Third Man Walking No. 84: The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King

Your correspondent discusses Michael Craig's poker-boom-era classic "The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King." He follows up on how he finished in the tournament discussed in the last episode, then reviews a double-board PLO bomb pot he played that left him feeling frustrated with himself. FORUM DISCUSSION: CLICK HERE 0:20 "The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King" 12:32 A correction regarding a hand in the last episode (double-board PLO bomb pot with 8733) 14:03 $1200 LAPC tournament, Day 2 14:41 AKo all-in preflop (big blind = 15,000) 15:41 JJ all-in preflop (big blind = 30,000) 16:10 Q4hh on T84A4 (big blind = 60,000) 18:46 Jx9c on JT6ccx3x5x (big blind = 60,000) 21:58 AQo all-in preflop (big blind = 100,000) 23:21 $25 double-board PLO bomb pot hand: KQJ4 (no spades) on KT9ssx3x4x and J52ssxJxQsss Sources used in the Garfield/Cleveland story: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/502301891 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-doctors-killed-president-garfield/ https://lib.arizona.edu/hsl/materials/collections/secret-illness/cleveland https://www.npr.org/2011/07/06/137621988/a-yacht-a-mustache-how-a-president-hid-his-tumor http://twitter.com/thirdwalking http://crushlivepoker.com