Episode 341: Patrick McKenzie

Patrick McKenzie, known as “patio11” on Hacker News and elsewhere, is a blogger, consultant, and all-around public intellectual on subjects related to software and business. He’s also, of course, a poker player. We talk to him about playing poker in Japan, mental health challenges, and being a high-output public intellectual.Patrick previously appeared on Episode 209.You can support the show by subscribing to the new Thinking Poker Daily strategy podcast and by shopping at the Nitcast store.Timestamps0:30 Hello and welcome4:16 Strategy24:16 Norman Zadeh StrategyWe are 7-handed and I am in the LJ w/ $315. I open to $7 w/ 78 of spades and get calls from the button and both blinds, all of whom have me covered.The flop is 10c6d2s. Both blinds check. I decide to bet $25 into the $25 pot, and only the button calls, making the pot $74 after rake with $283 in the effective stacks. The turn is Qh. I bet $35, the button thinks for a little while, and calls. The pot is now $144, w/ $248 in the effective stacks.The river is the Ace of spades. Final board 10c6d2sQhAs. I bet $100.