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 [...]
I was searching through some of my old posts, searching for cashout/deposit information because I was trying to build a spreadsheet that tracks my “net”; my online bankrolls plus my net cashout/deposits. It’s actually starting to get to the point that I can’t keep track easily any more because of redeposits (chasing redeposit bonuses) and [...]
Pat, who is a regular reader of this blog, sent me an interesting question. Pat discovered that one of the regular players in the circuit is losing money, a fair amount of money, and in a short period of time. Here’s a graph and some results: Across the top summary line you can see 715 [...]
One of the gaps that I’m having difficulty with is putting players on ranges. This is most obvious when I mix playing levels; going down to 10nl to play at a different site, playing a cheap tournament or SnG for something to do. Oddly enough it doesn’t seem to be a problem when I play [...]
(Note: obv I wrote this post and part II in advance, then accidentally scheduled them backwards with Part II being posted first) This is a collection of poker plays, separated into preflop plays and postflop plays. It’s a different way of analysing players according to what actions they have in their playbook. Rather than using [...]
Continuation of the listing, for postflop plays. Categorized plays; Postflop Fit or Fold; Stats: low postflop aggression and bet frequency easy decision making minimizing risks probably need to see lots of flops and to call down with underpairs and 2nd or even 3rd pair on flop may need to be a chaser as well, chasing [...]
I want to try to work my way through the development of a thinking process for poker. Partly this is for academic purposes; to try to lay out the developmental stages, but it’s also partly because I’ve been through a lot of the stages, but often forget or skip some in as I develop and [...]
Pot Limit Omaha (Hi) is not Hold’em with two hands. In other words, AK66 of four different suits is not a hand. T987 with two of two suits is. Besides the basic rule difference that you must use two of your hole cards to make a hand, not just one or none as in Hold’em, [...]