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Gambling Wisdom: Kelly Criterion Part 1

Date: Wed, Oct 8, 2008 Internet Live

In this series I discuss topics that are well known within the gambling community, but that may be new to players who come to the game of poker from a non-gambling background. Maybe you’ve had this experience -  I know I have.  You’re studying some form of math, and you’re not quite clear on why it [...]

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CardSharp Mailbag: Split Two Pair in NL Holdem & Draw Poker

Date: Thu, Oct 2, 2008 Internet Live

One of my readers sent in the following question which I think deserves discussion: Wayne, I have stumbled across your website and I think your articles are excellent. I am writing to request your insight about split 2 pair. An article or an email would be much appreciated. I have heard it referred to [...]

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The Power Of Suggestion: The Luckiest Tourist In Vegas

Date: Tue, Sep 9, 2008 Internet Live

One of the advantages I have when playing in Vegas is that almost nobody knows who I am.  I don’t play there enough to be a “regular” and I don’t volunteer my name at the table so it’s unlikely anyone would connect me with CardSharp. At first look, this might actually seem to be a disadvantage.  [...]

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The Power Of Suggestion: The Luckiest Tourist In Vegas

Date: Tue, Sep 9, 2008 Internet Live

One of the advantages I have when playing in Vegas is that almost nobody knows who I am.  I don’t play there enough to be a “regular” and I don’t volunteer my name at the table so it’s unlikely anyone would connect me with CardSharp. At first look, this might actually seem to be a disadvantage.  [...]

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I’m Back, Some Updates, And Thoughts On The Poker Economy

Date: Mon, Sep 8, 2008 Internet Live

OK, it’s been WAY too long since I’ve posted.  Sometimes I just go through periods where poker doesn’t interest me much.  That said, I’ve got a burst of motivation so I’m going to get some new content up here.  Here’s what’s on the agenda for the next few weeks:  A bunch of “CardSharp Mailbag” features based [...]

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Play On The Flop: The Continuation Bet

Date: Fri, Jun 13, 2008 Internet Live

In NL holdem when the pot is raised preflop the last preflop aggressor often bets out on the flop regardless of whether or not he connected well with the flop. This bet is called a continuation bet and it is the central feature of betting action on the flop in NL holdem. This [...]

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Play On The Flop: The Continuation Bet

Date: Fri, Jun 13, 2008 Internet Live

In NL holdem when the pot is raised preflop the last preflop aggressor often bets out on the flop regardless of whether or not he connected well with the flop. This bet is called a continuation bet and it is the central feature of betting action on the flop in NL holdem. This [...]

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Play On The Flop: The Continuation Bet

Date: Fri, Jun 13, 2008 Internet Live

In NL holdem when the pot is raised preflop the last preflop aggressor often bets out on the flop regardless of whether or not he connected well with the flop. This bet is called a continuation bet and it is the central feature of betting action on the flop in NL holdem. This [...]

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Protect Your Action

Date: Thu, Jun 12, 2008 Internet Live

This article is specifically for online players switching to playing live and new live players. When you start playing live, you unfortunately have to cope with one of the major downsides of live play: angleshooting, rules abuse, and dealer and player errors. These issues don’t arise in online play, by and large, but they [...]

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Vegas Trip Report - June 6-8 2008

Date: Wed, Jun 11, 2008 Internet Live

Well, it’s WSOP time again, and I flew out to Vegas for a weekend of mid-stakes action. In no particular order, here are some random observations: There’s actually PLO being spread during the series. For those that like PLO, this is a good thing. There were 5/5 games at the Rio, and [...]

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A Comedy of Errors At 30/60

Date: Tue, Jun 10, 2008 Internet Live

I played quite a few games during my most recent Vegas trip, but by far the most interesting was the 30/60 holdem last Sunday morning at the Bellagio. They had a lot of action on account of the WSOP - two tables at 10:00 in the morning, both full, neither of them must move. [...]

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Playing The WSOP Side Games This Weekend

Date: Sat, Jun 7, 2008 Internet Live

I’m going to try my hand at the side action.  I’ll provide a trip report upon my return.

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Classifying Bets And Raises Part 3 - Aggression Is Overrated

Date: Fri, Jun 6, 2008 Internet Live

part 1, part 2 The 10 most aggressive players in Vegas are broke - Bob Ciaffone in Improve Your Poker This is probably going to piss some people off, but Bob’s exactly right. For the last 25 years, the poker literature has been pulling a bit of a con on unsuspecting players by claiming [...]

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Classifying Bets & Raises Part 2 - The Risk-Reward Approach

Date: Thu, Jun 5, 2008 Internet Live

In this series I discuss how bets and raises are classified, and the thinking behind determining if a given bet or raise is correct. Part 1 As you’ll recall from last article, there is a well defined system for classifying calls as correct or incorrect using odds math. That math essentially analyzes three relevant facts: How much [...]

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