Poker Articles

February 2007 - Posts

• Successful Speculating

  
  

  When a player is asked what their favorite starting hand is, most say they prefer pocket aces. However, suited connectors are a close second. As I sift through player's profiles of all skill levels, I am not surprised by the fact that many people of all... Read More... Posted Feb 28 2007, 11:28 PM by Jennifear with 3 Comments

• Roll With the Punches

  
  

  I have written a few articles for Pocketfives.com before, but I have never written an article more important than this one. Since my last article, a lot of things have happened to me in the poker world. I have had some of the most amazing months of my... Read More... Posted Feb 28 2007, 04:04 AM by _johnnydrama_ with No Comments

• Moving Beyond Harrington

  
  

  In the last 3-4 years I’ve been playing online poker, I’ve seen vast changes in the way online poker, specifically no limit tournament poker, is played. When I first started playing, the players were so bad you could simply wait for a hand and you’d always... Read More... Posted Feb 27 2007, 03:12 AM by Rizen with No Comments

• Five Reasons to Play 'Em All

  
  

  I love to play games, most any game. Checkers, chess, backgammon, Go Fish, whatever. I really love to play poker, mixed poker games specifically. The 2007 WSOP offers a greater variety of games than any year in recent memory (three HORSE events!); this... Read More... Posted Feb 23 2007, 02:05 AM by grapsfan with No Comments

• The Frugal Rebuy Strategy

  
  

  When I first started playing rebuy tournaments, I thought that you needed a bunch of money to play them. Over time, I have learned that you don’t have to have deep pockets to do well. There will always be the fanatical rebuy nut trying to have the most... Read More... Posted Feb 21 2007, 01:35 AM by dapfunkera with No Comments

• Push the Pedal Down, and Keep it There

  
  

  Momentum is a funny thing. We all know, or should know, that each hand is an independent event and that there's no such thing (in a mathematical sense) as "running hot" or being "due." But I'm not even talking about that. I want to talk about continuing... Read More... Posted Feb 20 2007, 02:04 AM by steely with No Comments

• The Day I Took My Shot

  
  

  After finishing an internship with IBM, I cashed out most of that bankroll and booked a one week vacation to Las Vegas this past January. One thing I wanted to do there was play a poker tournament, but I had trouble finding ones within my limits. One... Read More... Posted Feb 18 2007, 02:48 AM by NetFan44 with No Comments

• An Interesting Hand from the $50 Rebuy

  
  

  Aaron Been is one of the newest instructors for CardRunners.com . I played a hand recently in the stars $50 rebuy that illustrates how powerful hand reading can be, even when there haven’t been several streets of significant action. I made assumptions... Read More... Posted Feb 17 2007, 02:19 AM by aaronbeen with No Comments

• Poker and Taxes: What to do with Forms W2G and 1040

  
  

  I am up to my ears in alligators, so the expression goes. Tax season as a CPA is like being Lucy Ricardo in the chocolate factory – the chocolates keep coming too fast and you can’t keep up with them!! Enough about my woes, I want to address a different... Read More... Posted Feb 16 2007, 05:17 AM by CPAEvil with No Comments

• Becoming a Stud Stud

  
  

  A long time ago, when I was teaching school in South Central Los Angeles and dinosaurs ruled the earth... Alright, so I exaggerate, but although real dinosaurs did not rule the earth, dinosaurs did rule the poker world. By this I mean to say that the... Read More... Posted Feb 14 2007, 03:06 AM by seal with No Comments