One of the most important tools that lower stakes No Limit Hold’em players can have at their disposal as far as profitability is concerned is a well timed re-raise (also known and referred to in this post as a 3-bet). Learning how and when to 3-bet efficiently is an important hurdle to overcome but putting [...]
Author Archive
The Re-raise explored
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009Adopting a Winning Attitude
Monday, August 17th, 2009This article is aimed mostly at live poker players but some of its principles definitely apply to online poker so it should be of some benefit to all readers. Having a solid fundamental poker game is only half of the battle hwen it comes to being a highly successful poker players. It is all well [...]
Expanding your Repertoire with HORSE Part 2
Friday, August 14th, 2009In yesterday’s article, the mixed game of HORSE was introduced as a very fun game and a way of expanding your poker repertoire. It consists of five different games which we are examining in turn. Yesterday we dealt with Hold’em and Omaha Hi Lo Eight or Better. Today, we turn our attention to the stud [...]
Jack Binion Profile
Thursday, August 13th, 2009Jack Binion, son of the legendary gambling mogul and founder of Binion’s Horseshoe, and the man who invented the concept of a World Series of Poker, contribution to the poker world is comparable to that of any player and for that reason Binion proudly took his place in Poker’s Hall of Fame in 2005.
Binion’s [...]
Expanding your Repertoire with HORSE Part 1
Thursday, August 13th, 2009HORSE is the acronym name for the most popular mixed game played live in cardrooms and online. In each World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, the best professional players compete in the $50,000 buy-in HORSE World Championship event and the David “Chip” Reese Memorial Trophy (named for the now departed winner of the innaugaral [...]
24 Hour Poker Marathon Part 4
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009Welcome to the next installment of my 24 hour poker marathon. In the last excerpt, we were twelve hours through the task and a tify $720 up on our original investment.
7am
I’m beginning to feel quite sore from sitting in the same position for too long at a time and I can’t seem to stop yawning. [...]
The Top Ten Players of All Time #4: Phil Hellmuth
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009If finding the best ever poker player of all time was a simple process of finding the world’s most successful No Limit Hold’em tournament player, Phil Hellmuth Jr., known universally as the “Poker Brat” for his temparamental behaviour at the table, would be an easy winner.
A Poker Hall of Fame inductee, Hellmuth still holds the [...]
Poker Myths Busted
Monday, August 10th, 2009One of my favourite shows on TV in recent years has been Mythbusters. In the show they take popular myths, misconceptions and urban legends and put them to the test seeking to “bust” those that are wrong. There are more than a few misconceptions that some players, particularly beginners, and outsiders have about the game [...]
24 Hour Poker Marathon Part 3
Monday, August 10th, 2009In the last installment you will have seen that I was making some progress on our proposition bet. I was up a total of $450 after 6 hours of game time as the clock stuck midnight. The next few hours are documented below:
1am
After a couple of shots of double strength espresso, I’m back in the [...]
24 Hour Poker Marathon Part 2
Thursday, August 6th, 2009In the last article, I explained a proposition bet I took part in last year with my roommate. With a month’s rent on the line, we both hand to play twenty four hours of uninterrupted internet poker. Whoever made the most money within some rules was the winner.
My roommate Tom was a pretty good player, [...]