Should they call him McSpew? You be the judge. Here is jenson from the message board to tell his story: At least they called me that on another forum when I posted this. I’m wondering if you guys have the same sentiment. I accept it if you do. I was thinking of Ed’s recent blog [...]

Recently I published an answer to the mother of all poker questions, Can A No-Limit Game Be Too Loose? The short answer is, no. For the long answer, read the article. This really is, however, the mother of all poker questions, both because it’s an extremely important question and because for many players it will [...]

It is the mother of all poker questions. I’ve probably seen a variant of this question asked almost a thousand times. Can a game be too good or too loose or too soft? Do you actually want some good players in your game? Can a bunch of schooling fish turn even the best player into [...]

This is the mother of all poker questions. I’ve probably seen a variant of this question asked almost a thousand times. Can a game be too good/loose/soft? Do you actually want some good players in your game? Can a bunch of schooling fish turn even the best player into a Q&A #84: Can A No-Limit [...]

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 [...]

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 in [...]

“Do I have odds to call?” It’s a common and important question. Today, Robert asks it about a hand he played at the wild and crazy Hawaiian Gardens cardroom. I played a hand at a Hawaiian Gardens 3/6 game where I called the flop and turn, but mucked the river, and Q&A #62: A Questionable [...]

James asks, For the last few years, I have played limit almost exclusively (and usually at six-max tables, 5/10). I have been reluctant to play no limit ring games because my experience at the low-level games (i.e., no higher than 1/2) is that they are very boring. But I Q&A #11: Bluffing in Small Stakes [...]

kwdidion asks, In NLHTAP, you distinguish between two types of loose-aggressive players, roughly speaking, “good” vs. “bad” loose-aggressive. With regard to playing against the “good” ones: Is it profitable to play speculative hands against “good” loose-aggressive players? Since they are often playing speculative (or worse) hands, will they pay off your big hands, Q&A #2: [...]