Third Man Walking

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Third Man Walking No. 57: Consistency Versus Variety Jan 18, 2023

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Your correspondent looks back on his approach to poker in 2022 and looks ahead to 2023. Along the way, he wonders whether it's better to stay in one stake at one casino, or to play a variety of NLHE cash games at different venues. Then, he reviews a 5/10 (and then 5/10/20) cash session.

0:18 How much I played poker in 2022
0:59 The advantages of usually playing at the same casino
4:09 The case for playing at a variety of casinos and stakes
7:45 5/10 NLHE session
9:14 66 on J65cxcQx
13:01 KK all-in preflop
14:45 AQcc on 882rQhh7hhh
19:01 QdQx on J76ddxKddd
22:00 AQo on QT2r6cc9ccc
23:55 AA on JJ9rQcc6x
25:26 QQ on 853ddx7hhTx
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Third Man Walking No. 56: Don't Make It Worse Jan 04, 2023

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Your correspondent reviews two 5/10 sessions in the midst of an annoying downswing.

0:18 An extremely long metaphor about luck in poker
3:25 The venerable tradition of lying about your cards after you muck
5:17 Bad luck and downswinging
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8:00 5/10 NLHE session no. 1
8:09 JJ on T73cxcJx
9:46 A9o on 976r3cc5x
13:38 AKdd on 862ssxAsssKx
15:13 33 on Q43r6cc
17:31 JJ on AT6r
19:53 Q9o on JT8hxh

21:46 5/10 NLHE session no. 2
22:07 J5o on J52r9ccAccc
23:46 97dd on 984r3cc
25:47 AKo (red) 973ccx4dd
27:02 AQo (no clubs) AJ4r2cc7x
30:19 TsTx on 622ssx5x
32:48 AdQx Q63ddx4x2x

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Third Man Walking No. 55: Finding Drama in Poker Dec 21, 2022

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Your correspondent ruminates on the way poker is used for dramatic purposes in books and movies, and contrasts that with the reality of winning in cash-game poker, which, if you're doing it right, isn't terribly dramatic. He then reviews an interesting but sometimes frustrating 5/10 session.

0:20 Your correspondent appears in a poker scene in a music video
3:25 Where does drama in poker come from, and how does the reality of poker conflict with traditional fictional narratives?
4:45 The plot arc of "Rounders," and some speculation about Mike McDermott's life since the end of the movie
7:54 Parallels between Mike McDermott's life and Daniel Negreanu's
12:15 Session review: 5/10 NLHE
14:30 A9ss on K52sss5x
17:40 44 on Q84dxd5xTx
22:25 AQo on 962rQdd2ddd
25:18 33 on 932hxh
27:03 ATdd 852xddTx
28:20 AA on A32ddxJx

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Third Man Walking No. 54: Running a Poker Staking Business, With Marc Goone Dec 07, 2022

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Your correspondent talks with Crush Live Poker coach, Hustler Casino Live commentator and high-stakes poker pro Marc Goone about staking up-and-coming poker players.

2:10 Marc joins

2:39 What this business is and how it developed

3:32 Why do you back players, and how do you find the right players to back?

8:00 How do you prevent theft?

9:45 On finding players who don’t fit the typical demographic profile

13:23 What’s difficult about teaching poker, and what’s hardest to learn

15:28 On teaching players how to decide what pieces of information are most important

17:46 Getting students past the threshold of $50 per hour

19:41 How has teaching affected your own game?

20:46 What style of play do you teach, and why?

23:21 Has the stable been a good use of your time?

24:54 How do staking deals end?

29:39 Do you worry about doing harm to the live poker ecosystem?

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Third Man Walking No. 53: Listener Q+A: Poker Coaching and That Huge HCL Pot Nov 23, 2022

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Your correspondent turns to his new assistant Robert to relay his poker thoughts as he recovers from laryngitis. Robert, though, has other ideas.

0:18 Introducing Robert
5:25 Life update and thoughts on the current state of poker in Los Angeles
9:10 The $870,000 Hustler Casino Live pot between Nik Airball and Buttonclickr, and its aftermath
18:32 Listener Q+A: Benefits of poker coaching
21:25 Do you need an accountant who specializes in poker income?
23:07 Getting started as a pro
25:33 What are the lowest stakes where you can make a living?

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Third Man Walking No. 52: Double-Board PLO Bomb Pots, With Bart Hanson Nov 02, 2022

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Your correspondent discusses double-board PLO bomb pots with Crush Live Poker head honcho Bart Hanson, who helps him through two hands and explains core strategies for these sorts of pots.

3:02 Bart joins

12:29 $50 double-board PLO bomb pot, eight-handed. Hero has A753hhxx on the button

Flops 400: T32ccx, Q65hhx. Everyone checks

Turns 400: Accc, 7x. Everyone checks

Rivers 400: 8x, 2hhh. (So hero has aces and threes on the top board and the nut flush on the bottom board.) Small blind bets 300, big blind calls. It folds to hero, who raises to 1100.

29:14 $50 double-board PLO bomb pot, seven-handed. Hero has KJ74ddxd in the cutoff

Flops 350: 332xdd, A76ddd. Small blind bets 250, big blind calls. It folds to hero, who calls

Turn 1100: 2x, Jx. Small blind bets 800, big blind folds.

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Third Man Walking No. 51: Getting Better Over Time Oct 19, 2022

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After a brief look at recent developments in the Garrett Adelstein / Robbi Jade Lew controversy, your correspondent reflects on changes in the poker landscape since the start of the poker boom. (Topics include the 2003 WSOP Main Event and the recent YouTube release of the 2011 poker documentary "Grinders.") He then reviews an overbet jam in a recent 5/10 hand.

0:23 Adelstein/Lew controversy

3:36 Keeping up with (or surpassing) the poker competition over time

4:45 Two hand reviews from the 2003 WSOP Main Event

5:17 AcAx vs. KcQx vs. 77 on K83xcc5x2ccc

6:52 AKo (no diamond) vs. AA (no diamond) on K83ddd6dddd7x

9:20 How poker players have improved over time and the implications for individual players

14:12 "Grinders" documentary

19:03 5/10 NLHE hand: JThh on Q72hxhAxKx

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Third Man Walking No. 50: The Robbi vs. Garrett Poker Cheating Allegations Oct 05, 2022

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Your correspondent discusses last week's controversial Hustler Casino Live hand, in which Robbi Jade Lew called Garrett Adelstein's massive all-in with J4o on TT93chch, leading Adelstein to accuse her of cheating. He discusses
whether he thinks Robbi was cheating (maybe not?) and whether Garrett handled the situation well. In the second half, he reviews a recent 5/10 session that featured two especially difficult decisions in response to aggression from his opponents.

0:16 The J4o hand

20:15 5/10 NLHE session

20:27 AKo (red) on KQ8ssxJxQx

23:15 AQo (red) on AQ8rJss6x

24:54 AsKx on K94ssx

30:12 AcAh on 986dxd4ss5ddd

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Third Man Walking No. 49: An Anarchic Weekend 5/10/20 Session Sep 21, 2022

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Your correspondent tries to dodge variance and an especially surly opponent in a weekend-evening 5/10/20 session.