January 2009 - Bloggers
Dropping down limits
A lot of poker players share a common dream of being able to live a life full of luxury holidays, fast cars and Cristal champagne, all funded by playing poker from their favourite armchair for...
The Squeeze Play
When you first start playing poker, it is often advised to play a simple, tight "ABC" style in order to stay out of trouble or avoid difficult situations. The problem with playing like this is...
Fancy yourself as a stud?
Seven Card Stud was the most commonly played poker variant in casinos and home games across the United States of America but the increase in popularity of Texas Hold'em in recent years, has stopped the...
Reducing the variance in poker
If you take away all the bells and whistles from poker, it becomes apparent that it is essentially a game of mathematics and as a result, players are subjected to what is called variance....
Cash games vs tournament poker - relative chip value
On the surface, cash games and tournament poker look very similar. After all, the hand rankings are the same, each player has a stack of chips and everyone has the potential to win some money....
Analyse this...Gus Hansen
In all the time I've been playing poker seriously (well, as 'serious' as I ever get about anything anyway) I've never really been much into deep analysis of past hands. Certainly I've pondered briefly after...