Winners Use Feedback Loops Well - Part II

"Feedback loops" acquire and use new information to make adjustments. Part I (which can be read at CardPlayer.com) showed how to use them to read your opponents' cards and assess their strengths, weaknesses, and styles. This column will discuss feedback loops' most important use...

Thursday Sep 11, 2008

published 26 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 17

Winners Use Feedback Loops Well

Poker writers rarely refer to feedback loops, but engineers use them all the time. They design systems that acquire and use new information to make adjustments. For example, if the temperature falls a few degrees, a thermostat turns on the heat. After the temperature rises a little, it turns off...

Wednesday Aug 06, 2008

published 2 months ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 15

Winners Focus on the Here and Now

Let's say that you're playing no-limit hold'em. The pot is $100. You will win if you catch the right card and lose if you don't. You know the exact odds against catching it. There will be no more betting because the bettor is all in. You are even for the night and have $200 in...

Wednesday Jul 09, 2008

published 3 months ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 13

Winners Probe Effectively

Part I said that most people don't probe enough because they either don't value information highly enough or don't want to look bad or irritate opponents. It concluded with, "Since information is the key weapon in the poker wars, do whatever it takes to get it, even if it makes...

Wednesday Jun 11, 2008

published 3 months ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 11

Winners Probe Effectively

Because they know that information is critically important, winners probe much more frequently and effectively than most players. A "probe" is any action taken primarily to get information. It can be a bet, raise, question, statement, and so on. The critical issue is: What are you...

Wednesday May 14, 2008

published 4 months ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 9

Winners Concentrate Intensely

Concentration creates a huge edge. Hall of Famer Johnny Moss once said, "In an otherwise even contest, the man with the best concentration will almost always win." (Jason Misa, "The Ultimate Poker Skill," Card Player, Nov. 28, 1997) Winners concentrate intensely because...

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