Poker Articles

October 2007 - Posts

• The Ever Changing Plan

  
  

  All successful poker players go into the game each time with a game plan. Even those who claim to have no plan, demonstrate that they do have one by the way they play. There is an old saying that goes, “Those who fail to plan are those who plan to fail... Read More... Posted Oct 31 2007, 03:57 PM by seal with No Comments

• The Math of Poker (Simple Version)

  
  

  To many people poker is just a game of cards. The mass-media typically depicts poker as a game of big bluffs and crazy luck. Some high profile successful poker players say they don’t know much about the math or probabilities and play by instincts and... Read More... Posted Oct 26 2007, 10:18 AM by Zpaceman with No Comments

• Perspective

  
  

  It has always been my belief since I started playing this game seriously that your attitude is often the deciding factor between success and failure. In previous articles, I have discussed how routine, preparation, and being realistic can positively effect... Read More... Posted Oct 23 2007, 04:38 PM by Assassinato with No Comments

• Avoiding the Hole

  
  

  The Premise: The biggest hole in people's NL Hold’em play is how they assign hands to their opponents. Bad players assign far too much likelihood to hands they can beat, and not enough to the hands which beat them. At a gathering this summer in Las Vegas... Read More... Posted Oct 19 2007, 11:59 AM by grapsfan with No Comments

• Multiform Tilt and Other Poker Failings

  
  

  This article was written by Andrew Wiggins, AKA "Muddywater," an instructor for CardRunners.com . Poker players obsess over questions about how to play poker but often ignore questions about whether or not they should play poker. If you've been around... Read More... Posted Oct 17 2007, 01:27 PM by CardRunners.com with No Comments

• An Open Challenge

  
  

  We see these words a lot lately on the poker discussion board here at p5s. Gank is a popular target. Why not? He is young, rich, talented, and fairly larger than life. After all, nobody would be interested if you called out some young nobody, or even... Read More... Posted Oct 16 2007, 01:07 AM by seal with No Comments

• The Live Transition

  
  

  I recently had the privilege of traveling to Aruba to play in the Aruba Poker Classic. Along with giving many online players the opportunity to meet many of the faces behind the screen names, it also gave many online players a chance to party....I mean... Read More... Posted Oct 13 2007, 11:04 AM by kice32 with No Comments

• Your Poker Journey

  
  

  “The point of the journey is not to arrive” – Rush, ‘Prime Mover’, 1987 Most people have a dream destination: the Wynn in Vegas, a safari in Africa, or a drawn-out dinner in a café on the Champs Elysees. Others want to go everywhere, see it all. I fall... Read More... Posted Oct 08 2007, 11:30 PM by grapsfan with No Comments

• An Introduction to Restealing

  
  

  Several times over my tenure as a poker coach, I have been asked about when it's appropriate to try a resteal. Since my students are mostly low-limit players who specialize in $20 and under buy ins, I always used to tell my students that never restealing... Read More... Posted Oct 08 2007, 01:12 AM by Jennifear with No Comments

• Nurture Thy Neighbor

  
  

  In economics, so-called Beggar-Thy-Neighbour policies seek benefits for one party at the expense of others. Farm subsidies, for example, keep production of foodstuffs in one country where they might be more economically produced in another country. The... Read More... Posted Oct 05 2007, 12:09 AM by Zpaceman with No Comments