Your correspondent revisits the 2009 poker reality show "2 Months 2 Million," then reviews a day of poker that spanned two casinos and over 10 hours.

FORUM DISCUSSION:

0:15 2 Months 2 Million

12:47 Recap of a long Friday session and a hand review: 55 on T85rJdd4x

Your correspondent looks back at the 2015 gambling movie "Mississippi Grind," then reviews a $5/$10 session in which he played several all-in pots.

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0:15 "Mississippi Grind"

10:43 $5/$10 session

10:55 87dd on AT2ddd2xJx

14:52 AA no diamond on KQ2dxd3ddd

16:50 99 all-in preflop

20:15 76cc on T98ssx

21:14 AKo all-in preflop

22:21 66 on J65rTss6x

25:37 AKcc all-in preflop

Your correspondent revisits the 2007 poker film “Lucky You,” then discusses a $5/$5/$10 session that left him shrugging to himself about the quality of his play.

FORUM DISCUSSION:

0:20 Brief life/wildfire update

1:45 "Lucky You"

14:05 $5/$5/$10 session

14:13 On the types of "action" players currently playing in public mid-stakes games

18:27 TT on KT6sxs2sss

20:34 Double-board PLO bomb pot with Jh992.
First board: 9644.
Second board KhQh5x (?) Ahhh

23:01 KsKh on J82ccx5ddTddd

25:11 JJ on A74xssKx2x

29:05 A5hh on T62hhx7hhh7x

31:47 Conclusion

Your correspondent reviews a recent $5/$5/$10 session in which he ran several big bluffs. He also relates a story about a nitty opponent.

0:27 $5/$5/$10 session

0:43 QTss on KT5xxsJss6x

6:20 Double board PLO bomb pot: JT22xddx. Top board: AKQr8dd4x. Bottom board: Q93r2ss4x

8:45 JJ on A54r4ddTddd

10:34 JTss on 322ccx4xKx

12:59 KQcc on T84hhh2x3hhhh

15:09 T9dd on KQJxssQccKsss

16:30 Q6ss on 942sxx2ss5x

18:52 Thoughts on dealing with an annoying opponent

Your correspondent reviews a recent $5/$5/$10 session in which he made several big bluffs. He also relates a story about a nitty opponent. He argues that despite occasional annoyances, live poker, especially live poker played in public games, offers opportunities (opportunities that are increasingly rare elsewhere) to engage with people whose experiences are very different from our own.

0:27 $5/$5/$10 session

0:43 QTss on KT5xxsJss6x

6:20 Double board PLO bomb pot: JT22xddx. Top board: AKQr8dd4x. Bottom board: Q93r2ss4x

8:45 JJ on A54r4ddTddd

10:34 JTss on 322ccx4xKx

12:59 KQcc on T84hhh2x3hhhh

15:09 T9dd on KQJxssQccKsss

16:30 Q6ss on 942sxx2ss5x

18:52 Thoughts on dealing with an annoying opponent

25:15 How live poker makes you engage with people who aren't like you, and why that's mostly good

Your correspondent wins some big pots at $5/$5/$10 but leaves the casino a bit frustrated. Then, he thinks about how poker players think about money.

FORUM DISCUSSION:

0:19 $5/$5 and $5/$5/$10 session

0:36 AQo all-in preflop

1:46 K7o on 752rQss8sss

3:09 QQ on 853rQccJccc

6:31 AhKx on K95hhxTxTx

10:22 QJdd on AJ5dxdKx4ddd

13:34 AA (no heart) on J96rKhh8hhh

14:50 I return to $5/$5

17:36 Poker players’ weird relationships to money

Your correspondent discusses how private games have created an imbalance in live cash-game poker, and what to do about it. Then, he discusses a $5/$5/$10 session in which he made several very strong hands.

0:15 On the migration of private games from high-stakes live poker to mid- and low-stakes poker, and the problems that has created

20:00 $5/$5 and $5/$5/$10 NLHE session

21:15 AA on 664r9r2

24:45 97hh on K85xhx6hh2x

28:28 44 on QT4hxhTx

30:51 44 (again) on 843rJcc

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Your correspondent briefly muses on the difficulty of finding ways to improve when poker continually finds new ways to challenge and mislead you. He then reviews a $5/$10 session that featured some wild street-poker hands, including two in which he made huge folds.

FORUM DISCUSSION:

0:15 On hunting for ways to get better

6:48 $5/$10 NLHE session

7:29 JJ on J65ddxThh

9:03 AJcc on A75xddKx2x

11:08 QQ on 962r5dd

13:15 KK on J53rTr

15:09 TT on 943rQcc8x

17:01 $200 splash pot -- 99 on AK6rQdd4x

20:12 QThh on T83rTr7x (including a discussion of the tactic of overlimping)

25:24 AA on 863hhhKxJx

34:08 JJ on KJ5ssxQx2x

Your correspondent reads the anthropologist David M. Hayano's "Poker Faces," a book that, 42 years since it was published, has much to say about modern poker culture.

FORUM DISCUSSION:

0:30 "Poker Faces"

18:21 Anatomy of a Downswing, Part 1,000,000, featuring some weird digressions on nearly getting run over by a truck and of being in a mall in suburban Cleveland needing to buy a shirt

29:07 $5/$5 hand history: AA on 922r4hhJx

Your correspondent struggles with his proximity to the recent Nick Vertucci scandal and wonders how long he should stay in the poker world. Then, he plays a $5/$5/$10 session.

FORUM DISCUSSION:

0:16 On the Nick Vertucci scandal

12:17 $5/$5/$10 NLHE session

13:03 4c4x on T32ccxQxTx

16:06 QTss on TT3rA6

18:25 QQ on T75r4Q

20:31 JJ on 332xddKx6x

22:01 66 on 652ccxKcccQx

24:57 AKo all-in preflop