Here’s a player that I found interesting. Recent contributor as a poster, seemingly beginner-ish level of poker knowledge, yet sporadic references to playing levels as high as $400nl. PTR says -$2,000, bb/100 of 0.13, hands tracked 135,000. Tracked since September 2008, Career peak April 2009, Worst day -1,000 April 2010 The bulk of his playing [...]
I had the realization that if you believe in something, and a group of people believe otherwise, and these people gather to tell you that you’re wrong, it’s logical that you would see these people as “clique-y” and maybe see their gang mentality as “high-schoolish”. Classic conspiracy theory? ~ Fred joins a poker discussion group. [...]
Have you ever tried playing against yourself, running two instances of the same game so you can play against yourself? Run a little competition between one version of yourself and the other? As a kid I remember shooting baskets and playing a game of 21 by myself. One player was named Ernie and the other [...]
One of my current projects is to play $10nl full ring Rush Poker until I earn $100. This is partly because I can’t bring myself to give up on the convenience of Rush (crack) poker and also because I want to do something with the undersized ($300) portion my of bankroll that I have at [...]
Here’s a weird game that I’ve never noticed before. It was probably always there and I never saw it. On Full Tilt for 5 FTP points you can play a 180 seat Rush Poker tournament in Super Turbo format. Super Turbo means that you start with 300 chips and the blinds are 15/30. Rush means [...]
The two biggest online poker sites are running interesting promotions in July. PokerStars is running MicroMania until July 31, where you get at least 50% more VPPs (player points) than normal for playing at $10 and lower cash tables. These points are used to purchase items in the store or to buy into free tournaments [...]
Expectations and hopes can be an issue for poker players. Beginner poker players get AA/KK preflop and they expect to win the hand. They’re going to live and die with it, even if they limped it preflop and 5 players see a 976 flop. I’m no expert but I’m no beginner either and when I [...]
ABC poker is basic poker. Sounds simple, right? But before getting too far into describing it, we should clarify the question: When should you play ABC poker? $1/$2 live poker games 0.05/0.10 and lower levels of cash games $2, maybe even $5 tournaments and Sit and Goes and lower Even at slightly higher levels, ABC [...]