Third Man Walking

(0:00) Intro
(0:15) On turning a corner
(10:38) $5/$5/$10 NLHE session
(12:00) AQhh on 765rQx7
(14:02) QQ (no club) on J54xcc7ccc2x
(18:00) AThh preflop spot
(18:56) 8x7h on 653hhh9x8hhhh
(20:34) AsJx on K97sxs3sss
(22:43) T8dd on AJ9xdd
Your correspondent looks back to a time when he had a big breakthrough in his poker results, and wonders what causes such breakthroughs. Then, he gets into a number of difficult spots in a $5/$5/$10 session.

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(0:00) Intro
(0:15) What I've been up to
(2:40) There's a right answer, but what is it?
(10:25) $5/$5/$10 hand: AThh on A83xdd6x
(15:25) AQo on Q83r4r
(23:56) $5/$5/$10 session
(25:14) AJo on AK6xcc9x8x
(26:51) Ridiculous preflop spot with KK
(30:34) AQo on AQ2dxdTx8x
(32:51) AQo (again) on KJTrJccTx
(33:59) AA on Q94hhx
(35:22) TT on T72ccx6x6x
(38:27) A9ss on 863ddxAhh
Your correspondent thinks about the many decision points in live poker in which there probably are correct answers, but it's not clear what it is.

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(0:00) Intro
(0:15) A frustrating day at $5/$5 and $5/$10
(7:12) $5/$5 hand: 88 on 842hxh6ccAx
(13:14) Poker as "founder training"
(19:17) $5/$5 NLHE/standup game session
(19:47) JJ all-in preflop
(21:04) AKo all-in preflop
(22:33) AA on A33ddx4x
(23:32) AQo on A74hhxQhhh2hhhh
(25:41) A8cc preflop
Your correspondent discusses a frustrating day of poker, responds to Kelly Lucas' reaction to Erik Seidel's potential retirement in the wake of impending changes to taxation of gambling losses, and then finds respite in an out-of-town poker room that allows the standup game.

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(0:00) Social media and AI
(2:32) Storytelling in poker
(17:11) $5/$10 NLHE session
(17:36) K9dd on A98ssdTsss2x
(20:22) AdKx on 964ddd
(22:28) AThh on QT5rAcc9x
(24:33) KsJx on JT3sxsAx
(26:00) TT (no spade) on J63sss6x9ssss
(28:53) AA on QT2rKss4x
(30:21) QJo on AT8cxcKhh4ccc
Your correspondent thinks about the AI mini-scandal that recently engulfed the WSOP's "No Limit" docuseries. He lists some problems with poker storytelling that are particular to poker and its ecosystem, then discusses what sorts of stories about poker he'd like to hear or watch. Then, he plays a $5/$10 session in which he struggles to be precise against an action player.
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Thomas Keeling on poker storytelling
Ben Wilinofsky on the likelihood of another poker boom
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(0:00) Intro
(0:15) "Ballad of a Small Player"
(13:06) $5/$5 NLHE session
(16:00) JJ preflop spot
(17:40) AKdd preflop spot
(19:02) AJdd on A54xdx3ss2x
(22:18) AQo on AT5hxh6dd9x
(24:09) AA on 322r
(26:07) J9ss on T75ssx2sss4ssss
Your correspondent discusses the new Netflix film “Ballad of a Small Player,” finding it more rewarding upon repeated viewings. He also picks up some big hands in a recent $5/$5 session.
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Reddit thread on “Ballad of a Small Player”Netflix Tudum articleWill Sloan review of “Ballad of a Small Player

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