“What do you mean, I need to watch myself”. A very direct question to what had been a very direct warning from me. A close friend of mine called Dave had been playing poker for about a year and he had only ever played online. He had asked me for advice on poker about a [...]
Read MoreSupersystem examined part six
Carrying on from part five then and we can see that it highlights the need to balance your poker game so that you are not predictable to your opponents and it also highlights the difference in what constitutes a good hand in no limit poker from a dangerous hand. An A-Q in limit play is [...]
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 two
Following on from part one then…….you may say fine, that the guy should not have tilted and you would be correct! You may also say that he should not have switched to playing no limit Texas Hold em poker and you would also have been correct! You might have figured that playing heads up was [...]
Read MoreBet Sizing part two
But what if the pot has already been raised and you have a raising hand yourself, well remember BIG POT BIG HAND, either fold or learn to raise properly. Let us say that you have KK so you have the best poker hand unless you happen to be unlucky enough to be up against aces. [...]
Read MoreStudying Poker
There is something that I would like to say to you about poker and in particular studying poker. Poker is not just about playing some card game; if money was not involved and large amounts of money at that then many more people could be successful in poker and it would be all too easy [...]
Read MoreLooking at the basic math in poker part two
One of the great poker players over the past few years bases his entire game around molding himself around the flow of his opponents. That player is Phil Ivey who you may or may not have seen on TV. He is regarded even by many of his peers as being one of the top five [...]
Read MoreLooking at the basic math in poker
Many novice poker players struggle with the basic math of the game. In this article I want to show you an easy way to calculate the odds and percentages of making your hand on the turn and the river. Number of outs X 2 + 2 = % So if you have a flush draw [...]
Read MoreApplying Trading Concepts to Poker part two
Let us say for instance that the poker gods have decreed that you are about to endure a very big 200 big bet downswing at $10-$20 limit Texas Hold’em poker which equates to $4000. Let us also say that you are multi-tabling online so that kind of swing will happen over a much smaller time [...]
Read MoreApplying Trading Concepts to Poker part one
As I have gone through my poker life, certain things have become apparent to me that were not immediately obvious in days gone by. One of those is how certain other games and fields share uncanny similarities with poker. I am not talking about the actual tactics here but more of conceptual issues. One area [...]
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