In this hand I want to highlight a principle that I use in other forms of poker and especially limit hold’em and no limit hold’em. This principle is to raise apparent weak limpers in an effort to get dead money in the pot. I like to do this in PLO because of the fact that [...]
Read MoreSupersystem examined part one
The one and only Doyle Brunson is perhaps the most universally known of all poker players. Even amongst non poker players, the name Doyle Brunson is still known and that speaks volumes about a man that is more than just a poker player, he is also an icon. Brunson is a true living poker legend [...]
Read MoreCan you handle the variance part one
You are about to start playing your favorite form of poker which just happens to be limit Texas Hold’em. You have read all of the books countless times and you know the game inside out and can sure show those dummies on the internet a thing or two. You intend on playing at a fair [...]
Read MoreFollowing on from aggression part two
Following on then from part one…. “If I bet $100-$130 then they might think that this bet is weak and re-raise me. I would like to bet more than the pot but I would hate to give this dude the pleasure of having sucked me in for half of my stack. If I check then [...]
Read MoreThe Perils of Playing Live Poker part one
I have seen it literally dozens of times and heard it more times than I can care to remember. That is an online poker player speaking about how they would really like to try their hand inside a real card room and playing live poker games. The advent of online poker has brought untold numbers [...]
Read MoreAvoiding Big Confrontations in Poker
When I say “my philosophy”, what I don’t mean is that everything that you are about to read is my idea. I slowly formulated the way that I play over many months of reading and studying not just NL poker but poker in general. This is something that I used to ignore when I first [...]
Read MorePoker Quiz part one
In this two part Texas Hold’em poker quiz you will be asked to react to the play of your opponents during a hand and you will be awarded points based on your answers. Try not to look at the answers as you work your way through the quiz. At the end of the quiz there [...]
Read MoreFinding value in poker
These days, the online poker scene is getting very difficult in which to be able to find meaningful amounts of money. Sure there is money to be made at the lower levels for the simple reason being that these levels are populated by the very same uneducated unsophisticated casual gamblers that hopefully you used to [...]
Read MoreGoing technical to get an edge in online poker
There are many different types of poker software these days but the act of using software to get an edge has been around for some years. In fact back when I had my first blackjack team, we used items like Shuffle Trak and Stanford Wong’s Professional Count Analyzer. In other areas like the stock market [...]
Read MoreDo Not Play With Scared Money
Regularly I enjoy long discussions with a friend of mine that plays online poker professionally. He rarely ventures into the live tournament arena and has played the game long enough to understand some of the key Meta concepts that most players do not consider. We had a long discussion last week about scared money and [...]
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