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From $7k in Puerto Rico to Busting Bots Worldwide
Art Parmann
September 19, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes
High Stakes Vegas. In Your Inbox.
Episode #94 – John Andress
If you’re new around here, every week we sift through the degen streets. Looking for that perfect person to sit across from and ask “What got you into this messed up life with us?”
🧨 This Week’s Headliner
“From Counter-Strike to catching cheaters.”
Meet John Andress – Penn State lacrosse player turned poker pro turned tech exec. On this week’s episode, he opens up about:
Accidentally building a secret bankroll in Puerto Rico
Running up $150k online by senior year of college (and punting half of it in 6 months)
Binking $60k at PCA and never looking back
Tilting Luke Schwartz into a full-on meltdown in Prague
Blasting through New York nightlife with six figures a year in “fun money”
And now… running A5 Labs, a 200-person company building AI to hunt down bots and collusion in online poker
It’s a story about obsession, risk, and the moment every poker player faces: what comes after the grind?
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✋ Hand of the Week
John tells the story of winning a €10k high roller in Prague — where Luke Schwartz literally stormed out of the room mid-hand after calling him a nit…then came back and called.
The punchline? John had the stone-cold nuts.
💬 Quote of the Week
“I don’t think it’s all a doomsday scenario… tournaments will always be good. But the apps? That’s where the collusion teams live.”
🔥 Heat of the Week
The real arms race in poker isn’t GTO vs exploit… it’s humans vs machines.
If you like your poker content high-stakes, behind-the-scenes, and unfiltered, this one’s for you.
See you next week,
— Art & Justin
🃏 @artparmann & @justinyoung07
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