Poker Articles

October 2005 - Posts

• The truth about brick and mortar poker.

  
  

  I pride myself on being honest in this blog, and I've always done my best to stay focused on the money and how to help people make more of it. You may not like it because I'm not going to say very nice things about brick and mortar poker in general, and... Read More... Posted Oct 28 2005, 07:02 PM by Fox with No Comments

• Controlling the pot size on UltimateBet

  
  

  Taylor Caby (A.K.A Green Plastic) is the owner of CardRunners.com , an instructional site that includes videos made by himself and other top online professionals. In this article, I am going to address an issue that I think many online poker players don... Read More... Posted Oct 28 2005, 04:43 PM by Green Plastic with No Comments

• Piling Up the Wins: A Look at Consistency...

  
  

  They may not be flashy or loud--you might not even know who they are--but BamaEd and JOEYTHEB are two of the most consistent players you will find anywhere in the online tournament circuit, and neither of them really plays that much. You probably will... Read More... Posted Oct 27 2005, 05:45 AM by Adam with No Comments

• Hide the women and children

  
  

  I'll be the first to tell you that you can get better advice and writing from a better player. However, what I am going to discuss is not advice but observations. I have only been playing poker for 2 years, but in those 2 years, I have constantly studied... Read More... Posted Oct 26 2005, 05:05 AM by MarkD with No Comments

• Limit Poker: Big blind defense with a call?

  
  

  Why do people tend to play very loose from the big blind position in a Limit Holdem tournament or cash game (I am ONLY referring to tables that are full or close to full, 7 to 10 people)? I keep seeing this over and over in various situations, so I began... Read More... Posted Oct 25 2005, 04:08 AM by beauright with No Comments

• What Level Should I Be Playing?

  
  

  Recently, I have had a lot of people ask me the same couple of questions – so rather than repeat myself dozens of times, I will just say what I say to everyone in this article. “I have this amount of money in my account – what buy in SNG should I be playing... Read More... Posted Oct 23 2005, 05:17 PM by gidders with No Comments

• He May Not Walk On Water But ... - chap 11 of ESPoker

  
  

  I had been building up entry chips playing in the one table sats so I figured I would use a few to enter the 5k buy-in nlhe event as my last big one before the main event next week. I had 13 chips now and that one would cost me about 11, so I would still... Read More... Posted Oct 23 2005, 12:00 PM by seal with No Comments

• What is your hand worth?

  
  

  I'll be taking a one-blog hiatus from the Pokertracker blogs to address something that has been coming up a lot in the email I get from readers and in posts on my site. The questions range from "How do I make a big laydown?" to "What could I do, I can... Read More... Posted Oct 21 2005, 07:38 PM by Fox with No Comments

• Contingency Planning

  
  

  AawwNutz's article and some recent disasters inspired me to write a bit about equipment redundancy. Coincidentally, anytime my machine / connection goes haywire, it's never been when I've been running bad or have a low stack; it's always when I have a... Read More... Posted Oct 20 2005, 02:26 AM by Malfaire with No Comments

• Only in online poker...

  
  

  I decided this week that I had better get my head back into poker. I haven't been playing much at all, and, when I did, I really wasn't interested. After dropping a little in the rankings this week, I suddenly had enthusiasm to do well in poker again... Read More... Posted Oct 19 2005, 03:20 AM by AawwNutz with No Comments