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Third Man Walking No. 127: Searching for a Good Game

December 17, 2025 · 28 min

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(0:00) Intro

(0:15) A frustrating day at $5/$5 and $5/$10

(7:12) $5/$5 hand: 88 on 842hxh6ccAx

(13:14) Poker as "founder training"

(19:17) $5/$5 NLHE/standup game session

(19:47) JJ all-in preflop

(21:04) AKo all-in preflop

(22:33) AA on A33ddx4x

(23:32) AQo on A74hhxQhhh2hhhh

(25:41) A8cc preflop

Your correspondent discusses a frustrating day of poker, responds to Kelly Lucas' reaction to Erik Seidel's potential retirement in the wake of impending changes to taxation of gambling losses, and then finds respite in an out-of-town poker room that allows the standup game.

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