Third Man Walking Charlie Wilmoth

Your correspondent reviews some of his recent activities, then journeys to the $5/$5 tables and tries to control for luck in evaluating his recent play.




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0:21 Thoughts on Hustler Casino Live's Million Dollar Game
3:33 Appearing on the Thinking Poker Podcast:
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5:27 Thoughts on downswinging and variance in live poker
10:31 $5/$10 hand: JJ on 877ssx7x
16:40 $5/$5 NLHE session
18:38 JThh on J75sss5x
20:47 AQo on A63rJssKx
22:08 KxQd on K62ddx
23:57 87cc on 643xccTx3x
26:35 KK all-in preflop
27:24 KQdd on T92dxd8x3x
29:57 QTdd on A86r7dd5x
31:15 Giving scores to my play for each session

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Your correspondent meditates on banging his head against the wall. Featured topics include being surrounded at the table by people getting massages, trying and failing to assemble a cardboard box, moving to a new apartment, the documentary "The Contestant" (streaming on Hulu), the Pittsburgh Pirates, growing up in West Virginia, getting into stranger and stranger music, and taking a call about a job in the tech industry. Then, he reviews a $5/$10 session.


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0:16 Banging my head against the wall13:36 $5/$10 NLHE session
13:42 AA on JT7hhx
14:38 KQo on J84ccx7x3x
16:20 ATo on T72cxc4x
18:06 A2hh on K94hhx7hhhKx
25:04 JThh on 987xxh2hh
27:28 KK on T73ssx7x
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Your correspondent reflects on getting slowrolled -- or something? -- in an annoying all-in pot, then reviews a $5/$10 session.
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0:21 A $5/$10 hand: 99 on J94xhh7x
12:30 $5/$10 NLHE session (and some thoughts on a recent casino promotion)
14:56 AA (no heart) on Q96hhx3xQx
17:43 66 on T76rKss
19:57 QQ on A98r58
23:15 J9cc on T84ccx
25:39 64dd on Q43hhx7x3hhh
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Your correspondent returns to the subject of his downswing, which continues despite his best efforts to jinx it into going away by talking about it.
0:21 Downswing Part 21:31 Taking variance is part of the job4:25 The downswing leads to bad habits8:53 Why I'll keep grinding instead of focusing on teaching15:04 5/10 NLHE hand: TT on T85rJxQx



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Your correspondent discusses his thought process as he endures the worst downswing of his poker career. He also reviews a recent $5/$10 session.
0:17 Maintaining a healthy relationship to the game in the midst of a big downswing8:29 Dealing with a long stretch of boredom, in which moneymaking opportunities are few and far between

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20:22 $5/$10 NLHE session21:13 AKo all-in preflop22:24 AA (no club) on 762ccc9x8x24:55 "Feel it in the heart of the cards"26:05 A9ss on AKTxdd9xKx32:17 AsJx on 985sss3x6ssss33:58 J9hh on KQTxssAx7sss
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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:
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0:20 Traveling to Northern California0:42 Poker in American cities that are not Los Angeles or Las Vegas1:57 What it feels like to enter a new poker room2:57 3/5/10 at Lucky Chances in San Francisco3:35 K3hh on KT3ssxQdd5:34 A9hh on AQ5xhh
8:03 1/3 with straddles at Capitol Casino in Sacramento9:12 KQo on AJ8rTr311:57 J8dd on QT9ssd2x15:00 AQcc on Q54ddx
16:50 2/5 at Thunder Valley, northeast of Sacramento 17:58 QsTx on AKJssxKxJx19:05 AKo all-in preflop21:02 AKdd all-in preflop21:32 AKo all-in preflop (yes, all-in preflop with AK in three different hands)22:38 QQ all-in preflop23:32 77 on AQ7rKr9
25:16 General thoughts on running bad
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