Archive for May, 2007

Q&A #73: Are Some Poker Games Not Worth Playing Because There’s Too Much Luck?

It’s the question that just won’t quit. I hear this one single question more often than any other. And yet I realized that of all my previous 72 Q&A’s, I never once answered it. Better late than never.
Are some poker games not worth playing because there’s too much luck? Here’s Q&A #73: Are Some Poker [...]

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Preflop Play: Take Off the Training Wheels

Check out this old Two Plus Two post about many players’ over-reliance on preflop rules and charts.
Preflop Play: Take off the training wheels
#488379 - 01/25/04 07:50 PM
This is a post targetted to Preflop Play: Take Off the Training Wheels|241|3.95|USD|| the posters who have been around for at least a few months. If [...]

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Archive Review: Short Stack Strategy

The short stack strategy for no-limit hold ‘em is always a controversial topic. Whether you love it or hate it, though, it’s important to understand what makes it tick. So here are a few of my old articles about playing a short stacked in no-limit.

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TwoOuts.com — Social Bookmarking for Poker

I generally like social bookmarking sites such as digg, del.icio.us, and my personal favorite, Stumble Upon. If you aren’t familiar with them, the basic idea is that you read an article you like, and you want to share it with others. So you submit it to one …Login/Register for more.

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Poker Isn’t a Binary Game, And Either/Or Thinking Can Sink You

Years ago I read something from Mike Caro that I thought was really a brilliant insight into the poker mind. It’s called “either/or” thinking, and you can read about it in his words. (Skip to the section titled “Today’s word”.)
The basic idea is that people tend to think in …Login/Register for more.

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Q&A #72: Going Broke with One Pair, AKA Reclaim Your No-Limit Sanity

“Don’t go broke with one pair.” Lots of people have heard that no-limit adage and, to one extent or another, most players seem to have internalized it. Going broke with just a pair brings on a bevy of Q&A #72: Going Broke with One Pair, AKA Reclaim Your No-Limit Sanity|262|3.95|USD|| emotions, from [...]

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I Think My Biggest Leak Is…

This is an old 2+2 post about analyzing your game and some of the pitfalls many players fall into.
I think my biggest leak is…
#851158 - 07/25/04 05:32 PM
I don’t lay aces down I Think My Biggest Leak Is…|240|3.95|USD|| enough when they are beaten…
I play medium pairs too aggressively after the flop…
I play [...]

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Q&A #71: Tilt, Poker on TV, and Are They Really Like That?

Poker on TV has brought millions more players to the game, and it’s shaped their conception of it. The TV players bark, whine, and throw fits. They talk about “seeing into souls” and catching tells from the smallest things. Are they to be believed? Are they just hamming it up Q&A #71: Tilt, Poker on [...]

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Low-Limit Preflop Quiz: My Answers

Here are the answers I gave to my low-limit preflop quiz.
Low-limit Preflop Quiz
03/07/04 05:06 PM
Alright. In general, I think you guys did pretty well. The general theme of this quiz was to get Low-Limit Preflop Quiz: My Answers|243|3.95|USD|| you to think about preflop play in terms of POT EQUITY, and not “I’m going [...]

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Low-Limit Preflop Quiz

Here’s an old Two Plus Two post where I offer up a quick limit hold’em preflop quiz for loose, small stakes games. Shortly, I’ll repost what my answers were.
Low-limit Preflop Quiz
#557227 - 03/07/04 Low-Limit Preflop Quiz|242|3.95|USD|| 05:06 PM
I think many of you guys need to rethink how you approach preflop play [...]

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