Third Man Walking

(0:00) Introduction
(0:15) Living through variance
(16:35) $5/$10/$20 session
(17:08) KhKx on Q76hhxQss9hhh
(18:51) TT on J98rTrQ
(20:25) AQss on K83sxs9xJx
(22:08) QJcc on Q74xxc8cc8x
(24:21) KhJo on AK6r7hhAx
(25:25) AKo on Q43ddx
(28:38) AA on K72r9hh8x
Your correspondent discusses living through variance as a major challenge to playing poker professionally. Along the way, he talks about getting insurance as a poker player, and why so many pros seek out side hustles. Then, he wonders about how he’s playing after a $5/$10/$20 session.

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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.”

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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.

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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 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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