Tommy Angelo mentioned a word in passing in a recent entry in his blog. He was talking about a coaching session for live play at a casino and is talking about establishing his image and he says, “so that he can observe me as I demonstrate behaviors and attitudes that build a strong aura of [...]
What a nuisance some things become. Let’s start with a definition. A poker freeroll is a tournament with no entry fee. It’s different from play money in that it doesn’t even cost play money to enter, plus the prizes are real money or entries to other tournaments. Sometimes all you need is an account at [...]
Of course I violate my own rules sometimes, but I think in general I should have a pretty good idea about playing against short stacks. First and foremost; determine whether the short stack plays tight preflop or not. This is the single most key aspect to playing against short stacks. People who are intentionally playing [...]
I’m working on my full stack ring game, focusing on 1) adding more tables, and 2) using the HUD in place of reads that come from watching as many hands as possible. To make it easy to do this, I’ve dropped down a level as well. So far things are going well. Some things I [...]
In the previous post I was looking at little voices behind my poker actions, and came to the conclusion that most of the inappropriate voices came from either a fight or a flight response to the situation. Fight or flight is linked with stress as a topic. Stress, apparently, is caused by situations that engage [...]
Sometimes you hear little voices in your head when you do or say something. Maybe it’s a repeat of something your mother told you. I remember my mother telling me when I was about 10 years old after I had picked on one of my sisters, “don’t do anything to girls because they’ll tattle on [...]
I want to list the differences, for me and for my game, of the difference between how I play full stack full ring cash games and how I play short stacked. I’ve had a pretty good run playing short, but recently I’m mostly working on trying to get my full stack game back. I think [...]
You ever have one of those “Ah ha!” moments? Where you’ve been happily going along, and suddenly something comes into focus that you’re heard before but didn’t pay too much attention to it? I’ve been playing draws wrong. I’ve been too often looking at pot odds and deciding whether to call or fold. Occasionally I’ll [...]