Some people think that all poker players are liars. All poker players sometimes lie; that’s definitely true. But in my experience most players don’t often lie during a hand. They may misrepresent their hands, or mislead you, especially after the hand is over, but seldom will they tell an outright lie while a hand is going on. ...
Archives for October 2010
LASIK and poker
Getting LASIK in two weeks. I'm fairly excited. I've been wanting to get it for a few years, mainly for poker-related reasons. I'll tell you some of my reasons in this post. ...
Dealing with mistakes and anger
I was thinking about the anger issues again yesterday, and something (perhaps obvious) occurred to me. I had always thought I should be used to making mistakes and getting over anger. But actually that's precisely what has made the anger get worse - the fact that I am so experienced and shouldn't be making such amateur mistakes. The more experience I have at something, quite understandably the ...
Beginner thoughts on heads-up Hold’em online
I played my first real heads-up no-limit cash games yesterday. I've played heads-up in tournament situations before but I've never played a pure heads-up game. I've been hearing so much about all the heads-up nosebleed action through Twoplustwo (Isildur, Durrrr, Jungleman, PA, and all those guys) that I got a little intrigued. I felt that working on heads-up would definitely improve my game. ...
Review of Barry Greenstein’s “Ace on the River”
Ace on the River by Barry Greenstein This is a truly unique book, and a great one. It astonished me to read some of the negative reviews on Amazon about this book. Apparently many amateur players were expecting an advanced strategy book or something. Nowhere does Barry promise this. Instead, the subtitle to the book is "An advanced poker guide". He is true to his word, because the book ...