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The Karol Markowicz ShowKarol Markowicz Show: Poker, Friendship, and Life Lessons with Shane SchlegerIn this episode, Karol Markowicz is joined by Shane Schleger, a poker player and writer, who shares his journey into poker, the evolution of the game, and its strategic elements. They reminisce about their friendship and discuss the broader life lessons from poker. The episode concludes with reflections on gratitude, connection, and the importance of self-awareness in relationships. The Karol Markowicz Show is part of the Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Podcast Network - new episodes debut every Wednesday & Friday. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2025-02-0731 min
Yo Twitter, Is There Anybody Home?Norman Chad has been hacked on Twitter -- and Twitter is unreachable. Plus the world's 10 highest-paid athletes, a six-leg parlay turns $15 into $1.36 million and a cannabis chat with cannabis sage Shane Schleger. All this in another installment of Gambling Mad. If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here
2021-07-0200 min
Chasing Poker Greatness#129 Shane Schleger: Poker's Antihero w/ $1.4 Million in Live MTT CashesToday’s guest on the Chasing Poker Greatness podcast is longtime poker professional Shane Schleger.Shane has racked up $1.4 million in tracked live MTT cashes throughout his poker career.Shane’s life as a poker professional has had its fair share of ups and downs (Basically like pretty much every other poker player's life I know) and he has written extensively about his past battles with addiction.And even though we don’t cover that chapter of his life in our conversation, I just wanna state for the record that it takes a mountain of cou...
2021-03-261h 23
The Chip RaceThe Lock-In - Shane SchlegerThis week, Shane Schleger is locked-in and balancing out the strong views held by our hosts Dara O’Kearney and David Lappin.
The lads kick off by pointing to some patented ‘Chip Race Run Good’ as their last guest Jack Hardcastle just took down the WPT Montreal. They talk at length about the high profile heads-up duels - the Galfond Challenge and the Polk/Negreanu Grudge Match, the latter of which took some rollercoaster twists and turns of late.
The conversation then moves to the recent high profile multi-accounting scandal involving Winamax’s Ivan Deyra before turning to more personal reflecti...
2021-02-031h 15The Chip RaceThe Chip Race - Season 13 Episode 4 - Shane Schleger Luciana Manolea Patrick Leonard Simon SanchezOn this week’s show, Dara and David are joined by blast from the past, the charismatic Shane Schleger. They also sit down with the enchanting online beast, Luciana Manolea. The always astute Patrick Leonard takes them through a sick hand he played versus WPT champion Nick Petrangelo. French poker player and Youtuber Simon Sanchez stops by. Plus, there is a news and results round-up from Ian Simpson.
2020-09-061h 25
Dope StoriesDope Stories 028 - ReunionThe reunion show! Shane shares stories from a recent trip to Jamaica. Pauly and Shane discuss the George Clinton (Parliament-Funkadelic) memoir. Shane has a new-found respect for Phish after attending a show at the L.A. Forum. Pauly describes an intense psychedelic experience in Las Vegas over Halloween. Finally, Pauly explains the new direction of his upcoming novel, Fried Peaches.
2015-02-1047 min
Dope StoriesDope Stories 027 - This Is The EndDescription: Shane explains how he arrived at the difficult decision to end Dope Stories after 27 episodes. Shane and Pauly reminisce about their favorite moments from the show, and they also briefly discuss the New York Times op-ed series supporting the legalization of marijuana. Pauly shares a Las Vegas story about dropping LSD at the World Series of Poker on the day Phil Hellmuth made a grandiose entrance dressed as Julius Caesar. Dope Media includes Drunk History, WTF Podcast with The Amazing Jonathan, Graham Hancock's banned Ted talk, and Pauly’s upcoming novel Fried Peaches.
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2014-07-3153 min
Dope StoriesDope Stories 026 - Phish TourPauly returns from two weeks on the road following Phish and Shane asks him about his travels in New York, Detroit, and Chicago. Other topics include: sleep as a drug, the nitrous mafia, Phish as a religion and what is a wook? Dope Media includes Down the Rabbit Hole (a novel by Juan Pablo Villalobos) and Michael Walker's book on Laurel Canyon.
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2014-07-2451 min
Dope StoriesDope Stories 025 - Turbo: Mexicali BluesIn this special "Turbo" vacation episode, Pauly asks Shane about living in Mexico as an online poker exile. Shane answers the popular question "Is Mexico dangerous?" and he describes his weekly routine commuting from Santa Monica to Rosarito Beach, Mexico.
2014-07-1720 min
Dope StoriesDope Stories 024 - Turbo: Sean AzzaritiIn this special "Turbo" episode, Pauly interviews marijuana activist and veterans advocate Sean Azzariti. Sean talks about the controversial dismissal of medicinal marijuana researcher, Dr. Sue Sisley. Sean updates us on his recent work with Grow4Vets, which offers free cannabis for military veterans. Sean also explains how medicinal marijuana helps him and other Iraq War vets deal with PTSD.
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2014-07-1020 min
Dope StoriesDope Stories 023 - Degens of SummerShane returns from Vegas, where he played poker with Michael Borovetz, a degenerate gambler most known for scamming people at airports. Shane and Pauly discuss heroin experimentation, while Pauly explains how he's too busy with work to be a full-blown junkie. Dope Media selections include Kid Cannabis film and 112 Weddings documentary.
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2014-07-0349 min
Dope StoriesDopes Stories 022 - Jordan MorganShane is on the road in Las Vegas and calls Pauly in the studio. They interview professional poker player Jordan Morgan moments after he won a tournament and his first World Series of Poker bracelet. Morgan was recently prescribed Adderall and he explains how the cognitive enhancer drug turned his life around. Shane and Pauly discuss Electric Daisy Carnival, Shane's worst festival experience, and Pauly's worst Phish show in Vermont. Shane also asks Pauly about his writing methods and inspiration behind his new novel, Fried Peaches. Dope Media includes True Romance (film recommended by Jordan Morgan), How I Hacked...
2014-06-261h 06
Dope StoriesDope Stories 021 - Dope EconomiesShane returned from a long weekend in Vegas and asks Pauly about an article in The Believer about the future of marijuana growers in the Northern California's Emerald Triangle. Pauly explains how wholesale weed prices dropped dramatically over the last 10 years. Shane and Pauly discuss the documentary Crackhouse USA, in which narcotics police in Rockford, Illinois set up surveillance inside a stash house. Pauly remarks on the 44th anniversary of Dock Ellis pitching a no-hitter while under the influence of LSD and speed. Dope Media included Dead Prez and Michael Rappaport's documentary "Beats, Rhymes and Life" about A Tribe...
2014-06-1940 min
Dope StoriesDope Stories 020 - Dr. Shuglin, MDMA, and the New Reefer MadnessThe passing of chemist Dr. Alexander 'Sasha' Shulgin, a.k.a. the Godfather of Psychedelics, inspired a discussion on MDMA. Dr. Shuglin perfected MDMA in the 1970s and authored two books about his psychedelic discoveries like 2C-B and DOM. Pauly reminds us about Dr. Shulgin's philosophy on self-experimentation and his message about psychedelics: "Use them with care." Shane and Pauly warn listeners about the wave of severe depression that accompanies heavy usage of MDMA. Shane reveals an affinity for chocolate and Pauly delves into his recent addiction to Two Dots. Shane sounds off the new 'Reefer Madness' in the...
2014-06-1248 min
Dope StoriesDope Stories 019 - Lost VegasThe theme this week is "Las Vegas as a drug" and the nonstop temptations of Sin City. Pauly explains how he chats up strippers and other elements of the dark side of Las Vegas. Shane shares a couple of classic Vegas sex stories including the Glove Scam and he gives tips on how not to get rolled by a hooker. Shane started reading Pauly's book "Lost Vegas: The Redneck Riviera, Existentialist Conversations with Strippers, and the World Series of Poker" and asks Pauly about the book's origins and his Vegas psychedelic experiences from the 1990s. This week's Dope Media...
2014-06-0549 min
Dope StoriesDope Stories 018 - We Are So HighShane and Pauly sound off on a recent episode of This American Life "I Was So High." Shane has issues with Ira Glass' Us vs. Them theme and Alex Blumberg's segment about his pothead father. Pauly claims he can spot which chefs on Top Chef are high. Shane touches upon recent articles about Harm Reduction in the Guardian and Buzzfeed's Buzzreads, which brought attention to different programs to help heroin users in NYC and cocaine users in the U.K. Dope Media includes Howard Stern's interviewing Doug Stanhope and Billy Joel, and a book on the Oral History of...
2014-05-2952 min
Dope StoriesDope Stories 017 - I Get High With A Lil Help From StrangersShane and Pauly swap different dope stories involving strangers. Shane's stories include his first crack experience, getting stoned with his friend Dee Dee and two German tourists, and meeting a Dutch traveler who helped shape his mind about traveling. Pauly's stories include hanging out with spies in Amsterdam hash bars, gambling on basketball with British ex-pats in Jamaica, and following Phish in Japan and meeting local hippies.
2014-05-2255 min
Dope StoriesDope Stories 016 - Guests "High Maintenance"Shane and Pauly interview Ben Sinclair and Katja Blichfeld, the co-creators of High Maintenance, which is a critically acclaimed web series about a weed delivery guy in NYC who encounters an eclectic pastiche of customers and characters. This interview was conducted at Thank You for Coming in Atwater Village.
2014-05-1548 min
Dope StoriesDope Stories 015 - Acid Test, Part 2: FurthurDescription: Shane gifts Pauly a vinyl copy of Europe '72 by the Grateful Dead. John Lennon reminds us to thank the CIA and U.S. Army for LSD. Shane reviews the Magic Trip documentary and explains why he wouldn't want to travel on the Furthur bus with the Merry Pranksters. Shane and Pauly discuss Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and why Kesey's problems with the film version of his novel. Other stories include Shane's trip on a Green Tortoise adventure tour, teenaged Pauly "adopted" by older hippies on Grateful Dead tour, and Shane's encounter with a...
2014-05-0854 min
Dope StoriesDope Stories 014 - The Acid TestPauly read Acid Dreams (book by Martin A. Lee) and shared his notes with Shane that includes Timothy Leary at Millbrook, the CIA buying 100 million hits of LSD from Sandoz labs in Switzerland, Ken Kesey & the Merry Pranksters, Neal Cassady driving the Furthur bus, the history of the Acid Tests, the Grateful Dead dosing Playboy bunnies, and the time Allen Ginsberg gave Psilocybin to Theolnious Monk. Shane re-examines his initial experimentation with psychedelics (including a DMT experience on Halloween) leading up to his psychotic breakdown in Amsterdam. Dope Media included Silicon Valley (new show on HBO), Magic Trip documentary...
2014-05-0156 min
Dope StoriesDope Stories 013 - The 4/20 ShowSpecial episode to commemorate 420 Day. Half-baked festivities included sampling pre-rolled joints, vaping "Brown Sugar" shatter, and setting off the smoke detector in Pauly's office. Shane and Pauly had a brief discussion about Gimme Shelter, the documentary on the Rolling Stones and Altamont. Shane told a story about losing an ounce of weed and drinking shroom tea on Easter and tripping at Roseland Ballroom. Dope Media included Dave Chappelle/Neal Brennan, What You Want Is in the Limo by Michael Walker, Don't Look Back (Bob Dylan documentary by D.A. Pennebaker), and Seven Ages of Rock documentary.
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2014-04-2449 min
Dope StoriesDope Stories 012 - International DopePauly's girlfriend shares a lost in translation story from London. Shane tells a couple crazy tales about trying to score in Europe and in the Bahamas (including a night involving a character named Mack Daddy). Pauly talks about his first visit to the Christiania "green-light district" in Copenhagen, along with the time he was accused of being a CIA agent in Uruguay. Pauly also tells of the time he met Kate Hudson backstage at Big Day Out music festival in Australia. Dope Media includes books by Tom Davis, Geoff Dyer, and Russell Banks, and the most recent episode of...
2014-04-1757 min
Dope StoriesDope Stories 011 - Sean Azzariti, Medicinal Marijuana ActivistShane and Pauly interview medicinal marijuana activist and Iraq War veteran Sean Azzariti, who uses marijuana to treat his PTSD. Sean is best-known for being the first person to ever buy legal weed in Denver, Colorado on Jan 1, 2014. Sean explains how he got tapped to be the first recreational buyer and how he's working on a bill to get PTSD listed as one of the approved conditions for medicinal marijuana in Colorado. Sean sheds a little insight into his two tours in Iraq with the Marines, including getting bribed with giant bags of hashish, plus treacherous encounters with camel...
2014-04-101h 05
Dope StoriesDope Stories 010 - Ridin' DirtyShane roadtripped to New Mexico and calls into the Dope Stories studios to chat with Pauly. Shane tells his infamous Amtrak story involving a near bust. Pauly tells a few stories about using a Jedi mind trick with a security guard, an encounter with a drug dog checkpoint on a Kansas freeway, and the time he randomly met Bill Murray in NYC. This week's Dope Media included: High Maintenance, Gil Scott-Heron, Mistaken for Strangers (documentary film), A.K.A. Tommy Chong (documentary), Murder City by Charles Bowden (book about Juarez, Mexico), Lost in America/Easy Rider, and the new...
2014-04-031h 02
Dope StoriesBROKE STORIESShane and Pauly created a new podcast about going broke. Pauly's broke stories include shoplifting CDs in the East Village, meeting a weed dealer at a country club in Atlanta, selling his hair in Seattle, losing a $6,000 bet on a March Madness basketball game, blowing his poker winnings on Phish tour, and getting stiffed by a Costa Rican bookie. Shane's broke stories include winning his first prop bet inside a Bronx diner, panhandling for 25 cents to take a crosstown bus, betting/losing on tennis matches during summer camp in Maine, and taking a wrong turn along the way to...
2014-04-0156 min
Dope StoriesDope Stories 009 - Media DopeShane shares some lyrical insight he grokked from Dead Prez and Wu-Tang Clan. Shane and Pauly discuss the Gus Van Sant film Drugstore Cowboy. Pauly's Dope Media suggestions include a biography on David Foster Wallace and podcasts with Duncan Tressell, Amber Lyon, and Dean Delray. Shane watched Drugs, Inc.: Jamaica. Also, Shane explains his recent run in a poker tournament and how $151,000 is not really what it seems.
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2014-03-2741 min
Dope StoriesDope Stories 008 - Dr. Carl Hart, author of High PriceShane and Pauly interview Dr. Carl Hart, Columbia University professor of neuroscience and the author of High Price. Dr. Hart shares the straight dope on certain drug myths. He spoke on numerous topics including his experiments on behavior in crack users, how there's no scientific evidence for addictive personalities, the importance of clever campaigns explaining the real effects of drugs, the dangers of mixing drugs with alcohol and other drugs, a letter he wrote to his son about how to use drugs safely, and his problem with David Simon's The Wire.
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2014-03-201h 09
Dope StoriesDope Stories 007 - World Series of Poker champion Greg MersonShane and Pauly interview 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Greg Merson. During their discussion, Merson reveals how poker was both his downfall and savior while he battled an addiction to cocaine and prescription opiates. Within a year of getting clean, Merson won the WSOP Main Event. Merson currently travels the international circuit and playing in high roller tournaments and the biggest stakes cash games, yet he knows that a potential relapse is lurking around every corner. After the interview, DJ Trent gets schooled on basic poker concepts that Greg mentioned.
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2014-03-1357 min
Poker Fraud Alert RadioDruff & Friends - 03/05/2014 - Second Coming of JesusChris "Jesus" Ferguson apparently plans to come back to poker for the WSOP. Druff analyzes the alleged collusion/softplay at the Medium Stakes Poker Tour in Minnesota. A former light heavyweight boxer was arrested for bad debt to Wynn. Harrah's in Atlantc City is being sued for an alleged assault against guests by security, but is it really as bad as it appears? Shane Schleger makes an surprising admission on slate.com that he has smoked crack for the past 15 years. Druff looks at the current lives of each of the WSOP Main Event champions since the year 2000. Bitcoin seems...
2014-03-063h 16
Dope StoriesDope Stories 006 - Tripping in the House I Live InDescription: Shane's crack article in Slate, 50 Cent documentary, Eugene Jarecki's drug war documentary "House I Live In", Shane's bad trips, Pauly's turbulent trip at Phish, Ken Kesey testing LSD for the CIA, Shane's friend busted for weed, web series High Maintenance, and Shane's experiences working for a marijuana delivery service in NYC.
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2014-03-0651 min
Dope StoriesDope Stories 005 - The Oxy YearsShane and Pauly discuss their origins in the NYC underground poker scene and how Pauly got hired to become a poker writer and reporter in Las Vegas. Pauly explains how a car accident in Vegas altered his life and quickly led to an addiction to prescription painkillers. The accident triggered two tumultuous years of soul searching while battling an addiction to OxyContin.
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2014-02-2746 min
Dope StoriesDope Stories 004 - Talkin' About Base: Crack 101Shane buys scratch off lottery tickets, Pauly discusses his chronic insomnia, and Shane reveals his experiences with crack cocaine. Also, Pauly has a theory that George Clinton is an alien.
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2014-02-2051 min
Dope StoriesDope Stories 003 - Start Up Dot Weed: The 2014 L.A. Cannabis CupAn overzealous landlord denies Shane new housing because of his affiliation with Dope Stories. Shane tells Pauly about what he missed at the L.A. Cannabis Cup. Dope Stories welcomes its first guest, DJ Trent, who shares his thoughts on the heavy tech influence and innovations on the burgeoning marijuana industry.
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2014-02-1353 min
Dope StoriesDope Stories 002 - The Uncool: Philip Seymour Hoffman RememberedSpecial episode in response to the OD death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. Shane and Pauly are impressed with Hoffman's haunting performance as compulsive gambler in Owning Mahowny. They also discuss the 90s heroin chic scene in NYC. Pauly shares a few OD stories (DMT, heroin, and the Seattle grunge scene). Shane recalls a James Brown heroin PSA.
2014-02-1147 min
Dope StoriesDope Stories 001 - A rational discussion about drug use.A rational discussion about drug use.
In this episode:
The first time Shane got high in the West Village.
The origins of Chemdog and the Kind Bud scene, via the Grateful Dead.
Marijuana, opiates, and the NFL.
How to get busted in Giuliani's NYC.
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2014-02-0546 min