(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.”
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2 Sept 2026
Third Man Walking No. 144: "Bet Raise Fold"
(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 AKJxdd5x
Your 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.
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19 Aug 2026
Third Man Walking No. 143: Preserving Public Games
(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 J92ddx
Your 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.
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