May 2006 - Posts
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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