Archive for April, 2008
Don’t Bluff Bad Players
One of the most basic principles of choosing your spot for a bluff is knowing whether or not the opponent you’re trying to bluff is likely to fold a weak, but made hand — or fold a mediocre draw. If you KNOW your opponent to make calls on the turn with an inside straight draw, [...]
The pain of No Limit…
Did a 24-hour session yesterday, and ended up winning under $100. It’s quite a frustrating feeling, especially when you know I was up about $1600 after like 22 hours of play. The last hour was a typical no-limit wreck…. Two sets got all-in called on the turn and beat by flushes, had top two against [...]
Sit & Go Madness
Went on a little sit & go madness last week when I entered a $300 buy-in s&g at the local casino. Ten players signed up, all got 200 in chips, and quickly started battling it out. In the third hand my AT turned into the nuts and got doubled up by a guy holding 9T [...]
Ace Ten to Ace Eight, a difference of outs?
Poker Decadence Conference, a site we’re linking to already, posted a nice insight into the difference between A8 and AT on their blog today. I understand what they’re trying to say when they mean you possibly have more outs with the 3-gap straight draw, but that isn’t too relevant when the board is A765, is [...]
