The problem with poker is that winning requires that you see the unseeable. Becoming good at poker is becoming good at intuiting that which is not visible.
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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, [...]
The Bets You Save
Friday, June 13, 2008
My general picture of Pot Limit Omaha at this point is kind of like it’s a hybrid of limit hold’em and no-limit hold ‘em, at least in a big-picture kind of a way. In limit hold ‘em, the money you make is in large part in the bets you don’t make. In no limit hold [...]
Omaha: Level Zero
Friday, June 6, 2008
According to some good poker strategies I’ve heard, you need to be thinking exactly one level deeper than your opponent. If your opponent is thinking on level one, you need to be thinking on level two.
For those unfamiliar, here’s what that means:
Level Zero
What’s my hand?
Level One
What’s his hand?
Level Two
What hand does he think I have?
Level [...]
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 [...]
Too Loose
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
I just busted out of a tourney pushing my 11 BB in with AQ when four players limped. I was called by 44, which won. It was my loosest move of the week.
I need to tighten up.
