Archive for March, 2007

Questions Thread #14

Let’s do another questions thread. I now get enough questions that I can’t nearly answer them all. It’s a blessing and a curse. Obviously, it keeps me flush with material to write about, but it also means a lot of good questions go unanswered.
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Q&A #65: Limit Hold’em – Folding on the River in a Big Pot

Don’t fold for one bet on the river in a big pot. That’s one of the best pieces of advice any limit hold ‘em player can get. Much money is lost by wanna-be pros when they fold good hands that “just have to be beaten” on the river (getting 15-to-1), Q&A #65: Limit Hold’em – [...]

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Hidden Outs Revisited — The Answers

I was impressed by how well people did on the Hidden Outs Revisited quiz. Last time I tried this three years ago, people messed up all over the place. This time around, only a few of the questions consistently tricked people.
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Hidden Outs Revisited

Learning to count outs well is a critical skill for any aspiring poker player. Many outs are easy to see. If you have a flush draw, the cards of your suit are outs. If you have overcards, your pair cards are outs. Oftentimes, though, there are cards that improve your Hidden Outs Revisited|206|3.95|USD|| [...]

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Q&A #64: A Daring No-Limit Checkraise

I’ve noticed something interesting (to me at least) about hold ‘em. In limit hold ‘em, I think multiway pots tend to be easier to play than heads-up ones. In multiway pots, the high pot odds often cushion your plays so that it’s fairly clear how you should play even if Q&A #64: A Daring No-Limit [...]

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Professional No Limit Hold ‘em Update

As many of you know, I’m working on a book with no-limit experts Matt Flynn and Sunny Mehta called Professional No Limit Hold ‘em. Several people have asked recently for an update on it, so here it is:
We put together a completed manuscript at the beginning of the month, …Login/Register for more.

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The Poker Players Alliance Has a New Member

I joined the Poker Players Alliance today. I was skeptical of them at first, which is why it took me so long to join. But I like what I’ve seen from them recently, and I decided to take the plunge.
While sometimes I read stuff from them and I disagree, …Login/Register for more.

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Archive Review: Five Months of Noted Poker Authority

NPA is now five months old, and it has over 140 posts. Working on this website has been a pleasure for me, because it gives me a great opportunity to write regularly about what’s on your mind. Periodically I go through the archives to bring a few oldies back to …Login/Register for more.

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Q&A #63: Calculating Odds on the Flop – Count Both Cards or Just One?

Today I answer one of the single most common poker questions I hear. Brian asks,
Should I calculate combined odds of hitting my outs on the turn and river OR just the odds of hitting my outs on the turn alone?
It’s a simple question with a semi-complicated answer. You have a Q&A #63: Calculating Odds on [...]

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More From Greg “Fossilman” Raymer About Account Hacking

Greg Raymer said something else interesting this morning about account hacking. (Read the initial episode about Raymer.)
There are two major types of hackers, referred to by PS security as malicious and joy-rider. The malicious types do what this jerk did, they try to get all of your …Login/Register for more.

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