I mentioned in a previous article that winning players are invariably thinking players. Those players that think about the game the most and the deepest will inevitably have the most success in it. Poker is at its core, about outfoxing, outsmarting and outthinking the opposition and this entails thinking on a higher level than your [...]
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Thursday, August 6th, 200924 Hour Poker Marathon: Part One
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009About a year ago, while I was still a student at Oxford, a housemate of mine with an even bigger propensity for proposition bets than me challenged me to one heck of a proposition bet. He bet me a month’s rent (about £600 or so) that he could make more money than me in 24 [...]
Back to Basics #15: Poker Jargon Part 2
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009Welcome to the second installment of my article series on the unique jargon used by the poker playing fraternity. Today we look lift the myustique from another ten poker terms.
1. Scare Card
In Hold’em, a scare card is a card which the board brings that seems likely to have helped our opponent to our detriment, i.e. [...]
Back to Basics #14: Poker Jargon Part 1
Monday, August 3rd, 2009I understand well that the game of poker can be a difficult enough beast for beginning players to get their heads around without having to confront lots of topic specific vocabulary and technical poker jargon along the way. That being the case, I thought I’d put together a couple of articles that act as a [...]
Back to Basics #13: Some basic poker tells
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009This being an article aimed at beginning players, I have no intention of going into an in-depth discussion of the psychology of poker (perhaps I might write such an article further down the line) but to explain some basic maxims and explore some specific tells.
The advice in this article isn’t full proof as anytime you [...]
Back to Basics #12: How to Improve at Poker
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009No, I’m sorry this is not a miracle cure for all those struggling poker players. No instant fix to suddenly get good at the game. Improvement comes with experience and to develop experience you need patience. Here are a few nuggets of advice on how to get better at the game.
1. Play, Play, Play
There really [...]
Back to Basics #11: Bluffing Advice
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009It would be foolish to say that bluffing is not an integral part of the game of poker. However, many new and beginning players get carried away by bluffing far too much or in poor situations and misunderstand the role that bluffing plays in the game. I hope that this article will offer some sound, [...]
The 2009 WSOP November Nine
Friday, July 17th, 2009Following the success of its “November Nine” concept of moving the World Series of Poker main event final table to November for television, the powers that be at Harrah’s once again decided to use the format to decide this year’s champion.
On Thursday, the remaining players from the main event battled down in the Rio’s Amazon [...]
Back to Basics #10: Why aggression is best
Friday, July 17th, 2009One of the biggest flaws in the games of beginning plays is their tendency to not play sufficiently aggressively. Of course, this is not to be confused with playing loosely; it is of course possible, even somehwat desirable to have tight starting hand requirements but play aggressively. Aggression is one of the crucial factors or [...]
Back to Basics #8: Pot Odds
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009I’m sorry to get technical right from the off in today’s installment of Back to Basics but today’s topic is a crucial one that newer players need to get their head round and indeed the quicker they do so, the quicker they will have less leaks in their game. I’m often asked by newer players, [...]