Third Man Walking

(0:00) Introduction(0:15) $5/$10/$20 session(2:51) QJo on 943hxxAhh(5:17) 9s9x on 885xssQsss9x(8:09) KK on 999(11:45) QTo on 883r6r7(13:49) AJo on J95hhxJddAhhh(16:13) 66 on J73r6ccTccc(18:22) 85o on A86ddx7x6x(21:00) KJo on 653hxhJxAx(23:35) A7ss on Q75dxd3xTx(26:27) AcJx on AJ8xccTccc5x(29:20) AJdd on AA8r7dd9dddYour correspondent plays a big game and gets opportunities to play much more exciting poker than he's otherwise played recently.FORUM DISCUSSIONCrush Live Poker

(0:00) Introduction(0:15) Living through variance(16:35) $5/$10/$20 session(17:08) KhKx on Q76hhxQss9hhh(18:51) TT on J98rTrQ(20:25) AQss on K83sxs9xJx(22:08) QJcc on Q74xxc8cc8x(24:21) KhJo on AK6r7hhAx(25:25) AKo on Q43ddx(28:38) AA on K72r9hh8xYour correspondent discusses living through variance as a major challenge to playing poker professionally. Along the way, he talks about getting insurance as a poker player, and why so many pros seek out side hustles. Then, he wonders about how he’s playing after a $5/$10/$20 session.FORUM DISCUSSIONEpisode notesTwitterCrush Live Poker

(0:00) Introduction(0:15) Two possible paths(4:39) Garrett Adelstein's "Beneath the Cards"(14:49) $5/$5/$10 hand: TsTx on K97sss5ssss6sssss(18:07) Jesse May's "Shut Up and Deal"Your correspondent thinks about two possible paths to success in poker, represented, in different ways, in two poker books: Garrett Adelstein’s recent “Beneath the Cards,” and Jesse May’s “Shut Up and Deal.”FORUM DISCUSSIONEpisode notesTwitterCrush Live Poker

(0:00) Introduction(0:15) "Bet Raise Fold"(12:36) $5/$5/$10 session(12:49) K9cc on 974r7dd5x(14:37) KJo on K88rQhh7x(15:49) AA preflop spot(17:26) AKo preflop spot(19:21) J7cc on AJJrA. (The river was a brick.)(22:37) From a later session: AKhh on AKJxdd5xYour correspondent reviews the 2013 poker documentary "Bet Raise Fold," wondering what it means that poker today exists in the shadow of the poker boom two decades ago.FORUM DISCUSSION Episode notesTwitterCrush Live Poker

(0:00) Introduction(0:15) Preserving public games(22:39) $5/$5/$10 session(22:51) A4cc on T43cxcQx2x(24:56) KK all-in preflop(25:35) 55 on A75r(26:56) 77 on J98r9r7(28:29) AKhh on Q94cch(30:19) JJ on J92ddxYour correspondent discusses how best to balance private games in card rooms with existing public games. He argues that public games (which can often run with less overhead and less friction than private ones) should be protected — both for the players, so that they can come and go as they please, and, perhaps, for the card rooms themselves.FORUM DISCUSSIONEpisode NotesTwitterCrush Live Poker