Third Man Walking

(0:00) Introduction
(0:15) The 2008 poker movie "Deal"
(12:16) $5/$10 NLHE session
(12:55) Bonus $5/$10 hand: AhAx on 742hhx6xJx
(18:20) $5/$5 hand: AsKx on 983sss
(20:08) $5/$10 hand: AJo on T95r8ss
(21:51) QsQx on K84sss7ssssKx
(24:30) JJ (no spade) on Q93sxs
(27:08) Double-board hold-em bomb pot: T8o on T63ssxKx and 962r4cc
(28:32) KJo on J65hhxJxTx
Your correspondent looks back at the poker film "Deal," which received intriguingly horrible reviews upon its release in 2008. He then plays a $5/$10 session against a tight table.

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(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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