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“No one on the Internet pays any attention to how you play or what cards you play.”  I’ve seen variations of this advice a thousand times.  It often comes from people I know to be very smart about poker, yet I am convinced that it is completely wrong.  Even my buddy Matthew Hilger has written [...]

We all know that many poker players get in trouble when they are on a losing streak. They can go on tilt, raising maniacally to recoup their losses. Sometimes they get ultra-timid, because the voice in their head sees monsters under every bed and they play scared. The better players are aware of their tendencies [...]

I see people go into rant mode about fishy play all the time.  Sometimes they are at the table, wearing their “table coach” hat and bemoaning the bad play of the other players.  Sometimes they are posting commentary on the forums belittling the unconventional, but not really terrible, play of another guy in the hands.  [...]

I have a few observations that I made whilst gambooling it up in Vegas that I forgot to put in anywhere else. To wit: I must be getting old. The first time I walked by the beer girls standing in the main intersection, I thought to myself “Nice shorts, hot girls.” I then looked sideways [...]

After we finished playing casino poker and went back to the room, I was still wired and spend an hour or two analyzing “correct” betting strategy for the game. Our approach of betting any pair or any Ace was costing me some EV. An underpair to the board is usually not good enough to bet [...]

On the flight over, we were in first class because that is the way I roll. I’m the king of the frequent flier groove. Before we took off, the pilot was standing at the front of the bus (it was a 757, so people entered through the middle door) chatting with us. USAir converted their [...]

149th. 99 lost on an AK flop and then KJ when really short. More later. Tweet This Post 

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I’m getting back from dinner to face a short stack of 2100 chips. I stacked a shorty to get as high as 6600 last level and then lost with JJ on an AKx flop that I had to let go and with AK unimproved. I was at aroun 4500 when I lost my key hand [...]

4200 at end after a straight flush draw misses. Tweet This Post