So Sorry

I recently busted someone out of a small tournament on a bad beat. It was nothing you can really blame me for, as I was forced (so I felt) to commit my chips with A-10, and my opponent with A-Q flopped a queen, only to see me draw two perfect cards for a backdoor flush. As bad beats go, it...

Tuesday Apr 18, 2006

published 810 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 19, Number 7
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 3, Number 5

Calling All-In Bets With J-J

Last year at around this time, I wrote a column about when to play Q-J. The general idea was that if every now and then you pick a trouble hand and try to learn as much as possible about it, eventually you'll find the decisions involving that hand to be much clearer (but perhaps no less...

Tuesday Feb 21, 2006

published 866 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 19, Number 3
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 3, Number 3

Context, Context, Context

My wife and I like our house. It's a little small for our needs, but not so small that we're ready to move. Still, when we're out driving, we can't help eyeing what's for sale, and occasionally we make a mental note and check the asking prices later. Driving patterns being...

Tuesday Jan 24, 2006

published 894 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 19, Number 1

Calling All-in Bets

When your opponent pushes all in before the flop in a no-limit hold'em game, you have an interesting decision to make between two simple alternatives: call or fold. With more and more players making this offer on a regular basis, how should you decide when to call? In a ring game, the...

Tuesday Dec 27, 2005

published 922 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 18, Number 25

The Peter Principle and Regression Toward the Mean

You work hard at your game. You read books and magazines. You practice live and online. You watch videos and TV. You run simulations, you talk to friends, you read discussion groups, and you keep detailed records and notes. Yet, there are forces that conspire to belittle all you've learned,...

Tuesday Nov 29, 2005

published 950 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 18, Number 23

Playing Draws Against Habitual Underbetters

Just a decade ago, it was hard to find an affordable, live big-bet hold'em game. The only way for most players to practice poker's most dynamic form in public games was in tournaments. Although you could find the occasional pot-limit Omaha game if you had a big enough bankroll, there was...

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