Wednesday Aug 01, 2007

published 343 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 20, Number 15
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 4, Number 9

Shorthanded Metrics

If you play in shorthanded games frequently, you probably play online, an environment that enables you to track statistics on yourself and your opponents. The following paraphrased excerpt from the soon-to-be-released book Limit Hold'em: Winning Short-handed Strategies, by Terry Borer and...

Wednesday Jul 04, 2007

published 371 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 20, Number 13
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 4, Number 8

Shorthanded Poker

What do you think of playing shorthanded? Some players love it, and others get nervous when a game has only eight payers left. They may go to great lengths to avoid playing shorthanded poker. My late-night game quickly became threehanded, while the only other $30-$60 hold'em game remained...

Wednesday Apr 25, 2007

published 441 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 20, Number 8
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 4, Number 6

The Keys to Game Selection

You probably already know that game selection is critical to winning. You are playing a game of skill, and if the other players are less skilled than you, sooner or later you will show a profit. However, you may not know how to pick the best game, so this column will explore how to assess which...

Tuesday Nov 28, 2006

published 589 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 19, Number 23
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 4, Number 1

Reading Another Player's Reads

Players frequently struggle when trying to read hands. I agree that piecing together the clues regarding player tendencies, betting patterns, and so on can be difficult. Recently, though, I played a hand in which I thought I had a perfect read on my opponents' cards, and still was unsure of...

Wednesday Oct 25, 2006

published 623 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 19, Number 21
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 3, Number 11

(Almost) Always Raise Preflop

Students often ask me what I look for in a good middle-limit game. One of my first answers is a lot of preflop limping. Many players tend to divide starting hands into three categories: raising hands, calling hands, and folding hands. If it is their turn to act, and no one has entered the pot...

Sunday Oct 01, 2006

published 647 days ago in
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 3, Number 9

A Practical Example of Implied Odds

How good is your crystal ball? Can you see into the future? If you can't, you are going to have to make some good guesses as to what the future holds in order to make the best decisions at the poker table. No, I am not talking about sensing whether the next card off the deck will fill your...

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