She Didn’t Fit Poker’s Mold…So She Built the Job Herself. Katie Lindsay Tells All!

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Episode 104: Katie Lindsay

Katie Lindsay walked into the studio and immediately delivered one of the most effortlessly entertaining episodes we’ve ever recorded.

This one has EVERYTHING:

• 🔥 Breaking into Brandon Cantu’s house for a nap
• 🔥 Growing up gambling with two older brothers — pool, gin, spades, and Sunday NFL “helmet picks”
• 🔥 Leaving high school early, starting college at 16, and the ambition that shaped her entire life
• 🔥 The LA era: bartending in dive bars, casting for MTV shows, and discovering poker through pure hustle
• 🔥 Cold-calling Men the Master for a PLO interview that actually launched her poker career
• 🔥 How she built “Suited Connections” into one of poker’s first real player agencies
• 🔥 Navigating Black Friday, losing everything overnight, and reinventing herself — again
• 🔥 Meeting Chris Moorman, surviving the chaos of staking, and watching him rebuild from $20 rebuys
• 🔥 Katie’s heater year: WSOP final tables, the Venom run, and becoming the first woman to win a Moneymaker Tour event
• 🔥 The emotional phone call with her dad that went viral
• 🔥 Life in New Orleans, Saints fandom, fashion, confidence, and finally becoming comfortable in front of the camera
• 🔥 Why she believes showing up as yourself — loud outfits, big personality, heels and all — is her real superpower

This episode is funny, honest, surprising, emotional, and full of the best behind-the-scenes intel from someone who has lived every chapter of modern poker.

If you love great stories, behind-the-curtain poker history, and one of the most colorful personalities in the game…

👇 Watch / Listen Now!

Show Notes:

• 00:00 – Early Poker Memories & Reunion with Katie
• 02:00 – Travel, Tournaments & Life Balance
• 04:00 – Poker Legends, Names, and Industry Storytime
• 06:00 – Katie’s Family Origin Story & Childhood Competitiveness
• 10:00 – Academics, Ambition & Leaving for College at 16
• 14:00 – New Orleans, Saints Fandom & Early Adulthood
• 16:00 – LA Life: Bartending, Reality TV & Casting Hustle
• 19:00 – Falling Into Poker Writing & Breaking Into the Industry
• 24:00 – Becoming a Poker Agent & Building Suited Connections
• 32:00 – Black Friday Shock & Reinventing Herself Outside Poker
• 37:00 – Meeting Moorman & Life Inside the Staking World
• 46:00 – Katie’s Poker Career: Rings, Trophies & Confidence
• 54:00 – Signing with ACR & Overcoming Camera Shyness
• 58:00 – Triton Experience, Cashes & The Bahamas Run
• 01:02:00 – Winning the Moneymaker Event & Emotional Moments
• 01:08:00 – Life, Travel, New Orleans Living & What’s Next

Katie's Links:

• Website: https://katielindsay.net/
• Instagram: @katelindsss
• X (Twitter): @katelinds
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