Third Man Walking

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Third Man Walking No. 17: Poker and Survivor Feb 02, 2021

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A rant about live private home games, and a comparison of poker with the show Survivor that leads into a discussion of whether poker requires us to lie.

0:23 Live private games and COVID
7:45 What your correspondent has been up to
10:05 Poker and Survivor

Here's the Reddit comment mentioned at around 16:00.

Third Man Walking No. 16: The Traveling Pro, With Claudiu Marinescu Jan 05, 2021

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Professional cash-game player Claudiu Marinescu discusses his travels from his native Romania to play poker in the United States and Macau.

Third Man Walking No. 15: Viva Live Poker Dec 01, 2020

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Your correspondent shares some details of the life he led before becoming a professional poker player, then recaps two big cash game sessions, $10/$20/$40 NLHE and $5/$10/$20 NLHE.

0:20 Introduction
1:57 A big hand from 2011: J4hh in a limped pot
7:37 $10/$20/$40 NLHE
8:57 Black KK vs. fun player
9:50 QQ vs a tight 3bettor
12:15 Big bluff with QdJx vs. fun player
15:28 A set of sixes vs. fun player
17:57 77 vs. another tight 3bettor
21:43 Crazy fold in a bizarre spot vs. unidentified opponent in $5/$10/$20

Third Man Walking No. 14: The Only Way to Play It, With Peter Alson Nov 02, 2020

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Peter Alson joins me to discuss his new novel about poker, The Only Way to Play It.

0:21 Introduction
1:12 Peter Alson
26:05 Session review: $5/$5 No-Limit Hold-Em in San Diego County
37:04 Session review II: More $5/5 No-Limit Hold-Em in the San Diego area

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Third Man Walking No. 13: On Matt Berkey and Solve for Why Oct 06, 2020

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Your correspondent discusses one of poker's best-known players and the training site he helped found.

0:23 Introduction
4:10 Matt Berkey (T7dd) vs. Jack Laskey (AKo)
12:08 Berkey (KxQh) vs. Chris Konvalinka (J9hh)
18:07 Berkey and "Dead Money"
25:01 Solve for Why's podcast
28:39 Solve for Why's training videos
32:17 Berkey (K9cc) vs. Andrew Lichtenberger (QJo)
37:31 Berkey (QdTx) vs. Christian Soto (JxTd) and Piosolver (warning: a little bit technical!)
47:51 Conclusion

Third Man Walking No. 12: The Dreamer & the Pied Piper Sep 01, 2020

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Live poker is shrouded in uncertainty. It often isn't clear what's happening in a given hand, or even who's winning. Your correspondent examines the implications of this uncertainty for two player types that are common in live poker.

0:00 Introduction
1:35 How much we don't know
8:23 The dreamer
11:37 The pied piper (questionable poker coach)
16:28 Live cash game review: A bad day at 5/10/20
23:24 The pied piper, part 2

Third Man Walking No. 11: Private Online Games, Apps and PLO Aug 04, 2020

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Your correspondent describes his own experiences playing poker during quarantine.

0:00 Introduction / live poker vs. online poker
4:28 Private online games
13:22 Playing on apps
17:30 Cash games and meritocracies
22:27 A no-limit hold-em fish tries to learn PLO

Third Man Walking No. 10: First Read: Maria Konnikova's "The Biggest Bluff" Jun 29, 2020

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Your correspondent's initial thoughts on Maria Konnikova's excellent new book "The Biggest Bluff," in which she learns how to play, and succeeds in, live tournament poker.

0:00 Introduction/COVID/podcast plans
3:20 "The Biggest Bluff"

Third Man Walking No. 9: Poker in Quarantine Jun 16, 2020

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Yale Greenfield joins Third Man Walking to discuss how the coronavirus has affected the poker economy. We discuss online cash games, tournaments, public vs. private games, how games have changed as the quarantine has progressed, and how poker creates FO

Third Man Walking No. 8: Rounders Revisited Mar 17, 2020

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With the coronavirus upon us, a special episode about the classic poker movie Rounders, which you can watch again today, alone, at home

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