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Third Man Walking No. 145: Two Possible Paths

September 16, 2026 · 32 min

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(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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