Ep 645 - Chats: Lupe Soto

The Rec Poker Podcast

This week Jim Reid and the RecPoker RECing Crew interview Lupe Soto about her life as a pioneer in the women’s poker movement! Lupe shares about her love of mixed games, what it feels like to get busted by Jim (sorry, Lupe), how far the poker world has come since she started advocating for women in the game, the importance of giving back, her new women’s tournament festival in Las Vegas alongside the World Poker Tour later this month, some players she really respects, suggestions for some next steps the poker industry should take, and a lot more!

We also play Stake/Study Stack with Rebecca Scales, Tatiana Fox, and Linda Johnson and we Close The Action with our speed round! Plus of course we raffle away a free prize at the end for folks in the YouTube chat, to help support a local food bank. Join us LIVE on YouTube next Monday at 7:30 ET for free to ask our guests questions in real time, and you can win too!

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Lupe is active on Twitter: https://x.com/PokerLupe

Check out her website: https://lupesoto.com/

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Check out the Women’s Poker Association: https://www.wpa.poker/

We also go over this week's home game results and discuss these topics:

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Timestamps:

05:07 Lupe Soto defines her role in the poker world

06:26 Looking back to all organizations Lupe has been

08:09 Lupe on being the voice of women in poker

10:31 Women who are now successful in poker

13:59 Lupe talks about women staking opportunities

17:16 Getting connections in poker to get stake

19:39 Who is Lupe Soto in the outside world?

23:00 Win money or enjoy the game

26:36 Absolutely there’s place for women only festivals

36:29 Lupe shares some details about tournaments in Vegas

57:23 Things poker community needs to do

1:11:40 Home Game Result updates

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