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Third Man Walking No. 145: Two Possible Paths (opens the original)
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(0:00) Introduction (0:15) Two possible paths (4:39) Garrett Adelstein's "Beneath the Cards" (14:49) $5/$5/$10 hand: TsTx on K97sss5ssss6sssss (18:07) Jesse May's "Shut Up and Deal" Your correspondent thinks about two possible paths to success in poker, represented, in different ways, in two poker books: Garrett Adelstein’s recent “Beneath the Cards,” and Jesse May’s “Shut Up and Deal.” FORUM DISCUSSION Episode notes Twitter Crush Live Poker
Third Man Walking No. 144: "Bet Raise Fold" (opens the original)
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(0:00) Introduction (0:15) "Bet Raise Fold" (12:36) $5/$5/$10 session (12:49) K9cc on 974r7dd5x (14:37) KJo on K88rQhh7x (15:49) AA preflop spot (17:26) AKo preflop spot (19:21) J7cc on AJJrA. (The river was a brick.) (22:37) From a later session: AKhh on AKJxdd5x Your correspondent reviews the 2013 poker documentary "Bet Raise Fold," wondering what it means that poker today exists in the shadow of the poker boom two decades ago. FORUM DISCUSSION Episode notes Twitter Crush Live Poker
Third Man Walking No. 143: Preserving Public Games (opens the original)
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(0:00) Introduction (0:15) Preserving public games (22:39) $5/$5/$10 session (22:51) A4cc on T43cxcQx2x (24:56) KK all-in preflop (25:35) 55 on A75r (26:56) 77 on J98r9r7 (28:29) AKhh on Q94cch (30:19) JJ on J92ddx Your correspondent discusses how best to balance private games in card rooms with existing public games. He argues that public games (which can often run with less overhead and less friction than private ones) should be protected — both for the players, so that they can come and go as
Third Man Walking No. 142: Bad Beat Stories, With Sandor Illes (opens the original)
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(0:00) Introduction (0:15) Biggest losing session of the year! ($5/$5, $5/$5/$10 and $10/$20) (2:30) KsKx on Q88ssxThh2x (8:32) AQo on A85ddxJx4x (15:21) Sandor Illes on bad beat culture and what makes a great poker game Your correspondent talks to livestream player and ball knower Sandor Illes about why you should be willing to listen to your buddy's bad beats. Your correspondent also reviews his worst session of poker so far this year, which included some hands played against Sandor himself. F
Third Man Walking No. 141: Not Enough Hours in a Day (opens the original)
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(0:00) Introduction (0:15) The problem of time (11:59) ($5/$5 and) $5/$10 session (12:55) AA on 755r6hhKx (15:16) JJ on 964ccx (16:37) K7o on QJ4rKr7 (21:35) JJ on 732cxcTx6x (23:50) AJcc on AQ5xcc6x7x (26:24) AhAx on Q94hxh (29:44) Double-board hold-em bomb pot: 53ss on K764J and K65r8ssAx (32:58) AA preflop spot Your correspondent returns from vacation and thinks about what he'd like to do next, pondering what to do when time seems to be at a premium. He then plays a $5/$10 session that ends w
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