Would you rather be respected at the poker table, or feared? There are even times that it’s better to be disrespected, the premise of the LAG style, hoping to tilt players or pick up big hands when people get frustrated with your play.
Recently I was playing a tourney with some people, many of whom I [...]
In my last few years of high school I became very passionate about something. It became my major at college/university and my whole life was geared toward it for a number of years, until finally I became saturated. My previously-thought-to-be-insatiable desire to learn more and immerse myself deeper was filled, like a sponge that finally [...]
I’m surprised that I haven’t noted this before, but maybe it’s because I was aware of it before I became active with this blog.
Road rage bears a lot of similarities to aggression in poker. People normally drive with varying levels of aggression present, from young testosterone possessed males in muscle cars, to retired folk who [...]
I need to get back and do some specific hand review. The problem is that 1) I’m not getting in as many hours of poker as I’d like, and 2) I’m playing all kinds of different games/levels. The problem about not doing some regular specific hand review is that memory becomes clouded and you may [...]
Watching a friend’s poker video and a thought struck me.
I know that he’s had similar issues with controlling aggression. He’s been playing longer than I, and is at much higher levels but I recognize the similar issue; when to stop becoming more aggressive?
Beginners can find it difficult to raise. After all, the flop hasn’t even [...]
Often when I start to write something it’s because I had a very brief flash of a thought in a previous poker session or even while driving to or from work. Sometimes I have enough clarity from this inspiration to write a fairly complete and coherent post. And other times the topic may be huge [...]
So I’ve been focusing on playing short stacked, buying in for 20 BBs, recently added tables so that I’m playing 6 instead of 4 at a time. Having good results, until two days ago. Minor downswing, but it worries me.
First there was a minus 8 BB session over 200 hands. Almost not worth considering other [...]
