Sam Greenwood
@puntoftheday.com
Poker Player, Punt of the Day Author, and
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Reposted by Sam Greenwood
Not only is @puntoftheday.com blog the best, Sam kindly takes suggestions of hands to analyze, as he did today with a hand from the APT main.
I requested it because I would feel like puking facing a jam on the river, and puking usually = indifference. Heuristic held!
www.puntoftheday.com/p/potd-185
I requested it because I would feel like puking facing a jam on the river, and puking usually = indifference. Heuristic held!
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POTD #185 "Hand Of the Year" at APT Taipei
One of the most daring bluffs, I've seen all year, but is it a punt?
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December 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Not only is @puntoftheday.com blog the best, Sam kindly takes suggestions of hands to analyze, as he did today with a hand from the APT main.
I requested it because I would feel like puking facing a jam on the river, and puking usually = indifference. Heuristic held!
www.puntoftheday.com/p/potd-185
I requested it because I would feel like puking facing a jam on the river, and puking usually = indifference. Heuristic held!
www.puntoftheday.com/p/potd-185
Please more bits about "soccer" vs "football". There simply have not been enough.
December 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Please more bits about "soccer" vs "football". There simply have not been enough.
Everyone here seems to hate Nate Silver, so why don't you read about a poker hand he played poorly
www.puntoftheday.com/p/potd-179
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POTD #179 Nate Silver's NAPT Punt
A Thanksgiving Punt. Who will be Leon Lett? (yes it was technically a FG bear with me)
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November 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Everyone here seems to hate Nate Silver, so why don't you read about a poker hand he played poorly
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FREE POST: I analyze a mistake Maria Konnikova made in the North American Poker Tour event in Las Vegas. Tomorrow, I review a mistake made by her podcast host, the most beloved man on BlueSky, Nate Silver
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POTD #178 Winning Wednesday: Maria Konnikova's NAPT Punt
A hand from the $10k High Roller before her Second Chance victory (Photo: Risky Business YouTube page)
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November 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
FREE POST: I analyze a mistake Maria Konnikova made in the North American Poker Tour event in Las Vegas. Tomorrow, I review a mistake made by her podcast host, the most beloved man on BlueSky, Nate Silver
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It's leading week at POTD. I write about how to play versus leads and when to lead yourself. The first hand is unlocked for all and we have four more leading spots coming this week. Hope you enjoy the strained "lead" "led" pun in the splash image.
www.puntoftheday.com/p/potd-171
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November 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It's leading week at POTD. I write about how to play versus leads and when to lead yourself. The first hand is unlocked for all and we have four more leading spots coming this week. Hope you enjoy the strained "lead" "led" pun in the splash image.
www.puntoftheday.com/p/potd-171
www.puntoftheday.com/p/potd-171
Wrote about the hot button issue tearing up the poker world. When should tournaments start?
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Week In Review #34 November 10th - November 16th
What time should poker tournaments start?
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November 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Wrote about the hot button issue tearing up the poker world. When should tournaments start?
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In this week's free post I wrote about a hand where Brandon Wilson reps quads and David Coleman believes him
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POTD #164 Brandon Wilson Reps Quads vs David Coleman
Can David call and risk losing the purple jacket? (Photo: PokerGO)
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November 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
In this week's free post I wrote about a hand where Brandon Wilson reps quads and David Coleman believes him
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I don’t post on here that much because the cliche about people here being humourless scolds is often accurate, but the baseball posting here is much, much, much better
November 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I don’t post on here that much because the cliche about people here being humourless scolds is often accurate, but the baseball posting here is much, much, much better
Do you want the perspective on the Chauncey Billups style private games from someone who has never been invited to play them? Well do I have a treat for you
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Week in Review #32 October 27th - November 2nd
I write about Chauncey Billups and private games
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November 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Do you want the perspective on the Chauncey Billups style private games from someone who has never been invited to play them? Well do I have a treat for you
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Reposted by Sam Greenwood
I think Sam’s Substack is the only one I legit read every day (well the six out of seven days it’s published).
Like, the highest praise I can give it is that it makes me want to write about poker again.
Like, the highest praise I can give it is that it makes me want to write about poker again.
Free post: It's Halloween Week on POTD. What's scarier than losing $100k in 3 minutes, how about losing $300k in 3 hours? I did something the average Bluesky user would find even more horrifying, donating money to a billionaire. Read the free post below.
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POTD #156 Halloween Week Begins: I Try To Bluff a Billionaire
Ugly runouts, stupid bluffs and Talal Shakerchi owning me in today's hand.
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October 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I think Sam’s Substack is the only one I legit read every day (well the six out of seven days it’s published).
Like, the highest praise I can give it is that it makes me want to write about poker again.
Like, the highest praise I can give it is that it makes me want to write about poker again.
Free post: It's Halloween Week on POTD. What's scarier than losing $100k in 3 minutes, how about losing $300k in 3 hours? I did something the average Bluesky user would find even more horrifying, donating money to a billionaire. Read the free post below.
www.puntoftheday.com/p/potd-156-h...
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POTD #156 Halloween Week Begins: I Try To Bluff a Billionaire
Ugly runouts, stupid bluffs and Talal Shakerchi owning me in today's hand.
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October 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Free post: It's Halloween Week on POTD. What's scarier than losing $100k in 3 minutes, how about losing $300k in 3 hours? I did something the average Bluesky user would find even more horrifying, donating money to a billionaire. Read the free post below.
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www.puntoftheday.com/p/potd-156-h...
Wrote about a cheating scandal embroiling the poker world, before the news about a much bigger cheating scandal dropped. www.puntoftheday.com/p/week-in-re...
Week In Review #31
I write about Tony "Ren" Lin's ghosting scandal
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October 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Wrote about a cheating scandal embroiling the poker world, before the news about a much bigger cheating scandal dropped. www.puntoftheday.com/p/week-in-re...
If you are on Blue Sky, you are probabably an ACABer and if you are an ACABer who believes every detail Kash Patel's FBI said in a statement about a gambling ring, I would suggest you be a little more credulous.
October 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
If you are on Blue Sky, you are probabably an ACABer and if you are an ACABer who believes every detail Kash Patel's FBI said in a statement about a gambling ring, I would suggest you be a little more credulous.
I am now at the point in my life in poker where I am creating playlists to show Europeans that are 7 years my junior what "good" music is. I also wrote about a poker hand played at a final table with almost $5,000,000 for first.
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POTD #152 Triton Jeju II $150k FT. Jason Koon Gets One Through Kayhan Mokri
Plus I defend Steve O'Dwyer's taste in rap music share my own playlist
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October 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I am now at the point in my life in poker where I am creating playlists to show Europeans that are 7 years my junior what "good" music is. I also wrote about a poker hand played at a final table with almost $5,000,000 for first.
www.puntoftheday.com/p/potd-152-t...
www.puntoftheday.com/p/potd-152-t...
In this week's free post. I wrote about playing in a game with BILLIONS on the table. Billions of Korean Won, which are still millions of USD. Read about it here.
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POTD #148 Winning Wednesday: The Biggest Cash Game I've Ever Played
There are billions on the table and I have six high. Photo: Sam Greenwood
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October 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
In this week's free post. I wrote about playing in a game with BILLIONS on the table. Billions of Korean Won, which are still millions of USD. Read about it here.
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www.puntoftheday.com/p/potd-148-w...
So it’s come to this. I am begging people to subscribe to my newsletter because it is my birthday.
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October 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
So it’s come to this. I am begging people to subscribe to my newsletter because it is my birthday.
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Wrote about Aleks Ponakovs trying to bluff Christoph Vogelsang at the Triton Jeju II Main Event Final Table
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POTD #142 The Biggest Hand of the Triton Jeju II Main Event
A Latvian Lad tries to bluff a German Gent
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October 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Wrote about Aleks Ponakovs trying to bluff Christoph Vogelsang at the Triton Jeju II Main Event Final Table
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www.puntoftheday.com/p/potd-142-t...
In my week in review post I went long on MLB Playoff Odds, but also more generally about how people are bad at processing constantly updating probabilities (looking at you NYT elections needle)
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Week In Review #27 September 22nd-September 28th
I go long on MLB Playoff Odds (Let's Go Blue Jays)
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September 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
In my week in review post I went long on MLB Playoff Odds, but also more generally about how people are bad at processing constantly updating probabilities (looking at you NYT elections needle)
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In this week's Final Table Friday: I hand out my second F. F is for fail, but also for free as this week's post is unlocked for all.
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POTD #135 FT Friday: Converting a Chip Lead into a Win
By making a terrible play and sucking out.
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September 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
In this week's Final Table Friday: I hand out my second F. F is for fail, but also for free as this week's post is unlocked for all.
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www.puntoftheday.com/p/potd-135-f...
I have a 15 month old son, but still managed to see four movies at TIFF and I wrote about three of them here in my free Week in Review post.
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Week In Review #25 September 8th-September 14th
Sometimes the best thing to say is nothing
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September 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I have a 15 month old son, but still managed to see four movies at TIFF and I wrote about three of them here in my free Week in Review post.
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Started an AMA on r/poker. The best questions get free POTD subscriptions. I am starting now.
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From the poker community on Reddit: I'm Sam Greenwood. #21 on the All-Time Money List ($39M+) and author of the Punt of the Day Substack. AMA
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September 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Started an AMA on r/poker. The best questions get free POTD subscriptions. I am starting now.
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I wrote about a hand where I had pocket queens and the gender gap in poker in this week's free post.
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POTD #122 Pocket Queens In a Jeju $50k
Launching a POTD x QQ partnership
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September 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I wrote about a hand where I had pocket queens and the gender gap in poker in this week's free post.
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I wrote about why celebrations in poker tournaments are often muted.
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September 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I wrote about why celebrations in poker tournaments are often muted.
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I wrote about the stupid idea that a hit show a la Drive to Survive or Queen’s Gambit could create a poker boom, but I’m a hypocrite so I pitched my own idea: a Below Deck style show about the staff working EPTs and Tritons
Read that and more in this free post
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Read that and more in this free post
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Week in Review #23 August 24th-August 30th
Does poker need a Drive to Survive?
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August 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I wrote about the stupid idea that a hit show a la Drive to Survive or Queen’s Gambit could create a poker boom, but I’m a hypocrite so I pitched my own idea: a Below Deck style show about the staff working EPTs and Tritons
Read that and more in this free post
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Read that and more in this free post
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In this week's free post. I write about the one and only (thus far!) time I was called a Maestro.
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POTD #113 A Trio of Punts
A live punt, a studying punt and an online punt vs Mike Watson.
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August 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
In this week's free post. I write about the one and only (thus far!) time I was called a Maestro.
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