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 Thursdays
Watch the matches unfold every Thursday night in March at 7:30pm 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:
Thursday, March 16: (special early start) 7:30 pm CST — 4 second round matchups
Thursday, March 23: 8:00 pm CST — 2 semi-final matchups
Thursday, March 30: 8:00 pm CST — 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 MaREC – uh, I mean MARCH 30th!
2023 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
Watch each of the matches and commentary on our YouTube playlist. Past special guest commentators include LearnProPoker’s Ryan Laplante!