{"podcast":{"title":"Table 1 Podcast","slug":"table-1-podcast-6689197","podcast_index_feed_id":6689197,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/eb164a68/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://table1.vegas","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/39341066/39341066-1697248523645-f596c1063a05f.jpg","author":"Table 1 Podcast","episode_count":136,"summary":"What is The Table 1 Podcast... A podcast where we talk poker, gambling, and all manner of life experiences on and off the felt. Sometimes we have famous guests on who do it with us. Join us for a laugh or three!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-28T16:17:12.173496+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/table-1-podcast-6689197"},"episode":{"title":"He Got BANNED from Bellagio…So He Built A Better Poker Game at The Venetian?! Brian Okin Tells ALL","slug":"he-got-banned-from-bellagio-so-he-built-a-better-poker-game-at-the-venetian-brian-okin-tells-all","published_at":"2026-02-01T02:32:52+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/table-1-podcast-6689197/he-got-banned-from-bellagio-so-he-built-a-better-poker-game-at-the-venetian-brian-okin-tells-all","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/table-1-podcast-6689197","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/table-1-podcast/episodes/He-Got-BANNED-from-BellagioSo-He-Built-A-Better-Poker-Game-at-The-Venetian---Brian-Okin-Tells-ALL-e3ef1t9","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO8700679183.mp3","summary":"Phenom Poker — now running daily MTTs First-time depositors can get up to a 200% bonus on $2,000 when you use our link: https://play.phenompoker.com/register?r=Table1 Mafia Poker Rooms, Molly’s Game Checks, and Building a Vegas Stream Game | Table 1 Podcast Some poker stories start with a “buddy taught me Hold’em in college.” Brian Okin’s starts with a craps addiction in Vienna, a nickname that luckily didn't stick (Dice), and an underground Manhattan room where you had to buzz in like Rounders… and somehow turns into: running a dot-com era e-commerce business, losing $100k+ in a three-day session (plus the cursed cashmere hoodie), playing Molly’s Game (and cashing what might’ve been her last check), and eventually building a high-stakes streamed cash game at the Venetian. In this episode, Art and Justin sit down with Brian Okin for one of those conversations that zig-zags between poker, business, and the kind of New York stories you’re not supposed to say out loud. What we talk about: The most confusing legal name in poker: A. Peter Brian Okin Growing up Long Island → Manhattan for 18 years Board games, Uno scoring, and why Monopoly is “the true model of business” First real gambling: Vegas as a kid → self-deal poker → then… an “underground casino” run out of a synagogue 😭 Studying abroad in Vienna + London and falling into craps (aka: “six months of addiction”) The Rounders/Moneymaker-era lightbulb moment: first bluff ever in a 1/2 underground game The “destiny” hand: river gets redealt… and the same river comes again The bachelor party that turned into a Bellagio nightly cash + 5th-place finish Brian Okin’s infamous marathon sessions (and why coffee is basically a performance-enhancing drug) The $100k+ loss + the cashmere hoodie he had to throw away Playing Molly’s…","meta_description":"Phenom Poker — now running daily MTTs First-time depositors can get up to a 200% bonus on $2,000 when you use our link: https://play.phenompoker.com/regis…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5749,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/table-1-podcast-6689197/episodes/he-got-banned-from-bellagio-so-he-built-a-better-poker-game-at-the-venetian-brian-okin-tells-all/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/table-1-podcast-6689197/he-got-banned-from-bellagio-so-he-built-a-better-poker-game-at-the-venetian-brian-okin-tells-all.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}