About this episode
Your correspondent ruminates on the way poker is used for dramatic purposes in books and movies, and contrasts that with the reality of winning in cash-game poker, which, if you're doing it right, isn't terribly dramatic. He then reviews an interesting but sometimes frustrating 5/10 session. 0:20 Your correspondent appears in a poker scene in a music video 3:25 Where does drama in poker come from, and how does the reality of poker conflict with traditional fictional narratives? 4:45 The plot arc of "Rounders," and some speculation about Mike McDermott's life since the end of the movie 7:54 Parallels between Mike McDermott's life and Daniel Negreanu's 12:15 Session review: 5/10 NLHE 14:30 A9ss on K52sss5x 17:40 44 on Q84dxd5xTx 22:25 AQo on 962rQdd2ddd 25:18 33 on 932hxh 27:03 ATdd 852xddTx 28:20 AA on A32ddxJx twitter.com/thirdwalking crushlivepoker.com