Poker Creator Frankie C Challenged Daniel Negreanu & Fought a UFC Champion

July 8, 2025

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Life Outdoors Poker is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to tug again the curtain on poker gamers and permit viewers and listeners to get to know them on a private degree.

Within the thirty first episode, Connor talks with poker content material creator Frank “Frankie C” Cucchiara about rising up within the hometown of Wild Invoice Hickok, stepping into poker in faculty, Subsequent Gen Poker, constructing one of the profitable YouTube channels in poker, his 2023 World Collection of Poker (WSOP) Predominant Occasion run, how new WSOP guidelines will impression vloggers, and enjoying this yr’s $25,000 Heads-Up Championship.

Frankie C additionally talked about being married to poker professional Kitty Kuo, being a dad, his new All-In Brownie, difficult Daniel Negreanu to a $10,000 heads-up poker match and entering into the ring with UFC champion Sean “Suga” O’Malley.

This interview was filmed on the 2025 WSOP at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.

The Life Outdoors Poker podcast is on the market on main streaming platforms together with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud and iHeartRadio. You too can watch the interview with Frank Cucchiara by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.

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Timestamps

TIMETOPIC 0:00Intro 0:53Growing up in Wild Invoice Hickock’s hometown 2:02First stepping into card video games 3:26Studying engineering at Soutern Memphis College 4:56Getting laid off/Subsequent Gen Poker 7:55Starting Frankie C YouTube channel 11:05Content creator influences 13:08Frankie’s hottest movies 16:05Meeting Kitty Kuo 18:17Being a dad 20:27All-In Brownie 25:05Fighting Sean O’Malley 28:30Challenging Negreanu to heads-up match 30:25Other heads-up matches 31:40Playing Triton 32:52Martin Kabrhel 35:022023 WSOP Predominant Occasion run 37:44How new WSOP guidelines will impression poker vlogging 40:12Playing $25k Heads-Up Championship 41:43Book advice 43:20Advice for youthful self 45:34Favorite life lesson from poker

Connor Richards

Senior Editor U.S.

Connor Richards is a Senior Editor U.S. for PokerNews and host of the Life Outdoors Poker podcast. Connor has been nominated for 3 International Poker Awards for his writing.