The other night I went back and played a play money SnG again. I went back for a specific reason; to revisit the issue of personal attachment to my player persona. I‘ve recently had the sense that I’m getting too connected to my player personality again, so I wanted to see if I replayed my [...]
There used to be a good short stacking strategy on a site called donkeydevastation, but the other day I went to look for it again and the site no longer exists. I think there were a couple of articles on playing both 10BB buyins as well as 20BB buyins. ~ I started playing short stack [...]
This is in reference to low level play, where I get the feeling that some players believe that calling gives you more control than betting or raising. “I’m in control. I can call or fold.”, or something to that effect. By calling preflop, you’re saying that you’re willing to pay the price to see a [...]
I didn’t really think that a physical ailment would hold me back from playing poker, but I’ve got one that has become a factor. Two months ago the muscles around my right shoulder (I’m right handed, but can use the mouse with either hand) became sore. Most activities weren’t a problem, but reaching up or [...]
btw, the “anon” in my domain and in my username does not refer to a poker problem like AlAnon or Gambler’s Anonymous. “Anon” simply refers to the fact that when I orginally made this blog public I wanted myself and my poker usernames to remain private. ~ Poker is gambling, and yet, it’s not. You [...]
My last post which reviewed Poker For Dummies made me think of Facebook poker. One of my friends (who I was playing Scrabulous with, and with whom I’ve tried to initiate Wordscraper with but she hasn’t picked up the game yet) still plays poker on Facebook. She occasionally tries to get me to join by [...]
EA games has decided to take the “For Dummies” instructional book series and build interactive “games” out of them. The first in this series takes on the “Poker For Dummies” book, with others to follow. ~ I don’t recall whether I read the “Poker For Dummies” book or not; I read a bunch of different [...]
* When I moved my blog the original posts went into the archive. I’m reviving some of the more popular ones. This one was first posted October 2nd, 2007 ~ I’m beginning to wonder whether the way to play low, low levels is to play tight/passive/aggressive. In other words, tight preflop hand selection, but only [...]