Hi Phil, Definitely like that you decided to mix in the higher stakes live games. Watching you play online is great, but I don’t feel like it is indicative of your actual game. Of course there are always some fundamental differences that occur based on the nature of the stakes and game (online vs live). With that said, I know you do your best to attempt to stay balanced in your play. In this particular game, there are a few players that have several layers of complicity to their games. At the 44 min mark , you mentioned something about Asby’s lead with Top set AAA without a gut-shot - as in general terms (if you don’t have a gut shot with the top set); I’m sure you realize he did have a gut shot to compliment his hand. Are you suggesting another line other then betting if he’s minus a gut shot or set + draw. Essentially, would you check otherwise and attempt to trap (ck raise) or slow play by calling down if bet into? Remember, a straight is possible. Thanks for the work. As a side note: I do prefer the games that you are playing in. I think it adds to the level of thought process because we can see your in game actions, and then later asses what we can derive from the hands played. As you can give your clear perspective of what you were thinking in game; we don’t have that same luxury of the other players - that is to know what they were thinking. So for this reason, from a theoretical standpoint, I believe it enriches the learning process. Lastly, when you do play online, are you able to show any higher stakes games or some more headup play? In my opinion, I believe you play your best in these games, which in turn offers the best teaching! Thank you!

Maybe the preflop issues aren't as interesting, but at minute 3, is the 3b with 9733 bad? I also wonder about the 3b the KK94. Do you really want to 3b bad kings unless you can get in more money than that preflop? It is also sort of a disaster to get allin preflop as occurred, as you are 27% against the average AA with this hand.

Having played in a lot of live games with a 4 blind shallow stack structure it's actually cool to see you analyse this kind of game.

Analyzing live play is great! Thank you Phil for doing it! Looking forward to the next part!

I'm getting to these a little late but love the format and would love to see more live analysis even if it's mostly non-standard play. Was there ever a part 3 to this?