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BJ Cockrell

BJ Cockrell

BJ Cockrell is a poker industry professional associated with Horseshoe Tunica casino's poker room in Mississippi and the Gulf Coast Poker Tour.

Jul 24, 2026

Gulf Coast Poker Podcast

Gulf Coast Poker Podcast

34: BJ Cockrell

Jul 24 · 1h 41m

Gene D.
Gene D.HOST
80:43
How did you wind up getting involved in poker itself as a game?
BJ Cockrell
BJ CockrellGUEST
80:47
I just started playing back early 2000s like everybody else when everybody else got the itch.
BJ Cockrell
BJ CockrellGUEST
80:53
And I actually started off doing blackjack.
BJ Cockrell
BJ CockrellGUEST
80:55
And, you know, I was interested.
BJ Cockrell
BJ CockrellGUEST
80:57
I was in the casino a lot playing.
BJ Cockrell
BJ CockrellGUEST
81:00
And there was a blackjack school.
BJ Cockrell
BJ CockrellGUEST
81:01
I went to that, did that for six, eight months.
Bill PhillipsHOST
86:00
Tell us a little bit about the series and your expectations for the main event weekend.

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