45s. What flop are you hoping for?
Ok, so I'm swapping emails with a buddy trying to help him tighten up his game a bit and he makes some statement about playing 45s on the button with several other callers in. I started…
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A running collection of ideas, detours, and things worth remembering.
Another 8th Place Finish
My buddy Mike called me up Sunday afternoon and asked if I would be interested in playing in the Bike $25 +$5 Limit Hold 'Em (Headhunter) tourney so . . . I said ok. Pretty uneventful. I…
Read the articleStarving Students Screwed Me
So I finally decided to abandon my Marina del Rey mansion and move closer to work. I selected Huntington Beach which is about an hour south of MDR and had been working furiously since…
Read the articleIf Only Every Session Could Be Like This
I woke up a little earlier than usual and had about a half hour to kill so I fired up Party and sat down at three tables. I sat out until my blind on each table and the first thing I…
Read the articlePayback's a Bitch
On Paradise the number of $3/$6 and $2/$4 tables going later in the evening almost guarantees that you'll be playing with some familiar faces. For about three nights in a row one…
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The other night the board comes up AKQJT with no flush possible. Three players are still in the hand and so it's an obvious split pot. I check, the second player to act bets, and we all…
Read the articleHow To Play Poker Like The Real Pros
With the recent explosion in popularity of poker it seems as if every Tom, Dick and Harry has written a book on how to play this very simple game. What they don't tell you are the…
Read the articleRandom Thoughts On Calling The River
This is a post I recently made over at 2+2. I thought it might be of interest here as well. I?ve read a few posts over the last few days regarding whether or not to call a bet on the…
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My new thing when I see someone sit down at a $2/$4 or $3/$6 table with a huge buy-in (like $700+) and they start trying to push people around on pots is I get their attention and then I…
Read the articleI Popped My NL Cherry!
You know one thing that will really make a woman mad? Just run up and kick her in the butt. (P.S. This also works with men.) --Jack Handey Though I've played plenty of tournament NL,…
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