Third Man Walking

By Charlie Wilmoth

Third Man Walking episodes

September 01, 2020 12. The Dreamer & the Pied Piper
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
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32 min
August 04, 2020 Third Man Walking No. 11: Private Online Games, Apps and PLO
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
32 min
August 04, 2020 11. Private Online Games, Apps and PLO
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
32 min
June 29, 2020 Third Man Walking No. 10: First Read: Maria Konnikova's "The Biggest Bluff"
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"
18 min
June 29, 2020 10. First Read: Maria Konnikova's "The Biggest Bluff"
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"
18 min
June 16, 2020 Third Man Walking No. 9: Poker in Quarantine
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
39 min
June 16, 2020 9. Poker in Quarantine
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 FOMO.
39 min
March 17, 2020 8. Rounders Revisited
With the coronavirus upon us, a special episode about the classic poker movie Rounders, which you can watch again today, alone, at home.
22 min
March 17, 2020 Third Man Walking No. 8: Rounders Revisited
With the coronavirus upon us, a special episode about the classic poker movie Rounders, which you can watch again today, alone, at home
22 min
November 19, 2019 Third Man Walking No. 7: The Main Event
Your correspondent plays the Main Event of the World Series of Poker for the first time.
0:00 Introduction
0:57 Why does everyone think they run bad in tournaments?
3:30 WSOP update
8:36 The Main Event
9:57 Day 2
11:45 Day 3
14:19 Hand review: Casino Royale
22 min