Poker Articles

May 2006 - Posts

• Tagged as a LAG: Can your table image be detrimental to your success?

  
  

  I have been playing poker on and off for the past 4 years of my life, however since my graduation from college last year, I have been playing professionally both live and online. My first few live sessions of poker were logged at a 1/2 NL game in Niagara... Read More... Posted May 31 2006, 03:24 PM by nesor77 with No Comments

• Are You Making The Right Decisions?

  
  

  As in all aspects in life, poker is about making the right decisions at the right times. At the same time, making the right decision could end up busting you. Yup, poker can certainly leave you scratching your head. I haven’t had that many tough decisions... Read More... Posted May 30 2006, 02:00 PM by jfiiue4 with No Comments

• Table Selection

  
  

  This article was written by Andrew Wiggins, who is an instructor at the training site, CardRunners.com . Not long ago I wrote about how playing multiple tables at once was one of the great advantages of online poker. I noted that it was a mistake to not... Read More... Posted May 25 2006, 03:30 AM by CardRunners.com with No Comments

• Part II: What You Do

  
  

  In my last article, we broke life and poker down into two important aspects: the very near-term (“what you do”) and very long-term (“who you are”). Those are the two parts of the game that you can control. The variance inherent to poker dictates that... Read More... Posted May 24 2006, 01:20 AM by grapsfan with No Comments

• An Alternate Take on Conventional SNG Strategy

  
  

  Online SNG play has often been described as a minefield. Because of the general structure of SNGs, the mid-level tight players have generally adopted a now-conventional strategy similar to the one championed by top players such as Sheets. In that system... Read More... Posted May 24 2006, 01:16 AM by epicatc with No Comments

• ICM's Part 3

  
  

  In part 3 I'm going to give some of the reasons that ICM's won't always give you a perfect answer. There are a lot of factors that an ICM can't understand, and they can have a big effect on your strategy in a tournament situation. 1. Your skill level... Read More... Posted May 23 2006, 11:59 AM by Fox with No Comments

• The Best Hand I Ever Played

  
  

  It's late. I've been up for at least 2 days. It's cold, like that stale, dry, cigarette-soaked air that surrounds you late night at the Vegas casinos. I'm tired and hungry, but the adrenaline is seeping through my veins. I'm sitting behind a massive chip... Read More... Posted May 21 2006, 12:09 AM by McBeasterson with No Comments

• What You Do and Who You Are

  
  

  This is the kind of stuff I think about while mowing my lawn, which is why there’s usually a few missed spots around the swing set in the backyard. My thoughts on one overcast Sunday afternoon will turn into a 3-part series of articles. This week’s installment... Read More... Posted May 20 2006, 05:04 AM by grapsfan with No Comments

• ICM Calculations Part 1

  
  

  This is a part one of a three part series. For the rest, check out Fox's Blog . I am surprised at how rarely I see in depth hand discussions here on pocketfives. In the interest of starting a few more of those discussion I'm going to do an introduction... Read More... Posted May 19 2006, 03:08 PM by Fox with No Comments

• ICM's Part 2

  
  

  In part one I came up with some numbers for a few different outcomes from a specific hand. Now we'll work with putting those numbers to work in helping us make decisions. As refresher, and to have everything on one page, I was looking at a SNG situation... Read More... Posted May 19 2006, 02:57 PM by Fox with No Comments