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

20/08/2025 32 min
Third Man Walking No. 119: The Churn in Private Games

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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: CLICK HERE 0:15 Scattered thoughts on private games and the way poker is changing0:37 Derek DelGaudio's "Amoralman"2:00 The creep of privatization in tournaments6:16 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 sessions18:09 KTo on KJ3r6ssJx20:25 KhKx on 983hxh22:24 AJcc on J53ddxTx2ddd25:01 76hh on J76xcc29:23 $5/$10/$20 hand: All-in preflop with ATohttp://twitter.com/thirdwalkinghttp://crushlivepoker.com