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Third Man Walking

Charlie Wilmoth

Frequency: 1 episode/18d. Total Eps: 144

A poker pro's lonely journey through mid stakes cash games and tournaments. Brought to you by CrushLivePoker

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Third Man Walking No. 95: "Dead Money," With Josh Wilcox

Wednesday, August 21, 2024 • Duration 36:59

Your correspondent talks to screenwriter and poker player Josh Wilcox, who wrote the upcoming poker movie "Dead Money." Your correspondent then reviews a recent $5/$10 session.

FORUM DISCUSSION :

https://discord.com/channels/472535810785411093/1275817574923505746

1:35 Josh Wilcox on "Dead Money"

15:55 Playing a freeroll tournament

20:09 $5/$10 NLHE session

20:15 AKss on K72ccxAxQx

22:04 A7dd on Q96ddxJxAx

24:57 AKss (again) on KQ7xhhTdd

27:50 A9o on 963rTcc9x

33:47 AcAh on 632ddx

http://twitter.com/thirdwalking
http://crushlivepoker.com

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Third Man Walking No. 94: Cheating On Every Page

Wednesday, August 7, 2024 • Duration 30:19

Your correspondent offers a prescription for the recent controversy surrounding Jonathan Tamayo's victory in the Main Event of the World Series of Poker. He then discusses potential cheating in online poker and -- ugh -- public live poker games, and finds parallels between what's happening now and descriptions of the early days of poker in James McManus' "Cowboys Full." Then, he reviews a profitable but sloppy session of $5/$10 NLHE.

FORUM DISCUSSION :

https://discord.com/channels/472535810785411093/1270743965037101106

0:20 What can be done to address bad optics and a potentially unfair competitive environment in the World Series of Poker Main Event, and in live poker more broadly

Will Jaffe's tweet:

Alan Keating's tweet:

Apestyles on the Thinking Poker Podcast:

"Recent reports out of Paris ...":

Only Friends podcast episode on the alleged live poker cheating ring:

14:43 $5/$10 NLHE session
15:05 AA on K76r
16:00 KK all-in preflop
16:38 QJo on Q72xdd
18:58 QJhh KJ5hcc6x5x
21:08 KQo (both black cards) on KK5xdd6hh4hhh
23:48 JThh on 422hhx5xKx
25:55 AA all-in preflop
26:41 A9ss K87sxx5dd

https://x.com/dankness3/status/1814048970588516497 https://x.com/Mister_Keating/status/1814042058601963714 https://www.thinkingpoker.net/2024/07/episode-445-jonathan-apestyles-van-fleet/https://www.yahoo.com/news/french-police-catch-casino-fraudsters-175413515.html

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Third Man Walking No. 85: Traveling and Running Bad

Wednesday, March 20, 2024 • Duration 27:49

Your correspondent visits poker rooms in the Bay Area and Sacramento, folding flopped straights and finding ways to lose ridiculous amounts of money with ace-king. Along the way, he compares live poker in Los Angeles to poker elsewhere, and reflects on a recent bad run.

FORUM DISCUSSION:

https://discordapp.com/channels/472535810785411093/1060003361321136190

0:20 Traveling to Northern California
0:42 Poker in American cities that are not Los Angeles or Las Vegas
1:57 What it feels like to enter a new poker room

2:57 3/5/10 at Lucky Chances in San Francisco
3:35 K3hh on KT3ssxQdd
5:34 A9hh on AQ5xhh

8:03 1/3 with straddles at Capitol Casino in Sacramento
9:12 KQo on AJ8rTr3
11:57 J8dd on QT9ssd2x
15:00 AQcc on Q54ddx

16:50 2/5 at Thunder Valley, northeast of Sacramento
17:58 QsTx on AKJssxKxJx
19:05 AKo all-in preflop
21:02 AKdd all-in preflop
21:32 AKo all-in preflop (yes, all-in preflop with AK in three different hands)
22:38 QQ all-in preflop
23:32 77 on AQ7rKr9

25:16 General thoughts on running bad

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Third Man Walking No. 84: The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 • Duration 31:44

Your correspondent discusses Michael Craig's poker-boom-era classic "The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King." He follows up on how he finished in the tournament discussed in the last episode, then reviews a double-board PLO bomb pot he played that left him feeling frustrated with himself.

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https://discordapp.com/channels/472535810785411093/1060003361321136190

0:20 "The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King"

12:32 A correction regarding a hand in the last episode (double-board PLO bomb pot with 8733)

14:03 $1200 LAPC tournament, Day 2
14:41 AKo all-in preflop (big blind = 15,000)
15:41 JJ all-in preflop (big blind = 30,000)
16:10 Q4hh on T84A4 (big blind = 60,000)
18:46 Jx9c on JT6ccx3x5x (big blind = 60,000)
21:58 AQo all-in preflop (big blind = 100,000)

23:21 $25 double-board PLO bomb pot hand: KQJ4 (no spades) on KT9ssx3x4x and J52ssxJxQsss

Sources used in the Garfield/Cleveland story:

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/502301891

Third Man Walking No. 83: I Finally Make a Day 2

Wednesday, February 21, 2024 • Duration 34:22

Your correspondent gets through Day 1 of a tournament for the first time in over five years. He reviews the tournament hands that brought him to Day 2 glory, then recaps a cash session of $5/$5/$10 (with straddles of up to $160) and $5/$5.

FORUM DISCUSSION:

https://discord.com/channels/472535810785411093/1209877911398780929

0:16 Your correspondent bags a tournament! ($1200 LAPC Million at Commerce)
3:42 AJhh on J95r (big blind = 800)
6:04 AA on A98r2r (bb = 1200)
7:44 K4o on K32r4hhJhhh (bb = 3000)
917 JJ all-in preflop (bb = 4000)
13:19 T6o on 953xccKx (bb = 6000)

17:10 $5/$5/$10 NLHE cash session
17:43 AKo all-in preflop
18:52 AdTx on K32ddx
23:16 KhKx on 653xhh2hhh9x

24:47 $5/$5 NLHE
25:37 AdAx on KQ8dxdTx
28:25 Double-board PLO bomb pot with 8733 on J83rThh and 953xss6sss

http://twitter.com/thirdwalking http://crushlivepoker.com

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Third Man Walking No. 82: Two Thousand Dollars

Wednesday, February 7, 2024 • Duration 30:02

Your correspondent discusses why two thousand dollars is an important sum at $5/$10 and $10/$20. He also discusses his recent experiences playing $10/$20, then reviews a recent $5/$10 session.

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https://discordapp.com/channels/472535810785411093/1060003361321136190

0:21 Why $2,000 is such an important threshold in mid-stakes cash games
4:40 Comparing $10/$20 to $5/$10
7:17 KsJx on JT8xssTx7x

9:54 $5/$10 NLHE session
10:23 AKo on Q83rThh
12:33 JJ on 993r3T
14:16 A5cc on 932ccx8x
15:36 AJo on 754r2cc
16:32 AA on KK7rK2
19:13 QJo on T32r8r
20:21 AJhh on 832xhh5hhh6x
23:42 KJcc on 976cccJx7x
26:29 Q6o on AT4r7x

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Third Man Walking No. 81: Filtering Poker Advice

Wednesday, January 17, 2024 • Duration 37:41

Your correspondent discusses how to filter poker strategy advice -- which advice should be ignored and which is worth taking? How can you tell them apart, and when should you feel satisfied with uncertainty?

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0:16 How do you find good advice in poker?

12:47 5/10 NLHE session
12:56 AKss all-in preflop
14:04 QJss 4bet preflop
15:29 AQss on AT5r3dd4x
17:42 JTcc on 942xxc9x
19:03 AJo on A84ssxJx8x
21:15 QQ on KQ9J7
23:46 QQ (again) on K75ddxKcc7x
26:37 JJ all-in preflop
33:01 Jackpot hand!

Sabrina Chevannes' tweet:

Persuadeo's essay:

https://twitter.com/SChevannes/status/1745567657741402482 https://persuadeo.nl/a-brief-word-on-learning-poker-or-anything/

I didn't credit them in the podcast itself, but some of my thoughts on solvers are pretty similar to Marc Goone and Gethen Jacobs', which you can see here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vXh6ZhcL90

http://twitter.com/thirdwalking
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Third Man Walking No. 80: A Tournament Story

Wednesday, January 3, 2024 • Duration 32:21

Your correspondent explains why he chose not to go to Las Vegas to play tournaments last month, and relays how his experience playing the WSOP Main Event in 2019 shaped his skepticism about playing tournaments at all. He then reviews a recent 5/10 session.

0:21 Tournament skepticism and the 2019 Main Event

13:49 5/10 NLHE session (and staying off my phone)
15:09 KK all-in preflop
17:41 98hh QT7dxdQx9ddd
19:58 99 all-in preflop
23:07 QQ on T22hhxQcc5x
25:26 98ss on Q98ddx4x2x
28:32 AQdd 965cxc8ddTddd

FORUM DISCUSSION:

http://twitter.com/thirdwalking https://discord.com/channels/472535810785411093/1192120863059882166

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Third Man Walking No. 79: Making Big Hands at 5/10/20 (And a Couple Poker-Culture Items)

Wednesday, December 20, 2023 • Duration 40:41

Your correspondent reviews a recent 5/10/20 session, then discusses "Game of Gold" and Alex O'Brien's new book "The Truth Detective."

0:21 5/10/20 NLHE session
1:22 AKcc on KT7r3x
2:36 KQo on KK2rTdd6x
4:00 AKss all-in preflop
5:09 KTdd on QT8xxd6hhQx
6:32 AKo on AJ4r2ss7x
9:19 AQcc on AQ4ddx4xAx
13:07 AA on 632rKhh
15:52 QTss on JTThhx9hhh4x
17:53 AdAx 995xdd3xAx
19:38 T9dd on Q85hhdThhhQx
21:29 J6hh on AT2hhxQxAx

25:27 Thoughts on "Game of Gold"

29:10 Thoughts on Alex O'Brien's "The Truth Detective"

FORUM DISCUSSION:

https://discord.com/channels/472535810785411093/1187047862169763890

http://twitter.com/thirdwalking
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Third Man Walking No. 78: Don't Play Private Games

Wednesday, December 6, 2023 • Duration 44:00

Your correspondent reviews a recent break-even stretch. He then considers recent rumors of cheating in high-stakes private games and offers a simple solution: Stop playing private games, and come play poker at casinos instead. Finally, he reviews a recent 5/10 session.

0:58 Why we shouldn't assume downswings have obvious causes
1:34 Whiny bad-beat story: 5/5/10/20/40 KK on TT3rAx
3:26 Nearly a catastrophic punt: 5/10/20 AKcc on 543ssc9sss8ssss

9:37 Thoughts on Nik Airball's accusations against Mars
10:45 Don't play private games
12:19 *Do* play poker in casinos

15:13 5/10 NLHE session
16:07 KQss on 764hsh5ss4sss
18:48 AJdd on QT9rQx4
20:02 55 on Q52r7dd
21:48 KJo (no diamond) on K82ddd2x4x
23:38 QQ on 966r
25:26 Q9cc on 952sxs9xTsss
29:58 KThh on QT2hxh3x9x
31:50 QQ on 986cxc3x
40:22 KQo on KT4r9hhJx

http://twitter.com/thirdwalking

FORUM DISCUSSION:

https://discordapp.com/channels/472535810785411093/1060003361321136190

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