Cash Game Poker
Poker can be a bitch.
Seriously, poker can be a bitch — No Limit Hold’em in particular can be very very bitchy. Here’s my painful story of the night. Cash game, $5/$10 blinds. Bought in for $1000 and quickly accumulated a lot of chips. After a couple hours I was steady at $7000, playing my best game (as everyone does [...]
How to Win at Limit Texas Hold’em
The term ‘poker Bible’ is bandied about frequently these days. While it is usually used in reference to Super System, written by Doyle Brunson and other distinguished poker players, one volume cannot properly cover all variation of poker, much as the Judeo-Christian Bible cannot cover every world religion. Small Stakes Hold ‘em: Winning Big With [...]
Lost a huge pot after a one-outer
One-outers always hurt. They hurt because they mean you have a strong hand — they hurtbecause the other guy/woman sucked out in the worst possible manner possible in poker — and they hurt because they’re usually part of a big pot. I had such a painful even tonight and I feel like sharing. I’m on [...]
It’s been good. :)
Okay, so I came in for a quick update on the 13th letting you all know I was up about $3000, and I managed to squeeze out $1.6k more to end up about $4,600. To me, that’s a serious poker win, and I’m planning on investing it in a trip to Las Vegas. Will obviously [...]
Tried my hands on a $25/$50 No-Limit Game…
I’m used to playing either 5/5 or 5/10 No Limit Hold’em games, but last night when I arrived at the casino there was no room on either table. I saw one donkey that had been my customer on the 5/10 table playing on the 25/50 though, and quickly started calculating… I didn’t really have enough [...]
