The OODA Loop

In certain circles, I'm known as King of the Acronym, or KOTA. After all, I'm the guy who gave the world ICTAFCOA (increasing commitment to a failing course of action), LPOOP (little pairs out of position), and LIGARA (like I give a rat's ass). And while I would love to claim credit...

Wednesday Jun 11, 2008

published 24 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 11

River Rafting

I start the no-limit hold'em hand in late position with A-8 and face a raise from a middle-position bettor. Since I know this player to be capable of raising with all premium hands and some sub-premium holdings like K-J offsuit or Q-J suited, I decide to call and see the flop in position. The...

Wednesday May 21, 2008

published 45 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 10

Third Time's the Adjustment

The accelerated pace of play online allows us to manipulate our foes in ways that are generally ineffective or impossible in the real world. The controlling idea here is something I call third time's the adjustment. Here's how it works … Give an attentive poker player one look at a...

Wednesday May 14, 2008

published 52 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 9

Subjective Reality

Whenever we step up to higher levels or limits, or to bigger buy-in tournaments, we naturally do so with a certain trepidation, a fear based on the assumption that since our new foes are used to playing for more money, they must necessarily be playing better poker. This may be true … but...

Tuesday Apr 29, 2008

published 67 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 8

JV Meets a Genie

As I got out of my car in the parking lot of Commerce Casino recently, I noticed an unopened can of energy drink sitting on the ground. It was a type I'd never seen before - Djinn Brand - but being an "always take cookies when cookies are passed" type, I decided to give it a try. No...

Wednesday Apr 09, 2008

published 87 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 7

A Very Important Announcement

Twenty years ago, when I was still at the what beats what? stage of my poker evolution, I stumbled across an issue of the earliest incarnation of the magazine you're reading now, and found in it a column by the estimable poker player and scribe Susie Isaacs. So inspired was I by what she...

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