Here’s an example of a hand played very badly. A hand that (most probably) cost me several thousand dollars in tournament winnings, and that is currently haunting me. I write this to purge the poker demons. And to talk a little about how important it is to accept making mistakes, and to learn and move on. ...
Archives for July 2010
The importance of poker tells in poker
Just because I focus on how to read physical tells on this website does not mean that I rank this skill as more important than other skills in poker. I think it can be, similar to the psychological understanding I talked about in another post, what separates a great player from a very good player. ...
Threatening-to-turn-cards-over tell
The threatening-to-turn-your-hand-over move is a pretty common tell you'll see at low stakes and sometimes medium stakes. You can often see it happen very clearly when a guy bets, another guy goes to call, and the bettor, almost in a threatening manner, prepares to flip his cards over. It can sometimes appear like some comical Western stand-off, with the one guy getting ready to draw his gun (or ...
Movement and stillness when bluffing
There's this weird old man that I frequently play with in this $100 tournament. His actions and mannerisms perplex me - he's just a weird old dude and I can't ever tell where he's coming from. He plays like a nit when he has an average stack but double him up and it's very hard to get him out of a pot. I generally have avoided any sort of bluff with him just because he's so unpredictable and is ...
Greatest skill in poker is understanding opponent psychology
Assuming a grasp of poker theory, the fundamental strategy of the specific game being played, and a basic understanding of poker math, I would say the most important skill in poker is the ability to understand the psychology of your opponent. This psychological understanding incorporates a range of skills, such as bet-size pattern recognition and adapting a strategy to counteract another ...
Beginner thoughts on playing pot-limit Omaha 8 online
I decided not to play that $200 PLO8 tournament last week because I felt like I would have been pretty dead money. I'm really rusty at the game and have only played a little actual pot-limit; most of my experience with high-low has just been limit. I've played a decent amount of Omaha High for $5-10 blinds, but it was live. After going on PokerStars and playing in a low-limit .50-1.00 6-max cash ...