Dominated Hands
Date: Thu, Jul 3, 2008 Professional
If you get all your money in the pot with AK and your opponent turns over AA, you are in deep trouble. You need two kings to win or perhaps QJ10 for the straight or perhaps a long shot flush. Dominated hands are those that are way behind like AK to AA. The most [...]
The Coordinated Flop
Date: Tue, Jul 1, 2008 Professional
A coordinated flop is any flop that makes a straight, flush, or full house posssible on the flop. Playing against a coordinated flop is much risker than a blank flop. For example, let’s have us starting with the biggest hand possible-pocket aces. The flop is: JJ4. We are behind to any Jack and crushed by [...]
Fancy Play Syndrome
Date: Sun, Jun 29, 2008 Professional
As we improve our poker game, we add more and more plays to our arsenal. At some point, usually about the time we advanced to a good solid intermediate player, many players run into Fancy Play Syndrome. This happens so often that we have a name for it. FPS happens when we [...]
Using a Poker Forum
Date: Fri, Jun 27, 2008 Professional
Several times we have mentioned the value of talking through your play with your poker buddies. But your poker pals are not always around, so the use of poker forums is an always available means for you to stay sharp by engaging in poker discussions with other players. Our poker forum has many ongoing discussions [...]
Poker Statistics #1
Date: Tue, Jun 24, 2008 Professional
Knowing some basic statistics about poker hands and poker draws will make many of your decisions at the table much easier. Your recall of an exact percentage or the odds to the last decimal is almost never called for; simply have a rough idea of how often cards fall and what your general odds [...]
Tournament Rule #12
Date: Mon, Jun 23, 2008 Professional
Another in our series covering the rules of the Tournament Directors Association. Rule #12: No Disclosure. No Advice. One Player to a Hand. Players are obligated to protect the other players in the tournament at all times. Therefore, players, whether in the hand or not, may not: 1. Disclose contents of live or folded hands 2. [...]
Playing the BIG Stack
Date: Sat, Jun 21, 2008 Professional
One of the best feelings in tournament poker is to look around the table and see that you have the biggest stack there. Playing the big stack effectively requires a couple of simple strategies. First, you should make yourself a constant presence, the short and medium stacks fear you, so keep them in fear. [...]
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