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Life Outside Poker is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level. In the 26th episode, Connor speaks with chess streamer and GGPoker ambassador Alexandra Botez about learning chess and poker from her dad, getting into streaming at Stanford, dealing with online trolls, creating content with her sister Andrea Botez and the similarities between chess and poker. Botez also talked about winning $456,900 in the legendary 2022 Hustler Casino Live Creator Game that included Phil Hellmuth , Mr. Beast and Ninja, as well as signing on as a GGPoker ambassador and securing a career-high cash at World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise. This interview was filmed at WSOP Paradise in the Bahamas in December 2024. The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts , Spotify , SoundCloud and iHeartRadio . You can also watch the interview with Alexandra Botez by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel . Be sure to follow Alexandra Botez and Connor Richards on X. Learn More About Life Outside Poker! Timestamps TIME TOPIC 0:00 Intro 0:43 Learning chess from her dad 2:52 Studying international relations at Stanford 3:08 Chess streaming 5:50 Similarities between chess and poker 7:17 Getting into poker 8:34 Winning half a million in HCL creator game 9:39 Different poker experiences 11:22 Playing chess at WSOP Paradise 12:32 Queen's Gambit 13:57 Women in chess 16:33 Dealing with trolls 16:54 WSOP Paradise 19:18 Book recommendation 19:46 Advice for younger self 20:01 Favorite life lesson from poker

Andrea Botez gets her sister, Alexandras Botez, to perfect her PERFECT MATCH! We have some of the Fmaily Friendly guys come back as well including Bennett Melt! Will she find her special guy?.... spoiler alert. SHE DOES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This talk was recorded live at the All-In Summit 2023 at Royce Hall on UCLA's campus in Los Angeles. (0:00) Besties welcome Alexandra Botez to All-In Summit ‘23! (1:35) Rules and ratings (5:46) Chess match (17:55) Results (21:00) Q&A with Alexandra (22:34) Conversations with fans and the creator economy (27:30) Expanding distribution (30:11) Live events (31:04) Poker (32:15) Growing up with chess (36:10) Chess scandals

With a birthday tomorrow, this week we will be focusing on Alexandra Botez, the Canadian- American chess player and content creator who has made a significant impact on the online chess community. She was born on September 24, 1995, in Dallas, Texas to Romanian immigrant parents, then grew up in Vancouver, Canada. Botez started playing chess at the age of six and quickly became one of Canada's top junior players. At the age of 8, she won her first Canadian Children’s National Championship. At the age of 12, she played for the National Canadian Team, and she later won 4 more Canadian Youth National Titles. Around the age of 15, she moved back to the United States and won the US Girls Nationals Championship. Later, she represented the state of Oregon at the SPF Girls’ Invitational. The SPF is the Susan Polgar Foundation Invitational Tournament. In 2013, at the age of 18, she earned the WFM title - Women’s FIDE Master. All in all, she won 5 national titles as a teenager. Toward the later part of her college career, she began streaming chess. Due in partial part to the chess boom that occurred during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Alexandra’s channel exploded. She had her sister, Andrea, join her. Together, she has amassed a following of 1.2 million followers on Twitch and 1.3 million on Youtube. The success of the channel has allowed them to collaborate with various other streamers like Hikaru Nakamura or Qiyu Zhou as well as expand beyond playing chess, by participating in poker tournaments, being elected to the Susan Polgar Foundation board of directors, and being a commentator for the PRO Chess League. In over the board play, Botez has achieved a peak FIDE rating of 2092. While she has not competed in many traditional over-the-board tournaments in recent years, Botez has had a major impact on the chess community. Her followers helped coin the term ‘The Botez Gambit’ referring to when she would accidentally lose her queen. The phrase is now used across the chess streaming community. She has also collected several awards as a streamer and commentator including the 2021 Twitch Streamer Award for ‘Best Chess Streamer’ beating out Hikaru Nakamura and GothamChess. As well as winning The Streamer Awards in 2022 and being nominated in 2023. Overall, Alexandra Botez has made a significant impact on the chess world as both a player and content creator. Her entertaining and educational streams have helped make chess more accessible and popular among a wider audience. In today’s game we are traveling to the Istanbul Olympiad of 2012 where Alexandra Botez faced Maria Paula De Mey. Now, if we’re ready… Let’s begin. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 a6 6. e3 Nc6 7. a3 h6 8. c5 Bd7 9. Bd3 b6 10. b4 g6 11. Qc2 g5 12. Bg3 a5 13. b5 Na7 14. c6 Bc8 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. a4 Bb4 17. O-O Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. f3 exf3 21. Rxf3 f6 22. Qd3 fxe5 23. Qg6+ Ke7 24. Rf7+ Kd6 25. Qe4 1-0 PGN: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1684972 Botez Live: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAn8NrZ-J4CRfwodajqFYoQ https://www.twitch.tv/botezlive Links: https://blindfoldchesspodcast.com/ http://cassidynoble.com/

Alexandra Botez is an American-Canadian chess player and commentator, Twitch streamer, and YouTuber. On this episode of the podcast, Eric and Alex talk about life as a content creator, dating and what it takes to live a good life.

On today's episode I sit down with chess expert and professional gamer, Alexandra Botez , to discuss women in the world of competitive chess, life as a streamer, imposter syndrome, harassment, world travel, and the future of women and girls in gaming. Alexandra Botez (she/her) is an American-Canadian chess player and commentator, streaming superstar. She's the creator of BotezLive, one of the most popular chess channels on Twitch and YouTube. As a player, she became a five-time Canadian National Girls Champion and won the U.S. Girls Nationals at age 15. She achieved her highest FIDE Elo rating of 2092 in March 2016, and she currently holds the International Chess Federation title of Woman FIDE Master . Botez is currently one of the top-10 female players in Canada.

Chess streamer Alexandra Botez joins Doug Polk to talk about chess, poker, and which game has smarter players. 0:51 Alexandra joins 1:43 Living in Austin, Making content 13:54 The Chess Hustlers, Did AI ruin Chess? 21:07 How to start studying Chess or Poker 25:21 Poker players vs Chess players, Tells vs strategy 35:20 The Chess Twitch boom, Would Chess benefit from a luck factor? 42:00 The World Chess Championship, catering to newbs 51:17 Alexandra's thoughts on Poker, being competitive 1:02:00 Mike McDonald, NFT's, Regulation on cryptos/investments 1:26:31 Which cryptos Alexandra and Doug like? 1:37:38 Advice to young people, College 1:46:30 Will Alexandra play more poker in the future?

Fintech for creators is the next big startup category . 5-time Canadian national chess champion and Twitch star Alexandra Botez reveals how she was repeatedly rejected by traditional banks who don't understand influencers. That's why Karat just raised $26M from investors including SignalFire to give creators banking tools like a credit card based on their follower count and engagement. "BotezLive" shares her origin story, and talks with Karat founders Eric Wei and Will Kim about why creators deserve fintech just like other small businesses. Learn how money flows in the creator economy, which startups still need to be built in the space, and how influencers are finally getting to invest in the tools they use. Featuring: -Karat co-founder/co-CEO Eric Weil -Karat co-founder/co-CEO Will Kim -Chess streaming star Alexandra Botez -And your host Josh Constine from SignalFire

This week we’re joined by Alexandra Botez, professional chess player, to talk about how she’s gained attention from The Queen’s Gambit, what it was like learning chess as a young girl, sexism in the chess world, and her signature move, the “Botez Gambit.” Find Alexandra: Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexandravbotez Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/missbotez/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/botezlive Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/botezlive Follow Us: Instagram: www.instagram.com/candicekayla/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/CandiceKayla Website: www.candicekayla.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alexandra Botez, a chess player, Twitch streamer, and YouTube sister-duo of BotezLive, gives her honest opinion about how poker is portrayed in The Queen’s Gambit. She shares why she started a channel with her younger sister, breaks down how players are rated in chess, and explains how things are different for women in the game. Tune in to hear Alexandra debunk some common misconceptions about chess, and hear why it’s never too late to focus, zone in, and work your mental muscles with chess. Visit Jeff Gross - The Flow Show or find us on iTunes to subscribe, visit previous episodes, and learn more about your host, Jeff Gross. Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:00 – 14:30 – How COVID has impacted viewership, what she thinks about The Queen’s Gambit, females in the game, and the long-term vision for their stream. 14:30 – 25:00 – On variance, choker (chess + poker), gambling and betting, chess tournaments and the money that can be won, coaching and what she’s doing to improve what she does. 25:00 – 39:30 - On getting into Stanford, working with her sister, her chess goals, the most important attributes and skills in chess, her poker experience, and how players are rated. 39:30 – 57:30 – Strong chess countries, cheating in chess vs. in poker, blindfolded chess, how she feels about family and kids, and her recent business endeavor. 57:30 – 01:05:00 – On wanting to bootstrap a business, when an investment makes sense, the languages she speaks, and chess as a mental sport. 01:05:00 – 01:20:00 – Women in the highest levels of chess, changing the culture of chess, her favorite streamer, common chess misconceptions, and life lessons through chess. 3 Key Points Chess is gaining interest and experiencing a spike. Quality over quantity. People don’t play chess for the money. Contact/Resources Partner - partypoker Website - Jeff Gross Poker Jeff’s Twitch BotezLive YouTube BotezLive Twitch Alexandra’s Twitter Alexandra’s Instagram

Also welcoming back returning members: AbdouTooBeasty, Dyrus, Lacari, Macaiyla, ManuelFerraraTV, and co-producer Devin Nash. In part two, we discuss: Favorite gaming memories (continued), Lacari's towel incident retold, CDL's market outlook, How Alexandra is dealing with BotezLive's astronomical growth, Belle Delphine's comeback, and more! Links to watch the podcast LIVE, Twitter updates, and to get bonus content on our social media are all available here at: https://streamerlinks.com/scuffedpodcast If you enjoyed the episode, make sure to subscribe, leave a comment, and rate on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and YouTube. Outro music: "Okay Dude" by Constera.

Also welcoming back returning members: AbdouTooBeasty, Dyrus, Lacari, Macaiyla, ManuelFerraraTV, and co-producer Devin Nash. In part one, we discuss: Playstation 5 reveal, Chess and Pogchamps' success on Twitch, Playstation vs Xbox controllers, Personal hygiene at conventions, Brands changing names due to current events, CHAZ and Atlanta police resignations, Favorite gaming memories, and more! Links to watch the podcast LIVE, Twitter updates, and to get bonus content on our social media are all available here at: https://streamerlinks.com/scuffedpodcast If you enjoyed the episode, make sure to subscribe, leave a comment, and rate on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and YouTube. Outro music: "Okay Dude" by Constera.

Also welcoming back returning members: AbdouTooBeasty, Dyrus, Lacari, Macaiyla, ManuelFerraraTV, and co-producer Devin Nash. In part one, we discuss: Playstation 5 reveal, Chess and Pogchamps' success on Twitch, Playstation vs Xbox controllers, Personal hygiene at conventions, Brands changing names due to current events, CHAZ and Atlanta police resignations, Favorite gaming memories, and more! Links to watch the podcast LIVE, Twitter updates, and to get bonus content on our social media are all available here at: https://streamerlinks.com/scuffedpodcast If you enjoyed the episode, make sure to subscribe, leave a comment, and rate on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and YouTube. Outro music: "Okay Dude" by Constera.