Third Man Walking

(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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Reddit thread on “Ballad of a Small Player”Netflix Tudum articleWill Sloan review of “Ballad of a Small Player

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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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Your correspondent reviews the 2015 Canadian poker thriller “Cold Deck,” then recaps a relatively smooth (but imperfect) session at $5/$10.

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0:23 “Cold Deck”

11:49 $5/$5 and $5/$10 session

12:03 AJo on K63r4dd

14:08 J9cc preflop spot

15:43 AKo on AJ6ccx7x4x

16:54 KK on T94r9cc5x

19:44 KK (again) on T86hhx

22:27 AQo preflop spot

23:11 JhJx on T76hxhKhhh5x

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Your correspondent discusses the potential ban on sweepstakes casinos in California, then reviews a $5/$5/$10 session in which he wonders how frequently he's getting bluffed.

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0:19 Thoughts on (more) law changes affecting poker players in California and elsewhere

6:06 $5/$5/$10 no-limit hold-em session

6:24 88 preflop

8:47 AQo on QJ3r

11:17 76hh on QJ2hxh4hhh7x

13:11 AdKx K65ddx3ddd8x

15:22 TT on T72ssxQxKx

17:47 K9o on K42rQhh3x

21:34 AKo all-in preflop

22:35 KcKx on A54ccxKdd

25:44 Very old $1/$2 hand history: KK on AK3r

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Your correspondent watches the 2013 poker-adjacent film “Runner Runner,” then gets put in some tough spots at $5/$5/$10, making (at least) one big mistake along the way.

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0:15 Making adjustments to online poker with big antes

3:48 Watching “Runner Runner”

7:35 $5/$5/$10 session

7:56 AThh on Q54hxx9cc

10:21 AJo on J42ccxJhhKhhh

16:51 KK (no club) on Q98ccx

18:08 Quads alert! 55 on Q65cxc5ss2x

19:41 AKhh on AQ2xxh4x

20:53 KsKd on Q74dxdJssQx

24:48 Double-board PLO bomb pot! AK54hhxh on ...
Board 1: 874hhx8xKx (so on the river I have KK88A)
Board 2: A43rA8 (so on the river I have AAA44)

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Your correspondent reflects on how private games cycle through players, and how public games in LA can compete with those of the private-game world, which offer newer side games. He also muses on a recent experiment that seems to point toward privatization even in tournaments in casinos.

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0:15 Scattered thoughts on private games and the way poker is changing

0:37 Derek DelGaudio's "Amoralman"

2:00 The creep of privatization in tournaments

6:16 How private games can cause players to go broke faster (and reflections on the ways the cash-game ecosystem is changing)

17:07 $5/$10 and $5/$5/$10 sessions

18:09 KTo on KJ3r6ssJx

20:25 KhKx on 983hxh

22:24 AJcc on J53ddxTx2ddd

25:01 76hh on J76xcc

29:23 $5/$10/$20 hand: All-in preflop with ATo

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Your correspondent plays a $5/$5/$10 session in which he wonders what to do facing a string bet, then navigates a long card-dead stretch. He also muses about the possibility of playing on stream.

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0:15 $5/$5/$10 session (with digressions)

1:26 Limit hold-em vs. no-limit hold-em

4:07 Weird string-bet spot: AJo (no clubs) on A95xccJxTccc

10:19 KsQx on JT2sssAxKx

13:00 Struggling with how to maximize winnings against tighter recreational players

13:45 AxQd on 765dddQx8x

16:17 JTss on T54dxd5x6x

20:31 KK on J74rJhh9x

22:12 KK (again) on T77ddxAxJddd

26:11 9c9x on T53cxcQss5ccc

28:15 The HCL controversy/challenge and thoughts on playing on stream

33:49 KK on 443xcc

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Your correspondent reviews his recent trip to Las Vegas. Then, he discusses two new developments that are bad for poker: Will Kassouf's performance in the Main Event, and changes to US tax law.

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0:15 Being a tourist in Las Vegas

10:50 Will Kassouf in the Main Event

23:59 Big changes to the way poker players are taxed

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Your correspondent offers his take on the controversy at the end of the Millionaire Maker last week, then reflects on the worst year of poker he’s ever endured, a year that he thinks (and hopes) is now over.

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0:58 The Millionaire Maker / Club WPT Gold controversy

11:16 Reflections on the past year

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