After reading Slotboom’s Omaha book, in order to learn more about how to play Omaha, I feel like I finally get Hold ‘Em. Manipulating pot size, forcing your opponent to make mistakes — those were just words until now.
Category Archives: Live Play
The Rules Of Stupidtown
Friday, June 13, 2008
The betting structure is limit. The play is exactly as in Texas Hold ‘em except that after each round of betting, you pass one card to the left and one card to the right. That includes the river.
P.S. After talking to Matt about this game, perhaps it’s true that the game should have nine streets, [...]
Beer And Sleep Depravation
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Interesting fact about myself: After an eight hour session of poker, constantly drinking beer, by five O’clock A.M., my decision making abilities have a less reliable quality than usual.
Alan got me all in when I had queen high in lowball pot limit Omaha (the fact that we were even playing lowball pot limit Omaha should [...]
In General
Monday, February 4, 2008
In general, I’m playing very well online lately, but my live game just blows. I got schooled tonight by a 0th level player when I couldn’t fold cowboys. I’m in general, playing without a plan, and finding it difficult to read hands. A lot of the problem is just that my home game is [...]
Relative Position - Maniac To Your Left
Friday, November 9, 2007
I’m learning more about relative position lately. I just realized a hidden benefit of having a maniac to your left, or even a player who will just compulsively stab at a flop on your left.
Not only can you check to him when you have a hand, expecting him to bet, you can also now realize [...]
Tells and The Essense Of Poker
Friday, November 2, 2007
In the home game tonight, I busted out my first buy-in and then lost half of my second one, only to come back at the end and finish up about 3 buy-ins. I didn’t give up and get stupid, even with a small stack. I monitored stack sizes and played appropriately. Most of all, I [...]
A Little Deception
Friday, October 12, 2007
A little deception can go a long way. Both of my big hands tonight were based on a small deception. I got Mike all in on the flop with top pair against my bottom set because I raised 22 pre-flop. He didn’t think I could have cards that matched a flop of T62 having raised [...]
The Giraffe Says: Tilt
Saturday, October 6, 2007
I went on a fabulous tilt tonight. Alan pushed me off of a hand with a totally irrational play and from then on, I cracked up like Marion Berry in a beltway motel with a couple of twenty dollar hookers.
Here’s the hand. He raises to 2.5bb. I call with 35o, full well knowing I’m behind, [...]
Roman, Remember When I Read Your Hand?
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Friday night at the home game, I read Roman’s crippling weakness pre-flop. We got into a little raising war pre-flop. I wanted to know if I was ahead with my pocket tens so I induced a tell. He practically showed me his cards and I knew he had bubkis, so I moved all in, and [...]
Admiral Akbar Has Quads
Friday, September 7, 2007
I got to use my new Admiral Akbar action figure/card protector tonight. I didn’t get to say, “It’s a trap!” though. Maybe next week.
In my only big hand of the night, Mike raised it up pre-flop to 3xBB (no big surprise to anyone at the table) and found two callers. I’m in the BB with [...]
