When you’re trying to add new elements to your game and new tricks to your arsenal, you may end up making some plays that are, in a vaccuum, negative EV. However, the overall process of experimentation and trying to open … Read more…
As of yesterday, I’m now a Core Pro, as opposed to a Guest Pro, at Poker Savvy Plus. This means I’ll be making videos more consistently for them: five times per month, so roughly one a week. It’s a great … Read more…
This was against some random in the weekly FTP 100 rebuy. I felt like although he probably was dumb enough to shove pocket pairs here, he’d raise most of them pre-flop. I felt like random diamonds, often with a dominated … Read more…
Sorry all, I know I’ve been a little light lately on posts and especially on strategy stuff. Truthfully I haven’t played much poker since the WSOP. This is due to some combination of having a lot of non-poker stuff to … Read more…
My latest poker strategy article, Defending Against Bluffs, has just been published in the July 2008 issue of 2+2 Internet Magazine. Here’s a teaser: To discover the true cost of a fold, you have to consider your opponent’s entire range. … Read more…
I was playing a bit lower than usual tonight, as I’m wont to do when on a downswing, and that means that I was up against a lot of players I’d never seen before. When trying to get a read … Read more…
Before Greg Raymer was a World Series of Poker champion, he was 2+2 Forums poster Fossilman8. And even before his 2004 main event victory proved it to the world, his status as a world-class poker player and theorist was well-known … Read more…
My latest poker strategy article, Thinking About Ranges, has just been published in the June issue of 2+2 Internet Magazine. Here’s a little preview: Your perception of an opponent’s possible holdings should influence everything from whether you bluff to how … Read more…
During a short coaching session this evening, I touched on two kind of broad and complex theoretical topics. The student asked if he could get something in writing so that he could review them more closely, and I figured they … Read more…
I was playing around with Poker Tracker today and came across something pretty surprising: over my last 112,000 hands, I have lost more BB’s with AQs than with anything else. In the interest of public shaming and hopefully improving, here … Read more…
My latest article, Off the Deep End, is now appearing in the May issue of 2+2 Internet Magazine. It’s designed to help tournament specialists adapt to playing deeper stacks such as those prevalent in the WSOP main event. Here’s an … Read more…
My latest article, Take Your Best Shot, has just been published in the April 2008 issue of Two Plus Two Internet Magazine. It’s about how to take a shot at a game that you would ordinarily consider outside of your … Read more…
DJ Sensei had a good post a while back about advertising. The general idea is that early in a match, especially when heads up, you might make an extra aggressive play in the hopes of convincing your opponent you are … Read more…
My latest article, entitled Your Opponent’s Arsenal Part 2: Turn and River Play, has just been published in the March 2008 edition of Two Plus Two Internet Magazine. This article is the sequel to last month’s Your Opponent’s Arsenal Part … Read more…
My latest poker article, Your Opponent’s Arsenal Part 1: The Flop, has just been published in the February issue of Two Plus Two Internet Magazine. This is the first of two articles that will examine how knowledge of your opponent’s … Read more…
My latest article, Profitable ‘Mistakes‘, has just been published in the January issue of 2+2 Internet Magazine. Please let me know what you think!
My latest poker article, The Myth of any Two Cards, has just been published in the December 2007 issue of Two Plus Two Internet Magazine. It’s about how a lot of tournament players rely too much on moves like the … Read more…
These hands were both against an absolutely atrocious player. The first one is pretty straightforward and solidified for me just how wide is range is going to be when he makes these stupid little 4-bets pre-flop: Full Tilt Poker, $4/$8 … Read more…
My latest article for 2+2 Magazine, entitled Level-Headed Thinking, is now available. It’s about the various levels of thinking about a poker hand and how these influence river ranges. This month, I’ve also got some bonus material just for my … Read more…
My latest poker article, How to Bluff a Calling Station, has just been published in the October 2007 issue of 2+2 Internet Magazine. Neither of these was against a calling station, but I wanted to post these two bluffs from … Read more…
Although it still ended in frustration, yesterday I was very happy, in general, with my play. I felt I was more focused than usual and making some good reads in situations where I often just give up. Here’s one tough … Read more…
Some of you may have heard of the Yeti Theorem, named for the 2+2 poster who first postulated it. The theorem states that when the pre-flop raiser 3-bets a check-raise on a paired flop, he can very rarely stand a … Read more…
My most recent article, De-Polarizing Your Turn Range, has just been published in the September issue of 2+2 Internet Magazine. Unfortunately for regular readers of my blog, there won’t be a lot of new information, as the article mostly brings … Read more…
I’ve got an article called “Value Flows Downstream” in the August issue of 2+2 Magazine. The article is about river play and how it can influence other streets. In particular, it discusses the importance of thin value betting marginal hands … Read more…
My most recent poker article, entitled “Your First World Series of Poker“, has just been published in the July issue of Two Plus Two Internet Magazine. Please let me know what you think with comments here or in my thread … Read more…
Two Plus Two Internet Magazine has just published an article of mine, entitled “Game Selection For Tournament Players“, in its June issue. This is the fourth article I’ve published with them, but it differs substantially from the other three, which … Read more…
I came across an amazing post on 2+2 today. I can’t say that I’ve fully grasped its implications yet, but it’s the first time in a while that I’ve found myself moved to think about certain situations in a very … Read more…
Two Plus Two Magazine has just published an article of mine entitled Hidden Costs in Tournament Poker in their May issue. Please take a look and tell me what you think either here or in my discussion thread in 2+2’s … Read more…
If you haven’t already, you should check out this article from Phil Galfond (2+2’s Jman, one of the best NLHE players online) in the latest issue of Bluff magazine. It’s an excellent discussion of how to think in terms of … Read more…
I’ve been wanting to right for a while about an interesting concept I came across on Tommy Angelo’s website, in an article entitled Reciprocality: The Cause of Profit in Poker. The idea is that the long-term profit that a good … Read more…
Every day that I play poker, I’m going to try to post at least one interesting hand here along with my thought process. I hope some of you will respond with questions or criticism. The first one will be a … Read more…
After my most recent post about trying to limit the influence that day-to-day poker swings have on my mood and emotional state, I found two interesting comments on the blogs of other poker players. The first is from Curtains: “Probably … Read more…
Why are tournaments so profitable for a smart poker player? It’s because you are always getting a giant overlay. In a 180-man Stars tourney, for instance, you are competing against no more than 100 opponents, and quite often less. In … Read more…
Introduction How much would you pay for a program that allowed you to see your opponents’ hole cards? Wouldn’t it be even better if you had a program that gave your opponents whatever hole cards you wanted them to have? … Read more…