Wednesday Oct 10, 2007

published about 1 year ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 20, Number 20
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 4, Number 11

Rebuy Tournament Strategy

Rebuy tournaments are commonplace now. Everywhere you go, whether online or brick-and-mortar casinos, it is hard to find a place that does not offer rebuy events somewhere in its tournament schedule. Yet, there was a time when there was no such thing as a rebuy event. There are several reasons...

Wednesday Sep 12, 2007

published about 1 year ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 20, Number 18
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 4, Number 10

Committed to Your Hand

I received an e-mail from one of my poker clients recently on an exceptionally instructive subject. Whether or not you are committed to a hand is an important poker concept. (Committed means that you have put so many of your chips into the pot already that you must put the rest in rather than...

Wednesday Jul 04, 2007

published about 1 year ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 20, Number 13
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 4, Number 8

Tournament Starting Strategy

When starting out in a tournament, what should your strategy be? I have seen a couple of suggestions in print, which I will loosely categorize as "wait and see" and "come out firing." Let's look at each. Wait and see: This school of thought reasons as follows: "There...

Wednesday May 09, 2007

published about 1 year ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 20, Number 9
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 4, Number 7

Hidden Odds in No-Limit Hold'em Play

When on a draw, let's first look at the conventional "pot-odds" method of evaluating whether to call. Suppose that you have the A 2 and face a bet of $20 when you and your opponent have $500 each at that point. The flop is K 8 3, giving you the nut-flush draw and an ace overcard....

Monday Jan 01, 2007

published about 1 year ago in
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 4, Number 1

Poker and Backgammon

As many of you know, poker is not my only game, by far. I am an enthusiastic player of chess, bridge, backgammon, and many other games. As a games player, I am struck by the similarities of the games. I freely borrow a concept from one game and use it in another. Backgammon is a good game to...

Wednesday Dec 06, 2006

published about 1 year ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 19, Number 24
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 4, Number 2

No-Limit Hold'em Flop Betting

The flop betting round is, of course, extremely important in no-limit hold'em. There are three new cards dealt at once, which can radically change the ranking of the players' hands from what they were preflop. Two black aces are nothing to be proud of when the flop comes Q J 9. If there...

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