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Well, I’m not really designing a poker bot, per se. But it’s an approach that I’m planning to use for a while. A respected (by others besides myself) poker friend of mine once suggested establishing a goal for your poker sessions, such as, focus on opportunities to float. Then you would keep an eye out [...]

I think I’ve written about this before, but I’ve been playing a lot of $10nl Rush Poker and seeing some awful plays, so for beginners I want to emphasize something, and that something is POSITION. Position at the table can make all the difference as to whether a hand is a good play or a [...]

“Sticking your neck out” = Raising, especially preflop? I’ve always used this blog to track little thoughts that come into my head. Yesterday I was playing a form of poker that I haven’t played for a while. Often when I play something unfamiliar or that I haven’t played recently there’s more anxiousness and decisions aren’t [...]

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 [...]

(This is an old post that I never got around to posting.) Sometimes when I play Rush Poker I use different strategies. Focus on stealing from late position. Focus on trying to raise everything preflop. Focus on playing tight and just earning FTP points for the Take 2 promotion. Rush Poker puts you on a [...]

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 [...]

It’s tough starting out in poker. You can read all kinds of advice and theory but when it comes time at the table can you do it? Can you remember all the theory and the specifics you should look for to make a specific play? What happens to you when it doesn’t work? Or when [...]