Texas Road Trip Highlights & Spotlight on Doyle Brunson

<p>In the latest <em>PokerNews</em> Podcast, <strong>Chad Holloway</strong> and <strong>Jesse Fullen</strong> discuss their recent road trip across the Lone Star State as a part of <strong><em>PokerNews</em>' Texas Week</strong>. Along with senior writer <strong>Jon Sofen</strong>, the trio spent six days traveling to 26 different poker rooms in Houston, Austin, Odessa, Midland, Fort Worth, Dallas, and College Station. They also swung by <strong>Doyle Brunson</strong>'s hometown of Longworth as well as Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, where "Texas Dolly" attended college and excelled at both basketball and track.</p> <p>In addition to exploring rooms such as <strong>Texas Card House</strong>, <strong>The Lodge</strong> (where they touched base with <strong>Doug Polk</strong>), <strong>KoJack's, Red Star Social, Shuffle 214, Wautauga Social Lounge, Poker House Dallas</strong>, and <strong>Game On Social</strong>, the crew also stopped by some historical poker sites, such as the graves of Poker Hall of Famers <strong>Jack "Treetop" Straus</strong> and <strong>Johnny Moss</strong>. </p> <p>The Texas poker market has grown leaps and bounds over the past five years, and if you've ever wanted a glimpse into what it's like, this week's episode is for you!</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Time Stamps</strong></span><br /> *Time|Topic*<br /> 00:24 | Welcome to the show<br /> 00:48 | PokerNews Texas Road Trip in the books<br /> 01:55 | Sponsor: GGPoker<br /> 02:50 | The genesis of the Texas Road Trip<br /> 06:00 | Day 1 – Flying into Houston; visiting three rooms<br /> 10:37 | Jesse wins big at Empire Poker Club on free steak night<br /> 13:14 | Day 2 – Heading to Austin<br /> 14:00 | Visiting Shuffle 512<br /> 15:33 | The Oaks Poker Club<br /> 17:17 | Paying respects to the late Jack “Treetop” Straus<br /> 20:00 | Red Star Social, formerly Palm Social<br /> 22:09 | Visiting Doug Polk at The Lodge<br /> 23:56 | Texas Stand-Up side game<br /> 25:10 | PokerNews returning to The Lodge in May<br />