# Poker episode planning sheet

Blank private-use worksheet. This is a proposed workflow, not a claim that an
episode exists. Keep filenames, raw notes and completed sheets private.

Guide: https://nolankido.com/poker/hand-to-vlog/

## The smallest coherent episode

- One question the viewer will follow:
- Necessary context (format, stakes, stage):
- One well-documented hand or moment:
- What changes during the story:
- The honest ending, even without a win:
- What can be omitted without losing the point:

## Material selection

Repeat for each candidate. Use neutral participant labels.

- Private asset label and timecode:
- What this material contributes:
- Rights/venue/participant permission status:
- Ready / needs verification / leave out:
- Private or identifying material to remove:

## Hand reconstruction

- Positions; blinds and ante; relevant stack conventions:
- Cards known at each point:
- Actions with raise-TO versus additional-contribution labels:
- Pot ledger after each street:
- Uncalled refunds and side-pot eligibility:
- Detail source: footage / contemporaneous note / later memory / unknown:
- Uncertainty that changes the analysis:
- Verification still needed:

## Three narration layers

WHAT HAPPENED:

WHAT I THOUGHT THEN (only genuinely remembered reasoning):

WHAT I THINK NOW (analysis and assumptions clearly identified):

## Graphics and sound review

- Board is revealed in the right order:
- Opponent cards are not shown as though known earlier:
- Pot and bet sizes agree with the record:
- Estimates are visibly approximate:
- Any equity number has a defensible calculation and information set:
- Cards, action and stakes are readable on a small screen:
- Captions correctly identify ranks, suits and poker terms:
- Later reactions are not presented as contemporaneous:

## Companion page and release

- Approved public video URL, once it actually exists:
- Chapter times checked against released edit:
- Premise without unnecessary spoilers:
- Result placed in a spoiler section where appropriate:
- Assumptions or corrections worth publishing:
- Relevant educational page to link:
- No private messages, accounts, plates or precise overnight locations:
- Recording, music, footage and participant permissions resolved:
- Signed-out video/link check complete:
- Final explicit approval to publish:

Do not invent a hand, result, channel URL or exact amount to complete this sheet.
Do not add an entry or extend play solely to manufacture a better story.