Third Man Walking No. 119: The Churn in Private Games

Your correspondent reflects on how private games cycle through players, and how public games in LA can compete with those of the private-game world, which offer newer side games. He also muses on a recent experiment that seems to point toward privatization even in tournaments in casinos.

FORUM DISCUSSION:

0:15 Scattered thoughts on private games and the way poker is changing

0:37 Derek DelGaudio's "Amoralman"

2:00 The creep of privatization in tournaments

6:16 How private games can cause players to go broke faster (and reflections on the ways the cash-game ecosystem is changing)

17:07 $5/$10 and $5/$5/$10 sessions

18:09 KTo on KJ3r6ssJx

20:25 KhKx on 983hxh

22:24 AJcc on J53ddxTx2ddd

25:01 76hh on J76xcc

29:23 $5/$10/$20 hand: All-in preflop with ATo