When it comes to poker, I have a very Eastern philosophy. Some people think that getting better at poker is all about studying hand histories and opponent’s “ranges” and things like that. That’s part of getting better, sure, but there’s only so far such dedicated, logical study can take you. Over the years I’ve experimented with transcendental meditation, hypnotherapy, yoga, asceticism, ...
Archives for March 2014
Review of Ed Miller’s book Playing The Player
I wrote a book review of Ed Miller's 2012 book Playing the Player, which you can read here: https://www.readingpokertells.com/review-of-playing-the-player-by-ed-miller ...
Review of Playing the Player, by Ed Miller
I’ve been meaning to review Ed Miller’s poker book Playing the Player for a while. One of the main reasons I wanted to review it is that it’s recommended on Amazon as a similar purchase when people buy my book, apparently because people bought our two books together a lot. They probably are a good combination because they both deal with exploiting observable tendencies and patterns of predictable, ...
Poker trip to Los Angeles, observing verbal behavior
I spent a week in L.A. at the end of February, playing poker and appearing in a couple episodes of the live-streaming poker show Live at the Bike. I played primarily $5-5 and $5-10 NLHE cash games. I haven’t played much at all in the last few years, so it was an interesting and educational trip, getting back into playing all the time and seeing how people were playing at these stakes. I’d also ...
Played embarrassingly bad on Live At The Bike $5-10 NLHE
I played $1-3 PLO last Tuesday on Live At The Bike and then $5-10 NLHE last night. I got made fun of for my PLO play, which I didn't care about because I hadn't played PLO in six years and was never very good at it. Last night, though, I was embarrassed by my play. A bit of it was due to my anxiety and a bit of it was due to drinking a couple glasses of red wine on an empty stomach. I'd also ...