# What Happens When You Grow Up As A Jehova Witness And Turn Into A Gambler? TJ Reid Shares His Story!

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Published: 2026-06-27T16:23:27+00:00
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## Resource

TJ Reid Joins Art Parmann (https://x.com/ArtParmann) and Justin Young (https://x.com/Justinyoung07) on this week's episode of the Table 1 Podcast! We peel back the curtain on this incredible journey from vows of poverty as a Jehova's Witness to pokerORG reporter, to Final Tabling one of the biggest tournaments of the year in the Bahamas at WSOP with $10,000,000 for the winner.Show Notes00:00 Growing Up in Missouri, Religion, and Family Games09:03 Discovering Poker While Living a Double Life12:42 Excommunication, Starting Over, and Leaving the Church25:29 From Service Industry to Live Cash Poker31:45 Marriage, Idaho, COVID, and the First Vegas Trip36:07 Winning His First Major Tournament Score40:59 PokerNews, PokerOrg, and Building a Career in Poker Media47:09 Thunder Valley, Table One, and Playing Bigger52:48 The 2025 NAPT Main Event and Slot Machine Chaos56:04 Chasing EPT, PokerStars Incentives, and Bigger Buy-Ins1:06:38 The 25K Super Main Run1:14:24 Finishing 4th for $3.1 Million1:17:23 Becoming WSOP Circuit Manager and Growing the Game1:21:33 25K Fantasy Draft Strategy1:27:27 TJ’s Daily Vlogs and OutroFollow TJ on youtube @tjreidpoker https://x.com/tjreidpokerhttps://www.instagram.com/tjreid1/Follow Table 1: https://table1.vegas

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