Poker Was Never The Plan...But He Needed A Way Out

Poker was never the plan.Marc Goone wanted to rap.That was the dream.Music.Studios.Videos.A real shot at making it.Poker was just the thing on the side.Until life got louder.Selling weed.Getting robbed at gunpoint.Trying to figure out who he was.Moving to LA with $7,500.Taking poker seriously because, at some point, the “backup plan” starts looking a lot more real than the dream.Then everything changed.Marc went from music to poker…from low stakes to private games…from trying to make it as a player to building one of the most interesting poker education brands in the game.In this episode of The Table 1 Podcast, Marc joins Art Parmann and Justin Young to talk through the whole ride:♠️ Growing up in St. Louis ♥️ Chasing music before poker ♦️ Getting robbed at gunpoint ♣️ Moving to LA with $7,500 ♠️ Learning how private games really work ♥️ Why most people should NOT quit their job to play poker ♦️ The ceiling of private games ♣️ Building a staking stable ♠️ Why live poker is still deeply human ♥️ Why charts and solvers only get you so far ♦️ Building Hungry Horse into a real poker training business We also get into:- why the best pros stay private- why live poker is not “solved”- why private games might have saved poker- what most low-stakes players get wrong- how to actually get better at live cash- and why poker advice is usually way too clean for a game this messy.This one is not just a strategy episode.It’s a story about reinvention.The dream didn’t work out the way Marc thought it would.So he found another way out.And somehow, that way out became poker.👇 Drop a comment:Do you think private games are good or bad for poker?------------------------------------------------------------------------------------00:00 — Intro + Hungry Horse Poker03:33 — Grandpa, Utopia & First Poker10:27 — Moving to LA for Music11:39 — Robbed at Gunpoint13:24 — Moving to LA With $7.5K14:40 — “Don’t Quit Your Job”23:17 — Hitting the Private Game Ceiling25:54 — Staking Players & Building a Stable30:47 — Pivoting Into Hungry Horse47:20 — Why Private Games Matter1:05:41 — Live Poker Mistakes Pros Make1:09:41 — The Future of Hungry HorseMarc’s Links:Hungry Horse Poker:https://hungryhorsepoker.comX- https://x.com/marcgoone------------------------------------------------------------------------------------T1 LinksPlay with us:https://table1.vegasCard Player Magazine:https://table1.vegas/cardplayerFollow us:X - https://x.com/table1vegas IG - https://instagram.com/table1vegas