Of course, the classicest of all Omaha moves is to get all your chips in when you’re ahead, and that’s what I did. The thing is, in this particular hand, the other guy thought he was ahead instead, but he was wrong. All he had was the nuts on the flop, which was worthless.
I had [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2008
A Classic Omaha Move
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Poker Stars In Linux Under WINE — Window Resizing
Friday, May 23, 2008
If you use Poker Stars under WINE, you know one of the few things that doesn’t work is the resizing of the windows. However, if you click the “Tile Tables” option under the View menu, it will make all your tables small enough to fit on your screen.
When The Calling Station Bets
Friday, May 9, 2008
I forgot that rule. When the calling station bets it out, it means he has something.
Fold Equity
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
I’m usually super tight and aggressive in tourneys. I’ll often fold very nice hands just so that I can stay alive on the off chance that someone has a truly boss hand.
I just busted out of a tourney in third place, and did so on what I think was a proper ATC push. Here’s the [...]
And Again
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
In a second tourney, I was approaching Stupidtown Station, having only about ten big blinds. I just got queens, pushed all in, and everybody folds. Then I get aces on the next hand and push all-in again. I must be crazy right? Of course I get a caller, eights, and I more than double up. Now [...]
I Love It When A Plan Comes Together
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Sometimes it seems like suckouts happen to me more often than they should. And I know that’s just the tilt talking, but it does feel that way. For that reason, it’s especially gratifying when everything works out exactly the way it should, and does so in grand form.
In the very first hand of a tourney, [...]
Aggression And Timing
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Here’s a tourney hand where I let stack size determine my level of aggression.
Seat 1: PFGLAW (950 in chips)
Seat 3: blore12 (6150 in chips)
Seat 4: 1973MAVERICK (3065 in chips)
Seat 5: LILLONE77 (1660 in chips)
Seat 6: A’arab Zaraq (1425 in chips)
Seat 7: rebbecca222 (1690 in chips)
blore12: posts small blind 25
1973MAVERICK: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS [...]
