I just had the opportunity to stack two dudes with an inside straight draw. Assuming I could stack one of them, I was just barely getting implied odds. I declined to call though, mostly because it was a tourney and the value of calling there, I think, is lower, since the cost of the chips [...]
Category Archives: Cash Strategy
Poker Is Beautiful
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $0.25 BB (7 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
UTG ($23.95)
MP1 ($25)
MP2 ($30.80)
CO ($38.80)
Hero (Button) ($25)
SB ($57.20)
BB ($25)
Preflop: Hero is Button with 10, 9
2 folds, MP2 calls $0.25, 1 fold, Hero raises to $1, 2 folds, MP2 calls $0.75
Flop: ($2.35) 9, 9, K (2 players)
MP2 checks, Hero bets $2, MP2 raises to $6.50, Hero calls $4.50
Turn: [...]
Note To Myself
Monday, November 17, 2008
Since they’re expecting you to stab in top position, don’t. And then also value bet the fuck out of it. What it also means is that if you want to stab at pots, middle position is a great place to do it. Low position is too early; you don’t have enough information yet. But in [...]
What They’re Expecting
Saturday, November 15, 2008
At $25 No Limit they’re expecting you to be a LAG from the button.
The correct counter-strategy is therefore to play tight and aggressive from the button — very aggressive.
Lockdown
Saturday, November 15, 2008
I’m going on lockdown. My analysis of my past month of play is that I’m too loose and too passive. It’s funny because I felt like I was playing tight/aggressive, but a deeper analysis shows that I’m calling too many river-bets with mediocre hands, I’m limping too much pre-flop, especially out of position, and my [...]
Calling On The River
Thursday, November 13, 2008
It seems like whenever I call on the river, I’m beat.
This acknowledgment should tell me something important. Loose/Passive is a losing style of poker.
Rough Session
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
I’m down a buy-in on a two-hour session. That’s not so awful except that I was up a buy-in about half an hour into it. Then my mouse slipped and I hit call when I meant to hit fold because I had no cards. But since I unintentionally called on the flop, and since the [...]
Bet The Turn
Sunday, November 9, 2008
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $0.25 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
UTG ($25.30)
UTG+1 ($27.10)
MP1 ($14.65)
MP2 ($26.95)
CO ($7.90)
Button ($47.95)
SB ($20.45)
Hero (BB) ($24.05)
Preflop: Hero is BB with A, 7
3 folds, MP2 calls $0.25, CO calls $0.25, 1 fold, SB calls $0.15, Hero checks
Flop: ($1) 3, Q, J (4 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, MP2 checks, CO checks
Turn: ($1) 9 (4 players)
SB checks, [...]
Winning
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Poker players are not supposed to feel validated by winning. They’re supposed to feel validated by making good decisions.
Nonetheless, over my last two sessions I’m up four buy-ins, and that feels a lot more validating than folding bottom set on a flushed board.
Important Thing To Remember About Micro Stakes Poker
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
The other guy is not trying to representing a hand he doesn’t have by betting the scare card. The other guy is not that clever. If he bets the scare card, that means he hit it.
