All Episodes

Third Man Walking No. 136: Loose Ends

Third Man Walking No. 135: Live Cash Games In the Near Future

Third Man Walking No. 134: Dust Flush

Third Man Walking No. 133: "Deal"

Third Man Walking No. 132: The California Blackjack Ban and Its Impact On Poker

Third Man Walking No. 131: Distractions & Mistakes

Third Man Walking No. 130: Chaos

Third Man Walking No. 129: Turning a Corner

Third Man Walking No. 128: There's a Right Answer, but What Is It?

Third Man Walking No. 127: Searching for a Good Game

Third Man Walking No. 126: AI and Poker Storytelling

Third Man Walking No. 125: "Ballad of a Small Player"

Third Man Walking No. 124: The Latest Private-Game Scandal

Third Man Walking No. 123: Colson Whitehead's "The Noble Hustle"

Third Man Walking No. 122: "Cold Deck"

Third Man Walking No. 121: The Most Bluffed Man in History

Third Man Walking No. 120: Big Hands and a Big Mistake

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

Third Man Walking No. 118: The Right to be Patient

Third Man Walking No. 117: Las Vegas, Will Kassouf and Tax Changes

Third Man Walking No. 116: On the WSOP Controversy

Third Man Walking No. 115: On Growing the Game

Third Man Walking No. 114: "The Grand"

Third Man Walking No. 113: Tournament Season

Third Man Walking No. 112: "The Card Counter"

Third Man Walking No. 111: Why Live Poker Drives Us Nuts

Third Man Walking No. 110: Adjusting Against an Action Player

Third Man Walking No. 109: "Matusow," With David Chen

Third Man Walking No. 108: Two Low-Stakes Sessions

Third Man Walking No. 107: "2 Months 2 Million"

Third Man Walking No. 106: "Mississippi Grind"

Third Man Walking No. 105: "Lucky You"

Third Man Walking No. 104: A Bluff-Heavy $5/$5/$10 Session

Third Man Walking No. 103: Poker Players and the Shifting Value of Money

Third Man Walking No. 102: Private Games and the Imbalance in Live Poker

Third Man Walking No. 101: Ghost Hunting

Third Man Walking No. 100: David M. Hayano's "Poker Faces"

Third Man Walking No. 99: A Rough Couple of Weeks

Third Man Walking No. 98: Waiting for Something to Happen

Third Man Walking No. 97: Defending the Straddle

Third Man Walking No. 96: Crazy, Crazy, Crazy

Third Man Walking No. 95: "Dead Money," With Josh Wilcox

Third Man Walking No. 94: Cheating On Every Page

Third Man Walking No. 93: Variance & Time

Third Man Walking No. 92: Fending Off Aggressive Opponents

Third Man Walking No. 91: Your Winnings Are in Another Castle

Third Man Walking No. 90: Putting Luck to the Side

Third Man Walking No. 89: The One That's Only Partially About Poker

Third Man Walking No. 88: An Extra in Someone Else's Movie

Third Man Walking No. 87: Anatomy of a Downswing Part II

Third Man Walking No. 86: Anatomy of a Downswing

Third Man Walking No. 85: Traveling and Running Bad

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

Third Man Walking No. 83: I Finally Make a Day 2

Third Man Walking No. 82: Two Thousand Dollars

Third Man Walking No. 81: Filtering Poker Advice

Third Man Walking No. 80: A Tournament Story

Third Man Walking No. 79: Making Big Hands at 5/10/20 (And a Couple Poker-Culture Items)

Third Man Walking No. 78: Don't Play Private Games

Third Man Walking No. 77: Challenges in Live Poker in the Next Decade

Third Man Walking No. 76: Blockhead's "Seat Open"

Third Man Walking No. 75: Cash Sessions at $5/$10 and $5/$5

Third Man Walking No. 74: A Big Mistake in a Big Game

Third Man Walking No. 73: On Private Games and Cash Game Poker's Identity Crisis

Third Man Walking No. 72: Rough Going in Cash and Tournament Sessions

Third Man Walking No. 71: Doyle Brunson's "Poker Wisdom of a Champion"

Third Man Walking No. 70: Poker Is Stupid (But a Jackpot Is Not)

Third Man Walking No. 69: Trying Tournaments Again

Third Man Walking No. 68: Molly's Game

Third Man Walking No. 67: An Argument for the Poker Dream

Third Man Walking No. 66: Mike Matusow's "Check-Raising the Devil"

Third Man Walking No. 65: Maintaining Perspective

Third Man Walking No. 64: Two Swingy Sessions

Third Man Walking No. 63: Ego in Poker

Third Man Walking No. 62: Good For the Game

Third Man Walking No. 61: On Running It Twice

Third Man Walking No. 60: The Strangeness of Straddles

Third Man Walking No. 59: Not Losing Versus Really Winning

Third Man Walking No. 58: Action Games in Texas

Third Man Walking No. 57: Consistency Versus Variety

Third Man Walking No. 56: Don't Make It Worse

Third Man Walking No. 55: Finding Drama in Poker

Third Man Walking No. 54: Running a Poker Staking Business, With Marc Goone

Third Man Walking No. 53: Listener Q+A: Poker Coaching and That Huge HCL Pot

Third Man Walking No. 52: Double-Board PLO Bomb Pots, With Bart Hanson

Third Man Walking No. 51: Getting Better Over Time

Third Man Walking No. 50: The Robbi vs. Garrett Poker Cheating Allegations

Third Man Walking No. 49: An Anarchic Weekend 5/10/20 Session

Third Man Walking No. 48: Winning Is Boring

Third Man Walking No. 47: On Giving Action

Third Man Walking No. 46: Fighting Against Ourselves

Third Man Walking No. 45: Two Strange 5/10 Sessions

Third Man Walking No. 44: Mixed Games, Poker Culture & Rock Music, With Steve Albini

Third Man Walking No. 43: Listener Q+A: Dealing With Burnout

Third Man Walking No. 42: New LATB Executive Producer’s Shady ‘Billion Dollar Hollywood Heist'

Third Man Walking No. 41: Self-Awareness in Poker and More on Cheating

Third Man Walking No. 40: Cheating, Hidden Effects on Winrates, and a Tricky 5/10 Session

Third Man Walking No. 39: Poker & Pop Culture, With Martin Harris

Third Man Walking No. 38: Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself

Third Man Walking No. 37: On Having a Life Separate From Poker

Third Man Walking No. 36: Tournament Troubles

Third Man Walking No. 35: Multi-Way Pots and Funky Showdowns at 5/10

Third Man Walking No. 34: A Fresh Look at the Live Poker Ecosystem

Third Man Walking No. 33: Coolers and Double-Board Bomb Pots at 10/20

Third Man Walking No. 32: Tips for Aspiring Pros

Third Man Walking No. 31: Don't Be This Guy

Third Man Walking No. 30: The Importance of Having a Plan

Third Man Walking No. 29: Tough Spots at 5/10

Third Man Walking No. 28: The Live Poker Economy and Poker Vlogging, With Yale Greenfield

Third Man Walking No. 27: I Hate Las Vegas

Third Man Walking No. 26: Back to Tournament Poker

Third Man Walking No. 25: Big Pots at 10/20/40

Third Man Walking No. 24: The Biggest Game of My Life

Third Man Walking No. 23: Normalize Calling the Clock

Third Man Walking No. 22: Grinding in Texas

Third Man Walking No. 21: How Big a Bankroll Do I Need?

Third Man Walking No. 20: The Art of Underreacting

Third Man Walking No. 19: A Former Detainee Becomes a Poker Champion, With Ilyas Muradi

Third Man Walking No. 18: Navigating the High Stakes, With Marc Goone

Third Man Walking No. 17: Poker and Survivor

Third Man Walking No. 16: The Traveling Pro, With Claudiu Marinescu

Third Man Walking No. 15: Viva Live Poker

Third Man Walking No. 14: The Only Way to Play It, With Peter Alson

Third Man Walking No. 13: On Matt Berkey and Solve for Why

Third Man Walking No. 12: The Dreamer & the Pied Piper

Third Man Walking No. 11: Private Online Games, Apps and PLO

Third Man Walking No. 10: First Read: Maria Konnikova's "The Biggest Bluff"

Third Man Walking No. 9: Poker in Quarantine

Third Man Walking No. 8: Rounders Revisited

Third Man Walking No. 7: The Main Event

Third Man Walking No. 6: The World Series of Poker

Third Man Walking No. 5: The Ecosystem

Third Man Walking No. 4: Making a Living

Third Man Walking No. 3: Variance

Third Man Walking No. 2: Degenning & Cheating

Third Man Walking No. 1: The Cockroach