Third Man Walking

(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 they please, and, perhaps, for the card rooms themselves.

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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.

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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 with a day-defining cooler.

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(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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