Third Man Walking

(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

(0:00) Introduction(0:15) Biggest losing session of the year! ($5/$5, $5/$5/$10 and $10/$20)(2:30) KsKx on Q88ssxThh2x(8:32) AQo on A85ddxJx4x(15:21) Sandor Illes on bad beat culture and what makes a great poker gameYour correspondent talks to livestream player and ball knower Sandor Illes about why you should be willing to listen to your buddy's bad beats. Your correspondent also reviews his worst session of poker so far this year, which included some hands played against Sandor himself.FORUM POST Episode notesTwitterCrush Live Poker

(0:00) Introduction(0:15) The problem of time(11:59) ($5/$5 and) $5/$10 session(12:55) AA on 755r6hhKx(15:16) JJ on 964ccx(16:37) K7o on QJ4rKr7(21:35) JJ on 732cxcTx6x(23:50) AJcc on AQ5xcc6x7x(26:24) AhAx on Q94hxh(29:44) Double-board hold-em bomb pot: 53ss on K764J and K65r8ssAx(32:58) AA preflop spotYour correspondent returns from vacation and thinks about what he'd like to do next, pondering what to do when time seems to be at a premium. He then plays a $5/$10 session that ends with a day-defining cooler.FORUM POST Episode notesCrush Live Poker