(0:00) Introduction

(0:15) How the legal battle facing California's card rooms might impact poker in the state

(11:45) $5/$10 NLHE session

(13:47) ATo on AT8cxcTccc

(16:41) QhQx on 554xhh7hhh6x

(18:44) AKo on Q98xdd5xJx

(21:54) JJ on 972r3hh7x

(23:24) QJdd on 976hdhThhh

(24:58) A9dd on JTTrAss

(27:40) A7ss on A65xss2x9x

(29:27) AJdd preflop spot

(30:56) A4cc preflop spot

Your correspondent discusses how a potential ban on blackjack-type games in California card rooms could impact poker. Then, he reviews a $5/$10 session that he made with this podcast in mind.

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(0:00) Intro

(0:15) Distractions and mistakes

(8:31) $5/$10 session

(8:35) 95ss on Q96xxsJss8sss

(9:49) T8ss on T83r2rK; thoughts on the population finding more river folds than they once did

(11:43) KxQh on T83hhx2x2hhh

(13:51) 97ss on K62xss3sss8x

(15:30) 98o on J74ccx4ss

(16:55) Jackpot! AA vs. QQ vs. TT on AQTT

(19:52) JJ (no heart) on 983hhh2hhhh

(21:28) AQcc on T94ccx8x8ccc

(26:49) J7cc on QJJr9dd6x

(28:07) A2o on AJJrQhhKx

Your correspondent plays a $5/$10 session, wins a table share of a jackpot, and muses about distractions and about not being in the right frame of mind to perform.

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(0:00) Intro

(0:19) Chaos

(8:18) $5/$5 NLHE session

(8:30) KK (no heart) on Q76hhhJx8x

(10:36) 77 on T42r7dd3x

(12:40) 44 on J868r4

(14:33) AThh on 842cxcTss9x

(16:11) AKdd on QJ5r7dd4x

(18:28) KcKx on T85cxc6x

Your correspondent discusses Barry Greenstein's idea of "chaos" -- the millions of kinds of luck in poker (or outside it) that seem further removed from the key elements of poker gameplay than just getting aces against kings, or getting an awful river card. Your correspondent then plays a $5/$5 session that ends with a bit of Greensteinian chaos.

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(0:00) Intro

(0:15) On turning a corner

(10:38) $5/$5/$10 NLHE session

(12:00) AQhh on 765rQx7

(14:02) QQ (no club) on J54xcc7ccc2x

(18:00) AThh preflop spot

(18:56) 8x7h on 653hhh9x8hhhh

(20:34) AsJx on K97sxs3sss

(22:43) T8dd on AJ9xdd

Your correspondent looks back to a time when he had a big breakthrough in his poker results, and wonders what causes such breakthroughs. Then, he gets into a number of difficult spots in a $5/$5/$10 session.

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(0:00) Intro

(0:15) What I've been up to

(2:40) There's a right answer, but what is it?

(10:25) $5/$5/$10 hand: AThh on A83xdd6x

(15:25) AQo on Q83r4r

(23:56) $5/$5/$10 session

(25:14) AJo on AK6xcc9x8x

(26:51) Ridiculous preflop spot with KK

(30:34) AQo on AQ2dxdTx8x

(32:51) AQo (again) on KJTrJccTx

(33:59) AA on Q94hhx

(35:22) TT on T72ccx6x6x

(38:27) A9ss on 863ddxAhh

Your correspondent thinks about the many decision points in live poker in which there probably are correct answers, but it's not clear what it is.

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(0:00) Intro

(0:15) A frustrating day at $5/$5 and $5/$10

(7:12) $5/$5 hand: 88 on 842hxh6ccAx

(13:14) Poker as "founder training"

(19:17) $5/$5 NLHE/standup game session

(19:47) JJ all-in preflop

(21:04) AKo all-in preflop

(22:33) AA on A33ddx4x

(23:32) AQo on A74hhxQhhh2hhhh

(25:41) A8cc preflop

Your correspondent discusses a frustrating day of poker, responds to Kelly Lucas' reaction to Erik Seidel's potential retirement in the wake of impending changes to taxation of gambling losses, and then finds respite in an out-of-town poker room that allows the standup game.

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(0:00) Social media and AI

(2:32) Storytelling in poker

(17:11) $5/$10 NLHE session

(17:36) K9dd on A98ssdTsss2x

(20:22) AdKx on 964ddd

(22:28) AThh on QT5rAcc9x

(24:33) KsJx on JT3sxsAx

(26:00) TT (no spade) on J63sss6x9ssss

(28:53) AA on QT2rKss4x

(30:21) QJo on AT8cxcKhh4ccc

Your correspondent thinks about the AI mini-scandal that recently engulfed the WSOP's "No Limit" docuseries. He lists some problems with poker storytelling that are particular to poker and its ecosystem, then discusses what sorts of stories about poker he'd like to hear or watch. Then, he plays a $5/$10 session in which he struggles to be precise against an action player.

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Ben Wilinofsky on the likelihood of another poker boom

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(0:00) Intro

(0:15) "Ballad of a Small Player"

(13:06) $5/$5 NLHE session

(16:00) JJ preflop spot

(17:40) AKdd preflop spot

(19:02) AJdd on A54xdx3ss2x

(22:18) AQo on AT5hxh6dd9x

(24:09) AA on 322r

(26:07) J9ss on T75ssx2sss4ssss

Your correspondent discusses the new Netflix film “Ballad of a Small Player,” finding it more rewarding upon repeated viewings. He also picks up some big hands in a recent $5/$5 session.

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(0:00) Private games and the Chauncey Billups scandal

(10:52) $5/$10 session

(12:14) AKhh all-in preflop

(13:00) 99 all-in preflop

(15:38) AKo on K54r6ssQx

(17:57) QhQx on AJ6hhxQx4hhh

(20:01) QTcc on QT4hxhJx7hhh

(21:41) JThh on AQ2hxxKx

(23:25) AA on AQTr4ccJx

Your correspondent discusses the Chauncey Billups scandal and Doug Polk's interview with Philip Wiszowaty and how, again, private games are the problem.

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(0:00) Intro

(0:37) The Noble Hustle

(11:18) $5/$10 session

(12:47) TT on T77ddx8x2ddd

(16:11) AcQx on 974cxcKxKccc

(21:37) A4hh on Q76hxh

(22:39) AKhh all-in preflop

(26:20) J9cc on Q52ccxAccc8x

(29:09) AKhh on 544hxxJhh

(31:16) AJo on AJ4r4ccTx

Your correspondent reviews Colson Whitehead’s 2014 poker diary “The Noble Hustle,” a beautifully written account of his brief foray into the poker world and his entry into the WSOP Main Event. Then, a review of a messy $5/$10 session.

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