Playing from the Blinds #2
Date: Tue, Aug 19, 2008 Professional
If you are in the big blind in an unraised pot, you get a free look at the flop. In the small blind you can get the free look for 1/2 a bet. So the key to blind play is the raised pot. You should have a clear idea of what hands you will and [...]
Playing from the Blinds #1
Date: Sun, Aug 17, 2008 Professional
“Most players are net losers from the blinds.” If you do not immediately know why that statement is true, then take a moment. When you are in the blinds, you place a forced bet before you see your cards. Since even aggressive players fold more than they call or raise; it makes sense that you are playing [...]
Poker Statistics #3: Pair vs. Pair
Date: Fri, Aug 15, 2008 Professional
What are the odds of winning (or losing) when the pre-flop confrontation is pair versus pair? Well assuming both players don’t have the same pair, the bigger pair is about an 80%/20% favorite. This is an approximation, but good enough for most heads up olay. While the lower pair would appear to only have two outs, [...]
Cold Deck
Date: Wed, Aug 13, 2008 Professional
There are two meanings for Cold Deck. The first simply refers to a player not getting any good cards or playable hands, the player might say the ‘deck is cold’ or ‘ the deck has gone cold’. Of course, when the deck is hot, you are getting good cards. The second meaning of Cold Deck refers [...]
Angle Shooting
Date: Mon, Aug 11, 2008 Professional
Sometimes just called “an angle” or the act of “angle shooting” refers technically legal but unethical play. Make no mistake about it, legal or not you can be asked to leave a poker room for shooting angles and you might also be asked to step outside by an angry and usually larger player if [...]
Chip Dumping
Date: Sat, Aug 9, 2008 Professional
Chip Dumping is another form of collusion seen in tournament play. There are several ways to dump chips to another player. The goal is for two or more players to move all of their chips to a single player so that this player with the large stack will have a better chance of wining the [...]
Soft Play
Date: Thu, Aug 7, 2008 Professional
Soft Play: To go easy on another player at the table (e.g., not betting or raising against him). Suppose you and your poker buddy are the last two people left in a hand. On the river, you have the nuts, but he bets out. With the best hand you would raise anyone else, If you [...]