PN Podcast: Galfond & McDonald Shut Up Shop, Polk's Texas Cardroom & Guest Maria Ho

<p>In the first <em>PokerNews</em> Podcast episode of the New Year, <strong>Sarah Herring</strong> and <strong>Chad Holloway</strong> talk about <strong>Doug Polk</strong>, <strong>Andrew Neeme</strong> & <strong>Brad Owen</strong> getting into the Texas card room game down in Austin, Polk's chat with the controversial <strong>Dan Bilzerian</strong>, and <strong>Mike McDonald</strong> and <strong>Phil Galfond</strong> closing up shop on <strong>PokerShares</strong> and <strong>Run It Once (RIO)</strong> respectively.</p> <p>They also recap <strong>Kyna England</strong> winning <strong>MSPT Season 12 Player of the Year</strong>, <strong>Masashi Oya</strong> winning the <strong>MSPT Venetian</strong> for $161,780, and the <strong>RunGood Poker Series (RGPS)</strong> kicking off their latest stop at Northern California's <strong>Thunder Valley Casino</strong>.</p> <p>Finally, they welcome guest <strong>Maria Ho</strong> to the show to talk about the new season of <strong><em>The Amazing Race</em></strong>, being best friends with <strong>Tiffany Michelle</strong>, her goals for 2022, and whether or not she'll be attending this year's <strong>Global Poker Awards</strong>.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Time Stamps</strong></span><br /> *Time|Topic*<br /> 00:24 | Welcome to the show<br /> 00:55 | Chad comes down with a case of COVID<br /> 03:48 | Doug Polk, Andrew Neeme & Brad Owen get into the Texas card room game<br /> 07:23 | Doug Polk chats with Dan Bilzerian<br /> 14:30 | New season of The Amazing Race premieres tonight!<br /> 16:15 | Guest Maria Ho joins the show<br /> 17:50 | Bonding over The Amazing Race<br /> 22:10 | Best friends with Tiffany Michelle<br /> 23:30 | How her family relates to her poker success<br /> 27:43 | Maria Ho’s 2022 poker goals<br /> 31:05 | What can we do to make poker more attractive to new players?<br /> 35:08 | What’s it like women playing against other women?<br /> 39:06 | Are you going to February’s Global Poker Awards?<br /> 40:54 | Sponsor: partypoker<br