{"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":"What Happens When You Grow Up As A Jehova Witness And Turn Into A Gambler? TJ Reid Shares His Story!","slug":"what-happens-when-you-grow-up-as-a-jehova-witness-and-turn-into-a-gambler-tj-reid-shares-his-story","published_at":"2026-06-27T16:23:27+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/table-1-podcast-6689197/what-happens-when-you-grow-up-as-a-jehova-witness-and-turn-into-a-gambler-tj-reid-shares-his-story","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/table-1-podcast-6689197","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/table-1-podcast/episodes/What-Happens-When-You-Grow-Up-As-A-Jehova-Witness-And-Turn-Into-A-Gambler--TJ-Reid-Shares-His-Story-e3lasb5","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO9583435898.mp3","summary":"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","meta_description":"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…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5290,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/table-1-podcast-6689197/episodes/what-happens-when-you-grow-up-as-a-jehova-witness-and-turn-into-a-gambler-tj-reid-shares-his-story/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/what-happens-when-you-grow-up-as-a-jehova-witness-and-turn-into-a-gambler-tj-reid-shares-his-story.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}