MaREC Madness

This year, RecPoker has created a 16-person, heads-up No Limit Hold ’em tournament as our answer to March Madness… we call it MaREC Madness!

Sixteen members of the RecPoker core team and community will be facing off in a heads-up bracket to determine this year’s Heads-Up Champion of RecPoker. The winners earn a shout out on the RecPoker podcast and some serious bragging rights.


Watch on Twitch Tuesdays

Watch the matches unfold every Tuesday night in March at 8:00pm CT at twitch.tv/recpoker. Hole cards will be shown and RECing Crew members (and perhaps some special guests) will be commentating LIVE on the play.

Our upcoming MaREC Madness schedule is:

Tuesday, March 5: 8:00 pm CST — 4 first round matchups

Tuesday, March 12: 8:00 pm CST — 4 first round matchups

Tuesday, March 26: 8:00 pm CST — 4 second round matchups

Tuesday, April 2: 8:00 pm CST — 2 semi-final matchups and Best of 3 Finals


The Bracket

Use the links below to view the match-ups and create your own bracket

Then jump into the forum to post your predictions and discuss – anyone who picks a perfect bracket will win a prize after the finals on April 2nd!


2024 Results

Check back here for results from this year’s MaREC Madness! The current brackets are below:


Previous Results

We have held two previous MaREC Madness Tournaments.

  • 2021 Champion: Taylor Maas
  • 2022 Champion: John Somsky
  • 2023 Champion: Keith Brandt
  • 2024 Champion: Joe Kulas

Watch each of the matches and commentary on our YouTube playlist. Past special guest commentators include LearnProPoker’s Ryan Laplante!