Poker Stories podcast: Bernard Lee on how poker became his passion and career

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Poker Stories is a long series of audio podcasts that interview the best players and personalities in the game. Each episode introduces you to a famous poker player and delves into his favorite stories both on and off the table.

Bernard Lee first learned the game from his father and later began playing seriously at Harvard, but the Julliard-trained pianist spent years working as a marketing manager before deciding to make poker his goal and profession.

In 2005, Lee made his first trip to the World Series of Poker and was featured in ESPN2005 coverage of the main event from 13th to 13th place, worth $51. Lee has since added a further 2 million in cash, including two WSOP Circuit rings and three WSOP Final tables in no-limit 2-7 lowball.

The 22-year-old is also a poker writer, he wrote for Card Player, Boston Herald , Metrowest Daily News and ESPN

where he hosted the show The Inside Deal. His radio show and podcast, The Bernard Lee Poker Show , recently celebrated its 14th anniversary and his latest book, Satellite Poker Success: Turn affordable buy-ins into shots into millions of wins , is now available from Amazon and D&B Publishing.

Highlights of this episode are the Ivory Tickling, his time at Harvard, unexpected surgical skills, early trips to Foxwoods, 22-year-old home play, Russell Rosenblum influence, obsession with WSOP, partying for $400,000 score, wearing a lot of hats in poker media, working in ESPN2005 along with Usain Bolt, interview Doyle Brunson and Jack Binion, losing a four-hour-long heads-up match for a bracelet, writing a poker book, Lose Yoursel Eminema f, clean money and dealing with the empty nest syndrome.

Catch up on past episodes with celebrities like Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu, Jennifer Harman, Bryn Kenney, Patrik Antonius, Justin Bonomo, Antonio Esfandiari, Nick Schulman, Barry Greenstein, Dan Smith, Mike Sexton, Maria Ho and many more. If you like what you hear, subscribe to automatically receive the latest episodes when they are released.

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