Bad Beat Remedy
Last night I was playing $100 Buy-In NL at Hawaiian Gardens and in just a few hours had built up a nice little castle of yellow chips. Then I got bad beat in one of those hands you…
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The Hammer
I got to serve up The Hammer* for someone's Thanksgiving dessert. Preflop: Hero is BB with 7s, 2d. UTG folds, UTG+1 raises , MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 calls, CO folds, Button folds, SB…
Read the articleLoosest Game In Town
The other night I'm on Paradise and this one guy is bitching and moaning about how loose the table is and he keeps telling everybody how he's been playing poker over 20 years and he's…
Read the articleLas Vegas Poker Bloggers Tourney: Dec. 11
I'm all set for Pauly's Las Vegas Poker Bloggers Tourney coming this Dec. Got the airfare booked, hotel squared away, and a confirmation from Pauly that everything's set. See ya in…
Read the articleUsing Poker To Teach Economics
I think poker is the perfect tool for teaching economics. In a sense, it is the most perfect form of capitalism. The entire game revolves around making decisions on incomplete…
Read the articleTwo Bluffs Gone Bad
I had two bluffs go bad this weekend. They should have worked. :-) Bluff 1 was Firday night at Hawaiian Gardens. $100 NL. Table is ok players except for the random drunk fish who would…
Read the articleThe Suckout
Last night I went down to Hawaiian Gardens with Zengy to play some NL and witnessed one of the all-time great suckouts. Luckily I wasn't in this hand but it was amazing all the same.…
Read the articleOnline Extortion
I happened to catch this article in the LA Times yesterday about how organized groups of hackers have been extorting money from online gambling sites. You know all that spyware people…
Read the articleThe Poker Invasion
In case you just can't get enough poker between playing and watching The World Poker Tour, ESPN's WSOP coverage, Celebrity Poker Showdown, Late Night Poker, Ultimate Poker Challenge, and…
Read the articlePoker Coaches
Since I rarely have original thoughts I thought (wait . . . ) that this guy raised an interesting post about poker coaching. Now, I guess one (perhaps even me) might respond to this guy…
Read the articleDifferent Mentality
I've been getting a little frustrated with $3/$6 lately and so I decided to play a couple of $5/$10 tables last night. I ended up playing at three different Paradise $5/$10 tables (1…
Read the article45s. 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…
Read the articleAnother 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 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…
Read the articleFunny River Bet
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…
Read the articleMy New Thing
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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