Posts Tagged ‘poker’
Earnings rates in $6/$12 and the perpetual question of when to leave
One of the questions I struggle with as a poker player is when to leave. Sometimes it’s obvious when to leave… and sometimes it’s not. One of the grandfathers of poker theory, David Sklansky, says that you shouldn’t "quit winners", or at least I believe he said that. For years I have been obsessed with…
Read MoreMy best fold ever
I played the Sunday night tournament at Artichoke Joe’s, and got put out when my pair of tens ran into a pair of Aces. I re-raised, and the Aces made a minimum re-raise, and all the money went in and I was put out. Does this sound familiar? I made this same mistake a coupe…
Read MoreA moment of introspection (at least the stuff I’m willing to tell you)
Here’s what I learned about myself while I was in Austin on business travel. 1. Leaving my son breaks my heartI didn’t get a chance to say goodbye to Moishe before I left, and he doesn’t seem to understand what the phone is. I think he thinks it’s some sort of toy that records people’s…
Read MoreAnalyze a hand through my eyes: Question 1
[Unrelated poker thought: I use Poker Academy to practice cash game play when I’m not on a net connection. It’s AWESOME, but I’m good enough at reading my table now to tell that it doesn’t model the mood of the table at all. When 9 or 10 people first sit down to play, they’re on…
Read MoreWhy I’m playing nickel/dime Pot Limit Omaha Hi
This weekend I’ve been spending at home with my mom. She doesn’t have a lot of energy and in the evening when she falls asleep, I head over to the largest local poker room in St. Louis and play $1/$2 No Limit Texas Hold’em. I’ve done well there, mostly due to the poor quality of…
Read MoreYou’ve gotta train to run a marathon
What’s it like to be entirely on top of your poker game? Why let me tell you… So I visited Lucky Chances yesterday and played a long session. I intended it to be short but more on that later. I did half an hour at $1/$2 spread limit and doubled up my $100 stack when…
Read MoreA little every day
I’m slightly embarassed to admit this, but I’m going to take some advice from Jerry Seinfeld though I was never a big fan of the show. Apparently he told a young comic the secret of his success of how to get really, really good at one’s dream, in his case, writing comedy. He told me…
Read MoreDealing with a losing streak
My poker buddy Chris sent this advice for how to deal with a poker losing streak. I thought it was thoughtful of him to write it up and so I’ve reproduced it here with his permission. Thought I continue to have overall net losses uncharacteristic of me, I’m playing a low enough stakes that I’m…
Read MoreTilting to the left of me, tilting to the right, here I am stuck in the middle…
The lady to the right of me is muttering that the guy to my left is "brilliant, just brilliant. Just keep playing those cards." He consistently plays junk and beats her top pair because she doesn’t know how to play post-flop and can’t smell two pair. When she starts, he starts talking to himself, calling…
Read MoreIt’s time to get serious.
I’ve taken the last two afternoons off to play cards with Katie while she was visiting. We logged good time at both Bay 101 and Garden City Casino. (We liked the players at Garden City more, since they were more passive) I had a couple of epiphanies during my 7 hour $6/$12 session with Katie,…
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