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Let's suppose that you have been selected to appear on a TV game show. You got on the show because you are known as a poker player, and poker players have logical minds, so it will be interesting to see how well you do. The show is called What's My Job? The idea is that people come...

Tuesday Nov 28, 2006

published 598 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 19, Number 23

Blink

I would guess that every experienced poker player is familiar with the following situation: In the middle of a hand, an opponent - who is reasonably well-known to you - does something. It doesn't really matter what he does; maybe he bets, raises, check-raises, or even just calls. And at that...

Wednesday Aug 30, 2006

published 688 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 19, Number 17

Manipulating the Odds

It is a clearly observable trend in poker that players are moving away from full-ring-game limit hold'em. Instead, the action is slowly but surely gravitating toward no-limit hold'em cash games and tournament play. Those players who still prefer limit hold'em to be their first choice...

Tuesday Aug 08, 2006

published 710 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 19, Number 15

Winning the War

I don't wish to sound overly dramatic, but when you sit down to play poker, you make a decision that you are going to war. The hands that you play are the battles and the overall session is the war. It's always nice to win the individual battles, but - at the end of the day - it's...

Tuesday Jul 11, 2006

published 738 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 19, Number 13

Combining Math and Psychology

In a recent issue of Card Player (Vol. 19/No. 10), I was interested to see Tom McEvoy write - under the title, "Mike Caro is Right!" - that in poker, math is meaningless and psychology is paramount. However, he did go on to temper this rather dogmatic assertion, implying that this...

Tuesday Jun 13, 2006

published 766 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 19, Number 11

Middle Pair

In this column, I am going to concentrate on the following scenario: You are in one of the blinds - it doesn't matter which one. One or more players limp in before the action gets to you, with no raising taking place. You will either complete the bet from the small blind or get a free play...

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