Archive for October, 2005
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Monday, October 31st, 2005Visualization of your goals is overrated – I mean, if you need a mental picturebook to remind yourself of where you’re going, you probably shouldn’t be operating any heavy machinery. Still, it’s helpful to have an idea of where you want to go from where you’ve begun. When we decide to play a hand, we [...]
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If You’re Ever In LA With A Few Big Bets To Spare…
Saturday, October 29th, 2005Just got back from Hollywood Park, the only casino in which I’ve ever made money. hdouble turned me on to the 6/12 game there, a favor which I will soon have to repay by advising him of a comparable investment opportunity. Now I just have to come up with a way to retroactively get him [...]
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The Best Explanation Ever Of How And Why To Not Be A Wuss Postflop In Limit HE
Thursday, October 27th, 2005…is here at Sound of a Suckout. ScurvyDog shames us all.
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Jaywalker’s Row
Monday, October 24th, 2005(a.k.a. It’s Friday Night – Do You Know Where Your Chips Went?)
Once a week, a small, dedicated band of Los Angeles-area poker players converges on a Westwood home, a poorly air-conditioned apartment that is apparently located over a geothermal vent of some kind. Seriously, it’s a wonder that the chips don’t melt. Last week I [...]
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How I Play Tournaments
Sunday, October 23rd, 20051. Limp early on with some speculative hands and suited connectors when in good position; miss flop completely; fold. Repeat until stack is reduced by half. Alternately, flop a monster draw but miss.
2. Go card dead and fold until I have 5-10BB left. Move from ‘Conservation Mode’ to ‘Survival Mode’. ‘Survival Mode’ is like ‘Conservation [...]
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Just Don’t Call Me Late For Dinner
Friday, October 14th, 2005The calling reflex is a powerful one. Curiosity is hazardous to more than just the cat; a calling station may easily pick off bluffs but will eventually fall prey to Death By A Thousand Value Bets. I am sometimes weak on the turn – I like to save myself the tough call on the river [...]
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