I was recently taunted by a "person" in a manner I've never been or seen anyone else be before. So much that I was too dumbfounded to even think of anything to say back.

Well, it was another arduous weak of cash game poker with lots of back and forth uphill battling. These are the highlight hands including my redemption against this asshole.

Got some stories from the previous week. No nerdy strategic hand histories this time. Here we go over instances of people overreacting and mistreating dealers, the importance of dealers not acting immeasurably entitled, poker players failing to use a shred of common sense to solve very simple problems, and also acting high and mighty themselves--holier than all.

As is just about always the case, people act extra elementary on the night there's a full moon. Here are the hand history highlights from a 12 hour all night torturous night of 2/5. This session which went until past 7 AM was punctuated by players getting mad at me for not letting them pass chips to each other on the table, and an old man rubbing defeat in my face like a 12 year old boy.

Beautiful.

Passionate fast talking Boston native Chad Phillips joins the Dead Money studios for this Christmas Day special edition. A former pro poker player and now turned veteran poker dealer, Chad goes deep sea diving into both the trajectory of his playing career, and the finer points of being in the box.

I surely cannot wait for this year to be over. But, at least I'm back into feeling like I'm gonna be grinding the Wynn 2/5 consistently. It's been a real slog these last few months. And poker has been draining blood from me like a vampire.

Back from my trip to the deep south, I am greeted with wonderful commentary at 2/5 and 1/3 as I feel like I'm drowning in the depths of my own mindless poker ineptitude.

During a week where I couldn't sleep, I put some hours in back to back days in the wee hours of the morning at the Bellagio. These are the hand histories and asinine behavioral stories that were of course accompanied by the typical crappy reg company you can always count on.

Occasionally I like to drop in on 1/3 games for an hour or two as they make for lots of hilarious hand histories and/or child-like behavior. If you've ever played 1/3, then you should know it's like daycare. And if you've ever dealt it, then you should know it's like babysitting.

For most of these times though, I just wanted to be as big a smartass as often as I could without crossing any lines since that defeats the whole purpose. Some hand history analysis as well.

I talk shit about everybody on this podcast practically every show, but today we delve into some old anecdotes of when it was me who went out of his way to be a huge fucking asshole to people at the table--although in some cases it was certainly warranted. But either way, as a person who is 40 years old, here are some of the behavioral choices at the poker table I made when I was merely half that age. And some others whilst still in my 20s.

Shockwaves are sent through the world of underground poker games and legalized sports betting. The former champion, now former coach, and current Hall of Fame guard Chauncey Billups is finally nailed for cheating people out of millions in his rigged home game using automatic shufflers as part of a highly elaborate scheme. He also was part of a ring of other current and former NBA players who were manipulating results for prop bets on legalized sports betting gambling sites.

So today we discuss both stories and the glorious illusion presented by the private poker game scene. When in reality, it will often be very nefarious and dangerous.