Posts Tagged ‘texas hold’em’
Profit by position: What would you pay to be psychic in poker?
So for several weeks I've been doing an experiment that Andrew and I came up with. I ran the math on all limit hold'em hands, and then constructed a set that I thought were playable for one bet, and another set playable for two bets. With a roughly repeatable preflop and postflop strategy, I set…
Read MoreCombinatorics in Texas Hold’em Limit Poker
Combinatorics is the mathematical technique of enumerating and analyzing combinations of objects. If you've ever had a pair of pocket Aces preflop and had an opponent bet his whole stack against you, you did a form of this analysis in your head. Presumably your reasoning went something like this:"I have the best hand. Any two…
Read MoreHow do you play Aces when there’s an Aces cracked bonus available?
For reasons more complicated than I can explain here, my weekday schedule has me awake when everyone else is asleep from 4:30am or 5am onwards. Tuesday through Friday I’ve been spending 2-3 hours every morning at my local poker room. (Yes it’s surprisingly full at that time of the morning) From 6-9am they have a…
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