Your correspondent reviews a recent break-even stretch. He then considers recent rumors of cheating in high-stakes private games and offers a simple solution: Stop playing private games, and come play poker at casinos instead. Finally, he reviews a recent 5/10 session. 0:58 Why we shouldn't assume downswings have obvious causes
1:34 Whiny bad-beat story: 5/5/10/20/40 KK on TT3rAx
3:26 Nearly a catastrophic punt: 5/10/20 AKcc on 543ssc9sss8ssss

9:37 Thoughts on Nik Airball's accusations against Mars
10:45 Don't play private games
12:19 *Do* play poker in casinos

15:13 5/10 NLHE session
16:07 KQss on 764hsh5ss4sss
18:48 AJdd on QT9rQx4
20:02 55 on Q52r7dd
21:48 KJo (no diamond) on K82ddd2x4x
23:38 QQ on 966r
25:26 Q9cc on 952sxs9xTsss
29:58 KThh on QT2hxh3x9x
31:50 QQ on 986cxc3x
40:22 KQo on KT4r9hhJx 
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Third Man Walking No. 78: Don't Play Private Games

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Your correspondent meditates on banging his head against the wall. Featured topics include being surrounded at the table by people getting massages, trying and failing to assemble a cardboard box, moving to a new apartment, the documentary "The Contestant" (streaming on Hulu), the Pittsburgh Pirates, growing up in West Virginia, getting into stranger and stranger music, and taking a call about a job in the tech industry. Then, he reviews a $5/$10 session. 
 
 
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  0:16 Banging my head against the wall

13:36 $5/$10 NLHE session 13:42 AA on JT7hhx 14:38 KQo on J84ccx7x3x 16:20 ATo on T72cxc4x 18:06 A2hh on K94hhx7hhhKx 25:04 JThh on 987xxh2hh 27:28 KK on T73ssx7x

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Third Man Walking No. 89: The One That's Only Partially About Poker

Your correspondent reflects on getting slowrolled -- or something? -- in an annoying all-in pot, then reviews a $5/$10 session. 


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 0:21 A $5/$10 hand: 99 on J94xhh7x 12:30 $5/$10 NLHE session (and some thoughts on a recent casino promotion) 14:56 AA (no heart) on Q96hhx3xQx 17:43 66 on T76rKss 19:57 QQ on A98r58 23:15 J9cc on T84ccx 25:39 64dd on Q43hhx7x3hhh

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Third Man Walking No. 88: An Extra in Someone Else's Movie

Your correspondent returns to the subject of his downswing, which continues despite his best efforts to jinx it into going away by talking about it. 0:21 Downswing Part 2
1:31 Taking variance is part of the job
4:25 The downswing leads to bad habits
8:53 Why I'll keep grinding instead of focusing on teaching

15:04 5/10 NLHE hand: TT on T85rJxQx 
 
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Third Man Walking No. 87: Anatomy of a Downswing Part II

Your correspondent discusses his thought process as he endures the worst downswing of his poker career. He also reviews a recent $5/$10 session. 0:17 Maintaining a healthy relationship to the game in the midst of a big downswing
8:29 Dealing with a long stretch of boredom, in which moneymaking opportunities are few and far between 
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 20:22 $5/$10 NLHE session
21:13 AKo all-in preflop
22:24 AA (no club) on 762ccc9x8x
24:55 "Feel it in the heart of the cards"
26:05 A9ss on AKTxdd9xKx
32:17 AsJx on 985sss3x6ssss
33:58 J9hh on KQTxssAx7sss




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Third Man Walking No. 86: Anatomy of a Downswing

Your correspondent visits poker rooms in the Bay Area and Sacramento, folding flopped straights and finding ways to lose ridiculous amounts of money with ace-king. Along the way, he compares live poker in Los Angeles to poker elsewhere, and reflects on a recent bad run.





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 0:20 Traveling to Northern California
0:42 Poker in American cities that are not Los Angeles or Las Vegas
1:57 What it feels like to enter a new poker room

2:57 3/5/10 at Lucky Chances in San Francisco
3:35 K3hh on KT3ssxQdd
5:34 A9hh on AQ5xhh 8:03 1/3 with straddles at Capitol Casino in Sacramento
9:12 KQo on AJ8rTr3
11:57 J8dd on QT9ssd2x
15:00 AQcc on Q54ddx 16:50 2/5 at Thunder Valley, northeast of Sacramento 
17:58 QsTx on AKJssxKxJx
19:05 AKo all-in preflop
21:02 AKdd all-in preflop
21:32 AKo all-in preflop (yes, all-in preflop with AK in three different hands)
22:38 QQ all-in preflop
23:32 77 on AQ7rKr9 25:16 General thoughts on running bad



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Third Man Walking No. 78: Don't Play Private Games

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