After 719 episodes over a three-year interval, the favored Solely Mates podcast hosted by the Clear up For Why crew is now not.
Clear up For Why founder Matt Berkey introduced in March that he can be ending the every day podcast, which gained the 2023 International Poker Award (GPA) for Greatest Podcast.
Berkey stated the choice was partly as a consequence of dropping the Las Vegas studio house however added in a later publish that YouTube’s current crackdown on sure playing content material made the choice to finish Solely Mates “really feel like the proper one.”
The Clear up For Why crew celebrated the podcast’s ending with a four-hour stream on Friday that featured an array of visitor poker gamers and content material creators together with Nikki Limo, Jesse Sylvia, Jason Sommerville, Ryan Depaulo and PokerNews Podcast co-host Mike Holtz.
“It is a bittersweet day as we’re dwell w/our 719th and last episode,” the crew wrote on X. “Thanks to everybody who joined us for the journey. We actually recognize all of the help and loyalty day in and day trip. Let’s exit w/a bang.”
‘Solely Mates’ Says Goodbye
Solely Mates debuted in March 2022 and shortly gained a following amongst poker followers for its ensemble solid that included Landon Tice, Conrad Simpson, Melissa Schubert and Brian “Tortoise” Lamanna.
The crew streamed every day for the subsequent three years, protecting every little thing from dishonest scandals to cryptocurrency markets and common life recommendation. Many praised the present for its unfiltered commentary on the poker trade and for the experience introduced by Berkey, a widely known high-stakes money recreation participant.
A number of poker gamers and trade figures voiced disappointment at seeing Solely Mates go, together with Joey Ingram, Lance Bradley, Chad Holloway, Marle Spragg, Joe Stapleton and Caitlin Comeskey.
“The tip of a really spectacular run,” Bradley wrote on X. “Our recreation is all the time greatest served when folks takes dangers and check out new issues. Kudos to the whole crew for pushing (pulling?) us ahead.”
Head to YouTube to see the ultimate Solely Mates podcast episode.
Large Wager Berkey Battles to Beat Field Breaker Bleznick
*Lead picture courtesy Clear up For Why by way of YouTube
Connor Richards
Editor & Reside Reporter U.S.
