Aggressive Player on Your Left
Date: Fri, Jul 25, 2008 Professional
There is a great advantage to be had when you have an aggressive player on your left. Any seat one, two or even three seats to your left will work. If you are playing tight or at least appearing to be tight, which means you are not mixing it up with the aggressive player (this [...]
Looseness vs. Aggression
Date: Wed, Jul 23, 2008 Professional
You may well encountered the term LAG when reading poker books and forums. LAG refers to Loose-and-Aggressive. Be very clear that Loose and Aggressive are not the same when referring to poker styles. Loose refers either to how many pots or hands someone plays. A loose player is in a lot of pots and [...]
Aggressive Play
Date: Mon, Jul 21, 2008 Professional
An aggressive poker player always is can be a winning poker player. The aggressive player always comes into the pot for a raise. The aggressive player will always make the continuation bet on the flop. The aggressive player pressures other players, forcing them to put chips in the pot or fold. Maximum bets, raises [...]
Passive Play
Date: Sat, Jul 19, 2008 Professional
In poker will call a conservative player a passive player because they never take command of a pot unless they have the absolute nutz. They are easy to read and therefore easy to defeat. A passive player usually bets the minimum and will fold if the cards are not in his or her favor. Conservative [...]
Poker Calculators
Date: Thu, Jul 17, 2008 Professional
Poker calculators are a valuable tool for beginning players. You are wondering just how much of an underdog those pocket Jacks are to an overpair or how far ahead 99 is to AK0? The poker calculator will run stimulations of various hands before the flop, as well as after the flop, turn and river. Reviewing [...]
Poker Statistics #2
Date: Tue, Jul 15, 2008 Professional
Here is another statistic about the pocket aces. At a full table of ten players there is a 1 in 22 chance that on any random deal one player will be dealt aces. Now since only one time in ten are those aces going to be yours, how can you use this statistic? Well let’s [...]
TDA Rule #37 Showdown
Date: Sun, Jul 13, 2008 Professional
Tournament Director’s Association Rule #37: Showdown At the end of last round of betting, the player who made the last aggressive action in that betting round must show first. If there was no bet the player to the left of the button shows first and so on clockwise. This may seem just another etiquette rule but [...]
TDA Rule #37 Showdown
Date: Sun, Jul 13, 2008 Professional
Tournament Director’s Association Rule #37: Showdown At the end of last round of betting, the player who made the last aggressive action in that betting round must show first. If there was no bet the player to the left of the button shows first and so on clockwise. This may seem just another etiquette rule but [...]
Small Pocket Pairs: Part 3
Date: Fri, Jul 11, 2008 Professional
OK, you’ve decided to see a flop with a small pocket pair; what exactly are your chances? No matter what pair you are holding the odds of flopping a set or even quads are 7.1 to 1 against you. So what question should you be asking yourself before you make the call? It might seem [...]
Small Pocket Pairs: Part 3
Date: Fri, Jul 11, 2008 Professional
OK, you’ve decided to see a flop with a small pocket pair; what exactly are your chances? No matter what pair you are holding the odds of flopping a set or even quads are 7.1 to 1 against you. So what question should you be asking yourself before you make the call? It might seem [...]
Small Pocket Pairs: Part 2
Date: Wed, Jul 9, 2008 Professional
There is a substantial difference in how you should play small pocket pairs (SPP) in a cash game versus a tournament. In a limit cash game, SPP are long-term profitable if you are getting into the pot for only one or at times, in a multi-way pot, two bets. In a tournament, particularly a [...]
Small Pocket Pairs: Part 2
Date: Wed, Jul 9, 2008 Professional
There is a substantial difference in how you should play small pocket pairs (SPP) in a cash game versus a tournament. In a limit cash game, SPP are long-term profitable if you are getting into the pot for only one or at times, in a multi-way pot, two bets. In a tournament, particularly a [...]
Small Pocket Pairs: Part 1
Date: Mon, Jul 7, 2008 Professional
We are going to be discussing small pocket pairs over the next several posts. Why several posts? You are going to see a lot of small pairs (22-77) and you are going to see them in a number of different situations. The results of playing small pocket pairs (SPP) is usually a small loss [...]
Small Pocket Pairs: Part 1
Date: Mon, Jul 7, 2008 Professional
We are going to be discussing small pocket pairs over the next several posts. Why several posts? You are going to see a lot of small pairs (22-77) and you are going to see them in a number of different situations. The results of playing small pocket pairs (SPP) is usually a small loss [...]
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