When I watched this hand play out, it really stuck out like a sore thumb to me. As I watched the hand, I kept expecting the button to play a certain way, and the button didn’t. Since the button was a decent player, it surprised me at first. But Hand Discussion #8: My Thoughts|311|3.95|USD|| [...]

I observed the following hand recently in a live $2-$5 game. Our hero for this hand is one of the better players in the game, though his hand reading is a little cloudy. The main nemesis is relatively tight and straightforward, though not extremely so. The effective stacks are $700.
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Whenever I flop top two, I always seem to think to myself, “Ooh, I have to find a nice overpair to bust.” But by the river, there’s always a four flush, a four straight, and six overcards, and my two pair is on life support. Top two can be hard Hand Discussion #7: My Thoughts|306|3.95|USD|| [...]

One of the trickiest parts of no-limit is trying to deal with good, but also quite beatable, hands when there’s still a lot of money left. These “reverse implied odds” situations, where you can easily lose more money against a better hand but you’re unlikely to win more against a …Login/Register for more.

Wow, this hand discussion was controversial! Here’s the hand again.
This weekend I was playing in a fairly loose $2-$5 live no-limit game. An early position player with about $300 limped. I was two off the button, and I made it $20 to go with A K . Hand Discussion #6: My Thoughts|280|3.95|USD|| [...]

This weekend I was playing in a fairly loose $2-$5 live no-limit game. An early position player with about $300 limped. I was two off the button, and I made it $20 to go with A K . The button, with about $325 total, made it $75 to …Login/Register for more.

“When in doubt, bet.” That’s my philosophy when it comes to playing against bad players. It’s a philosophy that was born in limit hold’em, but it’s one that I think carries over to small stakes no-limit surprisingly often. Bad players are bad in various ways. Some call too often. Some Hand Discussion #5: My Thoughts|220|3.95|USD|| [...]

This week cpk offers a no-limit hand that has a few interesting decisions. Let’s hear what you think about it, and I’ll offer my thoughts tomorrow.
OK, here’s an NL one where I make a thin value bet. Keep in mind that I really suck at NL and my thought processes …Login/Register for more.

Two days ago I posted a no limit hand for discussion. Here’s a recap of the hand:
Live no-limit full ring ( fairly loose and wild with lots of payoffs )
[Stack Sizes are largely missing, so I'm making them up. Hero on button has 200BB. The big blind has 88BB. Hand Discussion #4: My Thoughts|192|3.95|USD|| [...]

I think it’s time for another good hand discussion. Some of the details in the hand (as related to me) in this installment are missing, so I’m going to fill in the blanks according to my whim. Our hero is on the button with a big suited ace. He flops …Login/Register for more.