“I’d be a great poker player, if only” … I had the bankroll to play higher levels … I wouldn’t get tilted and spew off my winnings … I had the time to play more hands … I had time to review my hands … I wouldn’t pay off the idiots who chase always chase [...]

My new mantra. I don’t think it’s for everyone ’cause some people will interpret the “cautious” part as meaning “don’t bet without a strong hand”, but I think it’s good for someone like me that, on the one hands sometimes falls into a passive mode and alternatively starts to spew when I think that players [...]

I read an interesting post on a forum the other day. The topic of the thread was bad beats and one female player, whom I know is a decent but not yet a great player and has played for some time, made the comment that when she gets bad beats, her “feeling are hurt by [...]

Continuing on from the previous post on coaching. I was an education major (amongst other things) in my undergraduate studies and have done some teaching in music. I’ve also taken classes and private lessons as an adult in music, martial arts, theatersports, and others.
The email from my former co-worker who is now a management coach [...]

I’m on the mailing list for a former co-worker of mine who has gone into the business of coaching managers. Every couple of weeks he sends out an email writing about various management related topics and his thoughts on them.
Recently he was reflecting on the Olympics that are taking place and how top tier athletes [...]

At the poker table there are always adjustments to be made. Some are simply because we get different cards every time we play. Adjusting for the cards that we are dealt is the most basic adjustment. If we get crappy cards for the first 20 hands, we do a lot of folding. If we get [...]

A lot of “basic” poker advice is geared toward at least 0.10/0.25 or 0.25/0.50 levels, $1/$2 live games, or $10 tournament buyins levels or higher. Advice such as “continuation bet 80% of your hands” or “fold when your opponent bets a co-ordinated flop” are good, but only if your opponents understand that you are not [...]

In ‘Zen and the Art of Poker” there’s a line that goes, “You need to think of folding as a club you are using to pummel your opponents with.” The line prior to this says, “Very few events, games, or sports work this way, with the winner being the one who withdraws himself from competition [...]