Josh Nixon was a student in the Boston Debate League when Andrew was the director. In the years since then, he’s been a serious Magic: The Gathering player is now taking an interest in poker. In this interview, he talks about the difficulty of being a smart kid in a not-particularly-challenging school, how debate and his debate coach rekindled his interest in school, the “game” of debate, similarities between Magic and poker, and the relationship between luck and skill in a variety of games.

In the strategy segment, Andrew address tangling with the chipleader and making thin value bets at the final table (or rather, about not doing those things).

Timestamps

0:30 – Hello & Welcome 6:12 – Strategy 25:34 – Josh Nixon

Strategy

Six players remain at a final table. Payouts are: $4000 $2700 $2000 $1460 $1020 $900

Stacks: LJ 360K HJ 273 Hero (CO) 558K BN 393K SB 231K Ian Simpson (BB) 749K

Blinds 4500/9000/1125 Hero opens 22,500 in the CO with Qs 5s.

Flop (56K in pot) Js 4c 5h BB checks, Hero bets 22,500, BB calls.

Turn (101K in pot) 2c Both check.

River (101K in pot) 7h Villain checks. Hero?