Third Man Walking

(0:00) Introduction
(0:15) On aggression
(8:25) $5/$5/$10 session
(8:36) AhQx on 654hhhAx
(10:28) KK (no heart) on 832hhx9xAx
(14:47) AhKx on AJTxhh6x5x
(16:38) 16:38 A9o (no spade) on QJ7sxs9x9sss
(19:12) KK on K43xssAx
(21:05) AA on 982cxc8x
(24:12) QTss on A87sxx3dd
Your correspondent considers the meaning of the term "aggression" in poker, and how odd it is that a word with a negative connotation (a word one might use about someone who starts a bar fight) is how we describe winning poker play.

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(0:00) Introduction
(0:15) Cash Players Vs. Tournament Players
(15:23) $5/$5 and $5/$5/$10 session
(15:55) QQ preflop spot
(17:18) AKo preflop spot
(19:02) 88 on 876r5ccKccc
(20:28) AQhh on AT8r5hh
(21:30) 87cc on A96ddx5x
(23:16) 55 on 873r8ss7x
Your correspondent addresses two amusing but similarly unanswerable questions about cash game pros as compared to tournament pros. Who does better in the other's format? And who's better at poker?

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(0:00) Introduction
(0:15) "The Adults"
(12:22) $5/$5/$10 NLHE session
(14:04) AJo preflop spot
(16:05) T9ss on K82sss7x
(21:05) JJ preflop spot
(23:47) QQ preflop spot
Your correspondent discusses the 2023 film "The Adults," which prominently features poker being played in bumbling fashion. He then plays some bumbling poker himself, struggling through a $5/$5/$10 session.

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(0:00) Introduction
(0:52) Sunday, May 10
(5:41) 22 on QJ2ssxQx4x
(9:27) QhQx on 874hhx
(13:31) Monday, May 11
(16:53) QQ on J86r
(17:26) AKo on A73xcc
(18:21) QQ (again) on J73hxh9x9x
(21:00) Tuesday, May 12
(22:15) Double-board PLO bomb pot: JT98r on T92ddd2xAx and KQ4r7xT
(26:38) Wednesday, May 13
(26:50) Double-board hold-em bomb pot: 99 on 975ccx and T64xcc
(30:20) AKo on A96r3hh5x
(32:26) Thursday, May 14
(34:03) Friday, May 15
(34:37) AQdd on Q65r6x
(36:22) 52dd on KJ2dccJx
Your correspondent reviews an entire week of poker to see what the podcast might be missing by only featuring his most impactful sessions. Along the way, he discusses the stereotypical poker night-owl schedule, the upsides and downsides of playing at different casinos, the value regs create for cardrooms, and how he balances playing and doing commentary.

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(0:00) Introduction
(0:15) The Lodge, the LA blackjack ban, and "The Highest Stakes"
(4:59) $5/$10 no-limit hold-em session
(6:11) AhAx on J43xhhKx7x
(9:40) 88 on 953ssxAx
(11:37) K2ss on T54r3rA
(13:41) AJo on J83rKccJx
(16:10) 87o on J93ddxTx3x
(19:25) AJo on JJ3r9ss5x
(24:46) KK all-in preflop
(25:53) 33 on 653rAhhAx
(28:37) AsKx on T82rKss7sss
Your correspondent begins with a roundup of recent poker topics, including the Lodge's victory in Texas, the lack of changes (so far) to poker in Los Angeles in the wake of the ban on blackjack in California card rooms, and the new movie "The Highest Stakes," which has little to say about poker but is dumb fun nonetheless. He then reviews a sloppily played $5/$10 session.

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