I just got back from a few days playing at the Commerce in Los Angeles. Herewith some observations. 1 - LA is certainly the number one destination for a poker player. LV has more rooms, but greater LA has several poker/card only rooms, including some of the largest anywhere. 2 - Because they make [...]
Before we get into today’s topic, I am again looking for volunteers to act as Admin for the forum. With the publication of the two books I was involved in (my book: Advanced Limit Hold’em Strategy, and the Borer-Mak book, Limit Hold’em: Winning Short-Handed Strategies), I need to reopen the forum to [...]
Two quick topics today. Both stem froma conversatin I had last night att he Bellagio with a regular, young, $100-$200 player. Things are slow right now at the Bellagio, with the highest limit game being $30-$50 (up to $10-$20 NL). One of the first thingsd he mentioned was that he felt [...]
Let’s not talk about the book for a change, and just launch into a topic I promised I would cover due tot a post on my Forum. That topic is What do you do in steal position (in this case the button as other cases are harder to cover) against two people in the [...]
I hope you all had a great holiday weekend. I am back from Florida, where I got my Mom’s condo cleaned out and up for sale, mostly thanks to Betty the wife, who worked like crazy to get it ready. If you want a 1-bedroom, 1.5-bath sixth floor condo in a nice 55+ building [...]
Book update: The book is gong to the printer (in England) Monday, and should be printed by the end of the week. This makes availability in England next week, and in the US about 3 weeks later allowing for shipping. Some copies may get to large distributors sooner. [...]
I know it has been along time between Thoughts. I actually wrote a long one last week, but the computer ate it (something abut an automatic restart when i wasn’t looking) and I lost it. OK, to business. First, the book. Advanced Limit Hold’em Strategy is delayed again, but really should be available [...]
Congratulations to Jerry Yang, who won the main event at the WSOP. Jerry (whom I have never met) played most of the hands at the final table, and win almost every one he played. He won more than half the dealt at the final table, which started nine-handed. remarkable. I was rooting for [...]