most successful tournament players in the world with over $11 million in live earnings, Brandon’s journey included:
• A journalism degree from Northwestern
• An internship at Al Jazeera in Qatar
• A stint as a rapper in New Orleans
• Teaching yoga and meditation
• Grinding $10 online tournaments during COVID
…and somehow that path led him to the biggest stages in poker.
In this episode of The Table 1 Podcast, Brandon joins Art Parmann and Justin Young to talk about the mindset, preparation, and wild life journey that took him from broke artist to elite high-stakes crusher.
Along the way we cover:
♠ The moment he fell in love with poker during lockdown
♠ Why meditation didn’t stop him from tilting
♠ Getting called a “cancer” at his first live cash game
♠ The discipline behind studying every single hand he’s ever questioned
♠ The reality of playing $125K and $250K tournaments
♠ Why he doesn’t coach poker (and probably never will)
♠ The mindset required to compete at the very top of the game
Brandon also shares stories from Triton, the WSOP, high-stakes backing deals, and the grind required to reach the highest levels of poker.
If you want to understand what it takes to become one of the most prepared players in poker, this episode is a must-watch.
Show Notes:
1:22 — Paris trip & tournament grind
2:46 — Brandon’s first podcast appearance
4:12 — First live cash game & early poker mistakes
7:49 — Going back to the beginning (childhood)
11:13 — School, college & journalism
12:24 — Al Jazeera internship in Qatar
18:23 — Post-college identity crisis
19:28 — Acting school attempt
20:29 — Rap career in New Orleans
23:20 — Discovering yoga & meditation
25:22 — COVID lockdown & discovering poker
27:19 — Studying poker & meeting Dominik Nitsche
34:41 — Desire to reach the top of poker
40:28 — Getting backed & bankroll strategy
47:49 — First big poker score
59:22 — Triton $50K final table run
1:03:38 — Playing $125K tournaments
1:07:50 — Life on the high-stakes circuit
1:13:23 — WSOP goals & chasing a bracelet
1:16:13 — Why Brandon doesn’t coach
1:19:02 — Social media & closing thoughts
Connect with Brandon Wilson
Twitter / X: https://x.com/BrandonWPoker
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Before poker ever entered the picture, Kenna had already lived a few lifetimes. Actor. Mime. Clown. Waiter on Rodeo Drive. Then somehow…a traveling poker pro sitting next to legends during the early poker boom.
In this episode of The Table 1 Podcast, Art (https://x.com/artparmann) and Justin (https://x.com/justinyoung07) sit down with one of poker’s true originals — Kenna James.
From deep runs during the Moneymaker era to wild prop bets with Mike Sexton, Kenna’s journey through poker is unlike anyone else’s.
But this episode goes deeper than results.
Kenna opens up about the emotional highs and brutal lows of the game — losing everything, rebuilding his life, and eventually turning his experience into a philosophy of coaching that blends poker, psychology, and personal growth.
It’s a story about ambition, ego, mistakes, second chances… and learning how to win the game beyond the felt.
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In this episode of The Table 1 Podcast, John Aguiar (aka “Fatal Error”) shares his journey from early online poker grinder to WSOP bracelet winner to DraftKings executive. We discuss the poker boom, 25/50 short stacking, Black Friday, Playa del Carmen grind houses, being staked by Tom Dwan, and how daily fantasy sports evolved just like poker did. If you love poker history, high-stakes online stories, and behind-the-scenes DFS insights, this episode is packed.
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Andrew “AMO4SHO” Moreno joins Art Parmann (https://x.com/artparmann) & Justin Young (https://x.com/JustinYoung07) for a wide-ranging poker life story that starts in small-stakes online heads-up battles…and somehow ends with a $1.4M Wynn Millions score.
All while coaching, staking, and trying to balance the tournament grind with being a husband + super dad.
We talk:
the true origin of “AMO4SHO” (and sibling rivalry)
quitting college the moment poker “clicked”
the degenerate heads-up era (when nobody had tools and everyone was kinda bad)
the $3,300 online sit-n-go where he triple-barreled ace high for his bankroll…then took a limo to celebrate and met his wife, Kristy
building (and later taking over) a live cash-game stable + coaching mindset
leveling up into tournaments with Chris Brewer coaching
the run that turned into Win Millions and a life-changing score
why the PokerGO Studio can be “too fun” (aka: too easy to fire more bullets)
travel costs, taxes, and why he’s playing less this year
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Show Notes
00:00 Justin’s Therapy Session
03:45 Early Life & Gaming
12:15 Finding Poker & Choosing Heads Up Sit n Go’s
24:00 Justin The Celebrity!
27:10 The Night He Met His Wife
30:30 Getting Backing & How to Run A Stable Without Going Broke
41:30 Getting into Tournaments & Chris Brewer Coaching
44:07 The Wynn Millions $1.4 Milly Win
52:14 The Tourney Bug
55:43 PGT Thoughts
59:10 Family Changes Things
1:03:50 Coaching & The Future
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